Join the Fix It Radio crew as they delve into the world of DIY gift-giving right in time for Christmas. Get inspired by the gift ideas discussed, each tailored to fit the hands-on individuals in your life. Discover the best places to shop and how popular magazines like Popular Mechanics offer insights into the latest tools and gadgets. Throughout the episode, Steve also addresses common homeowner headaches such as warranty issues and handling concrete cracks. Learn about the legalities surrounding warranties to ensure you protect yourself and your investment. Whether you’re buying for others or dealing with property matters,
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Walter? Upstairs! Are you alright?
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In the floor behind the chair.
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This is America.
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Does everybody know what time it is? Fix It Radio.
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And it is that time, Fix-It Radio, KLZ 560. Thanks for joining us today. Myself, Steve Horvath, with me today from Geno’s Auto Service. Good morning, Steve.
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Good morning.
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And, of course, Larry Unger on the other side of the glass, along with Charlie Grimes. So, Larry will be handling all the calls coming in today. Throughout the four hours, we’re here. I know if you’re listening to this as a replay on Tuesday, no, it’s just the Fix It Radio part. We do Rush to Reason right after. But on Saturday, we do Drive Radio right after this. So we’re here for a total of four hours. So if you guys have any questions at all, please let us know, 303-477-5600. You can call or you can text us as well. I should say 307-477-5600. 282 22 307 282 22 which i’ve already been answering a few questions on the text line uh this morning so you can always do that and given that we’re you know getting closer to christmas this weekend and next that’s really all you have left for christmas is this weekend and next meaning there’s a full business week left is all and we’re winding things down. So get your presents and shopping and all of that done as much as you can this week. In light of that, here in a moment we will get into some great gift ideas for that DIY person in your life. I thought I’d do that today because a lot of people struggle with, you know, what do I get, you know, so-and-so, and people need ideas. And so we’ve got some ideas for some of you because all of us have, and I am one of these, you know you’re the hard person to buy for very much a lot of us men especially are because we you know myself included if I need something I just figure out what I need and it’s done and go get it and I get it yeah I I don’t um uh how should I say Steve when it comes to the gift giving end of things there’s not a lot of things that I really need well that shows me too we don’t need we get to our age we I’ve got everything yeah I don’t really need much of anything else at this point so But anyways, we’re going to talk about some of those things. But if you have a question for anything around the house, and a lot of times you guys do, especially as we head down this stretch into the end of the year, given the way the holidays will work, just so you all know as far as questions and answers and getting calls in and so on, we’ll be here this weekend. this Saturday and next. And then through the holidays, we will be off. So you’ll hear best of shows while we were off over the Christmas, New Year’s holiday. We’ll give everybody some time off, Charlie included. So reality is you’ve got this Saturday and next if you’ve got questions on not only around the house, but the car as well. And in Drive Radio, just a little teaser there. Get into a little bit today about, you know, buying cars. It’s the end of the year. There’ll be some good deals out there. Some of you may want to know, you know, how do you do that and what’s the best approach and so on. And there’s tons and tons and tons. And I mean, I can’t exaggerate enough or stress enough how much inventory is on a lot of dealer lots right now. Yeah, there’s a few specialty models that you might find in short supply. But in general, there is a lot of inventory. And I’ll talk a little bit about that. and drive radio as well. But if you have questions for us, by all means, let us know. Again, 303-477-5600. But buying things for that DIY person in your life. And I was going through some of these this morning. I found a good site on, of course, how should I say this? Popular Mechanics. So you would imagine that that’s where there would be some good ideas for this. And that was a… a magazine steve just real quick back in the day that i don’t know if you guys as a family but we did we had a subscription to and we read i mean i read a lot of things in popular mechanics back in the day oh my dad loved it oh mine too i remember he just read it cover to cover and we’d have you know multiple uh copies of or you know multiple issues of i should say kicking around in other words that you know you have this month, last month, the previous month, and so on. And, you know, you’d have a stack of them at times, you could roll back through and look at different things and cut out different articles and so on.
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That National Geographic.
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It seemed like those are the two things that came in. I don’t know. We didn’t do, we didn’t have Geographic, but we had, well, because in my house, we had Hot Rod Car Craft, you know, Some of the others along those lines as well. And my dad was a big hunter-fisherman shooter, you know, shooting and all that. So we had all of the, you know, guns and ammo and shooting times and all that kind of stuff as well. So we kind of had this plethora. You know, keep in mind, you know, when Steve and I were young and a lot of you listening were young, we didn’t have these fancy devices and laptops and iPads and the Internet and all of that.
SPEAKER 17 :
We had four TV stations. You had four TV stations.
SPEAKER 16 :
That’s right. Four TV stations. That was it.
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PBS kind of counted as one.
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I guess five, but yeah. We didn’t have what a lot of these young kids and what we even have today to go even research things. You had to have it in some sort of printed form, or you didn’t have the ability to look it up.
SPEAKER 17 :
And consequently, you went out and played.
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So you did a lot of other things. That’s exactly right. We spent a lot of time outside. Let’s just say that. So I’ve got 41. I don’t know if we’ll get through all of these or not, but we will do our best. But 41 best tool items. gifts, gadgets, organizers, workshop accessories, and more. And some of these, I’ll be straight up honest, are probably a little bit cheesy, and we’ll explain some of these. And we’ll put this article in our show notes, and Producer Ann will give you guys access to that a little later after she gets all of our notes done. So for those of you listening on Tuesday, that should be done by then. But let’s get into it. So first one off, and this is, by the way, bye. Don’t think this one is – how should I say? This would pretty much apply to anyone, pretty much apply to anyone. You know what? Let’s do this, though. Let’s take a call first, and I make sure that I’m ready to go here on my end. I think I can do this. Yep, Tom, go ahead, sir.
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Yeah, good morning. Thanks for taking my call.
SPEAKER 16 :
You’re welcome.
