Check out these Made in the USA paint sticks on Amazon as an alternative! SPECIAL NOTE: Home Depot has since started printing/embossing on both sides of their sticks - one side has their logo, the other, a ruler. I hope you enjoy my post, and if you end up making one, make sure to leave a comment with a link to a picture of your house numbers, because I'd love to see it! I have made some additions and modifications to her tutorial, and thought I would share my spin on her take. In her tutorial she creates a vertical house number plaque I had limited space between my house light and mailbox and was forced to modify her tutorial to a horizontal orientation. I started scouring Pinterest in search of something cool but somewhat period appropriate, and came upon this tutorial by Michelle of 4 MEN 1 lady. But, I think they give the house a bit of flair. One such thing bugging me was the house numbers now, admittedly, they never would have looked like the ones I put up. This morning, getting all the lines hooked back up and not leaking(!) was trial and error and one final HD trip #5 for a few more compression fittings.So, ever since we purchased our mid-century modern home (built in 1959), we've been busy trying to fix it up, and trying to restore a bit of the MCM charm it undoubtedly had but over the years lost with previous owner's modifications. If I'd had planned all this out, I might have taken more pictures, but I didn't plan to write this posting until after everything was done, and getting the kitchen back to it's working order was our priority. Inserted the jig into the old hole, used some cutting oil and that Hole Dozer did the job. Not the most robust connection, but it would have to suffice.Īnd it all worked as planned. Instead I put a 7/16" socket on the arbor and used a 1/4" to 3//8" socket adapter to my drill. I really didn't want to make yet another HD run for a bigger drill. My portable drill's chuck wouldn't take the 7/16" hex head of the arbor. Then drilled out the bore to mate with the arbor's 1/4" drill and parted it off. On my Logan 820 lathe, I reduced the stock's diameter to match the sink's existing hole (0.750"), but left a full diameter flange at the outer end. (I'm glad that it was my non-dominant arm and that it was not an inch of steel). Note: Three months ago I had shoulder surgery and am just finishing a month of physical therapy, this would be a good test of my recovery status. I hacksawed off a few inches of 1" aluminum rod to make a jig. So I took a chance with a 1 3/8" Milwaukee hole saw and had to get the right arbor for it.īut how can I center the hole saw properly in the old hole? Good thing that I'm a hobby-machinist. They have a few different brands for hole saws, but for each, they were out of the 1.25" models. Making progress, but then late yesterday afternoon, in the midst of doing the replacement, I realized the new unit required a larger mounting hole (1 1/4") through the stainless steel sink.īack to HD, Trip #4. HD Trip 4 was to get some new plumbing fittings for the filter, and I redid my tee-connection that splits the filter output to both the faucet and the refrigerator. So Trip #3 to our city's other HD (3 miles away.) They had it, but I was unsure because it looks different that the older ones. Back to HD for the filter, Trip #2, but despite what the inventory said, they had none on the shelf. Yesterday I started on the replacement, and realized I should also change the under sink filter. Although the nearby (3 blocks from here) Home Depot had the exact replacement, I opted for an improved one. Again the "water filtration faucet" mounted on our kitchen sink was dripping and lacks any way to overhaul it.
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