Seek help finding a user-friendly handyman forum (which works)

[Minni]

Uh, can anyone here advise why its so hard to find a working handyman forum? I tried signing up to handymanwire forums, because a rod on my vintage folding shopping cart broke and i was seeking input on the matter. (That's if they actually enable multiple image attachments, which i've yet to find out.) As for Home Depot, they're useless. If your issue is unique, nobody "home" forgive the pun.

I registered on handymanwire, but I never received a confirmation email. They don't have a contact form to communicate glitches, but rather one of those links which forces you to use Outlook or yahoo or google.
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So i tried entering my Gmail sign-in, but then encountered yet another obstacle. I.E. it stated that MSN might get access to my [Gmail] data. So I cancelled, as it was getting too complicated merely to tell them that I never received a confirmation email enabling me to use their forum!

Does anyone know the direct email address of handymanwire? Or alternatively do you know a user-friendly handyman forum which doesn't resort to the attached contact method? What's with these sites that don't offer either a direct contact form or direct email address?

 

[John Gayewski]

Judging without really being able to see it you need to find a local shop that tig welds. They should be able to stick that back on there fairly quickly and might not even charge.

You'll get some burn mark on the chrome and won't be able to repair that it'll clean up to the base metal though and should be mostly hidden.

 

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[JohnCT]

Another option is to join Facebook groups. I'm not a fan of them particularly but they're easy to join.

John

 

[Minni]

Thanks! I don't think there's a welder in this area. Today I sorta experimented (which took a toll on my arthritic fingers) and I used steel-core clothesline, combined with a "scotch tee hinge" (both of which I had on hand) and rigged up a brace. Dr.Seuss would have loved what it looks like now, and it remains to be seen if my work will have been in vain. I don't even have a normal cutting shears. I once bought a wire cutter, as i was informed it cuts wire, but it's useless on steel-core clothesline. Instead I used something whose blades are crooked like this: https://www.bladehq.com/item--831741-Leatherman-Raptor--23654... But the problem is that the blades aren't sharp anymore. So it took forever until the clothesline finally got cut, and the resulting frayed edge has sharp ends.

Examples of what I used:

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Plastic Clothes Line Pvc Stainless Steel Wires Core Ceiling Clothesline Lanudry Drying Washing Rope For Outdoor Hanging - Buy Folding Clothes Line,Plastic Clothes Line Clips,Plastice Clothes Line Hanger Hooks Product on Alibaba.com

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Perry Scotch Tee Hinges - Stainless Steel (Pair) - Gate Expectations

Recommended for lighter gates or doors that are no more than 20kg. Although stainless steel Scotch Tee Hinges are a strong version of the classic tee hinge these do lack some of the strength of the cranked band and gudgeon or adjustable hinges. Priced in pairs (i.e. 2 Hinges), if 1.5 Pair (i.e...

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P.S. Webmaster, you can close this thread once the respondents read this, because in any case, as per my accompanying post, i've not been getting eNotified of responses to posts, nor are they in my Spam folder, so its awkward keeping track.

 

[Sylvan]

Call a local plumber and ask them if they can braze using a SSF -6 bronze rod or use a steel coat hanger and fusion weld it

SSF-6 brazing rod produces electrically conductive, corrosion-resistant, leak tight joints. This same technique can be used to join a variety of metals: steel, cast iron, copper, silver, bronze, brass, stainless and more.

 

[Minni]

Sylvan, interesting! I PM'd you a reply, due to eNotification issues
Update: I just now discovered eNotification doesn't work via PM either.