Tools are integral aspects of building or renovating a house. Without tools, you can't do most home improvement projects. Fortunately, Hometalk has your questions about tools covered. There are tons of experts who work with tools, from pros to experienced DIYers. Need information about tools for a project? Ask a question to the community, and a Hometalk member who is familiar with tools will surely help. There's nothing like celebrating a successful project by posting it on Hometalk, and it helps others when you mention which tools you used.
Tools: Does anyone know what this is?
Can anyone tell me what the heck this is...A friend of mine that owns a resale store here in town had this in his store and he has no idea what it is... I'm thinking it is some kind of
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Ha... a lot of good Suggestions... Thanks For all your Input..:)
What are some tips or advice to get over the nervousness or intimidation of using a circular saw?
Would love to add this tool to my arsenal of skills but for whatever reason, I am very intimidated by it and have yet to cut a piece of wood with it. I'm big on safety and don't want to cut my leg off
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Way to go! It's perfectly natural to be intimidated. Power tools demand a healthy respect. ...»
Home Maintenance & Repairs: Use Screws Or Hammer Nails Back Into Joists?
Looks like the majority of the nails holding my duct work to the joists are popping out causing a slight sag in the duct work. should I simply hammer the nails back into place or replace them with screws? Looking down the line, it appears most are at least a quarter inch out of the joists.
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I'll pick up some sheet metal screws later today at the hardware store. I'll nail the nails ...»
Tools: Best Kind Of Staple Gun
I am covering a dining chair seat and my old manual staple gun is very hard to use and the staples only go part the way in. What kind of staple gun do all you DIYers suggest....electric
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I already have a stapler, and we have a large compressor- that's why I was thinking just ...»
Tools: What's the best tool for sanding in tight spaces?
I'm looking to get sanding on detailed work, or the inside of wood that I have scrolled. Looking for your opinions. Thanks!
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Sometime for tight detail work I use stripper and the tools you use during the holidays to get ...»
I need ideas to help removing the 1/2 shelves in our Kitchen base cabinets
We have permanent shelves we want to remove from our base cabinets to add pull-outs. We would prefer not to detach the cabinets. This is a new house but the cabinets provide poor storage.
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Glad to hear it worked out for you! Not a fun job as you already know, but it does make a big ...»
DIY Projects: My 80-year-old landlady refuses to call a plumber (NYC slumlords are AWESOME!!!) and we have done everything but snake
the very slow bathtub drain. I plunge it on a daily basis (helps a little) and we have done both Drano and vinegar (not at the same time...duh). The time has come to buy a snake and DIY
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I used the zip it on my sink and it worked like a charm - thanks! Still trying to fix the ...»
DIY Projects: Hi -- I've purchased a bronze house number plaque and have a question about mounting it on my brick home: do I need a
special masonry drill or can I use my standard corded 6 amp drill with a masonry bit? I put a similar plaque on my first house 15 years ago, also brick, and just about wore out my drill,
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Using the mortar joints will inventively fail. The assumption must be that what ever you put ...»
Home Maintenance & Repairs: drilling with carbide drill bit concrete wall
trying to hang shelves on a concrete wall. Using carbide drill bit we were told to use from big box store along with screws. Is it supposed to be this hard. tried battery power drill
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That's great, Betty. Glad you got the problem solved. Now you're ready for the shelves. ...»
Cleaning & Organization: Electric Power Washer
Am looking through the weekend ads for an Electric Power Washer (my first one). A lot to choose from! ? What PSI should I concentrate on? I'll be using it to wash down the pool screens and deck. As always, many thanks.
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I have an Excel 2800 psi gas one. which I use in deck cleaning, fences siding etc. I have ...»