Category: Cool Stuff

Are you ready…..

by RoachKiller

This glass top, Frigidaire convection stove is in! That was a week long journey into hell! 😉

Originally I had this old drop in oven! I kept having to buy new ones every 10 years or so! Why? Dunno! Yet after this last failure I was not looking forward to spending $2000 base model for a new range!

So I bit the bullet and opted for a slide in range! Now getting the old one pulled and out of here was the easy part!

Destroying the built in mounts was the difficult part!

So with a bit of luck. An unsteady hand a 3 dremel tools. I got started! I found that the dremel rotary cutting tool worked real well!

It allowed me to drop into the counter, Formica, wood and all without chipping or damaging the counter tops! I also found if you remove the guard. It works real well at cutting through a nailed in board….. with great attention to not taking out the Sheetrock with the wood cut!

Now not only did I have ( laughing as this is not a low dollar build house! ) particle board In the cabinetry. I also had solid oak to get theough!

That wood bit did it all up until the last cut! Overheated and finally snapped! 🙂 luckily the kit comes with 2 almost identical bits! So the second one got me finished!

Doing this all by hand caused some raunchy cuts! Luckily a quick sand with a block and wammo edges are straight and looks decent!

So with that all finished I had to wait for the electrician to come out and move the receptacle down the wall!

Leaving intact the old one in case a new stove happens again!

As the whole in the counter is 30” and ofcourse the stove is 29.5” I have a gap on both edges! To fill that I used a stainless steel edging and to keep it leak proof. I added a silicone edging piece to really fill in the gap and make it more “ waterproof” for spills!

I tested out 2 different versions! One that’s more of a T style ( right side ) and one that’s more of a corner style! ( left side )

Any questions ask! Otherwise this project is done except for finding a silicone piece to put in the back against the tile to finish it off!

P.s. make sure to set your stove at counter top level! FYI…..

Only time….

by RoachKiller

I water my lawn is when it’s about to die. Or I’m getting ready to throw down some hardcore fertilizer…..

Nah, I capped off the in ground sprinklers years ago! Wasn’t worth the hassle or the money….

Other than on a few occasions. I have no reason to water the lawn…..

These are cool…..

by RoachKiller

And feel great! And m shocked for $50 they are sued with whatever that checkered material is! Cool beans! 😉

Oh this week it’s 6-7? Fuck if I know last time I knew it was the Macarena…..

I don’t have kids in school anymore so the current slang bullshit is unknown to me….

Well the blue ones match my bike so those are for that. The red ones I just thought were cool. The black ones I’ll definitely wear to fancy stuff! 😉

Oh fyi, wordpress strips geolocation on pics when I post…..

That really…..

by RoachKiller

Pisses me off! My new dinnerware was supposed to arrive today! 🙁

The only reason I’m expediting this change is cus when I was eating dinner the other night. I sparked my fork against the plate and a big chunk of the edge fell off the plate!

I can’t eat that food with pieces of stoneware in it!

Fortunately the restaurant version of these plates are holding up very well! I’m guessing due to the edges being much thicker!

Anyhoot, I love these plates but that shit ain’t cool. So I went with a couple sets of the fiesta bistro series!

Same color plates as the bonita with different colored bowls as pictures above!

I was hoping to do the switch today in the cupboards but guess not…..

Right around….

by RoachKiller

The time my paid hosting account started going down. Someone noticed I had pulled something out of its saya!

Dude you look way too hard at my pictures….. ROFLMAO! You were right though….. 🙂

It arrived….

by RoachKiller

Excuse the mess in the tv room! I’m upgrading big time! Just look at this guitar! I don’t know, sometimes fashion nova just sends me the craziest of gear 😉

Anyhoot review coming soon! James Tyler guitar! Ever wonder what an $1800 china made guitar looks like? Well I can tell you, it arrived in almost perfect tune and has excellent vibration through the entire guitar!

Stay tuned I got another 25 hours to let it rest from the Mach speed it arrived here from Colorado!

Ok here….

by RoachKiller

We go! I’m burning the first 2 official candles! 1 lavender wich is citrus and the other is pink wich is cherry blossom scent!

Now these are trial runs before I make a few to give out and get a response from others on what they think….

I now know I can’t use these wicks! They put of puffs of black smoke on occasion! That’s not acceptable! I also know that 1 eye dropper of scent doesn’t give off enough good smelling stuff for my acceptability!

I also know that I will probably have to use 2 thinner wicks to get a good clean burn of the whole candle!

With that said, I’ll watch the burn, see how long I can get on each 4oz jar!

I like to think I’m a very creative person! I love colors and matching them to make a pertty image or object!

I can’t paint and I can’t play guitar every minute. So creativity pops its head out all the time! I’m not on the road anymore so finding creative ways to crack hotel WiFi routers isn’t in the daily fun circus anymore!

Yea I could fuck with my neighbors that I’m not fond of. But why? I have to see them daily! 🙂

I digress, I’m also really fond of good smelling candles burning in the house! It makes the house smell good and warm! I also know for the price of 2 Yankee candles I was able to buy enough shit to make 30 candles!

So I let creativity win and wammo, I’m making candles I also know that like everything I do! I find ways to be the best…..

Then I get bored and will eventually get back to buying Yankee candles and more From the bbw store…..

Welp just got….

by RoachKiller

The bad news! The shipping on this is far more than previously expected from Italy! No way in hell would I pay €150.00 euro! Fuck I complained about the $100 usd I originally spent!

So unfortunately this piece will stay in Italy!

Luckily I had more than one option! So the new umbrella/katana rack will be…..

Tada! Look at the top dumbass!

Told ya ma ladies…..

by RoachKiller

Take damn good care of me! I’ve been looking for an umbrella stand to put all my higher end katanas in!

I’m not a fan of displaying them on the wall! Yet a tall vase of umbrella stand will look perfect with my decor!

Lo and behold ma ladies hooked me up all the way from Italy! Spent more on shipping than the actual item but I think it just might be worth it….. 🙂

Doesn’t that suck…..

by RoachKiller

Princess? In a matter of a few weeks I figured out how to make a candle that will either look like a sunrise or a sunset while it’s burning!

Oddly I’ve already sold the design and color combinations to accomplish just that!

Don’t be sad, I didn’t share the secret with you until after the fact! ;(

Awwww, lying worthless thieves like you don’t deserve a freebie!

Mwaaa, suckers!