Leonard Lee, President of Lee Valley Tools, was a guest on my TV show where he demonstrated to us how to do some very basic inexpensive sharpening of knives and chisels. I'm not going to try and repeal a lot here, because Leonard actually "wrote the book" on sharpening, which you can purchas...
The critical steps to a soldered plumbing joint that will not leak are:Scrape the two surfaces clean with steel wool or a soldering brush;Liberally apply flux to prevent oxidation of the surfaces to be soldered and choose your flux to match your solder, i.e. lead free;Heat the joint on one side ...
You will notice that wires that go into your breaker box are much longer than needed to get to their connection. This extra wire provides flexibility as to where to attach the wire as well as prevents possible stress on a too tight wire.When you curve a wire to put it under the screw head of an ...
We visited with Wayne Walsh, a professional sheet metal worker and checked out all his hand custom tools that he uses to shape something as simple as a plumbing stack flange for the roof.In the photo you see a simple pair of crimpers, the right tool to put a pleated male end on a cut piece of ven...
Helen from Halifax, N.S. is undertaking a major renovation of her kitchen and wants to remove her beautiful molding and then put it back up.Start by cutting the paint lines between the moldings and the wall and between two pieces of moldings.Don't try to pry it off with a hammer or a chisel bec...
What are you doing Mr. Donaldson with your shop vac in the garden?He is showing me the Donaldson Hole Digging Technique. You loosen up the dirt in the bottom of the hole with a spike, shovel or even one of those garden soil turning spikes. Then you sit down in your chair and vacuum up the lo...
If you don't already know pop-rivets, this is one tool you should become familiar with. The pop rivet looks a bit like a funny nail. You drill precise holes through two pieces of thin material that you want to join together. This is commonly used for all kinds of sheet metal work, but can ...
You can use special shrink wrap sleeves to seal off electrical connections water tight. This can be very useful for outdoor low voltage wiring, outdoor sound systems, or anywhere you need something better than electrical tape.Shrink wrap sleeves of all sizes can be found most easily at automotiv...
It is often difficult to clamp round or odd shaped objects. This segment highlighted several techniques including web clamps and make-shift web clamps, and tips on using them.Here we are gluing a painting pole back together, using tie-wraps as clamps.All the items shown in this segment are easil...
So just what glue do you use to glue the sole of your shoe back on when it is dangling down and you don't want to go to the shoe maker.It must be strong, waterproof and flexible. Construction adhesives will not work, as they are generally ridged. Silicone caulking could work but there are gl...
