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Do I get a .25 for re-caulking kitchen trim? I could have fit a penny through that gap.
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Well, I was trying to use my truck to pull a short school bus about 15 feet forward. Problem was it had sat for 8 years or so and old the wheels were locked up, as I later confirmed. Anyway, a chain link broke and took out the rear glass of my camper top. I did have things wrapped around the chains for such scenarios but clearly it wasn't at enough points (the truck could only get to about 40ft from the bus without spending days moving obstacles).

After the wasted time of cleaning up every little piece of glass a cursory search on the internet for somewhere nearby to get it cheaply replaced proved frustrating.  I decided to try to do it myself and save my money. I had a decent piece of plexi glass the right thickness and big enough for the job laying around in the miscellaneous junk. Some rivets had to be drilled out to dismantle the window frame and clean out the rest of the shattered glass and remove the old gasket. I traced the frame opening onto the acrylic sheet and taped both sides with masking tape along the cut line. I used a jig saw to cut out the replacement window which worked pretty well, but felt it would be easy to ruin it with a crack. A test fit showed that I needed to remove material along the straight edge at the bottom. I taped it as well and used a utility knife and straight edge on both sides to score the line. I used a small sheet metal hand brake to break off the waste, it didn't do so in one piece but it worked out okay. I used a product I found at the big box store for a new seal and finished the repair with new rivets in the holes of the frame. Success! It felt good to fix my mistake without having to pay for anything other than the butyl tape which was under $10.
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grrrrrrrrrr.....
grrrrrrrrrr.....
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drilling out rivets for dissassembly
drilling out rivets for dissassembly
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tracing and lay out
tracing and lay out
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making the cut
making the cut
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test fit
test fit
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cutting bottom edge
cutting bottom edge
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applying new seal
applying new seal
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riveting back together
riveting back together
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hooray!
hooray!
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I humbly request 1/2 point for: "Hauling 100+ lbs of freshly cut wood on a bicycle for about a mile."

Back awhile ago, while riding my bicycle through the neighborhood (about a mile away from home), I saw someone had cut down a tree in their yard, and the trunk wood was set out for 'free.'

This was back when I was searching for wood to use in my hand-dug 7' hugelkultur (https://permies.com/t/148606/Ash-Hand-Dug-Hugelkultur-PEP), but couldn't start without the wood. (It's the second picture of wood in that thread, but was the first batch obtained, chronologically).

On principle, I wanted to use my cargo bike* to bring the wood home. I also wanted to grab the wood before someone else did, and my car was unavailable. Double incentive to use my bike, which I did.

I think this should qualify for oddball, on the grounds of it being a creative, no-gick solution to my problem at the time, and an expert would have spent at least 7 minutes doing.

*Not an e-bike, pedal power only!

Thank you for your consideration!
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Free! Can you believe the stuff people will just throw away?
Free! Can you believe the stuff people will just throw away?
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Pic 1 of bicycle loaded
Pic 1 of bicycle loaded
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The distance, about a mile (1.2 mi)
The distance, about a mile (1.2 mi)
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Pic 2 of bicycle got lost in the first posting
Pic 2 of bicycle got lost in the first posting
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Pic of wood at home (later in the summer)
Pic of wood at home (later in the summer)
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I have a bifold door frame I'm repairing due to rot at the base of the frame.

Is it nest/straw/fix-baseboard-trim
( https://permies.com/wiki/157694/pep-nest/Fix-Basebaord-Trim-PEP-BB )?

Or does the door (and un- and re-hanging it) push the bb into oddball?

I'm cool either way, I just wanna put it in the right place (and not miss out on oddball points if I can get 'em).
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Bifold Door thingy not thingy-ing
Bifold Door thingy not thingy-ing
 
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