Did you ever think of using old kitchen spatulas as wall protectors for pulling nails, or even as a nail puller itself. This segment developed a series of shop uses for common kitchen tools.And I show you the fantastic plaster washers, used to hold cracked or loose plaster in place. These wide ...
Stanley tools has brought out a dual brad and staple gun. The small brads line up on one side of the gun, of course the staples come out U shaped as usual. As with most multiple purpose tools, it is not quite as good a brad stapler as a dedicated brad stapler, but for someone who mostly wants a...
Most nail pops come from one of two basic causes: fiberglass holding the panel away from the stud, hence a gap between the stud and the panel; or shrinking wood.Assure contact between the panel and the stud at the moment the nail or screw is driven home and you avoid the first problem.The seco...
This very special screw, called WoodEase, has a drill point, then a knurled shaft that will drill out the clearance hole as it goes through the wood and special knurles on the underside of the head to assure that it will settle right down flush in hardwood -- without drilling any pilot holes, cle...
Roland wants to know how to get curtain rods to hold better in drywall.A screw driven directly into drywall will not hold at all, unless it is driven into wood behind the drywall. If the wall is hollow where you want to drive the screw you must use some kind of drywall fastener or fastener syste...
The Toronto Hardware Show is where buyers from hardware stores pick up new products for the coming months. Here are four more products that I spotted that look like winners.Slyde Lock Patio Door Locking system, is a really good bar lock for a patio door now easily available in hardware stores...
Nelson from Glouchester, Ontario made a jewelry box for his wife and put a magnetic catch on it. But the magnet works so well that he can hardly open the box. So he asked, "how do you weaken magnets?"You can't actually weaken the magnet itself, but you can weaken its hold on the metal catch sim...
Some time ago I had a demonstration on upholstery where I showed that a hand operated staple gun couldn't staple into the hardwood normally found in upholstered furniture. I showed the two standard alternatives: a pneumatic stapler complete with air compressor and hoses, and good old hand ta...
There are many different ways to anchor things into concrete, each with its own distinct difficulty, cost and holding power.Concrete nails simply keep things from sliding, but have very little resistance to "pull-out".Tap Con or Grip Con screws actually cut threads into the sides of the pre-drill...
Allan from Chatham, Ontario sent me that red object in the photos above. We all have that box of various screws and fasteners and if you are like me and Allan, we usually dump it out on the table or into a pizza pie pan to be able to sort through it to find the screw we want.Allan pours them int...
