I freakin’ love Discovery’s Mythbusters. That show is pretty awesome. They get to build stuff, blow up stuff, make robots, and have a super huge shop with pretty much every tool imaginable. They have even gotten drunk on some episodes. Pretty sweet setup. If you could get past the fact that Jaime seems sometimes…er…gruff–I think it would be a pretty cool gig. It kind of got me thinking…I need to start a bit of DIY busting. You know–test all the myths of home building so you don’t have to. (Plus, they lack a decent carpenter on the show. Some of the buildings they construct–just to blow up could use a bit of pro. HINT).
Obvious “you don’t know Jack” joke deleted for unoriginality. Glad we got that out of the way. How is this for a review: If you have any interest at all in woodworking you need to own at the very least a set of Jack Clamps. HomeFixated.com was sent a set of these to review, and somehow I ended up with them. I ought to just keep my big mouth shut since I may have to send them back for a “second opinion” from Marc, but–I could always just claim I lost them. (Not likely). [click to continue…]
Few things are quite as maddening as a stripped screw. Seriously–all these phrases ratchet up the Innuendo points wildly. I actually get a bonus for scoring high on this scale. So–prepare yourselves for thinly veiled jokes as we discuss something that isn’t very fun at all: Trying to get a #@&$ screw out of something when it is stripped out.
For a variety of reasons–a screw will become stripped. (Dollar bills, too much torque, etc.) The head of the screw becomes impossible to get at with whatever type of tool it needs. Standard screws are famous for this. Quickly–a bit of screw review. [click to continue…]
The motley crew of items in the picture on the left probably seems more disjointed and in need of rehab than the circa 80’s actual Motley Crüe. Not true intrepid DIYers. It is in fact my very own collection of shop throw-aways that instead of heading for the landfill–ended up making me “Dr. Feelgood”. (Too much Crüe? Yes–agreed, let’s move on). [click to continue…]
