Ron from Uxbridge, Ontario suggests putting a golf "T" in the end of a caulking tube to close it off between uses.I had never tried that before so I gave it a rough testing. When the hole in the tube was small enough to be able to force the T into place, it worked quite nicely. If the hole wa...
Pros do most nailing, tacking, or stapling of upholstery to furniture frames with pneumatic guns. For the do-it-yourselfer, regular staplers will often not be able to drive the staples in far enough, especially in hardwood frames. Lifting the rear of your stapler off the wood and pushing down v...
The construction industry uses a lot of power nailers today. Most of these are pneumatic simply because driving a nail in with a single blow requires a tremendous amount of power. A hammer delivers much less power, which means hitting the nail many times to get the same job done. But power...
David from St. Catharines, Ontario suggests using a product called TopCote to keep your table saw free from rust. You got it right David -- this is the truly professional answer to the problem.Right up there for good performance is hard car wax -- because it won't come off on your wood and bothe...
It can get confusing at the store when you look at the wide variety of putty knives and scrapers. Even just in the Richard's line of tools there is enough choice to make you wonder. First notice that some are rigid and some are flexible and some more flexible than others.If you want to apply...
Once a year I get to roam around the massive National Hardware Show in Toronto where the manufacturers show off all their new stuff to the store buyers. In this segment, I drop in on three of them to take a look at things that will be showing up on your store shelves in the months to come.Th...
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...
There is really no way to repair a bad burn in a plastic laminate countertop, but you can still save the counter. In this segment I used a plunging router to cut out a very flat hole in the counter, just the right size to put a cutting board right where the burn was. Don't forget to careful...
Rob Cosman from Lie Nielsen Tools showed us some very nice modern planes, made with the quality and mass that you used to get before the power planers started to replace the hand plane as one of the primary tools of any good woodworker. If you are a serious woodworker, amateur or profession...
Isn't it frustrating to go to the store and look at that wall full of spatulas, trowels and glue spreaders. Why are there so many? Which one do you need for your job?First the difference between flexible and rigid spatulas. If you have ever tried to apply thick window putty with a rigid spa...
