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Wood Joints

The language of the joiner is filled with words that we know well from ordinary usage but here have new and distinct meanings: Lap, edge, butt, and finger joints are technical terms to woodworkers. Joinery jargon gets still more complicated when...

Finishing Wood

Let's talk about the surface of the object you are making. How smooth is it? Are the heads of the nails or screws flush or, better yet, recessed below the surface to be finished? How about saw, planer, or other machining marks to be seen? Are...

Christmas Trees—Real vs. Artificial?

Christmas season is upon us so it’s time to dig around in the attic, the garage, and the basement for all that stored tinsel, and start decorating your tree. Will you choose a real evergreen or will you go faux? More than thirty million...

How To: Make a Window Box

A window box can add enormous curb appeal to a house and provide a garden opportunity for even city dwellers. And, they are easy to make. Just follow this simple summer DIY tutorial to deck your sills with beautiful summer blooms this...

How To: Make a Sandbox

With just some basic home improvement knowledge, you can build a simple backyard sandbox like this with colorful stripes, benches for sitting, holes to trickle sand through, a beach umbrella stand and lots and lots of sand. Here's how: ...

A Step-by-Step Solution: Pre-Cut Treads and Risers

In the world of DIY it is the step-by-steps that detail a solution to a problem or project. In my case, it was the st...

"Penny Nails"

The answer to this question has eluded me since I started working at a hardware store at age 14. I'm now 22 and still searching. Where does the fact that nails are sized with the word "penny" originate from?

Top Tips: Making a "Better" Birdhouse

A birdhouse can be as simple or as detailed as you like—from a basic box shape built with butt-joints and a 45-degree...

Crown Moulding Basics: very basic

… 's not so tough. Put the nails in the top and bottom where … you might need to use longer nails into the top plate (On walls … extra feet of crown you can cut a couple of short test pieces … the mitres fit before you actually cut the finished piece. The main …

Cutting Crown Molding

… one at 45dgr's (not 90). My question is: Does this inside cut need to be coped, even though it isn't a sharp 90 degree angle??? And also can screws be used in place of nails to mount the molding? (this molding is mostly particle board) HELP!!!! …

How to reinforce cut floor joist?

Our home inspector suggested we reinforce a floor joist that was cut to install the toilet drain pipe. The 8" joist is now really a 1" joist. We need to reinforce this to receive FHA loan approval. How do I go about reinforcing this joist?

How to reinforce cut floor joist?

One suggestion: get 2 pieces of 2x10, about 4 feet long. Place them on either side of the cut 2x8 and make holes in them at the 2-foot mark for the pipe. Then bolt (not nail) them to the 2x8 in 4 places. Make the cuts in the new boards as small as you …

Carpeting and base moulding???

… 1/2". So I bought my new molding, cut it to fit the room, stained (or prime and paint), and polyurethaned it. Then, I cut myself about 6 blocks of wood that were … studs (or base-plate.) I counter-sunk the nails, then mixed some plain wood putty w/some …

stair remodelling

… pry up the treads and then pry between the riser and tread...you may need to use a sawzall to cut the nails...work your way down to the bottom...when you go to replace the treads, start from the bottom …

help - Sub-floor uneven

… and I mean IF, the offending joists are stable and after all nails are removed, remove the plywood subfloor, use your level from the … the high points need to be removed. Either plane the areas or cut it off with a circular saw. The 1/2" discrepencey will …

replacing window sills

… the window is actually held in by nails in the exterior casing so that … need a nail puller to remove the nails that hold the casing on the … hold it in place. Now remove the nails. It may take a few taps … Use it as a pattern and cut the new stock. To put it …

Can't get nails out of old oak lumber

… and groove pine boards. I'm saving all the beams and would like to save the pine siding also but am unable to pull the nails from the oak studs without breaking the heads off. I also tried breaking the nail heads off and then driving the siding off from …

Can't get nails out of old oak lumber

… the burn pile. Sad that more couldn't be salvaged, but my time is limited and mothering lots old boards isn't in the plans. I had lots of rot and cracked material or wrong size (that can't be planed because of the broken off nails) too. Good luck BillOH

Can't get nails out of old oak lumber

Well if you still want to re-use the wood with the broken nails imbedded.....You can "drill" out the nails with a short piece of 1/4" hollow steel pipe with small teeth filed into the end.......chucked …

Up-cut Spiral Router Bits

I am trying to avoid the high cost of buying a jointer. I read some where that I could use an "up-cut spiral bit" on my table mounted router to make clean edges for joining boards together. In looking at spiral bits, however, it appears that they are …