December 1, 2024 • 33 mins
Dean gets into part two of his 2024 Holiday Gift Guide. Dean talks about the differences between an electrician screwdriver set and a regular one. He also recommends a multi-bit screwdriver. Dean enjoys a buck and a drop point blade.Dean talks about the pro Bluetooth speaker that he uses to create an ambiance of burning wood sounds to create a nice soothing sound in a gas logged fireplace. Dean also talks about his favorite pliers-wrench. Dean has a strong recommendation of his favorite type of axe. Dean expresses his thoughts on a great quality coping saw that would help any DIY-er or carpenter take their project to the next level.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
KF I am six forty. You're listening to Dean Sharp
The House Whisper on demand on the iHeart Radio app. Hey,
welcome home. I am Dean Sharp the House Whisper. I
design custom homes, I build custom homes, and I'm also
your guide to better understand that place where you live.
(00:22):
Today on the show, we are doing part two. It's
probably like Part one point one based on how far
I got through this list yesterday, but part two of
this year's House Whisper Holiday Gift Guide. Yeah, gift guide.
It just totally it just totally escaped me. I do
(00:46):
it every year. I write the damn thing House Whisper
Holiday Gift Guide. That's what we're doing today. Lots of
great stuff. It's an all tools and gear gift guide
this year, which many of you will welcome. And you know,
sometimes I digress, I talk about some books and some
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other things, and this year, you know, and just getting
back to basics this year. So it's it's all tools
and gear, and I'm excited to talk to you about
each and every one of them so that you understand
the value behind each of these suggestions. And of course
we're going to take your calls The phone lines are
open right now, right now, Yes, they are. Producer Richie
(01:29):
standing by. Anything that's got you scratching your head about
your house today, whether it's a design issue, construction issue,
DIY question, whatever the case may be, give me a call.
You set the agenda when it comes to calls. The
number to reach me eight three three two. Ask Dean
eight three to three the numeral two. Ask Dean eight
(01:51):
three three two, ask Dean. It's just that simple. Phone
lines are open now. We'll be going to the phones
in just a bit. Richie will tell you everything you
need to know. Popping into the queue, you can listen
to the show while you wait. Let's see here. Oh look,
you know. Let me introduce you to our awesome team.
Elmer is on the board. Good morning, Elmer, Good morning Dean.
(02:16):
How you doing by doing really good? Yeah? Did you
get that burrito that you wanted or not yet? No,
it's it's it's coming after the shift, you know, all right?
All right? Elmer's like, hey, man, did you have breakfast
this morning? I'm hungry, like there is something I can do.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
He's been snacking all morning.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
He's been snacking all morning. He doesn't count. It's like
rice crispy treats. It's not like, uh, it's not food
food all right, Okay, well, I'm glad to hear you
say that, Rice, Christmy treats are not food food. That's
that's a good thing. That lovely voice you just heard.
Eileen Gonzalez, sitting at the news desk. Good morning, Eileen,
(02:56):
Good morning. How's it going good? Have you had breakfast
this morning? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (03:00):
You should see. I bring a ton of food with me.
It's like, I'm going to be gone for a week.
I'm well prepared news and food, and I need to
share with Elmore.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
You should share with Elmer. He could pass out, and
then where would we all be? You and I both
we'd be like, hello, Hello, is this Mike hot? Hello?
All right? Good to have you, Bud. Appreciate you.
Speaker 3 (03:26):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
Sitting across the table from me. Who look at you?
Look at you. You're just amazing. My better half, still
recovering from her unplanned, unexpected surgery, but recovering strong. I mean,
I feel pretty good. Strong. What do we We're like
(03:47):
day eleven, day eleven, Yeah, and you're doing good. You're
doing so good. I'm going to talk about this later
in the show. That that our granddaughter Olivia had to
police you. Oh my gosh, that was so far over Thanksgiving.
Speaker 4 (04:00):
If anyone wants to go look, I did post one
of her videos she posted, she actually made about five,
but of her calling me out for all the things
I was doing wrong. So you just go to at
Tina Sharp on Instagram and I it's it's hilarious to
watch her.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
She just out of the blue, she just decided I'm
going to create a video news report.
Speaker 5 (04:22):
Yeah, she suddenly became an an investigative journalist hunting down
yours your infractions of doctor's recovery orders.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
It was very funny. There were several reports that came
throughout Thanksgiving Day. And then of course she doesn't post
social media. She just posts to us.
Speaker 4 (04:41):
She just sends us she makes a video, and then.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
We'd all get these text messages. We're like looking at
it and there and there she is. She does she
does the bumper music.
