Resin in softwood knots can stay active for years, and bleed slowly through most paints, even if the wood has been kiln dried. The only way to really stop the bleeding is to use a shellac to seal in the resins.Shellac is not a very strong finish but has the unique characteristic that it allows n...
One of the most frustrating things is trying to make a long rope out of all sorts of short pieces, especially when they are different thickness. So here is the splicing knot for different sized ropes.Make a loop with the larger rope. Run the end of the smaller rope through the loop. Wrap it...
The trucker's hitch is one of the most useful of rope knots because it is quick, easy to set-up, easy to take down and allows you to sinch the load up tight. For those of you who missed the TV show, we tried to grab a few still shots to give you the step by step set-up for a trucker's hitch.
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Boy Scout, Shawn Carter came on my TV show to teach me some useful knots. The one in the photo is how to get two very different ropes to tie together.
Make a loop in the end of one of the ropes. Thread the other rope into the loop, around the two pieces of the first rope and back out through th...
Here are a few tips when it comes to re-wiring an old lamp.
Use the existing wire to pull the new wire through. You need to join them in a way that does not create a lump in the wire.
Avoiding a lump
On the old pair of wires, cut one wire shorter than the other and s...
