FLUIDMASTER 400 is ready for replacement [squeaky noise when flush]
The 400 isn't on the market anymore.
Do I get a 400A?
Your thoughts.

Hi, the faucet/handles in my bathroom sink are coming loose from the sink. I go underneath and tighten the nut, but in a few weeks it becomes loose again and the faucet/handles slide a bit. (This is not a leak issue with the faucet.). Someone told me there is a tape to put around the threads that will hold the nut on tight, but I can’t find what type. (Again, not a leak issue, so I’m pretty sure I don’t want teflon tape.)

Any ideas?

The Woodwmith program recently had an episode featuring an air-scrubber for cleaning shop air. They started out with a discussion of how to control dust in the shop, doing the work outside when practical, dust extractors attached to power tools, and wearing face mask to avoid breathing the dust. Then the presentation of how the air scrubber is built. They started with cutting multiple  circles of  3/4" plywood with a router, one of the worst dust offenders in the shop. Cutting circles with a router is something I do outside or, if it's raining, in the garage. They simply brushed or blew the chips and sawdust off the surface of the workpiece instead of using a vacuum cleaner, and of course they were not wearing dust masks. I guess they weren't listening to Chris when he presented his thoughts on dust control in the shop.

Other day I was wrapping some gifts in the shop when it occurred to me that the cutting grid lines on the back of the wrapping paper are 1" squares... and I had a project I was trying to scale from a picture.  Very handy... and almost certainly cheaper than layout paper design for stuff like that.  Used the Super77 adhesive to stick it to some masonite and then cut templates.  I'm sure I'm not the first guy to do it, but I felt pretty smart.

I have two boxes of Wood Mag from 1993 to 2015. Plus two boxes of shop Notes and others. Free to pick up near Trenton.

My MIL lives in an assisted living facility that's fairly recent, around 10-12 years old.  She has a framed, stained glass piece she'd like to hang in one of her windows.  I haven't weighed it, but it's several pounds.

"No problem," I thought, "I'll just install some J-hooks into the header & we're golden."

Oh, no!  Not that simple.  The window's got some kind of metal header that snapped off my drill bit and is very resistant to self-tapping screws, too.  It's buried under at half-inch or so of drywall/paster, so I can only try to guess what it is (metal, gauge, amount of empty space inside it, etc.) by feeling through the holes I've been able to make.

The facility has no issue with me hanging the decoration, but they will not help me do it and their maintenance guy doesn't know what the header is, either.

What suggestions would you make for hanging this stained glass?  It's reasonably heavy, so it won't be supported just by a couple of screws in the plaster layer alone.  Is there an industry standard that'll tell me how to tap into that header?  If I cut a board to span the top of the window (the window's recessed in the wall, so I have 34" of width and 4" of depth to work with), is there an adhesive that's strong enough to glue it to the painted plaster and have it support the stained glass?

Sorry, but I haven't any pictures to help clarify--I could get some if that'd help.

Thanks, in advance.

I used to use IMGUR to store photos and knew how to post them. Apparently, IMGUR doesn't work anymore so I was trying to post pics directly from my PC, but I can't figure out howe to do that either. Any suggestions?

Hello All,

SWMBO has requested that we hang Christmas Lights around our pool which is covered lanai (screen room surrounding pool).

Not our home but you get the idea - here is a screene enclosure around a pool:

   

I want to hang the lights from a fastener that I can keep in place and use year after year. I know I would typically use sheet metal screws for this type of task but I wondered if there was something that was a better option. Also, with the sheet metal screws, I would need a screw that is about 1" as I would need about 1/2" proud so I could hang the lights. 

Maybe sheet metal screws and a clip to hold the lights?

Thanks, Bill

... this can't be that hard, and yet.

My wife would like a large pegboard for hanging hats, coats, and things. "No problem", thinks I, "I can do a 20mm layout using my workbench tooling". 

And then I completely fail to find 20mm wooden dowels. Anywhere. 

So - help? Does anyone have a source? I'm looking for maybe 4" long (20mm by 4", that's a good combination) but I can also cut down anything longer. The closest I've found is a really sketchy dowel jig from eBay/AliExpress that would let me cut down a 1" dowel but - see "sketchy". 

I don't have a lathe but I do have a drill, so I suppose I could sand something down...