Speaker 4 (04:49):
Yeah, she does her own music.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
She does her own fade in if that's what you
want to call it, her head coming in from the
bottom of the screen up and then a full report
on Tina's crimes.
Speaker 4 (04:59):
Yes, and she calls me mina that's my little nickname.
So she coined their mina tastrophees. Now she didn't say
that in this video, but in other.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
Mina tastrophe past. Yeah, it might be a little overblown.
It might be a little over blown, thank you, but
it was adorable. It was adorable. And you're looking great. Oh,
thanks so much better. All right to y'all. Here's the thing. Oh,
we got some calls coming on the board. You know what.
It is a beautiful, beautiful Sunday morning here in southern California.
(05:31):
I don't know where what the weather is looking like
wherever you may find yourself, but I hope it's as lovely.
Speaker 3 (05:36):
Today is December first, the first day of December. Christmas
is twenty four days away. We've got so much to do. Friday,
that's right, Friday was a Black Friday. Yesterday was small
business Saturday. Tomorrow Cyber Monday. Today, today is just awesome day.
Speaker 4 (05:58):
He is house Whisper a gift guide, that's right, which
also is posted to social media.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
Okay, yeah, yeah, tell everybody that before we run to
the news.
Speaker 4 (06:07):
At home with Dean Instagram, Facebook, and I think that's it.
I think only puts it to those two and then
you can also there's a there's a link in the
bio of Instagram to actually go to the KFI website
and you can actually download and interactive PDF, so it
has links to all of the places to buy these items.
Speaker 1 (06:27):
Yeah, So if you don't like like having to do
the search yourself, you can go to the KFI website,
our little corner of it, you know, find the Dean
Sharp Corner page on the KFI website and right at
the top there is the PDF that you can download,
and then each of the links are active, so you
just click them and boom, you're there. It doesn't mean
that that's the only place you can buy this stuff,
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but it's where we source them this year.
Speaker 4 (06:51):
Yeah, and we just tried to find best prices.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
Best price, that kind of thing. So it's all good,
all right. When we come back, let's dive back in too,
part two of the House Whisper Holiday Gift Guide.
Speaker 6 (07:03):
You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
You know, whether your home is a condo or a
cottage or a castle, doesn't matter. I'm here to help
you take it to the next level. We're going to
be taking calls in just a bit. The number to
reach me eight three three two. Ask Dean eight three
to three, the numeral two as Dean eight three three
to two asding anything you want to talk about? What
(07:30):
am I talking about? We are diving into part two.
This is episode two of our twenty twenty four House
Whisper Holiday Gift Guide. So let's get to it. Let's
see here before I leave this page here on the
gift guide. Oh, let's talk about a screwdrive now. In
the previous episode yesterday's show, I broke through barriers that
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people didn't even know were there when I recommended a
screwed driver set, And this particular screwdriver set that I
recommended yesterday was if you're going to buy a new
set of screwdrivers, you might as well get an insulated
Electricians screwdriver set. And you're not going to find those
over where the normal screwdrivers are sitting. You're going to
find them with the electrical tools in the electrical aisle
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of the big box store or where the hardware store.
The difference is that an electrician screwdriver set are insulated,
meaning that not only the handle, but all the way
down the shaft only. The only metal that's really showing
is just at the tip where the actual screwdriver tip is,
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whether it's phillips or torques or flathead, whatever the case
may be. And I think I believe for your conscientious
di wire who just might get involved in some electrical
activity at some point, whether it's just a switch or
an outlet, why not have a screwdriver that does not
have all that exposed metal on it when you're sticking
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it into a place, like, you know, an electrical box
that may although it shouldn't if you've done your job right,
but may have some live wires in there. So better
safe than sorry. And these are always beautiful screwdriver sets.
And do they cost more than regularly, Well, they cost
more than the cheapest of screwdrivers, but generally speaking, no,
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they come in beautiful cases. So anyway, that was yesterday's
screwdriver recommendation, but here's today's. And I've recommended this before.
This says it's almost always a part of the gift guide.
And that is a multi tip screwdriver, Okay, so, or
a multi bit screwdriver if you want to call it that.
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This is the kind of screwdriver that just sends it
should be in the little tool drawer, the junk drawer,
your go to, right because it's got so much going
on for it. But I want you to be aware
of my preference when it comes to this, and I
think this is a reasonable, rational professional tool using preference,
and that is there are a lot of multi bit
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screwdrivers out there, a lot. I personally do not like
the ones that store the bits in the handle. There's
usually a cap and you unscrew it and then you
know you got all these bits in there. And those
are the ones that are like twenty one twenty four different. Okay,
I get it, I get it. It's all good, and
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you know, other people may do better with this. But
here's the thing. The bits are small and inevitably, I
don't think I've ever myself used one for more than
a year without losing some bits somewhere or picked up
somebody else's at somebody else's home and I'm helping them
out with something looking for a bit in there, and
like half the things are missing, especially the one that
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you really wanted. They're just probably not the in my opinion,
the easiest or best way to have access to this.
