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- amcgamcg commented on Garage_Shop_Crafter's instructable Making a Counter From Plywood Scraps
- amcgamcg commented on c4l3b's instructable Easy Giant LED Backlit MoonView Instructable »
Hi and thanks for this inspiring video. I shall send it to my son who is decorating his new flat. Maybe you could simply double the shower curtain (the one that you use to diffuse the light). You wouldn't need to undo the whole structure, just mark the shape of the moon onto a new curtain, cut it out and press it onto the old one using tiny pieces of sticky transparent stamp-collector tape around the edge or something like that.
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- amcgamcg commented on masterbuilder's instructable Better No-Cost Crampons
As you omitted the apostrophe in "husbands" I at first thought you'd lost your husbands in the garden! Very clumsy lady, I thought, then I imagined you scraping around the garden, following the YakTrak prints of your husbands in the snow, probably in some American cult, where you can marry two men...? The mind boggles, then I realized you'd just lost one of your husband's crampons.
Great instructable: I shall make a pair for my sister who lives in Bonnie Scotand (Sconnie Botland)!
View Instructable »So clever, using the tubes to make rings! That's lateral thinking for you!
- amcgamcg commented on jessyratfink's instructable How to Propagate a Pothos PlantView Instructable »
Thanks! My mum used to propagate all sorts of plants, and very quickly too. Her "trick"?: she always cut the leaves with very little or no stems attached, and placed them in twos, one facing the other, in warm compost that she kept moist and sunlit.The "twosomes" grew roots very quickly, and she said they liked to be with siblings!
- amcgamcg commented on GFire's instructable Tool RestorationView Instructable »
Thanks for the great advice. I didn't realize vinegar was so good at removing rust, you just need patience!
- amcgamcg commented on kgklinkel's instructable Simple RFID Blocking WalletView Instructable »
Very simple, VERY² useful, and already verified. THANKS!!! I'll make mine now. In France you have to PAY if you want a credit card with no RFID, and thieves in busy streets or trains with RFID readers can pick up all the info they need just by honing in on your card in your bag or pocket. I bought myself a protection case (15,00€!!) but it was basically made of plastic and the hinges broke, the separators sliced off within weeks, and my cards fell out...
- amcgamcg commented on DWSciSouth's instructable Iridescent Art
THANK YOU!!! I am amazed; I've always loved iridescence, which is why I love moonstones and opals, but can't afford them! I'm going to start with nail-polishing my fingernails black, then delicately bringing them up under a film of transparent nail polish on water, see what results from this. I might go crazy trying out the process on all sorts of things, so somebody keep an eye on me please....
View Instructable »What about mixing some iridescent transparent nail polish in acetone and pouring it over the glass? Might work...
- amcgamcg commented on Jule's instructable Cool Ways to Repurpose Old Computer PartsView Instructable »
My cat Whisper would love the switch-box at the end. ALL cats love apparently autonomous machines like printers, ejection mechanisms like VHS and DVD ejects, even the toast popping up...thanks for your lateral thinking, Dr Bono
- amcgamcg commented on Easy Composites's instructable DIY Resin River Table Using Clear Epoxy Casting Resin and WoodView Instructable »
Thanks for the picture of the finished table! It's amazing!
- amcgamcg commented on Pricklysauce's instructable Woodturning With a BandsawView Instructable »
The contrasting effect of the two woods is heightened by the different angles that come from the piece having oblique, rounded sides. The same way that veined wood is attractive in rounded shapes. Lovely work!
- amcgamcg commented on Easy Composites's instructable DIY Resin River Table Using Clear Epoxy Casting Resin and WoodView Instructable »
Wonderful but I'd have loved to see an overall photo of the table!!!
- amcgamcg commented on eamonwalshdiy's instructable Old Car Tyre StoolView Instructable »
THANKS FOR THE COMPULSIVE VIDEO! Can't stop watching it, and I love the stools. Might do that with a couple of painted tyres we leave in the Repair café for the kids benefiting adults bring with them to play with (but never notice). .
- amcgamcg commented on thescientistformerlyknownasNaegeli's instructable Ink Removal From Soda CansView Instructable »
I guess the main factor in the experiment comes from the few drops of coca cola left in the cans. (Joke) Thanks for the sharing!
- amcgamcg commented on stevemoseley's instructable 10 Degree Kitchen Drawer FixView Instructable »
This is something to admire! Most people would just use only the first few inches of the drawer and go on secretly swearing at the original designer! Congratulations, if only for the determination, but also for the great work.
- amcgamcg commented on fixthisbuildthat's instructable Turn Firewood Into Floating ShelvesView Instructable »
I really enjoyed this video, thank you!!!
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- amcgamcg commented on Left-field Designs's instructable Automotive Plastic Welding RepairView Instructable »
This welding process often makes the joint very fragile: you have to make sure the welding iron is very hot or the join can be superficial and come apart at the slightest pressure. Thanks for sharing!
- amcgamcg commented on Paige Russell's instructable 10 Unusual Uses for PencilsView Instructable »
Use a soft pencil (more than 2B) to scratch graphite along the outside and inside of metal zip fasteners. It makes them open and close smoothly. It might work on nylon zips but I've never yet tried it.
- amcgamcg commented on craftedworkshop's instructable DIY Plywood Coffee Table Made With One Sheet of Plywood - WoodworkingView Instructable »
I don't do any sawing (had too many babies and cats around me for ever?) but one day I'll try that out with plywood cut professionally - it's not as dear as it sounds, and I DO use planes and sandpaper, and lots of elbow grease! Great project, thanks!
