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Recently my wife noticed a pool of water under one of the sinks in the master bathroom and that lead to this DIY task. So one of the the faucet's had lived its life and was leaking under the sink. I had previously replaced faucets so that was nothing new. Refer to one such faucet replacement task here . There was a fair deal of damage to one of the drawers under the sink, so started reviewing options on fixing it. The cabinet system is the original one installed by the builder so finding a match as in a replacement drawer wasn't an option. There are many restoration videos on youtube which show a lot of different techniques and options, but I was not sure which one will work for us.  So I started off by sawing off the affected area. Removed the metal guide off of one edge which had rotten. Then sawed off the damaged wood. Used a hand-held oscillating saw to cut the piece off. Then looked around my wood pile to see if I could use any left over pieces from prior projects. So I fo...

Was searching for the next build kit and I ran into the products made by ROKR and decided to give it a shot. So following is my build experience of the Marble Run kit (LG504). They have a lot of different kits and this was my first build with wooden pieces. The pieces are primarily wooden, with some steel shafts and plastic shaft sleeves, a total of 233 pieces. The "marbles" are steel balls. A small sandpaper and a wax stick is also provided. This kit is rated a 4 out of 5 for difficulty level. The packaging is awesome. Pieces are lazer cut and are precise and fairly easy to punch out. The instruction booklet is descent enough. It would have been great if it was color coded instead of monochrome. At various points in the build there are QR codes which when scanned via a mobile device will show a video of that step to assist with the build. Each wooden sheet and each piece on it is maked clearly. There are a good amount of extra pieces, so there were a few left overs. In my ca...