So I would rather have a screwdriver that has fewer bits,
but they are all locked in and part of the
actual screwdriver shaft itself. Okay, that they're all right there
for you. And that is what a screwdriver like the
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Milwaukee thirteen and one magnetic multi bit screwdriver is. It's
like a twenty two dollars screwdriver. It's literally, you know,
it's got several bits large and small Phillip's head, large
and small, flathead square bits. Also, the shaft itself, being hollow,
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becomes a nut driver. It's just a really really solid one.
And this year's version, by the way, is different than
previous year's version because right in front of the handle,
right before the shaft starts, there's a big what looks
like a nut, like a large nut. What that is
is a what they call a wrench ready bolster, and
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it is a nut essentially. And what that does is,
let's say you've got a really tough screw to undo, okay,
to take out, or one that you have got to
drive in that's tough and you need a little bit
more leverage, you can basically that nut is there so
you can put an adjustable end wrench or a set
of pliers and grab on to that thing and give
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you some sideways spinning torque on it. Anyway, have I
ever used it that way? No, but I think it's
a good ad because it's not taking up any space
that would be used by anything else, so why not
have it there? It's by Milwaukee, And yes, I am
a little Milwaukee biased when it comes to tools in general,
only because I think they're awesome. And no, not all
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of my tools are Milwaukee tools, not even close. Okay,
but Milwaukee makes a fine tool. And this happens to
be my favorite multi tip, multi bit screwdriver. So there
you go. I spoke yesterday also about the you know,
I waxed poetic on the usefulness of a utility knife
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and how you know the blades are interchangeable and so on.
So you got to check out the previous episode yesterday's
show on the podcast and you can hear me talk
about what I think the best utility knife is out there.
That does not mean that I hate pocket knives. Pocket
knives are great, okay, but your typical pocket knife, the
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traditional pocket knife, not much use for that. Okay. They're dangerous.
They're dangerous, and what I mean, is you know, the
old style just fold out the blade even you know,
I gotta say Swiss army pocket knives. Not a fan
because the blades don't lock. I don't like a folding
knife that doesn't have a locking blade, because that's a
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situation where you push it just the wrong way, just
the wrong angle, just the wrong force forward, and all
of a sudden, the blade is folding back towards your fingers.
Let's not think about that, but it happens. So I
like a locking blade, and there are a gabillion knives
on the mark. So which one have I recommended to you?
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You know what, in the spirit of keeping it simple,
keeping it classy, I happen to love. It's probably because
my own life and heritage. I have my father's version
of this still in my possession, that he bought back
in the early nineteen seventies, still in perfect condition, a
buck knife, the buck one ten. In fact, I think
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mine is the buck one ten Hunter buck knives. You know,
you will hear a thousand reviews from other tactical knife
makers saying, well, the buck knife doesn't live up to
there's a you know what. Buck knives are still around
and still going strong. You know why, because they're great
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knives the end period. They do their job, they feel
great in your hand, they look great, the blade locks.
Whether you're you know, want a knife like that because
you're gonna whittle or carve, or you're a hunter, or
whatever the case may be, if you want a great
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knife laying around that is a folding knife. Buck actually
is the first company to introduce a folding knife that
is as strong as non folding knives. And you know what,
they've just been going strong forever. So yeah, I have
a preference because of my own family heritage. I have
my new one that I use, and I have my
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dad's who I would never use for anything because I
don't want to mess it up. But the Buck one
ten somebody asked me that the other day, what kind
of buck knife are you going to? Oh the Buck
one ten hunter? Where did that even come from? In
my brain? But it's here in the gift guide and
you should check it out. And by the way, I
recommend the drop point. Why we'll talk about that right
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on the other side of the news.
Speaker 6 (15:54):
You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (16:01):
Dean Sharp. The house Whisper here with you. We are
moving through the twenty twenty four House Whisper Holiday Gift Guide.
We're going to be going to the phones in a bit.
