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Cleaning Antique Woodwork . Dear Concord Carpenter, What is the best cleaning solution to use on antique woodwork (again, I’m talking about 8″ – 10″ hand-hewn beams and 22″ wide pine wainscoting. I believe they were hand waxed at one point- and I want to preserve the antiquity. Any products you would recommend? Thanks and…
How To Make A Cordless Drill Storage Rack I like my shop neat and orderly. When I need a tool I expect it to be in a certain spot. In my shop I use a few small cordless drills and impact drivers. Keeping track of them was difficult until I decided to make a cordless drill…
Protect exterior wires from damage: A few years ago I installed low voltage wires in my yard. Most of these wires are buried under bark mulch or are installed in conduit. this article will show you an inexpensive tip on how to protect low voltage landscape lighting wires. Instead of placing my low voltage transformers in my…
Custom Sanding Block Using Standard 3″ x 21″ Sanding Belts A sanding block is used to provide a solid and often flat support for sandpaper. This article will show you how to make a sanding block using a 3″ x 21″ belt sander sand paper belt. How To Make A Sanding Block Typically I use a scrap…
Drywall Anchors and Wall Patching I hate painting but what I hate even more than painting is preparing a wall surface for paint. Probably the worst part of that is removing drywall anchors and patching Walls. A painter friend of mine, Mark O’Lalor, showed me a neat trick that allows you to fill drywall anchor…
Repairing as saw kerf mistake: fix it don’t scrap it! My friend always teases me saying that I make everything look so easy. “You never show the mistakes or screw-ups, whenever I try to do a DIY project it always takes me longer and I screw up something along the way.” Fixing Your Mistakes is…
Here’s a quick tip for you anytime you open a new gallon or quart of paint. Take a slotted screw driver, hold it at an angle and use your palm or a hammer and make two or four drain holes in the paint cans rim. This allows the paint to seep back into the paint can…
Make Multiple, Accurate, Cross Cuts: Safely! Trying to crosscut large pieces of wood with a small, wobbly miter gauge is never accurate and just plain DANGEROUS! Many woodworkers build a double runner, Table Saw Cut Off Sled for their shop. They do this because it has excellent zero tolerance cutting and is a safer way to cross cut larger…
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