SPEAKER 08 :
Got a question. You know, over time, concrete gets these hairline cracks. They don’t necessarily have any gap to it. Is there any sealant – You know, that’s more clear on the clear side other than the gray and the sandstone colors to just put on top of that so it doesn’t get any worse.
SPEAKER 16 :
I don’t know of any clear type. In fact, there’s even some different new products out now where it’s even kind of a powdered product, Tom, that you actually… sort of sprinkle down into the crack, and then you just spray some water, you know, lightly out of a spray bottle. You don’t use a hose or anything. You just lightly water the top of it, and it blends into the concrete. Now, that stuff matches pretty well where you don’t really notice that you’ve got a big crack that you have fixed, but it’s never going to be exactly the same color-wise. You’re still going to know you did something there.
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What if you took a little bit of, you know, as you put it down while it’s still wet, put a little concrete powder on it, maybe make a little bit of, like sand a little bit off, you know, might make it blend a little better.
SPEAKER 16 :
Maybe. Maybe. I mean, I’ll just tell you, Tom, concrete getting color match and so on is probably one of the most difficult things there is. And by the way, it’s why we’re, you know, going to a lot of commercial properties and things like that where they go in and they redo the floor and stuff. You know, they’ll take all those cracks and everything out, most of the imperfections, and then they stain and do other things color-wise with the floor because otherwise you’d see all those imperfections.
SPEAKER 08 :
Okay. All right. I’ve got another item. Kind of related, in a way, to your comment on Drive Radio about not buying Ram trucks or Ford vehicles because of warranty issues. Right. I’d say never buy a Meritage home. We’ve had a problem with a new build over in Kipling Park West where, during the warranty period, they agreed to repair stairs that are pulling away from the porch and cracked stairs in the front, and now they’re reneging on it.
SPEAKER 1 :
Really?
SPEAKER 16 :
Yeah. So, in other words, they told you they were going to fix it, and now they’re not?
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah. And it’s even in writing. They still, you know.
SPEAKER 16 :
That’s one where, frankly, Tom, I would get a hold of an attorney, somebody like Kevin Flesch, who’s one of our great sponsors, and have him review even the documents that you have and find out if there’s the ability to move forward on that end of things. And sometimes it’s just a simple letter from an attorney that will get things rolling along, and you don’t have to do a whole lot. So in a lot of cases, it doesn’t cost you a lot to get that done, Tom, and I would. I would proceed in that manner. Okay.
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That’s a problem, too. They dig those foundations out, and they don’t compact the soil back down so that you have to get it settling. But a lot of times you can do that mud jacking stuff that will lift it back up.
SPEAKER 16 :
Okay. All right. You can. They use either the mud or the foam. There’s multiple different ways, Tom, to do that. But bottom line, this should not be on you. If they agreed to do this and are now backing out of it, you need to hold them to the fire. Absolutely.
SPEAKER 08 :
Okay, great.
SPEAKER 16 :
Well, I appreciate your help. You’re very welcome, Tom. Okay, thanks.
SPEAKER 08 :
You bet.
SPEAKER 16 :
Merry Christmas to you, too. Appreciate you calling in. Yeah, and really quick, this is for all of you listening. Any kind of a, you know, warranty issue, doesn’t matter whether it’s on, you know, a new car, whether it’s on your home. Now, there’s different laws in the state of Colorado. So here, I’m talking Colorado. I don’t know what it’s like for our surrounding states. I can’t tell you what the laws in Wyoming or Nebraska or Kansas are. are like, and some of you listening in other parts of the country, Oklahoma, Texas, and so on, Montana. We have a lot of listeners. Michigan, Minnesota. I mean, we have them from all over. So I don’t know what the other states are like. Typically speaking, they’re very similar because most states will sort of follow what the next is doing, but not always. So in this particular case on the home end of things, since this is Fix-It Radio, warranty-wise and so on, you really need to dial in what are the legal ends of things as a state. In other words, what is a builder required to do or not do because there are things that they’re held accountable to even by law. And again, this is where even an attorney typically can look these things up for you or even may know off the top of their head. But in a lot of cases, you can look this stuff up for yourself and figure out exactly what are they supposed to do, not do, and so on. Now, on cars, it gets a little dicier. lemon loss for example we have a lemon law in Colorado and it’s very specific it has to be a certain amount of times into the dealership in a certain amount of time for the exact same problem and what a lot of dealers will do and this is not knocking them it’s just what happens what a lot of dealers will do is let’s say that you’ve got a vehicle that has a I don’t know vibration I’m using an example of what one of mine I had way back in the day has a vibration only at a specific time, specific speed, specific temperature. But it happens all the time and you can replicate it pretty regularly. What the dealership will do is when you take that vehicle in each time, they will write a little different description as to what the problem is. And according to Lemon Law, that means it’s a different problem every time. So you literally have to be very specific in the wording and literally make sure that the service advisor, whoever’s writing the invoice up, the repairer up is writing it in exactly the same description of complaint every single time because in colorado that’s very important when it comes to the lemon law so something just to you know let you guys know i know it’s fix it radio but it applies to other areas as well and folks just could include everything from you know tv problems appliances your home and so on every warranty is going to be a little bit different but follow what some of those things are and what some of the idiosyncrasies are and different uh industries in colorado especially will have different laws around some of those you know for example in colorado i say it all the time if you buy a used car from a dealer, you are going to sign a piece of paper by law that says, as is. In other words, it’s yours. Yeah, you own it. You can try to go back on the dealer for that, but typically in Colorado on a used car, because you’re signing that particular document that it’s an as is transaction, you’re not by law, you’re going to have a hard time going back on the dealer if the engine blows up three weeks later, for example. Now, they may be able to do something for you and out of the kindness of their heart and so on. And again, it’s really hard to prove that somebody was deceptive in that. And that’s another conversation for Drive Radio. Point being, know your warranties. Know where you stand in this particular case on the home side. And he did a really good job. Tom did a good job. Document, document, document. If they have agreed to do something, make sure it’s in writing, not something verbal. Or Something else you could do. If it’s verbal, record it. Everybody now carries around this nice little video camera thing we call smartphones. All of them have some sort of a video capability. Record what’s going on. Even if you can’t get it in writing, if you’re talking to the local foreman on site or whatever the case may be or a salesperson or what have you. In Colorado, by the way, again, I don’t know about the surrounding states, but in Colorado, you do not need consent from the other person to record.
