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I had to make a custom transition to go from the wood flooring into a bathroom. I glued up a couple of pieces of my pre-finished flooring and made the transition. The front edge and the back edge of the transition had to be cut to create the profile I wanted. Thereby leaving raw wood. The...

I'm cutting a 1"x12" board with a 45 * bevel to make a box. After my first cut I figured out the saw isn't cutting square. It seems the miter is off on the bevel cut. It's taking off more material the further the blade is from the fence and less material closer to the fence. I checked the...

My tenants left dog food laying around in the bag and they got mice. I'd like to seal up any holes with spray foam but the only thing I see available near me is Dow Great Stuff Pro which cures orange. It looks terrible. I need something that is compatible with a polyurethane foam gun. The...

I have a non-functional brick fireplace I'd like to trim out. It's 12' tall, 5' wide and 12" deep. For backstory, I think it was used as a coal burner a very long time ago. This is in Brooklyn NYC in a 100 year old building. I have craftsman style trim on all the doors and windows and I...

I'm debating ordering some spring clamps & pliers to do my kitchen crown moulding. Looks handy for outside corners on crown and baseboard. B/c my crown is 18" lower than the ceiling, I could probably use the clamps on the inside corners as well. Anyone use these for crown? Worth it? Collins...

I've got 5" handles for my cabinet doors. I think I'm going to center the handle on the rail. How far off the bottom of the upper cabinet door should the handle be? Measured from the bottom of the door to the bottom of the handle. Anything more than 1" seems to be off to me. On the lower...

What type of flooring is best to use for an apartment building's common hallways and stairs. The existing flooring is going to get ripped to the subfloor. I'm looking for something easy to install. I do not want to tile it. Does LVP make sense for this application? The building is a...

I occasionally find myself needing a tap. I see Harbor Freight has a 40 piece tap and die SAE set for $20. Anyone have any experience with it? The reviews are sort of useless. HF seems to only show positive comments. Amazon also has a similar set for $30. Links below HF tap & die set...

I've been trying to get all my scrap lumber sorted and off the floor. I welded together a simple rack out of some scrap 5/8" x 2" rectangular tube. That's taken care of some of the clutter. I need more storage and found someone selling what looks like retail store shelving. The seller only...

I used an old tube of silicone caulk I had to run a bead around my sink. It's been 24 hours and the silicone is sort of sweating out of the groove. I cleaned it up with isopropyl alcohol. Now an hour later it's sweating out again. It's wet to the touch. How can I remove the silicone from...

I picked up a 125cf Mig bottle yesterday. It's 4 feet tall and ~55lbs empty. My local distributor said he'd swap my bottle as long as it's in test. I have a little welding cart I bought used. The cart came with chains and will fit the bottle with room to spare. Can I put this tank on my...

Found an old Chief No. L4 4" on the internet. The seller posted a bunch of tools without prices. Sounds like he's clearing out his old man's stuff. What would you offer for this vise? He's a 30 minute drive from me. Kind of need it, kind of don't situation. I have a similar sized Fuller...

I have to tape a sheetrock box I built to hide a kitchen exhaust. All the adjacent walls and ceiling are already painted. Can I caulk the inside corners to avoid painting the adjacent walls and ceilings? Some of those walls are fairly large. Another option is to lay a piece of tape flat on...

I'm thinking of was to store my air & power tools. For the air tools, I was thinking of getting a few quick connect female couplings and drilling out the core. Then shoot a screw thru the coupling into a wooden shelf. The air tool will hang upside down. Is it ok to store air tools with all...

Do you caulk where the tile backsplash and the vertical edge of the cabinets meet? See pic.

I'm getting ready to tile a kitchen backsplash with 3"x12" x 5/16" thick wavy subway tile. The instructions say NOT to overlap by more than 33% when using a brick pattern. I think the main objective is to get some type of symmetry around the most visible showpiece in the kitchen - the...

I have a Tweco-A732 electrode holder for my Lincoln AC-225 welder. I bought this used a few months ago. There's a lot of grit & rust on the contact points. The pivot seems to be pretty gunked up and doesn't hold the electrode tightly unless squeeze it down. It seems that this can be taken...

I've got a farmhouse sink that has an internal shelf. To get my basket strainer wrench around the strainer's locknut I need a 13" radius around the drain. I also need to get the water supply connected and install 2 soap dispensers. I hate the idea of butchering this cabinet. But it seems...

Can I run bx cable inside kitchen base cabinets? I'm trying to bring an outlet to the back of a kitchen peninsula so when I'm sitting there, I can plug into an outlet. Cell phone, laptop, etc. The alternative is to use conduit and stranded wire inside the kitchen cabinets. I'm in Brooklyn...

I'm getting ready to install the cover panel on the backside of my kitchen peninsula. It a 1/4" thick cover panel. I threw a straight edge and the unfinished side of the cabinets and found the back's of the cabinets are out quite a bit. The Drawer base 36" is 24 1/16" deep. The lazy susan...