- amcgamcg commented on tody's instructable Wood Adjustable LampView Instructable »
Thanks for your answer. Great!
- amcgamcg commented on tody's instructable Wood Adjustable LampView Instructable »
Hi Tody. I'm impressed by your saw skills - I've never dared to use a revolving saw and just use a vice and a hand saw. Having kids around the house didn't help either. But I'll try out your great kitchen lamp anyway. I love the plant pot-lampshade idea and from now on I'll be looking around for lamp shaPes to make lampshaDes! Just one question: What happened to the nut, bolt and electric wire under the base? Did you level them out with a hole in an extra base underneath? Thanks!
- amcgamcg commented on Befferoni and Cheese's instructable Bacon Cheddar BreadView Instructable »
While I'm "sitting in a warm place for about 1 1/2 hours", what do I do with my dough? :-)
- amcgamcg commented on lomo85's instructable Up-cycle News Paper to Plant Pot to Grow TomatoView Instructable »
Simple but effective. Wet newspaper is surprisingly strong. Thanks; danke.
- amcgamcg commented on seamster's instructable Shoe Tubes
Great idea!
Thanks for sharing; I love your idea. I once used fabric tubes thrown out from a material shop to make a 1.8m standing lamp holder by gluing 12 different lengths of them together. (Get the idea?) However The hot glue only glues the surface of your big shoe-tubes so I think I'd prefer to add a couple of nuts and bolts for each join, if only for the 12 joins around the outside maybe?. Especially if you're like my family: we have dozens of shoes and keep them all until the soles fall off (literally!)
View Instructable »It isn't more efficient but it's certainly more of a fun way to keep your shoes, and prettier, and looks purpose-built, not just shelves diverted to the purpose.
- amcgamcg commented on mikeasaurus's instructable head in a jar prankView Instructable »
That is some prank!!! Thanks!!!
- amcgamcg commented on JP'sW's instructable Transfer Photograph onto Wood
Thank you! A link, too!
Thanks, good idea, then I get the "real" prduct!
View Instructable »That's great to know, thanks Monica !
- amcgamcg commented on JP'sW's instructable Transfer Photograph onto Wood
JPsW actually mentionned this in his introduction: you'll need to reverse the photo electronically beforehand. But a landscape would be lovely in reverse!
View Instructable »What is Mod Podge? I'll need a description of it to buy its equivalent in France. Is it a kind of painter's varnish? What is it based on? Thanks for the great instructable!
- amcgamcg commented on Gabriel_S_PL's instructable Frozen Sea Water ConsoleView Instructable »
Lovely inside and outside!!!
- amcgamcg commented on Gabriel_S_PL's instructable Frozen Sea Water ConsoleView Instructable »
This is a lovely piece of garden furniture. Well done!
- amcgamcg commented on mikeandlauren's instructable I Made a Toilet Tank Sink!
Thanks for helping me to understand. In fact it works exactly like the new French system in recent blocks of flats, but unfortunately not all of them!
View Instructable »I see now, and I am rightly corrected! Thanks! I love the idea and the way it is exposed.
- amcgamcg commented on mikeandlauren's instructable I Made a Toilet Tank Sink!
That is brilliant. You're lucky to live in America where you can get those DIY products, and clever to try your hand with them successfully. In France we can find little sinks on top of toilets in the most recent flats and houses: their use is upside down to yours; you wash your hands and the soapy water is collected in the tank ready for flushing with. Same difference, but this way you don't get the hesitations about using water that has sat in the actual TANK for some time (I agree this water is clean, but somehow I understand people's hesitations. These may come from the fact that there are blue salt lumps you can place in the tank...? The closeness of the tank water to the drain...? The fact that people don't clean the inside of the tank...? Anyway, thanks for that!!!
I think it's the other way around: the tank water is syphoned UP into the tap then dropped back into the tank after washing your hands. This is why the creator spoke about his friends hesitating about using water "from the toilet tank" which is understandable (the hesitating) though unjustified. I guess the hesitation comes from not being able to wash the insides of the toilet tank, and the fact that the inside of a toilet tank is matt, so easily invaded by germs, and not available for daily cleaning...
View Instructable »I think it's the other way around: the tank water is syphoned UP into the tap then dropped back into the tank after washing your hands. This is why the creator spoke about his friends hesitating about using water "from the toilet tank" which is understandable (the hesitating) though unjustified. I guess the hesitation comes from not being able to wash the insides of the toilet tank, and the fact that the inside of a toilet tank is matt, so easily invaded by germs, and not available for daily cleaning...
- amcgamcg commented on solobo's instructable Bind a Book in Tooled LeatherView Instructable »
Your humour is great and the work is fabulous. You get my vote.
- amcgamcg commented on saannsta's instructable An easy to make tangled puzzleView Instructable »
Wow! of course! So that's why the holes had to be twice the diameter of the strings! I was too lazy to work it out for myself. Thanks! Any others?
- amcgamcg commented on ArchetypeZ's instructable Make Leather Baby Shoes (Mary Janes for a Baby Girl)View Instructable »
Bravo!
- amcgamcg commented on RajenderK4's instructable How DIY Cement PlanterView Instructable »
I love this tip. It's very professional and attractive. As soon as I get all the ingredients I shall try this!
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Super...and your kids are so lucky!!