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Those conversations.
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Colorado is a one party consent. You’re consenting. That’s all you have to have. You don’t need the consent of the other party to record the conversation. So now, by the way, that means if you’re in that world, be careful what you’re saying. And unless you can back it up, be careful what you’re saying, because you could very well be recorded at that point in time. And by the way, there’s all sorts of other recording devices, including doorbell cameras and so on. They may be catching some of these conversations. So those of you that are in that world, be very careful as well as to what you’re promising because it could come back on you if it’s something you can’t fulfill. So just a side note for that side.
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So if you’re buying a new home, and this is what I would think I would do, wouldn’t you have a separate inspector come in? Yes. There’s a guy that you follow on TikTok. I don’t know if you see that guy.
SPEAKER 16 :
I would. Out of Arizona.
SPEAKER 17 :
I would. But personally, and then hopefully they catch the structural stuff.
SPEAKER 16 :
Yeah, in this case where you’ve got concrete that has settled long after you’ve bought the home, that’s something that the inspector even may not find on the front side, and that’s one of those where in this case Tom’s got an agreement that they’re supposed to fix it, and now they’re not wanting to. Yeah, that’s not kosher. we’re going to hold them to that and make sure that they do. And that’s one of these where, yeah, have it in writing or video or even audio, whatever you need to do as far as that goes. You know, I would be doing that this day and age.
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Just more of a sidestep, but this is another way the builders are kind of doing something. So my sister built a brand-new house, but they put in the wrong cabinets. Ah, okay. But, you know, by the time they notice that, but what’s happening is your loan’s coming out of – because you only have that lock for, what is it, 90 days? So then you’re kind of stuck because then now maybe interest rates have gone up. Right. You can’t get that new loan. So then you’re stuck buying those cabinets. You really didn’t want, or else you can’t get occupancy to own the home to get the loan. So it’s, I don’t think they, I’m not sure they’re doing it as nefariously, but.
SPEAKER 16 :
And when it happens, you’re stuck. You’re stuck. Yeah, I hear that.
SPEAKER 17 :
And then they’re not hurting because they don’t have to buy new cabinets.
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Correct. We’ll come back and talk about some of these items you can buy. If you’ve got another question like Tom had, by all means, let us know. 303-477-5600. Text line again, 307-282-22. We’ll take a quick break. We’ll come back, give a little bit long segment that way. Don’t go anywhere. Myself, Steve Horvath from Geno’s Auto Service. We’ll be right back. This is Fix It Radio, KLZ 560.
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All right, we are back. Fix It Radio, KLZ 560. Website, by the way, fixitradio.com. You can add a dash in between the fix it if you want to, or fix it in the radio, but you don’t have to. That one, we’ve actually got the no dash situation. I wish I could do that on some of the others, but I continually work on that. But for now, the other ones have a hyphen. Fix It Radio does not. It’s all one word. And you can find us there. All right, so let’s get started on some good ideas for folks in your life that may, you know, whether they’re do-it-yourselfers. And some of these are just sort of universal. You don’t even have to be a do-it-yourselfer. They’re just good to have, period, like number one on this list. The mechanics wear tactical work gloves. Now, mechanics wear is a brand that’s been around the automotive world for a long, long time. That’s where they got started. I remember them being at SEMA, Steve, you know, years and years and years ago, one of our big trade shows in the automotive world. And they now since have expanded into most industries. Mechanics wear, that’s why it’s called mechanics wear is because it started in the automotive world. But literally, you see construction guys, you see a lot of people wearing it because they’re made in a way that they’re usually And they’ve got different variations, but usually they’re very flexible on the backside but have either leather or a face to them for your palms, if you would. So when you’re grabbing things and so on, you’ve got more protection for your hands, but yet they’re very flexible. Old leather work gloves, you can’t do anything with those. You couldn’t hardly put a nut on a bolt, and I’m not exaggerating with a regular leather glove. So Mechanicswear came along. They were one of the first inventors of wearing gloves to work on cars because I grew up, and Steve did too, We didn’t have that. You didn’t have any gloves to wear at that time, and it’s why our hands got all tore up and beat up, and today why some of us even have issues with our hands is because we didn’t have any of that stuff back then. had a little gel sometimes in the palm so when you were using you know correct and that’s great for building and stuff when you have that hammer and you’re not taking those vibrations correct so again mechanics wear a great item and again this is one of those universal item store literally you could buy a pair of these for almost anyone and they’re going to use them so this is almost a no-brainer as far as that one goes the next one is very cool and these have gotten to be more and more popular that is in this case it’s a klein brand which klein is a very very good brand it’s sort of the Snap-on, if you would, for electricians and that end of things. Klein, very good products. I own some of their tools, and they’re very nice. They make a digital level and angle gauge. So if you’re looking to make something level or you’re trying to figure out an angle of something or so on, very handy tool to have. Now, with some of these, by the way, even mechanics where there are competitors to them so this just happens to be the brands that are in this particular listing that i’m reading you and i don’t know whether there’s a a kickback to popular mechanics on this or not i don’t know exactly you know how that works but there’s other brands of these as well so the idea is here’s a idea for an item to go buy for that person you have a hard time buying for it doesn’t mean you have to buy that brand you do do a little bit of your own research and find out what you want to do because in a lot of cases these will be sold by a lot of different people like the next one a this is a carhartt but they call it the carhartt legacy tool bag well there’s a gazillion different tool bags made now everybody from you know milwaukee on down husky even i think that’s the lowes brand everybody’s got some sort of a tool bag and they become very popular and again for somebody that You know, either is, you know, wanting to do some things on a little bit more mobile basis and you don’t want to carry your, you know, used to be guys carried metal toolboxes around. No one hardly does that anymore. Everybody’s got some sort of either a bag or a backpack. that they typically stick all of their tools and because a they’re more organized than what you could do in the toolboxes and they’re not clanking around are not sitting down on the floor of the counters or whatever they don’t lose better and you’re not losing i’d always assume i didn’t have a little bag mixes the bags make it simple and what i’ve even done is you can even divide the bags up into different things you may be wanting to do so i do my own kinda eighty work where if i need a cat five cable running an input on it and so on i’ve got a bag just for that kind of stuff that’s different than, say, the bag I have to do plumbing stuff, which is different from the bag that I would use to go do electrical stuff. Because each one of those requires a little bit different tools inside, and why have everything in one when you can have little bags to go do whatever that little job is that you’re trying to do? So that’s how I’ve kind of organized my end of things. So, yes, I have a tool bag for doing some of the IT cabling and all of that computer stuff. I’ve got a bag for doing electric stuff, and I’ve got a bag for going and doing… plumbing stuff and it just makes it simple that way so just go pick up that bag if i know i need to go do x job because everything now is in that bag so even i need to go to somebody else’s house you just go grab that bag and boom i’ve got what i need to go help that particular person and i’m not you know fumbling around trying to figure out exactly what i would need to take to go do you know xyz jobs so that’s how i organize those things and it works out really well jeff in montana what’s going on
SPEAKER 07 :
Hey, life is wonderful for me up here, especially now that we have a new boiler.
