Carpentry

Keeping your deck in good repair is essential. When a deck is damaged or in poor repair, it suggests that the entire home is not being maintained. Deck railings are particularly important, since...

My father was very handy at fixing things around the house and often used this simple method to tighten a wood screw. One great advantage is that it uses commonly available household supplies. ...

Nothing puts a kink in a project like a broken screw. In some cases, the piece being worked on is expendable and can be easily replaced with a new piece; however, this is not always the case....

Whether it's been pulled out by gravity or a great tug or it's become stripped from too much retightening, repairing a screw that's lost its grip in wood is an easy fix. In most cases the repair...

Rotary screw air compressors are inexpensive, and are available with multiple horsepower options and varied cooling models. They are very popular due to these reasons.

Screws are superior to nails when used in decking. Over time, the expansion and contraction of wood loosens nails and leads to loose boards and warping. In the world of screws, the six-pointed...

Nearly every man-made object, from shelving units to motherboards in computers, is connected by screws. When the head of a screw becomes stripped from improper installation or wear and tear, it...

You can build garage shelves to help organize your tools, sporting equipment or store extra household items safely and cleanly. You can build basic, sturdy garage shelves in an afternoon with a...

Hinge adjustment Most concealed hinges have 3 adjustments. Up and down, left and right, and side to side. Turning the scewdriver left or right on the front screw...

Vertical band saws are used in most wood shops. These versatile tools can be used for cutting out shapes on pieces of wood and resawing timbers into smaller boards. Keeping the band saw in top...

There is no BIGGER small problem than trying to remove a stripped screw or bolt. Stripped screws and bolts can be a pain to remove even with the right tools. Getting that stripped bolt head from...

How to make your tools hold the screw you are using.

Most cabinet or drawer knobs (or pulls) can loosen with time. No matter how many times you tighten them with a screwdriver, they are still loose and annoying. This is likely because the screw...

Drywall screws are available in a variety of sizes and styles, and can be used for metal stud or wood stud applications when hanging drywall. Metal stud screws have a self-drilling head which...

If a door isn't closing properly, and the problem seems to be with the hinge side rather than the latch, you can probably fix it with some minor adjustments at the hinges. Sometimes doors weren't...

The tools required for extracting a broken screw are pretty basic and relatively inexpensive. And the procedure, once practiced, is fairly straightforward. The starting point is a set of screw...

Wooden door handles have been around since people started using doors. Handles made of wood are very cost effective, durable, and simple to make and maintain. Depending on the type of wood and...

A screw that is damaged often cannot be removed with the tools most commonly used to remove an undamaged screw. In some cases, the fitting on the head of the screw meant to accept a flat head,...

Sometimes when doing some home renovations, drywall screws can break off inside the drywall. There are a few different ways that you can remove a broken dry wall screw with household tools. It's...

Electric drills are used for many applications in the field of new home construction and remodeling. They are run off a power cord that gets plugged into an outlet, and they have a motor inside...

If you know how to put drywall onto concrete, you can transform your basement into a game room or an extra bedroom. Concrete basement walls can be drab and unsightly, but with the right tools and...

This article will expose you to a relatively new innovation for joining wood pieces together. These pocket screw joints are one of the strongest joints obtainable. At the same time this is one...

Often a screw will not come out even after WD-40 is applied. This can because the "stuck" thread part cannot be reached by the solvent. In this situation you often cannot apply force to...

If you use a drywall anchor to hold a shelf to the wall, it sometimes seems amazing that the anchor can hold up to 80 lbs. of weight. If you ever used a regular screw in drywall, you know that it...

Countersinking screws is an easy and quick way to make a wood building or craft project look professional. Using basic tools and following a few guidelines, learning to countersink a screw will be...

Allen head screws pose a problem when you don't have the right screwdriver. The head is made with a six sided hole in the center. The Allen wrench fits down into it. Allen head wrenches usually...

If you're doing a home project and come to a screeching halt because the screw that you need remove has no head to unscrew, don't worry. There is a solution for that problem that will allow you...