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Semi-invisible Surround Sound Speaker Shelves

post from Daily DIY on 07 August 2008 11:40:44 PM. © Daily DIY

Semi-invisible shelves made from glass to hold surround sound speakers. I just moved into my own place and wanted to mount my 5.1 surround sound system. Not knowing the exact thread for the speakers and well not wanting to buy anything, making my own was[...]

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Light Falloff Cheat Sheet Card

post from DIYPhotography.net -DIY Photography and Studio Lighting on 07 August 2008 11:35:00 PM. © DIYPhotography.net -DIY Photography and Studio Lighting

Portrait Lighting - Light falloff As part of my ongoing exploration of portrait photography in general and flash studio photography in particular, I wanted to examine the effect that a large light source will have on light fall off. This was a great chance for me to produce a new cheat sheet to companion the portrait lighting cheat sheet and reflector cheat sheet that are already out there. (And this time we have a special guest, read on...)

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Breathalyzer microphone

post from Daily DIY on 07 August 2008 11:00:43 PM. © Daily DIY

My friend Randy at the fffffatlab made this breathalyzer microphone: The breathalyzer microphone is a system for the inconscpicuous collection of blood-alcohol content level data sets. In other words, you can measure a person?s sobriety with a device,[...]

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How to host in Warcraft 3 / Port Forward your
router!

post from Daily DIY on 07 August 2008 10:43:14 PM. © Daily DIY

I've noticed that many people who play warcraft 3 can't host and i will teach you how to get it work by fixing the main problem. Your router. I'm going to teach you how to port forward your router which can be used for many other things but the only one[...]

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Install a Hanging Bar/Trapeze at Your Office

post from Daily DIY on 07 August 2008 10:27:19 PM. © Daily DIY

Instructables used to have a small trapeze bar to hang from and do pull-ups in its Emeryville location. It was a great way to stretch and move around a bit before going back to whatever had to be done. Sadly, there has been no such bar in the office for[...]

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Trail sauna

post from Daily DIY on 07 August 2008 10:08:23 PM. © Daily DIY

I first leaned this on an 8 day canoeing trip in Canada. it is a sauna that is very easy to make with materials you should have at a campsite (thus, trail sauna)materialsyou will need:-a big boiling pot-rocks (about fist sized, to fill 1/2-3/4 of a big[...]

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Colonial Mantel with Slate Surround

post from Helpful Advice for Home Construction Improvement on 07 August 2008 09:31:00 PM. © Helpful Advice for Home Construction Improvement

The first mantel that I ever built was a colonial style mantel with a slate surround and hearth. The photo shows the mantel and surround that I built in our first home. I really wish I kept photos of the fire place before this project so you could see the dramatic change.

The previous fire place had a serious 70's look to it. The fire place surround and hearth were a dreadful looking off white architectural brick that looked like something from the Brady Bunch house. The brick went from floor to ceiling and the hearth was approximately the same size as the new one.

I framed a surround around the upper portion of the brick chimney and covered it with drywall. Then I built the mantel as you see it in the photo. I used techniques similar to the ones I used when I built our latest custom mantel. All of the wood used was pine and poplar and I glued and biscuited all the joints.

Once the mantel was done I applied slate tiles directly to the existing brick. I used thin set and tiled the surround like any other tile project. This project highlights the fact that you can really change the appearance of an existing fire place and surround. This was a fairly complicated project but certainly one that someone with moderate home improvement skills could tackle. Just make sure you follow all local codes with respect to fire place surrounds, combustible material requirements, etc.

Tags: Home Improvement, Home Improvement Blog, Custom Mantel
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BEST Pecan Pie EVER, period.

A pretty modified (ie perfected) version of an old standby favorite in my family.oh so crustyobviously, the first thing. You could use a regular pastry shell, or a shortbread crust or one of the kind you unroll but that is not as much fun. This is a[...]

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