In this week’s video episode, watch how a repairable oil finish is made exceptionally smooth, see the best way to level a surface before buffing, and watch a random orbit sander and buffing pads in action
*TOOLS: Watch a Milwaukee tape getting driven over by a truck.
*WOODWORKING: Learn how to sand wood perfectly smooth.
*WOOD FINISHING: Watch my favourite wipe-on poly in action.
*GOOD GEAR: See what makes some wood screws better.
Click below to see the completed pine chest. All structural issues are repaired, a distressed milk paint finish has been applied, and reproduction antique hardware installed. Click here to watch the previous video 3 of 4.
This is the third of four videos on restoring a pine chest with milk paint and antique hardware. Click below to watch episode 3. Click here for episode 4. Click here to go back to episode 2.
This is part 2 of 4 on my video series about restoring and improving an old an somewhat boring pine chest. Click here to continue in the series and watch part 3, or click here for part 1 in case you…
As I was growing up in the suburban town of Richmond Hill, Canada in the 1970s, the municipal government in charge of the place did something brilliant. Or so it seemed. They bought a 100 acre farm just outside town, they…
If you live in a climate that gets cold in winter, then your windows might give you grief when temperatures start to decline seasonally. If your windows sweat beads of water that runs down the glass causing mold to grow…
Earlier this year I published a six-article series on life, death and some of the things in between. In 30+ years of writing professionally these articles have attracted more reaction than any other single thing I’ve written about. Most of…
In this week’s video episode, see how tractor tire chains are installed, learn a cool way to tension tire chains, and see an old tractor blowing some big snow
Crown moulding looks great, and that’s why plenty of homeowners are willing to fork out good money to buy it. But that doesn’t mean the crown itself has to cost you a bundle. These days even big crown profiles — up to 5 1/2” wide — can be milled on the smallest portable router tables, and this means big savings, plus a handful of other distinct advantages.
Do you live in a high-rise building? You’d be surprised by how much trouble engineers and builder go to for fire safety. Keeping fire, smoke and water from traveling through pipe penetrations between concrete floors is a big challenge in…
Q: What can I do to warm the floors of my 1875 cottage? I recently bit the bullet, went below, and stuffed two layers of insulation batts between the floor joists above the crawl space. The floor is still freezing…