Why Owning a Small and Lightweight Chainsaw is a Good Idea

Chainsaw

There are some power tools that are often overlooked. They often tend to be ones that are surprisingly useful, but you simply don’t think about them. While you will undoubtedly have in your shed a lawnmower, probably a drill and sander, saws of various kinds and other smaller, more common items, have you got a chainsaw? Why would you want one? You may not have considered the benefits of such a tool, but in fact, they are very useful indeed. 

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16 vs 18 Gauge Nailer: Which One To Get?

16 vs 18 Gauge Nailer

You already got the idea of the different types of nailers and their applications or usages after doing a few pieces of research over the internet. And, you’re here as you’re confused about which one should be your choice to buy based on your requirements.

Hopefully, you’ll get the proper guidance after reading this guideline that will depict the comparison, 16 vs 18 gauge nailer.

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What is Toenailing and How to Toenail Wood Properly

When you’re a newbie at working with wood for your DIY projects, you may have developed the habit of driving a nail straight down your workpiece.

By and large, that’s a good habit. But in some cases, you need to drive a nail at an angle into a piece of wood.

This is called toenailing. It’s actually skilled that every carpenter develops because you’re eventually going to need it.

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A Complete Guide to Nail Sizes for Framing

Nail Sizes for Framing

Over the years, framing has been an essential element of the construction of any building.

Framing involves handling large wood projects, including building decks, constructing a room, or framing exterior walls.

The process uses a specialized nail gun, a framing nailer, to fasten 2x4s for the walls and 2x8s or 2x6s for building roofs and floors.

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How to Fix Squeaky Floors by Using a Nail Gun

Fix Squeaky Floors

Squeaky floors happen even though you might not want them to.

 

Though it’s not that common like leaky roofing for the house owners and you have to prepare for that it may happen if you use wooden flooring.

 

They happen because the wood flooring comes up from the subfloor due to the house settling, materials drying out, changes in the weather, boards rub together, or general movement in the flooring.

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