- 1. Saw plywood without splinters
- Using a Stanley knife, make an indentation along a ruler along the length of the cut before you start to cut.
- Tape the top and bottom of the sheet material with masking tape and mark the cutting line on it.
- Mix with your drill
- Mark right angles with a handsaw
- A large garden on a small balcony
- Cutting down a tree
- Sanding a wooden floor
- Get plugs out of the wall
- Choosing the right nail
- Storing batteries
- Save filler
- Keep chisels sharp
- Sanding with your drill
- Drilling at the correct speed
- Remove masking tape
- Cola for oil stains
Splinters often form on the underside when sawing sheet materials such as plywood. Here are two tips to avoid this:
You can mix paint, small amounts of cement and even concrete with your drill. Various mixing paddles and mixing rods are available for this purpose. Mixing with your drill is best-done at the highest speed.
If you don’t have a square to hand, a handsaw can help. The angle between the handle and the top of the saw blade is usually square. Press the handle against the plank and mark the cutting line along the saw blade.
The solution is: go up high. With old pallets, you can transform a balcony or roof terrace into a vertical garden.
First, make a horizontal notch on the side to which the tree should fall. Next, saw an oblique notch above so that a wedge-shaped opening is created. Now, you can cut the trunk from the other side, slightly above the bottom cut of the keep. Here are some tips for working with a chainsaw.
Always sand along the length of the wood and keep the sander moving. Usually, it will be necessary to sand the floor twice. For the first time, use coarse-grit sandpaper (40 grit) to remove paint residue and dirt. Then, sand the floor nice and smooth with finer sandpaper (grit 60 – 100).
Do you find it hard to get plugs out of the wall? Try using a corkscrew.
A nail should be two to three times the thickness of the material you want to secure. And always nail the thinner material to the thicker one instead of the other way around.
A Li-ion battery is best-stored with a charge of 50 to a maximum of 70%. Storing a full battery will cause it to oxidize inside quickly.
Are you planning to repair cracks and other faults in a wall? First, spray the areas that need to be repaired beforehand with a plant sprayer. As a result, the old plaster absorbs less, and you end up needing less filler.
Chisels become blunt quickly. Even if you are not using them, contact with other tools in the toolbox can also cause bluntness. Thus, store your chisels separately or protect the cutting surface with a protective cap.
You can also sand with a drill when you attach a special attachment. This is a handy solution, especially for round shapes, which are difficult to reach with a traditional sander.
A rule of thumb that always applies is: the harder the material you drill in, the lower you have to set the speed, and therefore the rpm – at which you have to set the drill. In Drilling at the right speed, we delve deeper into correct drilling techniques for different materials.
Do not leave the painter’s tape on for too long, because there is a chance that the adhesive will leave traces. Three days is pretty much the maximum.
You can remove oil stains on the driveway with cola. Pour a good splash of cola over the stain and, let it work overnight. Next, rinse with water in which you have mixed some detergent and spray clean with the garden hose.