Do It Yourself gifts that are cheap & easy!

Great DIY ideas including something for Mom and for Dad!

CRIME WARNING: Another Auto Theft Scam

This scam is used by car thieves to take your car and everything in it - including your phone, wallet, cash, credit cards and housekeys!
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Alright so I’m only going to tell you this once.
OK so you know the Chump gets in her car after a hard day of shopping and, um, you know she’s got her cellphone, she’s got her car keys, she’s got her wallet and her credit cards and she gets in and she starts the engine. She checks her mirrors, and sees “Oh, there’s something on the back window.”  So she gets out to go see what it is.
That’s when I go to work.

The Backhand Hitch - how to tie the best knot to know

Alright today on Repairs101 I’m going to show you how to tie the best knot I know and it’s called: The Backhand Hitch.  Stick around because if you’re only going to learn one knot – it really should be this one.
Alright now you might know this knot by another name and you might know a different knot by this name. Just keep in mind that I learned about a hundred years ago from a bunch of old guys who didn’t really have a lot of education but did have a lot of experience.
It’s just an excellent knot and you can call it Phil or Lamont or Grilled Cheese on Rye.
OK so the idea is that you go around the object that you want to tie onto, you cross over the standing end of the line and then you go back around the opposit direction around the object that you’re tying onto. And then you install these two half hitch locks. And so you can lock it down with a third half hitch on the standing line or you can go the other direction and put in a half hitch – what I call a half hitch or is otherwise known as an Overhand Knot to make a stopper knot.
So the Grilled Cheese on Rye knot is versatile and you can tie it with anything from dental floss, thread, wire to mooring lines and giant cables used for securing ships. You can belay it to anything from a ring or a cleat to a nail or even a giant Douglas Fir or even a building. And one of the best things about it is that it’s so easy to install that you can tie it one handed.
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If you're only going to learn one knot... the backhand hitch

It's sixth of these six knots
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This easy knot is tied exactly as it's named

Versions of this knot were once prominently featured in the art of ancient European cultures.

The Celts carved images of knots into stone used in architecture for art and educating

If you keep animals you want to learn this quick release knot

Good for dog leashes, too, this knot is used by cowboys and sailors alike for quick release - collapses instantly to free a spooked horse or a boat tied to a pier with a rapidly falling tide.

Knot tying is one of the oldest skills developed by humans

A useful knot for making rope ladders, hanging hammocks or pulling hard on light line without cutting into your hands.

Don't forget your clocks go back NEXT weekend November 6th!

What will you do with your extra hour?

Good times

Does anybody else remember when pics were of what you saw not how you looked seeing it?

This photo was shot with an SLR camera on 35mm film

Thought this was a good tweet but it turns out Cormorant Gulls actually squawk

Another Monday - try to remember what they say at the track:

Spinnin' ain't winnin'

Did you know branch bark collars petrify after correct pruning and protect the tree from decay rot organisms?

Most woody plants (trees and shrubs) produce a branch bark collar

Check out my Top 10 useful kitchen tips & tricks, cooking skills and chef's shortcuts

Like this Beer Can Bagel Toaster

Life Hacks for the Do It Yourself type - Top10 Handyman Tips Edition

This one helps you avoid being sprayed by sulfuric acid! Who doesn't want that?

Top 10 tips & tricks and trade secrets that can make a real difference

Life Hack : "... any trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method that increases productivity and efficiency."

Me and my buddy Holly just a few minutes from home

I'm the one with the hat and dark glasses

Easy 10 step guide for jump starting cars using booster cables

Outlines the correct procedure for jump starting a vehicle with booster cables in ten simple steps.

If you haven't lit your furnace yet, you probably don't live in Canada

Otherwise you are one tough sonofagun

Be prepared for winter roads !!!

Survive the drive!

Emergency Heaters: Flower Pot / Tea Light, Beer Can & more!

Here are the How To's and the Why Not's

Top 10 things you (& your dogs) need for surviving blackouts in comfort

How to do it yourself on renewing an antenna's coaxial (shielded) cable connection.

The core wire carries the signal shielded by the braid wire

Check out this woven art form soon to be lost to mechanization.

It's no longer cost effective but definitely knowledge worth preserving

How to make crimped, soldered and waterproofed battery terminal connections

( without expensive equipment ! )

Easy woodshop project for home / school

Build a garden tools shelf to organize your tool shed, garage or basement

If your cars engine is overheating have a look at this short video for an insight as to how it works

The Water Pump and Thermostat are the heart and brains of the system

Know what's really important when buying an air compressor?

Selecting the correct air compressor for home or industrial use

I made this video a while back - in a hurry

 - to explain why I hadn't made any new videos recently

Power equipment won't start?

Pull the plug(s) and have a look.

Moving this month?

Make your new home feel like your own - for cheap

Here's a shot of that one thing you have to remember when you're installing a new deadbolt lock in your home

This part right here

Flashback Friday

I learned all the knots I teach at Cedarvale

Many places in Canada have only two seasons.

Summer and winter - and summer is over. 

What are you gonna do on the last day of summer?

Wednesday Wisdom : A bad day of fishing still beats a good day at the office.

The more Repairs101 you watch - the more Repairs101 I can make!

Subtle, right?

Alright Monday, I don't like you and you don't like me.

But this is coffee. Let's all just try to get along.

Where's the big money? Look up. Way up.

Crane mechanics are the highest paid and most in demand worldwide

"Heavy Duty" includes marine mechanics

... taking you into engine rooms of boats, tugboats and ships of all sizes

Some automotive components are so complicated mechanics make a career out of repairing nothing else

 It's the base of a transmission shifter

I pulled this Volvo Penta in an hour and a half using an overhead crane

Many mechanics prefer fieldwork because of the freedom
but I always prefered shop work, where all your tools are

Thinking about becoming a mechanic?

Automotive repairs are the most common jobs but we don't all work on cars.

Summer's not over until the equinox on September 22nd

Learn skills that can save you money - watch Repairs101

Learn skills they don't teach in school (but probably should)

Skills like these are part of our shared cultural heritage

First Day of School for lots of kids today!

Here's a tip: Today's apple polishers are tomorrow's Executive Assistants!

Hey kids like fashion? (School starts tomorrow!)

Stay in school as long as you and your family can afford to or consider this your fall attire from here on out

Have a great Labor Day long weekend !!

Please respect our woods, water and wildlife

Thirty days has September, April, June and November.

All the rest have thirty-one, except for February - which doesn't rhyme

Another summer almost over and I never even got to the Ballpark

(they don't allow dogs) #baseball #dogs #NoRegrets

Ever wonder who wrote the Rockabilly classic Summertime Blues?

... there ain't no cure for the Summertime Blues

#horses #horseracing #metaphor #ratrace

1.) Monday
2.) Sprint to finish line (longweekend coming!)