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My name is Eddie Field. I enjoy bad dad jokes and saving money. You might even call me a cheapskate. I learned so much from my dad and have had so many of my friends ask how I fixed this or built that. So I decided you might want to know.
We grow up in such a disposable day and age. It is good to see folks fix it themselves. Remember when you were little? Mom or Dad would try to help and you'd say, "NO! I can do it myself!" Field Guide to DIY is designed to help you do just that -- Do It Yourself.
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If Hunter fan representative ever reads these comments, I have to say putting the switch to reverse the blades on top of the motor is lousy placement I say this as a 75-year-old woman with vaulted ceilings who had to climb a ladder repeatedly to clean the blades, then the light fixture dome, and twice to find the stupid switch. Rant over.
Thank you very much for this video and mentioning the milk crates! I was about to invest three hundred bucks on a special lift and instead found a couple of the crates and just used my hydraulic jack to help lift it onto the crates. I also put wheel chocks behind the back wheels, just in case
I think mine was defective after I tighten the spining b-nut the shower head swiveled left to right something going upside down when the hand held shower head would be used
Pamela, thank you so much for the feedback! I will definitely keep that in mind for future videos. What helps me is to set RU-vid to 1/2 speed playback. I can then zoom in on my tablet. That helps me. But thank you for watching!
Ridgid R3200 Circular saw. also have a little Ryhobi I use but I dont remember the model number of that one. I use my Ridgid more. Thanks for the video! :)
Justin, like if the blade is pitched downward to the left - clockwise and if pitched downward to the right - counter clockwise? I appreciate the suggestion.
What are the dimensions of this bookcase door? I’m thinking of making something similar with my Dad that’ll lead to an unfinished sump pump closet; it’ll be installed above the baseboard. The top piece of it will be an arch, trim piece, keystone or salvaged vent hood facade.
No idea but they have some brilliant designers. See if this video makes it less complicated. Head Removal - Ryobi Weed Wacker String Trimmer String Replacement ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Kt3Zu9_QbD4.html
No worries. You may want to check out this video. Thanks for watching. Head Removal - Ryobi Weed Wacker String Trimmer String Replacement ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Kt3Zu9_QbD4.html
I bought mine about a year ago and had problems pushing and twisting the head to unlock it. Took it to Home Depot and they had trouble so they gave me a new one. Still had trouble even after using WD-40 on it. Finally got it off so I could clear the tangled line inside it. Should be a lot easier to remove.
Question, I have an expand-it Ryobi weed eater, the spool some how got stuck on it, I bought a replacement spool feeder, but now that I try to change it, it doesn't have the arrows to align, it seems like I need to buy the whole expand-it piece. Any ideas?
Does the replacement have the tabs that get it to lock like the original? I'm thinking you may be able to mark your own arrows as long as it functions like the original. Otherwise you may have to go with replacing the whole head.
I wrecked my weed wacker head following these instructions. The string head was frozen to the string head housing and forcing the unit open ruined the unit.
I appreciate the video because the Ryobi instructions are useless. Highly recommend doing this right out of the box. The factory installs string but it is usually bound up and the auto feed doesn’t work.
Scrambler, i am not sure i follow you. My 40v came with the bump feed in that I bounce the head one time and it dispenses a little more line before trimming it off. Let me know if I am missing something.
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Clockwise vs. counterclockwise doesn't really work for communicating this, both because it depends on how the blades are angled and because it depends on whether you're looking at the fan from below or from above. If you want the air blowing downward, the fan needs to turn so that the leading edges of the blades are above and the trailing edges are below. If it's a vertical a fan and you're facing it with the air blowing onto you, the leading edges of the blades are behind and the trailing edges are in front. (If the blades are curved, you can see this more easily by looking at them edge on.) So, the leading edges of the fan blades are tilted in the direction opposite the direction in which the air blows. The diagram with the arrows needs fixing.
Good point. Thank you for your feedback. Which reminds me of a joke: Why don't sound engineer websites have surveys? Because they HATE feeback. Thanks so much for watching.
Ha. That's a good one that I haven't heard in a long time. It has always bugged me how we talk about clockwise and counterclockwise like they are absolute directions, when so often the thing that's turning could be looked at from either side. I tried plugging in all four of our vertical fans to see how they compare to the ceiling fan. They all have the blades angled the opposite way from the ones on the ceiling fan, with the rotors going the other direction. If I mounted them on the ceiling to blow air downward like I have the ceiling fan doing, they'd be turning in the opposite direction. (Pun intended.) So it looks like vertical household fans use the opposite standard. I also noticed this time that our ceiling fan has just every other blade angled like that. It's like the one you showed. I'm guessing this is standard, too, but I don't really know. Do ceiling fan designs vary much?
Just ordered one. I've gotten bye with random orbital's and my spindle sander for years but large projects like countertops that Im doing now.. This will be a huge time saver.
I appreciate both videos of yours; I needed to learn the "wrong" way as I had some stings stuck inside and I had to open the head. Otherwise, I couldn't put strings in. Thanks a lot again.
