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...
Harry and his wife from Saanichton, B.C. write:The pivot points on this sewing box are just screws into the wood. As the boxes pivot in and out, the screws unscrew and fall out. What to do?-------- Response:I love little challenges like this, and your drawing was great.What we need to do is e...
One viewer suggested using spray lubricant on screws to get them to go into wood more easily, even without a pilot hole.It does work, but be aware that a spray liquid lubricant will stain the wood and prevent any good finish where the lubricant has squeezed off of the screw. There are other wa...
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...
When you want to hide a screw in woodworking, you need to either use a series of drill bits to make first the plug hole, then the clearance hole for the screw to go easily through the first piece of wood, then the pilot hole for the threads to grip in the second piece of wood. Or you can use...
When you use a hole saw, it is often very difficult to get the plug out of the saw cup when you are done. More and more manufacturers have provided slots on the side of the hole saw to allow you to jam a screwdriver in and pry the plug out. But this is often not so easy. (By the way, the larger t...
Being able to read house numbers at night is quite a hit a miss thing. This is not only frustrating when you are trying to visit someone, but could be life threatening when an emergency vehicle is looking for a particular house address.
Lighting everything except the number
By the good gra...
When you build that basement wall with economy lumber, and one stud is just not flat with the others, there is a way to fix that quickly to end up with a flat wall.
IDENTIFY THE BULGING OUT SIDE OF ANY STUD
Then in the middle of the bow, saw cut about 2/3rds of the way ...
The old days of stacking structure
In the old days, before we had specialized hardware like joist hangers, we would always create beams, or low lying ledger boards and place the joists on top of them with some kind of toe-nail attachment.
The arrival of joist hangers
When joist hangers came in...
