How to Replace the Rechargeable Battery in a Portable Handheld Electric Bug Zapper/Swatter
I purchased one of those electric bug zapper fly swatters off Amazon.com after seeing one at a friend’s house and thinking it was the…
How to Program the Door Lock Transmitter on a 2003 Toyota Sienna
Re-programming or programming your 1998-2003 Toyota Sienna door remote is something you can do yourself–it is just a tedious thing to do. First park…
How to Wire Your Door and/or Gate With a Doorbell and Electric Latch
Hardware: Door Chime AC transformer (example) (ours reads 18.4 VAC but they can be adjusted to a range of voltages via a set screw…
How to Replace Starter Capacitor on AC Condenser Unit
A common problem with AC condenser units (I’ve been told by HVAC techs it has become very common) is the starter capacitor going bad….
How to Create a Folder Action to Resize Your Photos Using Mac OS X Automator
Software: Mac OS 10.8+ Automator This is a tutorial on how to create a Workflow to resize pictures to a predetermined maximum dimension and…
How to Fix an Ice Maker Ice Jam on a Kenmore Coldspot Model: 59282990 Refrigerator
Hardware Kenmore Coldspot Model 59282990 Side-by-Side Refrigerator Whirlpool/Kenmore/Maytag/Frigidaire/Magic Chef/Admiral Modular Ice Maker If your ice maker is not working first make sure that the metal…
How to Create a Custom Print Workflow to Save Printed PDFs to a Folder Automatically with Automator
For the longest Apple has had AppleScript, which allows you to automate things with your OS and application developers that took advantage of the…
How to Remove Mortar From a Stained Glass Window
Hardware: Antique stained glass window (or any window for that matter) kitchen scrub brush I ran upon some antique stained glass windows in a…
How to Replace the LCD display on a HP Pavilion G56-129WM Laptop
My friend’s laptop somehow ended up with a broken LCD. For $63 (at the time of this original post) on Amazon.com it seemed worth…
Replace Rear Roller on ProForm Treadmill Model PFTL71505.0
Our ProForm Crosswalk Caliber Elite Treadmill’s bearings in the rear roller were obviously going bad by the clicking and grinding sound coming from the right…