SPEAKER 16 :
Oh, nice. Definitely.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, we’ve been limping along on an old boiler that I had to go out and reset about half a dozen times a day. Excuse me or so. I kept getting a gas out there. Apparently, I had a hard time keeping a constant temperature. Oh, okay. So I’m looking at it right now, and I’m thinking life is great.
SPEAKER 16 :
Nice. Good job.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 16 :
That’s what’s better than boiler heat. Yeah, exactly.
SPEAKER 07 :
Heat, period. Well, that’s true, too.
SPEAKER 15 :
Yeah, heat, period. You’re right.
SPEAKER 07 :
Especially in an in-floor radiant heat system.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yes.
SPEAKER 07 :
It’s pretty essential. Oh, yes. But, yeah, two things, two comments. First, my first subscription ever was to Popular Science.
SPEAKER 16 :
Oh, that’s a good one, too. I forgot about that one. Yeah, good one.
SPEAKER 07 :
I like popular mechanics, but popular science, I was a science guy. I would like reading about it. But one of the articles in there, to kind of bring it full circle, was Smokey Unik. He wrote something for each month’s edition, and that’s where I learned so much about cars. The story I remember is that there was a guy who was working. They had no Willys Jeep, and it had a miss. And they asked him, you know, They took it to him to diagnose, and he took a quick look. He goes, okay, which of you guys dropped spark plug number four? And then they went, what? What are you talking about? He goes, yeah, one of you dropped it. Smash the electrode. It’s not firing. So they took it out. Sure enough, they just readjusted the gap, and it worked just fine.
SPEAKER 16 :
I’ve seen some of those over the years. Don’t see that much anymore, but back in the day, yes, you could see those occasionally.
SPEAKER 17 :
And they had to check them before you put them in.
SPEAKER 16 :
Right. Oh, yeah, gapped them before you put them in. Absolutely. Yeah, we actually had the, you know, a lot of us that were in that industry, you didn’t even have the feeler gauge gappers. We actually had a tool that you actually, whatever the gap was, you put it in, crimped it, and off you went and made it really fast.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, I still have some of the old feeler gauge.
SPEAKER 16 :
Yeah, me too. Don’t use them much anymore, but still have them. I guess nostalgic I’ve got them, but you don’t hardly use them anymore.
SPEAKER 07 :
Right, kind of there with the timing light.
SPEAKER 16 :
Yeah, that’s kind of a, unless you’re going to go work on your old 70-something or 60-something car, yeah, you don’t really need that either.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah. A couple ideas for gifts, though. One that probably most folks wouldn’t think about for a guy, but a water distiller. We…
SPEAKER 15 :
Yeah, good idea.
SPEAKER 07 :
I don’t like to get our coffee pots all calcified and everything.
SPEAKER 15 :
Great idea.
SPEAKER 07 :
Plus we’re of an age where we use CPAPs and we have a humidifier. And so, you know, buying distilled water, $1.20, $1.50 a pop. Yeah. I bought this, and I didn’t get the cheapest one. I got one that was good quality, and one of the reasons I did it was because they didn’t boil it dry. And so I put over 250 gallons to it in a year, and I’ve never cleaned it out once. I’ve wiped it out. I’ve gotten rid of the little water that’s left. That’s a great idea. All the minerals. And we’ll say it looks quite as good as new, but I have never had to clean it, so…
SPEAKER 16 :
Um, that was something that was hard plumb that in, or how do you do that, Jeff?
SPEAKER 07 :
Oh, it’s just the countertop thing. You just open it up. You pour a gallon in, come back in six hours. It’s distilled important to a jug. And if you have more than one jug, you repeat the process.
SPEAKER 16 :
I had a family member at one time that had one of those, but it was a hard plum in and did everything that way. And, uh, it worked. Yeah. To your point worked extremely well.
SPEAKER 17 :
I have to run mine out in the garage because it’s a little noisy. Okay. So I put it out there so it’s quieter, at least in the house.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, mine’s in the basement. Yeah. But it’s not disturbing the noise. It’s like a fan. Yes. That’s all the noise is really is just the fans running to cool down the the distiller tube. So, I mean, it’s not something you think of for a guy typically, but it is a really, really handy. No.
SPEAKER 16 :
Well, and given even some of the things that we need to do, uh, around the house shop and so on having distilled water, for example, your iron or what you put in your cooling system and so on the ability to keep that water more stable and have a lot less issues with the water itself. For example, the calcification even that can come up in an iron using distilled water. And it just helps a ton.
