Have you ever wondered why the centre drill of a hole saw is adjustable? You want it fairly long to get a good centred start before the hole saw hits the material, but if it is too long for the job, you will have problems.Look at the first photo and you will see that the drill is going to break o...
Chloe in Kincardine, Ontario uses a double open-ended wrench to carry heavy pails so that the handle wire doesn't cut into his hand.A slit garden hose can help as well.
Keith from Thunder Bay, Ontario has a great tip to help get the bur off of the end of a machine bolt when you cut it with a hack saw.First thread a nut onto the bolt.Then cut the bolt to length.When you unscrew the nut, it will force the burr out.Then a light stroke with a file will take off the ...
One viewer has sent in his tip that he can "see" the studs on his wall for hanging pictures by just holding a lamp close to the wall.It sounds fishy but it does work on some wall but not on others.It will not work on freshly painted, or well insulated walls.Actually he is not really seeing the st...
Have you ever had that impossible to reach crack where you just can't get your caulking gun in?Try taping one of those oversized ice drink straws of some small diamater tubing onto the end of your caulking gun. Make sure you have it well attached, you don't want it squirting off and making a mes...
What a mess whenever you have to drill either small or large holes in the ceiling.A nifty trick is to take a fairly flexible and transparent food container, put you bit right through the bottom and into the drill.Hold the container low to sight your entry point, then slide it up tight to the ceil...
Broken your last small drill bit and you need a pilot or clearance hole in wood?John from Bancroft, Ontario suggests simply taking a nail of the right size and poping it into your drill chuck. You will find that most chucks will permit the head of the nail to settle behind the jaws, allowing a g...
If your good kitchen table is the only work table that you have in the house, how can you protect it and still do craft work or even light renovation?You can purchase from stationary stores or art stores special rubber-like green mats specifically made for cutting paper. You actually cut into th...
When you are working on getting trim to fit tightly around a window, be sure to perfect the mitre corners first, and then cut the square length last. That way, if you have to adjust the mitre, you still have enough length to the wood to fit the other end.One way to assure a perfect fit is to rou...
We get a lot of tips from our TV viewers and web visitors. Here are a couple for cleaning metal around the house.Ketchup cleans Copper. Really. There is acid in the tomatoes that just shines up that copper.Limes cleans Brass. Actually Ketchup and Lime both work because of the natural acids.To...
