A golden rule of carpentry: buy your timber as straight as possible, and fix as soon as possible (the next day). It makes me laugh when I see...
If the rails at the top and bottom are the same width, and there's no door drip (weather mould) you could do that. If not then saw or plane off...
I would get a long straight piece of hardwood (or 2 pieces) slightly bigger than 50mm (or whatever the gap is) and take to a joinery shop to put...
I can't see the difference in sitting a joist on the flange of the steel, or sitting a joist on a piece of (good quality) wood on the flange of...
Hi Jimbo, a strut is a component or structural member that is in compression (think of a pit prop in a mine) it's being squeezed or squashed. It...
And if the wall's out of plumb...?
T&G boards are secret nailed through the tounge. Somebody must have face nailed them for you to have extracted them. If you set a circular saw to...
I would take out the quadrant moulding, and get a piece of white UPVC about 25mm wider than the gap and glue (and pin it if necessary) to the side...
Peter Brett is THE authority on carpentry and joinery, he has written many books that are used by schools and colleges. They're all on Amazon.
Hey chippys, I've come to this thread a bit late (13 years) but I'd like to offer a few comments: Peter Brett has written several books on...
There's 2 common mistakes that inexperienced carps make when doing a Mason's mitre: not flipping one of the worktops upside down, to prevent the...
Reposition the doorstop not the nails.
Allsorts makes a good suggestion about fixing a softwood batten as a doorstop to the left hand side of the door lining. It may have to have a...
The bi-fold door is made from pressed hardboard in a mould, with an "egg box" packing in the middle (made from cardboard) with very (cheap white...
Yes, what you've all been waiting for, the quiz answers! 1) The 2 cutting edges on a twist drill are called the "lips" so when sharpening you look...
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