SPEAKER 17 :
I suppose you’re trying to clean your own windows and stuff.
SPEAKER 16 :
All that would help. Yeah. Absolutely. Absolutely. All of that.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah. Yep. And then, uh, the, uh, another idea would be the little roll around tool kits. You talked about bags. Right. And, uh, and I, uh, I have bags up in my shop, but, uh, just here at the house, I have a little three or four piece, uh, roll around kit that, you know, you have a toolbox on top and then various containers underneath it. And they, uh, And I just, it’s my constant go-to thing. I have a drill down here that I use. I have all the screwdrivers and stuff.
SPEAKER 16 :
Yep. And even for guys at home, and this is something else for a lot of you that are thinking, what do I get that person that I never know what to buy for? The other thing along those lines, Jeff, that’s really handy. In the automotive world, guys have been using them for years. And back in the day, we used to make our own because they didn’t exist. But that’s the tool carts. And a lot of them now have built-in drawers where you can put that thing in a place and have most of the tools you need for the majority of jobs you even do. around the house and so on instead of a full bore toolbox you use a you know four or five drawer six drawer you know tool cart lid closes and so on you’ve basically got everything you need inside that cart yep and really quick jeff they have gotten to be yeah i’m not saying going buying a snap-on or one of those because yeah they’re super expensive but you can do the harbor freight napa and so on and buy those for oh gosh probably starting in the low hundreds yeah they’re not too bad yeah yeah and now they’ve gone the other way too where we have these trays they’re like a kind of like i always call my tv tray on wheels and you don’t have anything on them so then you grab your fuel tools and then you run over and Sturdy. Yeah, and they’re usually made out of like a polyurethane or something along those lines, correct?
SPEAKER 17 :
No, these are metal.
SPEAKER 16 :
They’re metal, okay.
SPEAKER 17 :
Telescope and everything.
SPEAKER 16 :
Oh, nice, nice, nice.
SPEAKER 17 :
You can put a brick rotor on it. Okay, gotcha, gotcha, gotcha, gotcha.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah. and something while you were talking, I thought, uh, that I have in every one of my cars. And that’s one of those, uh, 13 and one screwdriver kits that you can get, you know, eight different, eight different bits and a bunch of different things for taking nuts off several different sizes. And that’s my go-to tool for most everything. Uh, if I, if I can’t do it without a head out to the toolbox, but, uh, more often than not, I can do everything with that too, with that one screwdriver. So, uh, And they’re about 15 bucks, I think, now.
SPEAKER 16 :
And for those of you listening, you buy, say, we talked about Klein a moment ago, Jeff. You buy one of those that’s a Klein. The way that works for everybody listening, it’s not only that they’ve got all the different screwdrivers and so on. Some of them will even have Torx bits. And then on top of that, they’re nut drivers as well, built in. So every kind of time you move that thing, tool or do something different with the tool you’ve got a different fastener you can actually you know work on jeff so to your point that one tool literally covers a ton yes and i’ve got the ones with the different bits in the handle and i those were kind of awkward to use this one they’re all in the shaft that’s right they’re in the shaft that’s right either ends
SPEAKER 07 :
And so you just pull them out and rotate it the way you need it. Yep, fabulous. But, I mean, it’s a five-second job to get the tool you need.
SPEAKER 16 :
Yeah, I have, you know, actually a couple of those kicking around, you know, the house tool bag, whatever, because to your point, Jeff, you literally can grab that one tool and do the majority of what you would need to do inside the house.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, and an example is out on the car, if I’m cleaning the battery terminals, usually I can just pull that out and find the right size and loosen the terminal, take it off, clean it, put it back on, and I don’t even have to worry about finding anything else. So it’s just really, really handy.
SPEAKER 16 :
Absolutely, absolutely. No, great gift ideas, I should say. And by the way, the water distiller, you got me going on that one because that’s right up my wife’s alley, Jeff, so you’re probably making her day.
SPEAKER 07 :
Well, this mine was about $250, I think, and you can get them for a lot less than that. But like I say, this is one I’ve never had to clean.
SPEAKER 16 :
Nice. Nice. Great suggestion. Thank you, Jeff.
SPEAKER 07 :
You bet.
SPEAKER 16 :
Have a great rest of your day and enjoy Montana. I didn’t ask him how the weather was. Our weather today is absolutely pristine. We’ve got a little reprieve. Had some wind and a little cooler yesterday. Supposed to come back a little bit tomorrow and be kind of the same way. So enjoy your Saturday because the outside temperature today is, for this time of the year, and I’ve always said to, and I even tell my voices constantly, If it’s not going to snow, have it be like it is right now. I am one where I absolutely hate when it’s cold and it’s not snowing. If it’s going to go ahead and get cold, you know, it might as well snow at that point. All right, Larry’s answering a couple of questions. So for those of you that are on the line, hang tight. Larry will get right to you. Although I think I know who’s this next one. I’ll go ahead and take it. Is this John and Cheyenne?
SPEAKER 05 :
Of course. There we go. That’s easy. Go for it, sir.
SPEAKER 16 :
That one’s easy. You don’t have to go through, Larry. You can just come straight on.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, well, I missed saying hi to Larry, though.
SPEAKER 16 :
I know, I know. He’s been on the phone for a little bit, so we’ll let him keep talking.
SPEAKER 05 :
Well, before I get there, to you, Larry, Charlie, and Steve, Merry Christmas.
SPEAKER 15 :
Merry Christmas to you, John. Appreciate you.
SPEAKER 05 :
So a couple of quick gifts that are great if you’re doing chores around the house. Harbor Freight has a 52-inch straight-edge bar clamp that you can adjust to whatever width you need, and use it as a straight edge to rip a piece of board.
SPEAKER 08 :
Oh, good idea.
