cutting

Hi, I've got a bit of a weird project I'm working on. I'm trying to create a clear hard cover for a keyboard that has holes where someone can still press all of the keys. It would be just a flat piece of material that Velcros onto the top of wireless key board. I've been working with acrylic...

Good Morning! Check out this video that displays how to cut acrylic, in this episode Jim cuts down the legs of some bar stool with perfection. I appreciate the feedback, share with your friends and if you have any questions, feel free to ask!

Hi all, I've got a bit of rot creeping up the bottom of some T1-11 siding; I'm thinking of trimming about 6" off the bottom with a Skil saw, setting the depth to the depth of the plywood and pulling off, then replacing it with strips of Smartside or some of that vinyl decking "lumber". The...

Hi everyone, So I have a plan of attack on some DIY work, but never having done any plumbing before I just wanted to run this by someone before going out and doing it and wrecking anything. I just bought a new dishwasher and I'm replacing the old dishwasher in my house which is about 60 years...

I have a 2" galv driven well pipe with a steel cap stuck on it! The 2" galv has threads, but I think they are stripped. The steel cap just keeps spinning on top of the pipe. I know that I could cut off the galvanized pipe, but I don't have any way of redoing the threads once I cut it off if...

Hi guys, I am cutting the backsplash off of a cultured marble vanity that is 69" long. I don't have the time or manpower to take everything apart, so I would like to cut it while it is installed. I have seen posts regarding cutting cultured marble, however they are generally not installed. I...

In the next couple of weeks I am co-installing around 120 Metres of 7-core 2.5mm SWA cable for an outside garden which has multiple boxes for lighting control (DMX) and so on. I have no problem finding the cable, the glands, some nice "Earthing nuts" to make life easy and so on. My role in the...

I purchased a new toilet yesterday, to match the new one in my remodeled bathroom. When I removed the old toilet, I found that whoever tiled the floor tiled over the flange partially, leaving the flange below floor level, making the wax gasket totally useless (aside from discoloration, the old...

I have an outside corner that is less than 90 degrees. How do I cut the angles. The corner is 80 degrees so I need to cut at 5o degrees. The miter saw only goes up to 45.:(

Someone offered to give me the block of marble they are getting rid of from a front step, but it's too big to manage alone! Even with 3 or 4 people, it's next to impossible. It's measurements are 44" x 24" x 7", and it weighs in around 720 pounds. And Ideas on how to possibly breaking/cutting to...