The number to reach me eight three three two. Ask
Dean eight three to three the numeral two Ask Dean
that's coming up in just a bit. Make your call
now you can get into the queue, all right. The
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gift Guide, by the way, you can find it online
in a couple of different places on social media. You'll
find it on our Instagram and Facebook page at Home
with Dean. You can just follow right along on the
gift Guide, or you can follow a link over to
the KFI web page our little corner of it where
you can download the gift Guide and all of the
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links to the actual shopping locations are live and interactive
on that one. So either way, open up social media
while you're there, why don't you follow us? But you
can follow along on the gift guide as I go
all right back to it. So I had said Buck
Knight as a just you know, I'm not gonna repeat
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myself in terms of just how awesome buck knives are
just a standard duty knife, pocket kind of knife to
have on hand. But right at the end, right before
the news, I slipped in that I prefer the drop
point blade as opposed to the clipped blade. Clip blade
is kind of the classic buck knife blade. And if
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you're gonna be carving or whittling with it, then go
with the clip blade because it to the top of
it swoops down, it comes out to a real sharp point,
and it allows you to kind of get in there
into some real tight spaces for some real tight cuts.
But if anything beyond the need for getting into a
really really tiny little spot like whittling or wood carving,
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if you get beyond that and you're just looking for
multi purpose, and I prefer a drop point blade, which
is a little thicker out. It's a stronger blade. It's
a stronger blade, it's got more metal out there near
the tip. It will last longer, it'll put up with
more abuse. It's probably not quite as sexy looking as
the clip point blake because that looks pretty cool, but
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but overall multipurpose, it's a better blake. So there you go.
I have some more cutting implements to talk about a
little later, but I want to do it in conjunction.
Tina with a little video so that everybody can see
if you have ever thought about giving the one you
love an ax. I know, I know it sounds weird.
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You got to trust them. Trust You got to trust
a person you gift an axe too. But I've got
a very very strong recommendation for you, whether they just
want to split wood, or they're a bushcrafter, or you
just want that utility tool around for various purposes. First
time on the Gift Guide that I've got one for you,
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the one that I personally love and use the most.
But that's coming up in just a bit because we're
gonna do a video with that. Uh. Here is something
that everybody's been asking me about. I mean everybody. I
mean a lot of people emailing saying, Hey, you know
when you talked about the fireplace episode and you were
talking about taking a gas log fireplace and making it
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sound realistic by putting a little bluetooth speaker in there,
could you tell us where to get that bluetooth speaker
Number seven on the Gift Guide. There it is the
EWA one oh six pro micro Bluetooth speaker. Now you
don't have to remember all that, but the point is
this is the little speaker that I refer to as
the marsh mellow. And because it's about the size of
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a jumbo marsh mellow, it's got a full play eight
to ten hour battery life metal case that it is
encased with. So this is the speaker that I put
near the front of a fireplace box when the fireplace
is just a gas log set. And then what you
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do is you take one of your devices, an iPad
or a tablet or one of your phones, and you
bluetooth out to that speaker. You know, one a YouTube
video of a crackling fireplace that goes on for like
twelve hours, and you adjust the volume and then when
you stand back away from you know, just a couple
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of feet away from a gas log fireplace, suddenly it's
a crackling, popping gas log fireplace. Now it's a real fireplace. Anyway,
it's a great effect. It is so easy to do,
and it makes all the difference in the world for
just ambiance in a room where you're going to spend
the evening with folks and the fire going, and you
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know what, it's just these little layers, just these little ads.
So it is on the gift guide there it is right,
and you'll find the link to it. And how much
is this miraculous device. It's eighteen bucks, that's right. It
is the size and the cost of a really good
stocking stuffer. So there you go. What else, Oh, how
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about a set of pliers. But unlike most pliers that
you've seen in the past, what if a really good wrench,
like an adjustable end wrench, and a good set of
like channel locking pliers got together and had a love child,
Well you would end up with the ten inch plier
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wrench from Nippicks Nippicks nippicknit knit knit knit k n
I p X. I think it's pronounced Nippicks or nips
or I don't know. I don't know. It's a weird word. Anyway,
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really great tool manufacture, and these are fantastic. What they
literally are is a set of that you can lock
like a wrench, not just like a channel locking players,
but truly lockable so that they keep returning, you know,
like a wrench. Once you've set it on a nut,
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you turn it, it gives a little bit and you
can reset it and reset it. And these are fantastic players.
Anybody who works with these kinds of things will tell you. Yeah, yeah,
that is like one of the This is like a
gold element to have inside your family toolbox right there,
because it does both. And usually when you find a
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tool that does so many things different things, you're kind
of like, at least I am, I'm very skeptical because
what you find out is like, Okay, technically it does
fourteen things, but it does them all sort of kind
of good. But this is straight up great plers, great
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wrench together. This is the love child tool that most
home toolboxes and pro toolboxes should have. It's a sixty
dollars wrench, but it's one of those lifetime wrenches that
once you've got it, you will never regret having this
thing available for you. Okay, all right, when we come back,
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let's see where are we at here? Oh yeah, yeah, yeah,
when we come back, let's talk about a kind of saw,
a handsaw that will literally change your life, will transform you.