SPEAKER 05 :
And it’s way cheaper than buying, like, if they call those new saws with the plate. You could use any saw with it. You just have to measure, you know. Yeah, yeah. I know on my saw it’s one inch and three inch, depending on which way I’m ripping it. So you just have to measure over it. Great idea. But it gives you a perfect straight cut. without anything. Great idea.
SPEAKER 16 :
I’m stealing that idea. That’s a great idea.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, and they’re 52-inch long. They’re Harbor Freight. If they’re more than $20, I’ll be shocked.
SPEAKER 16 :
Typically not there. Yeah, you’re probably right.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, I’ve had mine for about five or seven years, and I know I paid less than $20, so it might have gone up. The other thing that I recommend everybody have if they’re doing projects around the house, it’s the old wooden folding six-foot measure. You know what I’m talking about? It’s like a ruler. It folds up.
SPEAKER 16 :
Wooden ruler, basically. The folding wooden ruler.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, they’re like six feet long. What they’re great for is inside edges because you can use that, measure three foot, and then turn it around and measure, what, another four inches, and you get the exact measurement you need. without having to try to use a tape measure that’s going to go in and out.
SPEAKER 06 :
Got it.
SPEAKER 05 :
You know what I mean? Last one, a drywall T-square, the 48-inch T-square.
SPEAKER 16 :
Yeah, that’s worth that. Yeah, I’ve had one of those. Definitely come in handy for all sorts of things.
SPEAKER 05 :
And they’re great for drawing straight lines or measuring, or if you want to draw a straight line to cut whatever. A piece of two-inch foam board where you can draw the line and then run it. Now, question for you. This two-inch foam board is a pain in the butt to cut. What I did was I took my small battery circular saw and I flipped the blade around so it wouldn’t rip it. It just cuts through because it spins. You got any better idea than that?
SPEAKER 16 :
Jigsaw. with a fine blade with okay and then use your use your same t you know your same 52 inch clamp you’re talking about and use it as a straight edge and go yeah all right just use like a metal blade on it don’t use a wood blade
SPEAKER 05 :
No, no, no. That’s why I flipped that. I had a wood blade in my circular saw, and I flipped it around, and I’m getting good putts. It’s just really messy.
SPEAKER 16 :
And by the way, the other one that works really well, you do need something to help guide it, and I don’t know if I can explain this correctly, but… uh milwaukee and all of them now have the cordless saws and they’ve got the long different blades that you can put on them and they vibrate super fast and you can buy different types of blade depending upon what you’re cutting those actually also john work fabulous I have one of those that has probably been one of the, you start talking about, you know, what’s one of the best tools you’ve ever bought? And my boys got me this, you know, years ago. I can’t remember, Father’s Day, Christmas, something like that. And with all the different blade configurations they now have and how you can even put the blade in it. In other words, you can put it straight out. You can put it at a 45-degree angle, 90-degree angle, whatever you want to do. And the reality is that thing, I mean, there is 101 uses for it.
SPEAKER 05 :
And I had one, I bought one of those that was corded. A decade or more ago, I had to pull up a whole – we were pulling up carpet and padding to put down hardwood flooring, and you got all those staples and a metal blade on that, and you just – Well, my Ryobi set, I have an 18-volt one now. So, yeah.
SPEAKER 16 :
Yeah, and that one with the right blade will do that foam board all day long.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah, it’s just, you know, it’s met that foam board when you cut it with the circular saw. Oh, yeah.
SPEAKER 16 :
And this is what I just told you will cut that mess down immensely.
SPEAKER 05 :
All right. Well, I guess I’m going to head in. I’m heading into town anyway. Go to a couple of stores and get some blades.
SPEAKER 16 :
And there you go. Absolutely.
SPEAKER 05 :
I’m going right next to Harbor Freight. So I might as well run in there.
SPEAKER 16 :
By the way, Harbor Freight will have those blades also, John.
SPEAKER 05 :
Oh, yeah. They usually have them in like a kit pack. That’s right. That’s right.
SPEAKER 16 :
Absolutely.
SPEAKER 05 :
So, John, you guys have a great day. You too.
SPEAKER 16 :
Merry Christmas to you, John. Appreciate you as well. Great suggestions, by the way, on things to buy. Bill and Lakewood, I’ll take you before the break. Go ahead.
SPEAKER 04 :
Okay. You’re probably going to think we’re both standing in New York City talking to you.
SPEAKER 16 :
That’s all right.
SPEAKER 04 :
But anyway, hey, well, remember when I called you up about Toyota or Trailblazer, right, a couple of weeks ago?
SPEAKER 16 :
Yeah, uh-huh, sure.
SPEAKER 04 :
So my wife went out this week and drove them, and she liked the Trailblazer better. She thought the Toyota was noisier inside.
SPEAKER 16 :
You know, and I don’t know that I could disagree with her on that. I think she is more than likely hearing exactly the same thing I would. I would agree with her on that.
SPEAKER 04 :
Okay, so we’ll probably go with the Trailblazer, I think.
SPEAKER 16 :
And really quick, and this is something I’ve even complained when I’ve done some reviews on some of the Toyota products, and again, I don’t know who gets to listen to those corporately speaking, but that’s one of my complaints with the majority of their product line. Until you get into the Lexus line, it changes then. But in all of the Toyota line, maybe with the exception of an Avalon, they’re very noisy inside, and I don’t know why.
SPEAKER 04 :
Well, see, you know, in 1972… I bought a brand new Datsun. And at the time, I went and drove the Toyota and the Datsun, and I liked the Datsun better. You know? I don’t remember why, but… Sure.
SPEAKER 17 :
What kind of Datsun was it? A 510. It’s a 510. That’s a great car.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, I had three of them. But they don’t last. Yeah. The bodies start rusting. But I was living out here, and I went back to New York for about six months. And I parked it in my parents’ garage on Long Island, and it rusted up just sitting in the garage. And then it just, it was a good car for, you know, I paid $2,000 or something like that for it. And they ran good. They were great. But they just stuck to the road like crazy.
SPEAKER 17 :
That’s why they lasted so well out here. I think because we had them quite a while out here.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yeah, so, okay, just thought I’d run that by you guys.
