Keith Grommes
Keith Grommes
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Solving the U.S. Flag "wrapping around itself" issue with DIY "FLAGnets" (magnets for your flag)
Are you like me and get frustrated seeing your prized U.S. flag, AKA OLD GLORY wrapped around herself every time you come home? Well, barring a tornado, tsunami​, or hurricane force winds, this little tip will help you to solve the problem 99% of the time!
I spent less than 20 minutes, and less than $7.
I bought two packs of ceramic block magnets from Harbor Freight (item 97504) valued at $0.99 a pack and a roll of Professional Grade SCOTCH brand 35 red vinyl electrical tape at Lowe's for $3.58, and came up with a really great solution to solve this annoying problem.
I tried to paint the magnets at first using Rust-Oleum gloss protective enamel red paint and it was just too messy. After I ...
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Jeep Karaoke Episode 1 - Regina sings "Hello"
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Our friends from Mississippi came for a visit and we decided among the four of us to record our friend Regina singing to Adele's Hello. Hilarious!!!
Elephant Seals - San Simeon, Ca
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Elephant Seals - San Simeon, Ca
Hwy 46 Overlooking Morro Bay
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Hwy 46 Overlooking Morro Bay
DIY Keurig Rolling Tray Repair (Part 2)
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DIY Keurig Rolling Tray Repair (Part 2)
DIY Fence Latch Repair
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Our latch broke on our access gate to the side of my home so I went out and bought a new one. Unfortunately the previous lock release mechanism, although still in tact, wouldn't fit the new latch. I decided to make my own from miscellaneous parts I had in my "excess tools/parts" box in the garage. Here is a parts list: 1. Handle: Leftover Bathroom Sink Drain Kit from an older installation 2. Ha...
DIY Keurig Rolling Tray Repair
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Rather than toss out our broken Keurig Tray, I decided to fix it. I hope this motivates you to repair your broken items around the house rather than throw them out. All you need is a little ingenuity!
"CHANGIN' MY WAYS"
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I was noodling around and wrote this for the explicit purpose as an audition song in 2009 for the Praise and Worship band at my church at the time. I like the guitar part and the words but not happy with the vocal arrangement or timing. Granted it was a rough draft, but I still believe it has potential to be a good song based in the message, which is basically, realizing changes need to be made...
Original Short
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Original Short

Комментарии

  • @bombardus
    @bombardus 3 месяца назад

    I will try this, sir 🙏🏻

  • @strozombie
    @strozombie 4 месяца назад

    that's great until you get smacked in the face with said flagnet...

  • @canuck.2024
    @canuck.2024 6 месяцев назад

    Do they bang in your wall

  • @paulholland1641
    @paulholland1641 6 месяцев назад

    I have two heavy-duty magnets the wind blows them off.

  • @78ck18
    @78ck18 9 месяцев назад

    Thank you so very much! This worked to perfection.:)

  • @ChenGuttman
    @ChenGuttman 9 месяцев назад

    Genius! Magnets are SO useful! I once fixed my car's breaking light using 6 stacked magnets! Anyways, thank you, I just used your idea with my own flag with just using two pair of magnets, they were sufficiently heavy for the flag and so there is no fear of two sets of magnets sticking to one another

  • @customer7575
    @customer7575 11 месяцев назад

    I use to use magnets but the wind kept knocking it off when it hit the top of the fence. Makes noise when it hits too. So I just got a longer pole with rotating rings and it no longer furls over the fence and gets stuck. Rotates nicely and never tangles. If it does tangle the next blast of wind fixes it.

  • @mudpup545
    @mudpup545 Год назад

    Beautiful.

  • @rayd.1568
    @rayd.1568 Год назад

    Awesome video ❤ it’s been driving me crazy, thank you and god bless you and your family! Thank you for sharing!

  • @Scott-mp5kr
    @Scott-mp5kr 2 года назад

    Thank you! Love the Mickeys as well. 😃😎🍾🧪

  • @onlyblackjoneshd314
    @onlyblackjoneshd314 2 года назад

    Will strong winds make the magnets come off?

  • @luisdiaz3887
    @luisdiaz3887 2 года назад

    Seems to be a solution I’ll try it. Thank you so much.

  • @SomeplaceOrAnother
    @SomeplaceOrAnother 2 года назад

    Pretty cool 😎 to see the seals 🦭

  • @Bricklinsv1970
    @Bricklinsv1970 2 года назад

    First significant wind those flagnets will become flying magnets lol!

  • @avirmani8183
    @avirmani8183 2 года назад

    Hi Keith, I'm trying to solve the same problem and found your video. Is there a reason you used magnets? Would any other metallic item work the same? I'm trying to understand if the magnetic property works here, or just that the magnets were the right size and provided enough weight to keep the flag from furling. Thanks.

    • @luisdiaz3887
      @luisdiaz3887 2 года назад

      You try any other item and let us know.

  • @mechcntr7185
    @mechcntr7185 2 года назад

    The attention to sound quality and consistency was so bad it made the video nearly useless. I skimmed around the video to find the part that showed where the magnets were placed.

    • @uuuultra
      @uuuultra 9 месяцев назад

      thank you

  • @two18stp
    @two18stp 2 года назад

    Hey buddy you randomly came up in my youtube feed! I wish I would have recorded this one for you. It sounds killer!

  • @leek6730
    @leek6730 2 года назад

    Tried exact same magnets, same positions, and everything...east TX must have stronger winds. Mine fall off minimum twice a day, this time a year atleast, but flag hasn't been twisted so guess its still working

  • @busa89
    @busa89 2 года назад

    Great idea! Mine always ends up in the gutter.

  • @seeharvester
    @seeharvester 2 года назад

    I was having a similar problem, so I just made a flag out of plywood. Works great! Of course I had to beef up the pole a bit.

  • @Amyzgr8r
    @Amyzgr8r 3 года назад

    Awesome!!! God bless you and Old Glory! Now I can retire my poor shredded flag and put up my new one from Annin. Made in the USA! Thanks again for the great tip.

  • @snoopu2601
    @snoopu2601 3 года назад

    Thanks for sharing I have a flag on the flag pole and on a crazy windy day in the bay area of California the flag will wrap around the pole. It drive's my crazy because it will stay wrapped up until the wind untangle it's self.

  • @Santos-ek8md
    @Santos-ek8md 3 года назад

    Great work Keith 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

  • @SamsungA-vb5jk
    @SamsungA-vb5jk 3 года назад

    Alabama United States

  • @UsalinhPenguin
    @UsalinhPenguin 3 года назад

    I found these magnetic flag weights on Amazon which looks promising. www.amazon.com/Magnetic-Waterproof-Carrying-Stopping-American/dp/B08ZXH1CL5/ref=asc_df_B08ZXH1CL5/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=520027530630&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=10330756660866090963&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1020743&hvtargid=pla-1352196122320&psc=1

  • @Dank_Farrik
    @Dank_Farrik 3 года назад

    I’m going to the store right now to buy the magnets and tape. Thank you for this great idea. I’m so tired of noticing my flag tangled and needing to reach up and spin the pole until it’s untangled.

  • @dankuhl991
    @dankuhl991 3 года назад

    Magnets are a poor salution if you have a metal pole or gutters near by.

  • @wisecitizenry2844
    @wisecitizenry2844 3 года назад

    Awesome! Hope nobody comes out that door on a windy day. 😆

  • @alisonrussell5848
    @alisonrussell5848 3 года назад

    Thank you for this info. We have had trouble with our flag blowing up in roof gutter and ready to runbto the store to implement your creative idea! God bless you and God bless America!!

  • @mod2868
    @mod2868 3 года назад

    Thanks! I’ll give this a shot. I tried attaching a small pole around the bottom of a flag I have to weigh it down and it tore it so this seems like a much better idea.

  • @ericupchurch5631
    @ericupchurch5631 3 года назад

    Hotty toddy

  • @mudpup545
    @mudpup545 4 года назад

    Has a very Bret Michaels vibe to it. Really good. 😊

  • @mudpup545
    @mudpup545 4 года назад

    That’s creative, very smart use of common parts.

  • @misscakes491
    @misscakes491 4 года назад

    Thanks Keith!

  • @janwhitaker414
    @janwhitaker414 4 года назад

    Can't wait to try it!!

