John D Reinhart

How to Make Cycling More Fun

Here’s a video that tells you the basics on cycling cadence – an easy way to make cycling a lot more fun!

How to Make a Selfie Mount for Your Bike

You can buy any number of different cell phone mounts for your bicycle, and they all work pretty well. But what if you want a medium shot? A long shot? Here’s a way to do it.

How to Make a Bicycling Video Video

No, it’s not a typo in the title, because this is not a post on how to make bicycling video. It’s a video on how to make video, but it’s not really that kind of video, either.

Locking pliers are ingenious devices are the jacks of all trades, masters of quite a few, and something you should rush right out and buy. Once you have them, you won’t be able to imagine how you got along without them. In this post we’ll learn how to use locking pliers safely and effectively —Continue reading “How to Use Locking Pliers”

How to Survive Your First Day of Work

When you show up for work at your first job, it’s hard to know what to expect. In school things were pretty straightforward – you went to classes that were led by a teacher. The working world is a little different.

How to BEST Practices!!!

This is just an infomercial, but Skippity Whistles now has a best practices page called How to BEST. Take a look. It’s a ever-growing swarm of ideas that are too short for a post, but too good to leave in the gutter!

How to Choose the Right Wrench

Before we answer the question of which wrench, let’s identify the real question: what task are you trying to accomplish? Here are some quick and easy pointers that should help.

How to Use a Chisel

The chisel is an old-school woodworking tool – like Pilgrims and settlers old. But what do you do with it? And how do you use it?

How to Remove the C-Column Trim Panel on a 2006 Ford Freestyle

This post is rather specific, but will guide you through how to remove this interior trim panel. It may be helpful as a general guide to removing other parts of your car’s interior. With all interior trim pieces, the key is to learn where the screws are. So, which column is the C-column? The windshieldContinue reading “How to Remove the C-Column Trim Panel on a 2006 Ford Freestyle”

How to Use a Wood Screw that’s too Short

You’re working away, building whatever it is you’re building, and ready to screw this piece of wood to that one and… oh, rats. The screws are, like, half an inch too short! Countersinking, my friend! Countersink!