That kitchen cabinet under the sink, where you keep your garbage and recycling? There’s always a little spillage that stains the bottom of the cabinet and can start rot. So, that’s a good place for a piece of leftover linoleum, … Continue reading
When removing cabinets alone, it is helpful to stack sawhorses as a support while you remove the mounting hardware. I have two horses, a saw pony (what else would you call a 1/2 sized sawhorse?) and scrap 2 x 4s … Continue reading
We have two fiberglass extension ladders made by the same company, and I decided to make a standoff that will fit both of them. I finally finished it today. It is made from 1-1/2″ PVC pipe and anchored to the … Continue reading
Fitting Shelves into a curved space. Our new staircase is curved, so the understair storage area is also curved. It is off the kitchen, designed to be used as a pantry. So, how to put shelves in here… There must … Continue reading
Replacing locksets and striker plates. Every home past a certain age has a lockset or striker plate that has been removed and replaced multiple times by inept people, leaving a crater of mangled wood fibers where the mounting screws need … Continue reading
Overcoming thread size mismatches. So. I want to hang one of those wire racks in the shower that holds soap and a few bottles of shampoo. I get the brilliant brain fart that this faux crystal knob would work well, … Continue reading
“Legerdemain and PFM” is my way of describing the techniques I have learned or invented over many years of making things right again. “Legerdemain ” because the definition of mastery is knowing how to disguise your mistakes, so a kind … Continue reading
“The definition of mastery is knowing how to disguise your mistakes.” Another day, another puzzle. The drawer in this cabinet will not stay in the rails. The width is off by a full 1/2″, which makes me wonder how anyone … Continue reading
I make a fair amount of jigs and fixtures in order to provide a higher degree of precision in woodworking. This image shows the construction of a jig that will hold crown molding stock on my chop saw so that … Continue reading