On this particular New 12 months’s Eve episode, we’re taking part in again a few of our favourite segments from the previous 12 months. We want you a contented new 12 months and hope you take a look at 2023 as a chance so that you can get issues executed round your house.
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Finest New Merchandise
Easy Options (Hour 1)
Silence a Squeaky Door Hinge: To repair squeaking door hinges:
- Take away Hinge Pin: Insert a big nail or nail set within the backside of the hinge and faucet the hinge pin out.
- Clear Hinge Pin: Wipe any grime, grease, or grime off the hinge pin utilizing a cotton material.
- Take away Rust on Hinge Pin: Sand the hinge pin frivolously with medium (120-grit) sandpaper to take away any rust, and wipe off any sanding mud.
- Lubricate Hinge Pin: Apply a skinny bead of machine oil to the size of the hinge pin.
- Set up Hinge Pin: Use a hammer to faucet the hinge pin into the hinge from the highest.
- Dispense Lubricate: Open and shut the door a number of instances to work the lubricant into the hinge to cease the squeak.
Watch: The way to Repair Squeaky Door Hinges
Reducing Crown Molding: To make miter cuts in crown molding, flip a panel the wrong way up on the miter noticed desk. This permits the angled again edges to relaxation towards the fence and the desk throughout slicing.
Holding the molding in the suitable place whilst you make a reduce is the troublesome half.
The answer is to scorching glue a bit of 1-by-2 wooden to the noticed desk so it acts as a cleat to carry the molding within the correct place.
Watch: The way to Reduce Crown Molding on a Miter Noticed
Easy Options (Hour 2)
Moveable Work Desk for a Miter Noticed: Right here the right way to improvise a transportable miter noticed desk:
- Arrange two sawhorses.
- Connect the miter noticed to a bit of plywood the width of the ladder.
- Construct two assist blocks the peak of the desk on the miter noticed from scrap lumber.
- Place the miter noticed and assist blocks on the extension ladder.
- A 3rd sawhorse can be utilized for center assist if the ladder is simply too versatile.
Watch: The way to Make a Moveable Work Desk for a Miter Noticed
Simple Nail Apron Liners: Make interchangeable liners to your nail apron or software pouch out of one-quart plastic motor oil bottles.
Reduce off the spout, wipe the bottle clear, fill it with nails or screws, and slip the liner into the apron pouch.
Replenish a number of bottles with varied varieties and sizes of fasteners, so you may shortly and simply change them out and in with out having to dump out the apron.
Watch: The way to Make Nail Apron Liners from Oil Cans
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