For those of you who just want to get a
little bit more into the craftsmanship side of your home,
then I need to talk to you about buying the
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right coping saw or gifting somebody with the saw that
will start them on a path that they will never regret.
Going down. And also a really really cool, amazing battery
operated inflation tool that is worth every penny, if not more.
All of that and more when we return.
Speaker 6 (24:06):
You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (24:15):
We are moving through our annual twenty twenty four House
Whisper Holiday Gift Guide. I'm making some great gift suggestions
for you, explaining why they are as good as they are,
and also we've got them online you can follow along.
You can find the entire gift guide on our socials
on Instagram and Facebook, both Home with Dean. Also on
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our little corner of the KFI website you'll find the
gift guide where you can download it and there all
of the links are active and you can just click
on those links and go straight to the stores that
are selling these great products, these great to it's all
tools and gear this year. So anyway, we're right in
the middle of that. Coming up next break. Right at
the t top of the hour, we're going to the phones.
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We've got a couple of calls on the board right now,
but there's plenty of room for you. If you're interested,
now's your chance. Eight three to three to ask Dean
is the number to reach me anything that's got you
scratching your head about your home? Eight three three two
ask Dean. That's coming up right after the top of
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the hour here next segment, all right back to it.
Where did I leave off? Oh? Yeah, So if you
are a woodworker or a carpenter, or you have dabbled
in these things, then you will understand the meaning of
what I'm about to express of this little saw. If
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you are not, if you're a di wire who's like
you know what, I would love to just I would
love to do what Dean is always talking about and
just introduce more craft into my home, more craftsmanship, more quality,
more more conscientious quality of the deal details. Then, this,
my friend, is the beginning. This is the first step
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in the journey of one thousand miles. Truly. Okay, No,
it's not a hammer. Yeah, I mean those are great.
I talked about an awesome finished hammer yesterday. But this,
this sets you apart in a way you may not
even realize. A really good quality coping saw A coping saw. Now,
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what is a coping saw? For those of you who
are unaware, a coping saw is a very very small saw.
Has a little handle off to the side, and it
has a you know, for all intents and purposes, a bow,
A large, square shaped bow that holds a very very
thin blade. I mean we're talking about a metal blade,
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a replaceable blade that is six to eight inches long
and about three sixteenths of an inch at the most
a quarter of an inch, but that's a big one,
about three sixteen of an inch tall, with very very
tiny finishing teeth on them. For wood, Okay, this is
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a coping saw. A coping saw is this shape for
one reason and one reason alone, because it allows you
to start to you know, think of a jigsaw. Most
of you know what a jigsaw is. It's a saw,
a powered saw that allows you to make scrolly, kind
of curvy, you know, conforming cuts on a piece of wood. Well,
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a coping saw is a handheld version of that, except
on crack. A coping saw is a very very tiny
pathway saw that makes all sorts of crazy, amazing little turns.
So what's the point. It's like, well, I'm not a
wood carver, Dean, so nobody in my family is a
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wood carver. I don't think we need a coping saw.
But that's not what it's for. It's not primarily for
your little handy projects, even though those hobby projects would
benefit greatly by it. If you, for instance, know somebody
who you love who is thinking about doing you know,
remodeling on their house, or they want to do crown
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molding or base board, and they want to just do
it the very best that it can be done, then
this is the gift for them. This little coping saw
that's in the gift guide is by Jorgensen. It's a
pro coping saw. And yeah, it's nineteen dollars. Okay, so
it's not an expensive gift. It is, though, so important.
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So here's the deal. Here's a little story I'll tell
you about the coping saw. If I ever walk on
to a job site when the finished carpenters are there present,
doing what they do, and I'm there for some other reason,
design reason, whatever the case may be, and if I
see a finished a carpenter walking around and hanging off
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their little tool bag, I actually see or in one
of their pouches, I see a coping saw. I will
literally find the general, I'll find the builder, or I'll
approach them directly if I'm not interrupting their work and
I'll get a card. I'll get a card or contact
information about that finished carpentry if there's somebody in our
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area that we could use. There is nothing that sells
your finished carpentry skills more to me as a pro
when I walk onto a job site than to see
a trim carpenter with a coping saw in their bags.
