I remember my Dad telling a story of when he was a young apprentice carpenter and was taught one of life's valuable lessons. He was busy nailing something together and, as was his habit, was choked up quite a bit on the hammer as this seemed to provide more control of his swing. His boss calmly walked over, grabbed the hammer out of his hand and proceeded to cut the handle in half. Lesson learned....
A pipe is used to convey liquids or gases into or out of the building. The types are mainly P.V.C pipes or mild steel pipes. They are located inside walls, ceilings, ducts, or exposed on the wall surfaces. The liquid to be conveyed determines the size and type of tubing to be used. When fixing, connections to the main supply and the utility feeding point are done. It is important to follow instruc...
Remember the last time your neighbor came over for a drink and you playfully locked him in your bathroom? God, you thought that was such a fun thing to do then, until you discovered that the bathroom door jammed and your vicious Pit bull terrier (who intensely hated your neighbor) was sleeping in the bathroom! Didn't you wish that you'd have had an emergency DIY toolkit for times like these? ...
Tools are important. In order to complete a construction project or a home-improvement project you need to have all the necessary tools. These tools can come in various sizes it can be big or it can be small. However, regardless of the size, these tools will help you finish your project. When it comes to adding final touches to a project, there are certain tools that you must possess. One of these...
The basic home repair tool kit has changed over the years. When I was a boy, I do not remember seeing any power tools in father's vast array of carpenters' tools. The brace-and-bit and folding wooden rule have gone these days. Nowadays, everything needs to be plugged in or recharged. Not a bad thing at all, but not being a carpenter, like my father before me and his before him. I wonder how...
A hand saw is one of the standard tools used by handyman services. These are useful because they take advantage of the thickness of the blade in order to keep the material being cut still. Generally, handheld saws are used to cut plywood, but there are some that are used for cutting tougher material as well. Hacksaws for example are used to cut metal and feature much stronger blades than typical h...
The techniques and equipment you need to cut water pipes definitely depend on the piping material itself. Several men and women cut copper and galvanized steel pipes with the hacksaw but a tubing cutter is a different excellent alternative. Tubing cutters leave a far more uniform edge to every single cut and you can also cut plastic pipe with a tubing cutter. Most do-it-yourselfers reach for a hac...
Did you know that the hammer is the oldest human tool? Gosh, imagine the Neanderthal man with a hammer in hand trying to make some music by banging that beautiful hammer on those mineral-rich rocks!! Anyway, Wikipedia defines the hammer as "a tool meant to deliver blows to a target, causing it to move or deform." Though the hammer may seem ordinary, every homeowner needs it at some time or ...
A spanner or sometimes called a wrench, is the most common tool used for gripping, fastening and loosening nuts and bolts. The spanners that have adjustable jaws are referred to as adjustable wrenches (or in the USA crescents). Most good quality spanners and wrenches are drop forged and chrome plated. They are forged from high quality steel such as chromium-vanadium. This is then hardened and temp...
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