Redo built-ins or remove and put furniture in?
jhoff86
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removing non-adjustable shelf from 60 year old "built in" "cabinet"
Comments (7)@ mike - I was thinking about a multi-tool. Home Despot has the Ryobi on sale for $28. I was wondering - I had been considering getting a dremel tool anyway because I need to do things like cut solder blobs to remove the end panels on bird cages and to cut cabinet door knob bolts off flush... Could a multi tool be configured to do either job? I wonder if because of the vibration I might not be able to hold it steady enough to not cut through the wires on the bird cage. Some of those solder blobs don't have a lot of clearance. I mean the standard dremel tool, not their version of the multi tool. I used to have one when I was still doing silver work. Here are a couple pictures of what I mean about sawing through solder blobs. The wire panels on these bird cages are held to the frame only by these small solder blobs and having end wires that slot into openings on the frame. So if I remove the solder blobs I can slip the end panels off, zip tie the cages together, and have one ginormous bird cage. This is a solder blob that is close to the wires: Below is a solder blob with plenty of space to saw through it: Don't get me wrong, its not that I don't like tools - but I'm sort of past using them most of the time, and I'm not exactly in the economic upper echelon. I got mo' problems, but I sure don't got mo' money, LOL! So I'm wondering if the multi tool in my not so steady anymore hands can do this job as well, or if I'd be better served to stick with the less vibrate-y and (I think anyway) more flexible and maneuverable regular ol' standard Dremel tool. Also, here are the type of cabinet knobs I'm talking about. The way these ought to be installed is, you drill a well - a hole that doesn't go all the way through - on the back of the door or drawer where you will be installing the knob, centered over the hole for the bolt. It should be as deep as the holding nut is tall or maybe a little deeper. You should be able to grab the nut with needlenose pliers to stabilize it when screwing the knob on. So wide enough to do that. Then you saw off the excess post sticking out so its flush with the back. So you don't have that long post sticking out into your drawer. This type of mount isn't usually used in better furniture, and isn't possible at all if you've got the crappy particle board/composite stuff that we mostly get stuck with these days. I see a lot of these installed incorrectly, leaving that post sticking way out like that. Anyway. I'd like to use some of these on my kitchen cabinets so I'd need to be able to cut that post off flush. I know I can do it with a Dremel, but can a multi-tool do it as well? Or does the vibration make precision a distant dream? LOL!...See MoreRemove built-in / integral / between glass blinds?
Comments (6)What you did is broke the seal in order to remove the blind so now the thermal rate for the window is gone and it will get moisture in between the 2 panes. Those integrated blinds have never mde sense to me I have seen so many of them with the blind hanging crooked and can’t be fixed was a stupid idea for sure . Why not just pull them all the way up and leave them and save towards getting new windows at least for some of the worst ones....See MoreHow would you redo this living room wall with fireplace and built-ins?
Comments (1)Congratulations on your new home. It looks like a beautiful living room. Suggestions for your consideration; Do remove the built in bookshelves. They throw the balance of the room completely off. As for the TV placement you can set it up so that the TV has it's own place to the left of the fireplace or do a long low linear gas fireplace and then the TV over the mantel. I always suggest keeping the TV as low as possible for better viewing when ever possible. Either way, if it was me, I would put stone or tile all the way across the wall. It would look a lot better and balance out that wall. This is a direct vent gas fireplace. Just an example and one of many available. It is 72" long. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=psclZo0hYSI&feature=emb_logo this is a tutorial about TV placement. Hope it helps. MAE...See MoreHow do I put the infuser back into my Wolf built-in coffee maker?
Comments (3)After some time on the phone with Wolf, we finally figured out that the tube at the bottom of the infuser was extended. It's like a suction tube so it wasn't moving at all, nor did I think it was movable. Turns out, it was in an extended position and once it was pushed back into place, the infuser fit back into the machine....See MoreBeverlyFLADeziner
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