And I'll tell you why, Because what you think is
the normal, or i should say, the best way or
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the proper way to do molding to run baseboard or
crown molding into the corner of a room, what you
probably think is the best way to do that is
with a miter cut, like a miter saw, where you
cut the molding back at forty five degree angles and
you join another molding to it at a forty five
degree angle, and in a perfect universe, it makes a perfect,
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beautiful seam. And that happens. And there's nothing wrong with
a well executed miter cut. But the best cut, the best,
the cut that will never open up, that will never
miss a ligne, the cut that will be there thirty
forty one hundred years from now, is not a miter
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cut on a piece of inside corner molding, but a
coped cut, and that is where one board runs all
the way through into the corner. Just square cut all
the way into the corner. Forget about even putting a
cut on that board. But the other board that joins it,
you've back cut it so that the profile whatever the
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shape of the molding is on the face. And then
you take your coping saw and you spend just a
few seconds, that's all. It takes just a few seconds
coping off the detail of that face. And when you
push that one into the other board, the seam is perfection.
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The seam will never open because it's not a miter scene.
And here is the best part of all. If for
any reason, that corner is not perfect ninety degrees, which
you know what most corners are not. If it's a
little bit tight or a little bit wide. On a
miter cut, it's gonna leave a gap, it's not gonna
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fit properly. You're gonna have to recut it or just
kind of accept it and caulk it. But a coped cut,
that cope cut can bend several degrees in either direction
and still have a perfect join in the corner. It's
true for crown molding. It's true for base board. When
I see you holding a coping saw in your hand,
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I will be so proud of you. And so that
is why I say this little saw, this little twenty
dollars tool that is not very familiar to the average
di wire. This is the first step in a journey
of one thousand miles for those of you who want
to introduce quality. And it's not that hard to learn.
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It's not that hard to learn how to do this.
But it's brilliant and it's wonderful and it's sweet. And
now that I have spun it for you, now that
I've sizzled it for you, you can take this story
and you can relay it to the individual who you're
giving this gift to. And believe me, it's going to
make a huge difference for twenty bucks. That's why that's
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why you come to me for the gift guide. These
are the pearls. All right, we're going to return to
the gift guide, but first, when we come back from
the top of the hour news, we're going to the phones.
The number to reach me again eight three to three two.
Ask Dean a three to three, the numeral two, ask
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The House Whisper on demand on the iHeart Radio app. Hey,
welcome home. I am Dean Sharp the House Whisper. I
design custom homes, I build custom homes, and I'm also
your guide to better understand that place where you live.
(00:22):
Today on the show, we are doing part two. It's
probably like Part one point one based on how far
I got through this list yesterday, but part two of
this year's House Whisper Holiday Gift Guide. Yeah, gift guide.
It just totally it just totally escaped me. I do
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it every year. I write the damn thing House Whisper
Holiday Gift Guide. That's what we're doing today. Lots of
great stuff. It's an all tools and gear gift guide
this year, which many of you will welcome. And you know,
sometimes I digress, I talk about some books and some
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other things, and this year, you know, and just getting
back to basics this year. So it's it's all tools
and gear, and I'm excited to talk to you about
each and every one of them so that you understand
the value behind each of these suggestions. And of course
we're going to take your calls The phone lines are
open right now, right now, Yes, they are. Producer Richie
(01:29):
standing by. Anything that's got you scratching your head about
your house today, whether it's a design issue, construction issue,
DIY question, whatever the case may be, give me a call.
You set the agenda when it comes to calls. The
number to reach me eight three three two. Ask Dean
eight three to three the numeral two. Ask Dean eight
(01:51):
three three two, ask Dean. It's just that simple. Phone
lines are open now. We'll be going to the phones
in just a bit. Richie will tell you everything you
need to know. Popping into the queue, you can listen
to the show while you wait. Let's see here. Oh look,
you know. Let me introduce you to our awesome team.
Elmer is on the board. Good morning, Elmer, Good morning Dean.
(02:16):
How you doing by doing really good? Yeah? Did you
get that burrito that you wanted or not yet? No,
it's it's it's coming after the shift, you know, all right?
All right? Elmer's like, hey, man, did you have breakfast
this morning? I'm hungry, like there is something I can do.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
He's been snacking all morning.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
He's been snacking all morning. He doesn't count. It's like
rice crispy treats. It's not like, uh, it's not food
food all right, Okay, well, I'm glad to hear you
say that, Rice, Christmy treats are not food food. That's
that's a good thing. That lovely voice you just heard.
Eileen Gonzalez, sitting at the news desk. Good morning, Eileen,
(02:56):
Good morning. How's it going good? Have you had breakfast
this morning? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (03:00):
You should see. I bring a ton of food with me.
It's like, I'm going to be gone for a week.
I'm well prepared news and food, and I need to
share with Elmore.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
You should share with Elmer. He could pass out, and
then where would we all be? You and I both
we'd be like, hello, Hello, is this Mike hot? Hello?
