sharptooth

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May 21	comment	How can I repair these cracks in my balcony wall? Is the building assembled from pre-fabricated enforced concrete parts?
May 8	comment	Why is my bathroom floor raised up very high? In my bathroom there's no "shower", I have a bathtub that just stands on the floor so there's no drain inside the floor, yet that whole floor is raised (something like an inch). I guess there's big reason behind this.
Apr 29	comment	What can I put on these bricks that are sticking up to get them flush again? A photo would be useful.
Apr 29	comment	Is my kitchen cabinet door beyond repair? Plan A looks promising. I guess epoxy-based compounds would work.
Apr 29	comment	Is my kitchen cabinet door beyond repair? @RedGrittyBrick: That would work for through holes, but not for the hinges - those require holes of exactly the right depth and will completely even bottom and that requires a router. One minor deviation - and the panel is cut through and that's a permanent damage.
Apr 29	comment	Is my kitchen cabinet door beyond repair? @woodchips: That's not a big problem. The anchor has to be force-hammered and then it will compact and will hold the screw quite well. So yes, you're right that it won't work the same way as if it would work in concrete, but it will work in another way.
Apr 26	comment	Is my kitchen cabinet door beyond repair? @Tester101: Wow. Where I live if one wants metal shielding he uses metal hose around the cable. And doing so inside a kitchen cabinet is not a usual practice.
Apr 26	comment	Is my kitchen cabinet door beyond repair? Just curious, what's the shiny flexible pipe inside the cabinet?
Apr 26	comment	Is my kitchen cabinet door beyond repair? @RedGrittyBrick: Relocating hinges is usually very hard - the part on the door is hidden inside a cylinder hole that needs to be routed and is very hard to do without a router.
Apr 26	comment	How do I know if my power drill needs to rotate clockwise or counter clockwise to drill forward? @supertonsky: Yeap, the manual is right (and the drawings in it are correct), but the drill case has letters R and L swapped. Excellent video btw.
Apr 25	comment	Is it safe to cut throught a 70mm spruce beam with a Metabo jigsaw? @Antoine: The problem is likely with the wet chips getting stuck inside the cut - you could pause cutting, retrieve the jigsaw, then put it back and continue - that should help remove the wet chips.
Apr 23	comment	How can I drive a screw with an impact drill? That model has no clutch.
Apr 22	comment	How do I know if my power drill needs to rotate clockwise or counter clockwise to drill forward? @shirlockhomes: This section even has a photo: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twist_drill#Left-hand_bit
Apr 22	comment	How do I repair water-damaged hardwood floors? Photos from like 45 degrees angle would be useful to estimate the damage.
Apr 22	comment	How important is circuit breaker breaking capacity? "Can be directly related" is a buzzphrase to me. Can I be directly hit by a lightning? Yes, I can. Am I scared to death? No, I'm not.
Apr 11	comment	*Do you really have* to mortise for hinges and other door hardware?** @Steven: Great, but this assumes you're willing to tolerate the gap as wide as the hinge plate thickness which is usually used to accomodate future paint.
Apr 11	comment	*Do you really have* to mortise for hinges and other door hardware?** @EvilElf: You'd have to make them with ultra precision for that. Usually they are a bit larger so that the hinge is easy to insert and then all the load goes to the screws.
Mar 23	comment	Why do some table saws have a direct and a reverse ruler on the fence? Note that the second row of numbers starts at 32, not at zero.
Mar 20	comment	Do I have to remove the existing 6' fence posts to install an 8' metal fence? If all else fails you can do the following: remove some of concrete or ground into which the posts are set, cut just below surface, weld new posts to leftovers of old posts, then either paint the welded joints, or cover them in concrete to protect them from rust.
Mar 18	comment	Is this water damage, dry rot, or just old age? Doesn't look like any kind of water damage - that would leave stains. Wood breaking easily during inspection is most likely rotten big time.