Hi! I’m Blair Gilbert, a.k.a.
MR. HARDWARE
As a third-generation hardware store owner, licensed builder, and finish carpenter, my mission is to help you “do it right the first time!” On this site, I share expert home and yard DIY advice in over 250 articles and videos. Feel free to dive in!
Latest Articles
- 3 Best Useful Power Tools – Versatile, Affordable for New Home (3/22/2021)
These 3 versatile power tools are the best for a new homeowner because they are also affordable and useful for many jobs.
1) A Drill This drill is the most used power tool of yours. You would be satisfied with a decent corded power drill.
The drill is for making holes, attaching, assembly, building, hanging, pre-drilling for sinking screws and tightening bolts. There are unlimited attachments – digging holes to plant seeds, cleaning, drilling around corners.
Everyone likes cordless due to convenience of the lithium-ion combo pack of both a drill and drill driver with extra batteries. The first drill should be a hard-working corded drill so you don’t wait to recharge batteries to finish important jobs ever.
2) Circular Saw The circular saw cuts, and is best straight and works fantastic with the right blade. For the DIY, a circular saw can do 90% of the projects using the required blade.
3) Reciprocating Saw You really need it when you need it. The reciprocating, saber saw I recommend for beginners because you will use all your life for problems when you need it.
Assorted saw blades will cut through almost anything, at bad angles. The reciprocating saw works for pipe, a board with rusty bolts, nails in an old staircase, cutting into walls and to trim trees with a pruning blade.
The saber reciprocating saw isn’t for fine cuts but instead is versatile and light. If you want demolition for home improvement – pull out something old to put in something new – you’ll always enjoy this saw.
More New Articles
- Reach Tight Places with Steel Wool on Bit, Drill to Clean, Polish, Remove (3/8/2021) - Make your own steel wool wire wheel tool bit to clean, polish or remove stuff from metal, wood or other materials by using a drill bit to reach in tight spots. You can’t… ...read more
- Blade Choice for Jig Saw is Most Important – Teeth Per Inch, Material Cut (2/22/2021) - Jigsaw blades come in two main types: U-shanks or T-shanks called SDS. The T-shape jigsaw blade doesn’t need a tool to fasten it to the jigsaw. The U-shaped blade is used in older… ...read more
- Plexiglass Cut Cleanly – Use Draw Knife aka Hook Knife, Plexiglass Cutter, Draw Scribe (2/8/2021) - Plexiglass is best cut with a draw knife, also called a hook or scribe knife, or plexiglass cutter. This hook knife will score the plexiglass, and remove a wide, shallow line after each… ...read more
- Change American Standard Flapper – Fix Running, Leaking Toilet (1/25/2021) - Mystery toilet filling sounds are fixed by changing the flapper to stop a running, leaking American Standard toilet. Korky makes a replacement for the American Standard Cadet flapper of 2 and 3 inches.… ...read more
- Battery Chargers – Recharge Slow at Low Amps, Fast at High Amps (1/11/2021) - Choose the battery charger that slowly recharges at low amps. But if the battery is dead, fast charge the battery with high amps to start the vehicle now. https://youtu.be/JKBPz1d37EU A 10 amp charger… ...read more