Hey OP, this is a sub where diy’ers talk to other diy’ers. Your request should of gone to r/diy_requests

We have the same issue for my football, aka soccer, team arsenal, or it's other subreddit r/gunners when a lost redditor posted about his old Winchester rifles. There was much mirth and merriment.

Can't please everyone every time.

Your post is far from a troll response it's my immediate thought as well.

It was a spicy party right? You spent the night getting into a box, but not the safe....

Hmm. I guess I can see where you're coming from, but I'd still disagree with banning all meta posts like that. But then, I moderate a much smaller subreddit, so I can afford some nuance. Back when I was mod at /r/NoStupidQuestions we relied on broad strokes as well--we had no choice, given the sheer volume of comments we had to go through. Thank you for not removing my post, despite my not checking with y'all first.

>[thing the user doesn't like] is killing the sub

I usually leave these kinds of posts up so I can see people's responses. They are almost invariably mocked and downvoted to hell and the user slinks away shamefaced. On the rare occasion they are not, I learn something about my community. Feedback from users is invaluable.

>complaints that their rule breaking post was removed

That sounds like a great way to get yourself upgraded to a tempban to me.

Success! I used a candle though, it did nothing at first. I decided to hunt for a better drill bit, found one perhaps 1 mm bigger, and this time it came out like butter. Maybe the metal needed a few minutes to expand? Maybe combo fire + change of drill bit?

Anyway, thank you!!

Yeah, thanks Geraldo.

Interesting, I've only ever seen wire shelves in them. But admittedly it's been a few years since I've shopped for mini-fridges. Learn something new every day!

No glory os watching your coworker, (when being heckled by a doctor on how to fix the lock) hand the doctor the screwdriver and tell him to fix the lock, and he would do the surgery for the doc...

Almost all meta posts are either complaints that [thing the user doesn't like] is killing the sub or complaints that their rule breaking post was removed. Either way our preferred method of handling those is having a civil conversation in modmail where we explain the reasoning and suggest ways they can comply with the rules. It's far more constructive than the drama some subs generate. We're not interested in drama, we just wans a nice place to make stuff.

But it looks like if you pull the 2unch boards off you should be fine

Holy shit I’ve been needing to do this for my refrigerator

Sure, I'm real happy for you having a great night at a party and ignoring a safe. That doesn't make the story any more exciting for the rest of us.

> Most disappointing ending to a story one could possibly imagine.

Only because you see it as the ending; it was definitely where the fun began. I have no regrets. It would have been far more disappointing if I spent all night not getting into a box.

Oh. lol Sorry! In my defense this wasn't a trade question or I'd have researched more, like I described.

I've never seen a subreddit that banned meta posts though. What's the reasoning for that?

*insert free award here

Generally if they have a brick and mortar location (i.e. they aren't a mobile-only setup) or they've been in business for at least 5-10 years, you can be pretty sure they aren't a scammer. There do exist mobile-only locksmiths that aren't scammers, but scammers with a brick and mortar location are pretty rare

I have 64 pvc pipes that I need to clean for a furniture project. What's the best way to clean them? They are all 30" long. They could be soaked in some sort of plastic tub. The question is, will diluted acetone work? Soaking for more than 24 hours to hopefully not have to do a lot of hand scrubbing.

Got it. Thanks!

It works a lot of the times. Focus the heat on the nut without heating the bolt. Your counting on thermal energy expansion here to break the bond so heating the nut makes it get bigger as long as the bolt does not get to hot and expand too.

Most disappointing ending to a story one could possibly imagine.

Lol, good one honie.

Not sure it matters that much, I had a mini fridge with glass shelves out of the box. They’re not very big so there’s enough air circulation through the door region. Cost is probably what decides if they’re glass or wire.

I'm a door repair guy, I try to help people out when there are questions about alignment of latch/strike or other door related questions.

If your door is having leverset issues, however, I'll usually just say it's a lost cause, most of the time you can replace the leverset with a new one for under $40, yourself.

I have yet to see a question about a master keyed classroom function leverset, or a dead lock with cylinder lock on it in a class aluminum door.

Sliding doors, all bets are off, I can't help you there.