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Replacement retaining clip for our screen door
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pageflight piefed.social pageflight@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-09-04
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Replacement retaining clip for our screen door

Made using some oak scrap.

hand tools

Hand tools for most of it. Drill press was useful to get the depth of the counter sink for the screws' shoulders.

drill press

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thenextguy sh.itjust.works thenextguy@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2026-07-01
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I didn't even know we had a screen door.

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naught101 lemmy.world naught101@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-05-08
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I didn't even know we had a screen door.

You never contribute anything to this household. Your mother and I think it's about time you started looking for somewhere else to live.

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naught101 lemmy.world naught101@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-05-08
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Nice! Is the short cross-grain bit likely to be under strain?

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thenextguy sh.itjust.works thenextguy@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2026-07-01
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You never contribute anything to this household. Your mother and I think it's about time you started looking for somewhere else to live.

You're not my real dad. He's out getting cigarettes. He'll be home any day now.

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dohpaz42 lemmy.world dohpaz42@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-01
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You never contribute anything to this household. Your mother and I think it's about time you started looking for somewhere else to live.

This is how I view you talking to @thenextguy@sh.itjust.works. 🫣

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Janx piefed.social Janx@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-12-19
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It's replacing that black plastic piece? I can't picture what it's for...

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pageflight piefed.social pageflight@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-09-04
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Nice! Is the short cross-grain bit likely to be under strain?

Thanks!

Should be OK, here's how it is installed.

installed

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