Following on from my preceding post about removing a screw with a broken or stripped head, here is a video I found showing you the actual process. Original post by steve

Following on from my preceding post about removing a screw with a broken or stripped head, here is a video I found showing you the actual process, including a good point I didn’t mention. You should use a centre punch to mark the centre of the broken screw before drilling. that will help to keep the…

I just read about a new capability tool company that I have not heard of before. Rockwell potential Equipment. Looking through their website they have fairly a large range of all the potential tools a DIY Handyman would need to fill up his workshop. All the usual potential tools like cordless drill…

The picture above shows the problem. After servicing my lawn mower, including changing the cutting blades, I was putting it all back together when I tightened one of the bolts too much (under the cutting deck) and I snapped the head off. The break is well below the surface and there is no way of try…

Richard Buckminster Fuller invented the geodesic dome in 1947, and his hope was to implement solutions for some of the larger housing issues during that time. You might not be surprised to learn that those issues, which included energy efficiency, a wiser use of resources and a safe residence remain…

This isn’t a tool that was on the top of my list to buy, but I have had a pile of blunt chisels and drill bits building up in my workshop that were probably just going to stay there and get replaced one day. thereupon final weekend I walked past that Ozito Bench Grinder in my local Bunnings store. I…

Just when I was wondering which of the dozens of possibilities to mention in that post, there came my Verizon Wireless newsletter with results from a survey about peoples’ 5 favorite things about fall. The results from that survey, to which 9,000 Verizon Wireless customers responded, were: Leaves …

A few years back, we had a catastrophe that nearly ruined our yard and patio. We needed a quick fix and had little money available. The problem happened back in July of 2002, during the Biscuit Fires here in Southern Oregon. Most of the homes in the neighborhood, including ours and those of our inst…

My father was a talented carpenter and used to prepare jokes about how he could easily spend all of his pocket money in the hardware store and lumberyard. In their day, he and my mother collaborated on many do-it-yourself projects and remodels.

In the home in which I did most of my growing up, a …

If someone gave me $5,000 and said it was for remodeling projects, what would I do?

First of all, I would hire a contractor. I would hire a team of two who had experience and expertise in a wide range of home remodels and home improvements. I would hire contractors that I like and would feel comf…