I needed some shelving for my basement office/kitchen/brewing room/mancave (a little bit of a multi-purpose room I guess!)  I went with two different types of shelving.  On one wall I made a rustic shelf using 1/2-inch black pipe and planks.  This type of shelf is fully customizable can be built to meet your needs and available wall space.  Other names for this type of shelves are farmhouse shelving, industrial shelving, and black iron pipe shelving.  To get started measure the wall space and the items that you would like to store.  Next, create a sketch of the shelf and create a parts list.  You will likely need the following fittings: floor flanges, elbows, tees, floor flanges, and caps.  If you put the pipe through the shelf like I did, you should also buy washers to support the boards. You will also need lengths of pipe.  Pipe is available on Amazon or at your local hardware store in a variety o...

I was using my Honda Harmony 215 lawnmower for the first time this spring and it ran fine for the first half of the yard.  Then its started running rough, so I assumed it was a carburetor issue.  I cleaned the carburetor and decided to also clean the spark plug.  When I went to remove the spark plug I found that it was broken into two pieces!  I don't know how it ran at all!  Here's a video that shows how I replaced the spark plug: Make sure that you always adjust the spark plug gap before installing the new spark plug.  This video will show you how to do it by checking the gap from the old spark plug.  You can also check your owners manual to see the proper spark plug gap. Here are the two tools you will need to complete a spark plug replacement and to set the gap: