Here is one of those little tools that is so useful; a replacement wheel for a small pipe cutter. Many people don't realize that you don't have to replace the whole pipe cutter when the wheel is damaged, you can buy the wheels on their own.Tip: take the whole tool to the store to be sure to get ...
Laser levels have become common place, but now there is a new one. This little pyramid projects a vertical laser line on the wall and automatically levels itself even if the floor is slightly out of level. This is great if you want to line up window or door frames, hang wallpaper or set tiles. ...
Belt sanders remove a lot of wood fast. They remove even more if you go across the grain. Orbital finishing sanders move in a circle, so how you move on the board has no importance at all, you can't go in the wrong direction (with or against the grain) because it is orbiting around all the time...
You may think it is just a make-up kit but if you look closely you will discover:nifty sandpaper boards great paint and stain sponges splinter removers lock tite for nuts (it is called finger nail polish) a quality lacquer thinner (it is called polish remover) mirrors and the list goes on.If it i...
Getting a rusted nut off is often very difficult. Of course an air powered impact wrench such as you commonly find in a garage will help a lot. But for the rest of us?..Penetrating oils exist that do a pretty good job of dissolving rust and releasing these things. Flood it on and vibrate it...
Every week on my TV show I would demonstrate a simple but useful tool, this time a very inexpensive but essential tool for all household electrical work. When you have what we call Lomax wire, that is regular household wire with the plastic sleeve, it is always a problem to strip off the plastic...
If you need to bend wire for artistic or practical reasons, even fairly thick wire like heavy coat hangers or brass rods as I have in the photos, the wire bending jig is amazing.This is how I make supports to hold my one cup coffee filters up over the coffee cup, rather than letting the filter si...
Clothes hangers provide a ridgid, often plastic coated, wire that can be used to build or fix just about anything around the house. Even the new plastic type of clothes hangers can be broken up to make clamps and hooks.You'll have to catch the re-run to see the gadgets that I made in minutes wit...
There is a special knife made to remove grout from between tiles. It has carbide dust on the cutting edge. It does a nice clean job, although it does require quite a bit of elbow grease.For a power version for grout removal follow this link for the FEIN MultiMaster tool. Or for a DIY version y...
Brad from Surry, B.C. has strange angles to his walls, and he wants to put crown molding around the top. How to cut the angles?Don't even try with your compound angle power miter box. Build a simple jig. A piece of plywood for the base, which represents the ceiling. (The molding is always ...