SPEAKER 16 :
No, you’re welcome. No, I appreciate that, and I can’t disagree with you or disagree with her on that at all. Somebody asked me, too, for links to the water distillers. I actually found a nice product review site for them that I just texted a couple of you. I think one went by mistake because sometimes my texting thing is a little weird. So if you got that link and it wasn’t you, I’m sorry, but that – the whoever asked for it i did just send that as well and that’s one of those two just do a little research figure out what works for you uh i’m looking online and and to um uh to the point of what we were talking about a little bit earlier with with um jeff there are a bunch of those made so just do your own research figure out what you think works best for you they make them from little to large and you can spend a boatload of money or not a lot depending upon what you want with that particular unit so We’ll be right back. Fix It Radio, KLZ 560.
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SPEAKER 16 :
All right, we are back. Fix-It Radio, KLZ 560. Thanks, by the way, for a lot of you that have called in and given other ideas on things to buy for gifts for this year. And as I hope some of you listening, and if you’re listening on Tuesday, you still have plenty of time to get these things prior to Christmas. This is why I wanted to do it today, and I didn’t do it last week. I’ll be honest. I, like a lot of other people, just didn’t think about how close we were to Christmas last weekend. after going through this week and realizing there’s really two business weeks before next week there’s one i realized yeah we probably ought to get this squeezed in today plenty of time even for some of you that would want to order something you know online or whatever if you did something today this is saturday but even if you were doing this tuesday typically you’re a week before christmas you probably gonna get it just make sure on your shipping into things you’ve got all of that you know, dialed in because we’re getting closer and closer now all of the time. So yeah, we do not have a lot of time left prior to Christmas.
SPEAKER 17 :
I think this is the shortest distance between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
SPEAKER 16 :
Shortest I can remember in a long time.
SPEAKER 17 :
So generally we have an extra week.
SPEAKER 16 :
The way, yeah, the way. Thanksgiving fell and Christmas being on a Wednesday. It’s always on the 25th. But Thanksgiving, you know, sort of floats, if you would, depending upon where that Thursday, you know, falls. And so this particular year, the way it fell was very, very, very late in November. And then given that just very short timing between Thanksgiving weekend was the last weekend of November. So literally we had three weeks before Thanksgiving. uh christmas is where we’re at so yeah for a lot of you listening um you probably already know that but in case you don’t there’s a reminder now this is something that kind of coincides with john was saying a moment ago and the reason why i don’t have one of the wooden stick you know rulers you know measuring devices the the fold up wooden tape measures i guess you could say And actually, this is the exact brand that I have. I own this exact one that’s in this article from Popular Mechanics. I own the Bosch 165-foot laser tape measure. And I learned that from a good friend of mine years ago. And this particular individual was measuring different rooms and things like that. And I’m like, what is that thing? Well, it’s just my little laser measuring thing. I’m like… really i said how accurate is it test it for yourself so i i did and then once i did i bought one this thing is it is spot on uh there are very few things that you cannot use this for and it’s really handy when you’re measuring long distances and you don’t have somebody else there to hold the tape measure because it works off of a laser so you literally can kind of point it at what you’re measuring and it will literally tell you how far that is i mean you golf um steve a lot it’s a lot like a rangefinder only much more accurate and granted not going near as far as what a rangefinder would but on shorter things you know this one’s 165 feet out there i mean that’s a long way uh most people only have measuring tapes you know i have a hundred foot tape and with this i don’t need any more because you don’t need a hundred foot tape when you have this because you can literally stand there And as long as there’s something that will bounce back at you, you can literally measure. Now, if you’re just out in the middle of a field and you’re trying to measure distance, you need to put a cone or something out there to determine that distance. But as long as there’s something to bounce back at, you can measure with this particular device. So it’s a great handy thing. They’re not that expensive. This is one of those things that I would recommend most everybody have in a toolbox because it comes in really handy at times when you’re trying to do especially longer measurements is what I should say. And you don’t have that other person there to hold the other end. These things work out really, really well. Kyle in Dallas, you’re next.
SPEAKER 09 :
Hey, John, how you doing?
SPEAKER 16 :
Good, sir. Welcome.
SPEAKER 09 :
Hey, I’ve called before on Drive Radio, but never had anything to add to Fix-It Radio. But I’ve got a tool that I bought about a year ago. They’re 10-inch shears. They’re made by Fiskars. Oh, yes. Best shear company out there.
SPEAKER 16 :
You’d say again? That’s the best scissor shear company out there, in my opinion.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, well, they make these 10-inch shears on the handle. One of the loops is open, and they have serrated blades. And I’ve used this thing for so many things. I used to use a razor blade on. I was insulating some pipes down here recently, and I cut that. It’s a foam core, and you can make your mark and just cut this. And I’ve used it on drip line in my flower bed. It’s one of the best tools I’ve bought in a long time.
SPEAKER 16 :
Great idea. Like you, I have a pair of those and learned that years and years ago. I think for me, Kyle, at one point in time, way back in the day, I owned an upholstery shop. And in the automotive end of things, that’s very common what you’re talking about to have around the upholstery shops. That’s kind of where I learned on cutting all sorts of things from foam to leather to Naugahyde to some of the things that you’re mentioning, piping and so on. Handiest tool to have around. And that brand is, again, I think one of the best brands out there. yes i i agree it has a it has a metal hinge on it so you can really put some pressure on this and as you know kyle they make you know fisker makes a huge line of that type of product and some of them you know i will say they’re a little bit less expensive and you know maybe not made to the quality of what even you have and they’ve even got some that are on the professional end that are super expensive
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah. Oh, yeah. They make some scissors that can – they’re very expensive.
SPEAKER 16 :
I have some of those left over from, you know, back in the day, which, you know, to your point, Kyle, these things are probably 40 years old.
SPEAKER 17 :
Really?
SPEAKER 16 :
Oh, yeah.