All right? Good to have you, Bud. Appreciate you.
Speaker 3 (03:26):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
Sitting across the table from me. Who look at you?
Look at you. You're just amazing. My better half, still
recovering from her unplanned, unexpected surgery, but recovering strong. I mean,
I feel pretty good. Strong. What do we We're like
(03:47):
day eleven, day eleven, Yeah, and you're doing good. You're
doing so good. I'm going to talk about this later
in the show. That that our granddaughter Olivia had to
police you. Oh my gosh, that was so far over Thanksgiving.
Speaker 4 (04:00):
If anyone wants to go look, I did post one
of her videos she posted, she actually made about five,
but of her calling me out for all the things
I was doing wrong. So you just go to at
Tina Sharp on Instagram and I it's it's hilarious to
watch her.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
She just out of the blue, she just decided I'm
going to create a video news report.
Speaker 5 (04:22):
Yeah, she suddenly became an an investigative journalist hunting down
yours your infractions of doctor's recovery orders.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
It was very funny. There were several reports that came
throughout Thanksgiving Day. And then of course she doesn't post
social media. She just posts to us.
Speaker 4 (04:41):
She just sends us she makes a video, and then.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
We'd all get these text messages. We're like looking at
it and there and there she is. She does she
does the bumper music.
Speaker 4 (04:49):
Yeah, she does her own music.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
She does her own fade in if that's what you
want to call it, her head coming in from the
bottom of the screen up and then a full report
on Tina's crimes.
Speaker 4 (04:59):
Yes, and she calls me mina that's my little nickname.
So she coined their mina tastrophees. Now she didn't say
that in this video, but in other.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
Mina tastrophe past. Yeah, it might be a little overblown.
It might be a little over blown, thank you, but
it was adorable. It was adorable. And you're looking great. Oh,
thanks so much better. All right to y'all. Here's the thing. Oh,
we got some calls coming on the board. You know what.
It is a beautiful, beautiful Sunday morning here in southern California.
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I don't know where what the weather is looking like
wherever you may find yourself, but I hope it's as lovely.
Speaker 3 (05:36):
Today is December first, the first day of December. Christmas
is twenty four days away. We've got so much to do. Friday,
that's right, Friday was a Black Friday. Yesterday was small
business Saturday. Tomorrow Cyber Monday. Today, today is just awesome day.
Speaker 4 (05:58):
He is house Whisper a gift guide, that's right, which
also is posted to social media.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
Okay, yeah, yeah, tell everybody that before we run to
the news.
Speaker 4 (06:07):
At home with Dean Instagram, Facebook, and I think that's it.
I think only puts it to those two and then
you can also there's a there's a link in the
bio of Instagram to actually go to the KFI website
and you can actually download and interactive PDF, so it
has links to all of the places to buy these items.
Speaker 1 (06:27):
Yeah, So if you don't like like having to do
the search yourself, you can go to the KFI website,
our little corner of it, you know, find the Dean
Sharp Corner page on the KFI website and right at
the top there is the PDF that you can download,
and then each of the links are active, so you
just click them and boom, you're there. It doesn't mean
that that's the only place you can buy this stuff,
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but it's where we source them this year.
Speaker 4 (06:51):
Yeah, and we just tried to find best prices.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
Best price, that kind of thing. So it's all good,
all right. When we come back, let's dive back in too,
part two of the House Whisper Holiday Gift Guide.
Speaker 6 (07:03):
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Speaker 1 (07:10):
You know, whether your home is a condo or a
cottage or a castle, doesn't matter. I'm here to help
you take it to the next level. We're going to
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(07:30):
am I talking about? We are diving into part two.
This is episode two of our twenty twenty four House
Whisper Holiday Gift Guide. So let's get to it. Let's
see here before I leave this page here on the
gift guide. Oh, let's talk about a screwdrive now. In
the previous episode yesterday's show, I broke through barriers that
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people didn't even know were there when I recommended a
screwed driver set, And this particular screwdriver set that I
recommended yesterday was if you're going to buy a new
set of screwdrivers, you might as well get an insulated
Electricians screwdriver set. And you're not going to find those
over where the normal screwdrivers are sitting. You're going to
find them with the electrical tools in the electrical aisle
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of the big box store or where the hardware store.
The difference is that an electrician screwdriver set are insulated,
meaning that not only the handle, but all the way
down the shaft only. The only metal that's really showing
is just at the tip where the actual screwdriver tip is,
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whether it's phillips or torques or flathead, whatever the case
may be. And I think I believe for your conscientious
di wire who just might get involved in some electrical
activity at some point, whether it's just a switch or
an outlet, why not have a screwdriver that does not
have all that exposed metal on it when you're sticking
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it into a place, like, you know, an electrical box
that may although it shouldn't if you've done your job right,
but may have some live wires in there. So better
safe than sorry. And these are always beautiful screwdriver sets.