  • @srose40
    @srose40 4 года назад

    Thats disrespectful to the flag....you must be antifa

  • @commonsensemakessense8134
    @commonsensemakessense8134 4 года назад

    Great idea! I’ll will be buying magnets now. Thank you!!

  • @ginnyginny4141
    @ginnyginny4141 4 года назад

    I love the magnets and red masking tape idea! I just ordered the magnets and tape on amazon...10.00 total to save my sanity having to unwrap my flag every day. Thank you!!!

  • @liveuntetheredmusepodcast4832
    @liveuntetheredmusepodcast4832 4 года назад

    ..until a real high winds blows in, and those magnets turn into flying shrapnel! ..and God forbid if anyone is walking by the flag when that really high wind blows in! People don't understand (until it's too late), the velocity of these weights flying through the air, and the damage they can do to people and structures! lol For this to really work, you would first want the flag always away from people and structures. Then you would have to calculate (in pounds) the worst wind pressure in the area which you live, and figure out how many pounds of strength your magnets would have to be, to stay together, and not fly off the flag during those higher wind bursts of pressure. But more importantly, are the magnets flying through the air on the flag! Anyone hit by these could seriously lose an eye or worse! It would definitely puncture vinyl siding ..and dent aluminum siding!

    • @shanew7361
      @shanew7361 3 года назад

      I agree, cool idea but pretty naive to put it politely.

    • @spiker8253
      @spiker8253 Год назад

      Get a grip...

  • @mudpup545
    @mudpup545 4 года назад

    Love it my friend!

  • @yogi-777
    @yogi-777 4 года назад

    Thank You thank you thank you thank you!!! God Bless!!!!

  • @randya103
    @randya103 4 года назад

    I tried that but the magnets kept flying off

    • @carrier7399
      @carrier7399 4 года назад

      You could always sew on a little "pocket" for the magnets.

    • @robertspina4503
      @robertspina4503 2 года назад

      Same here but I am thinking the magnets I used were not big enough

  • @matthewbarba6751
    @matthewbarba6751 4 года назад

    Thank you for helping a fellow American out!

  • @johnquest1044
    @johnquest1044 4 года назад

    Good Job man, Thanks!

    • @KeithGrommes
      @KeithGrommes 4 года назад

      John Quest thanks!!!

    • @johnquest1044
      @johnquest1044 4 года назад

      @@KeithGrommes No problem I appreciate it, i was able to get away with lighter round magnets bc my flag was lighter material then yours but it worked! The other fixes are more time consuming, and you have to buy a decent amount of stuff. Paid 2.39 for my pack. Thanks John

  • @-triple
    @-triple 4 года назад

    Thank you. I have to try this!!

  • @mariapappano8471
    @mariapappano8471 4 года назад

    Thanks, Keith! God bless you!

    • @KeithGrommes
      @KeithGrommes 4 года назад

      Maria Pappano you’re welcome! Glad it helped you!!!

  • @jrbaytown
    @jrbaytown 4 года назад

    The magnets flew off my flag and one hit the hood of my car. Fail.

    • @KeithGrommes
      @KeithGrommes 4 года назад

      Ross Johnston sorry that happened to you. I believe there’s certain considerations that must be evaluated before doing this. The vicinity of your car during high winds in relation to the flag, the strength of the magnets vs wind strength, etc.. it’s definitely something each person will need to test based on their location. Again, sorry the video wasn’t more helpful and sorry you had a negative experience.

    • @liveuntetheredmusepodcast4832
      @liveuntetheredmusepodcast4832 4 года назад

      Yes, that's what happens eventually when a real wind blows in lol...

  • @joew4202
    @joew4202 4 года назад

    I’m old school, I untwist it by hand

  • @bm3830
    @bm3830 4 года назад

    First of all: Thanks for sharing what worked to 'color' the magnets and what *didn't* work. I don't have the red tape, and certainly would have defaulted to the paint that I have.... Second: Thanks for discussing the placement of the magnets. Again, what worked and what didn't. This is very helpful.

    • @KeithGrommes
      @KeithGrommes 4 года назад

      B Muldoon outstanding! Glad it helped you!

  • @daddyrich559
    @daddyrich559 4 года назад

    Where did you buy the magnets

    • @KeithGrommes
      @KeithGrommes 4 года назад

      Rich Mr O I bought them at Harbor Freight!