SPEAKER 17 :
I saw they’re not expensive. Well, there’s one that’s 8 inches, under $20. Oh, yeah.
SPEAKER 16 :
And most of these, as you know, Kyle, you can even sharpen yourself like you would a knife, or if you can’t do it, there’s people out there that, you know, sharpen scissors and so on, and you never really have to buy another pair. Yeah. Make replacement.
SPEAKER 09 :
Well, anyway, I just thought I’d just call in and just. That’s great.
SPEAKER 16 :
Great idea. Absolutely. And again, most of the items, and Kyle, you included in this, most of the items we’ve mentioned today are not that expensive.
SPEAKER 17 :
Oh, yeah. The little Bosch thing is under $40.
SPEAKER 16 :
Exactly. So we’re not talking about spending big money, Kyle.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, if I remember correctly, I think these were under $15, and they’ve been worth every penny. There you go. Absolutely.
SPEAKER 16 :
Great idea. No, that’s perfect.
SPEAKER 09 :
All right, John.
SPEAKER 16 :
Well, Merry Christmas. No, Merry Christmas to you, too, Kyle. Appreciate you very much. Okay, this one, next one that’s on the list, we talk about a lot. And this is not just the automotive side. We’ve talked about it on the automotive side, and most of us in the automotive world have owned these for years, in fact. when they were super expensive we were buying them and i mean super expensive back in the day an infrared thermometer in the shops and i’m not exaggerating i think the first one i ever bought back in the day was 200 bucks it was a 200 they were super expensive you know they had plastic carrying case and so on they were really expensive like all technology not all but majority of technology the longer it’s out and the more they get sold the cheaper it becomes you can now buy infrared thermometers for i’m not joking 20 bucks or so yeah hey the frac take a zero off of what i paid initially To the point where I own a couple different ones and even keeping them different parts. I’ve got one up towards, you know, in my house, one out in the barn, just depends on what you’re doing. They’re so handy to have, even for some of you where you’re, maybe you smoke a lot or you cook a lot outside and you want to know what your temperatures are and so on. literally this will do all of that and tell you exactly, you know, what is my inside actual cooking temperature? You know, if I’ve got a griddle, you know, what’s the griddle temperature right now? And on and on we go. I mean, so handy to have around for all sorts of things. And when you’re looking at doing plumbing stuff, you know, where’s the hot water line, cold water line, different things, you know, how hot is it actually getting? All sorts of things you can use it for. And again, as the technology has continued to improve and there’s more and more companies making those, it’s one of, Sort of like the scissors a minute ago from Kyle. One of the handiest items that you’ll have around that you will typically use on an ongoing basis. And literally it’s point and shoot. Wherever you can point that thing at, it’ll tell you exactly what the temperature is. We use them in in our world for how cold is the temperature outside and how cold is the pavement itself at any given time because that kind of tells us when things are going to start freezing or not. So you literally can use it in that manner. How hot is that boiling water? On and on we go. You can really use it for all sorts of things, and it’s one of the handiest devices. I personally would put that right up there with the – You know, the laser tape measure we were just talking about a moment ago and so on works extremely well. Carol has a question. Carol, go ahead.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yes, I have aluminum wiring in an older house. A bathroom vent just went out, and I have a handyman coming to put a new vent in. My son is concerned. about installing a new vent with the aluminum wiring. Is there a problem or something?
SPEAKER 16 :
There’s no problem. He just is the handyman, and he should know. Most handymen are not certified electricians, so you have to be careful and make sure this is being done right. But there is a special way to attach the copper that he’ll have with the new fan to the aluminum wiring and there’s even special wire nuts that you’re supposed to use for that so make sure he’s asked those questions do you know how to attach this to aluminum wiring properly where because what will happen on that aluminum wiring down the road is they get loose as time goes by and it’ll spark and that’s where fires and things like that can start that’s that’s what your family member is concerned about
SPEAKER 03 :
Right, okay. So I’m going to write this down. There’s special wiring that comes with the vent, and then… The vent has just its own copper wiring, because that’s where everything is now.
SPEAKER 16 :
There’s special… It will not come with the right wire nuts. He’ll have to have aluminum wiring wire nuts to attach everything and make it work.
SPEAKER 03 :
Aluminum wiring…
SPEAKER 16 :
Aluminum wire nuts, they call them.
SPEAKER 03 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 16 :
Wire nuts for aluminum wiring, but he’ll know what we mean by that.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah, okay.
SPEAKER 16 :
And Larry wanted to talk to you, Carol. I’m going to put you back on hold for a moment here, so let’s do that. So there you go, Larry. And yes, for those of you that have aluminum wiring, I don’t talk about this much on… fix it radio but there are in all areas of the country because aluminum wiring was very popular for a while it was going to be the new thing at one point in time and as time went by they learned that it’s not it’s not the aluminum itself that’s the problem it’ll carry the current all that just fine it’s the connections in the aluminum wiring in the vibration that’s occurring in those connections in the fact that a lot of cases you’re attaching the aluminum to copper And in doing that, yes, that particular vibration between, let me just say it this way in simplest terms, the vibration at the connection can cause a problem. And there is special, again, not just wire nuts, but even I think there’s some like grease or something.
SPEAKER 07 :
Like a bluish kind of stuff.
SPEAKER 16 :
it’s not it’s i want to say dielectric grease but it’s not it’s something like that but you put that on the aluminum and the copper and as everything goes together then you put the you put the right wire net on it and if you do that and those of you that are you know certified electricians you can text me and tell me if i’m correct but i believe that’s the code way of actually doing it and there is a specific way of doing that even in the junction boxes and unless you know how to do that yes you could have problems down the road with you know sparking and issues that way which you know we do not want so yes so carol is on the phone with larry but yes those of you like carol that can be a very uh specific thing that you need to make sure is getting done correctly so that’s it for today folks i think given the fact that we didn’t get through all of my list i’ll do some more of this even next weekend because you’ll still have a little bit of time before christmas but that’s it for today fix it radio klz 560.
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