And do they cost more than regularly, Well, they cost
more than the cheapest of screwdrivers, but generally speaking, no,
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they come in beautiful cases. So anyway, that was yesterday's
screwdriver recommendation, but here's today's. And I've recommended this before.
This says it's almost always a part of the gift guide.
And that is a multi tip screwdriver, Okay, so, or
a multi bit screwdriver if you want to call it that.
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This is the kind of screwdriver that just sends it
should be in the little tool drawer, the junk drawer,
your go to, right because it's got so much going
on for it. But I want you to be aware
of my preference when it comes to this, and I
think this is a reasonable, rational professional tool using preference,
and that is there are a lot of multi bit
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screwdrivers out there, a lot. I personally do not like
the ones that store the bits in the handle. There's
usually a cap and you unscrew it and then you
know you got all these bits in there. And those
are the ones that are like twenty one twenty four different. Okay,
I get it, I get it. It's all good, and
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you know, other people may do better with this. But
here's the thing. The bits are small and inevitably, I
don't think I've ever myself used one for more than
a year without losing some bits somewhere or picked up
somebody else's at somebody else's home and I'm helping them
out with something looking for a bit in there, and
like half the things are missing, especially the one that
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you really wanted. They're just probably not the in my opinion,
the easiest or best way to have access to this.
So I would rather have a screwdriver that has fewer bits,
but they are all locked in and part of the
actual screwdriver shaft itself. Okay, that they're all right there
for you. And that is what a screwdriver like the
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Milwaukee thirteen and one magnetic multi bit screwdriver is. It's
like a twenty two dollars screwdriver. It's literally, you know,
it's got several bits large and small Phillip's head, large
and small, flathead square bits. Also, the shaft itself, being hollow,
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becomes a nut driver. It's just a really really solid one.
And this year's version, by the way, is different than
previous year's version because right in front of the handle,
right before the shaft starts, there's a big what looks
like a nut, like a large nut. What that is
is a what they call a wrench ready bolster, and
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it is a nut essentially. And what that does is,
let's say you've got a really tough screw to undo, okay,
to take out, or one that you have got to
drive in that's tough and you need a little bit
more leverage, you can basically that nut is there so
you can put an adjustable end wrench or a set
of pliers and grab on to that thing and give
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you some sideways spinning torque on it. Anyway, have I
ever used it that way? No, but I think it's
a good ad because it's not taking up any space
that would be used by anything else, so why not
have it there? It's by Milwaukee, And yes, I am
a little Milwaukee biased when it comes to tools in general,
only because I think they're awesome. And no, not all
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of my tools are Milwaukee tools, not even close. Okay,
but Milwaukee makes a fine tool. And this happens to
be my favorite multi tip, multi bit screwdriver. So there
you go. I spoke yesterday also about the you know,
I waxed poetic on the usefulness of a utility knife
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and how you know the blades are interchangeable and so on.
So you got to check out the previous episode yesterday's
show on the podcast and you can hear me talk
about what I think the best utility knife is out there.
That does not mean that I hate pocket knives. Pocket
knives are great, okay, but your typical pocket knife, the
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traditional pocket knife, not much use for that. Okay. They're dangerous.
They're dangerous, and what I mean, is you know, the
old style just fold out the blade even you know,
I gotta say Swiss army pocket knives. Not a fan
because the blades don't lock. I don't like a folding
knife that doesn't have a locking blade, because that's a
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situation where you push it just the wrong way, just
the wrong angle, just the wrong force forward, and all
of a sudden, the blade is folding back towards your fingers.
Let's not think about that, but it happens. So I
like a locking blade, and there are a gabillion knives
on the mark. So which one have I recommended to you?
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You know what, in the spirit of keeping it simple,
keeping it classy, I happen to love. It's probably because
my own life and heritage. I have my father's version
of this still in my possession, that he bought back
in the early nineteen seventies, still in perfect condition, a
buck knife, the buck one ten. In fact, I think
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mine is the buck one ten Hunter buck knives. You know,
you will hear a thousand reviews from other tactical knife
makers saying, well, the buck knife doesn't live up to
there's a you know what. Buck knives are still around
and still going strong. You know why, because they're great
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knives the end period. They do their job, they feel
great in your hand, they look great, the blade locks.
Whether you're you know, want a knife like that because
you're gonna whittle or carve, or you're a hunter, or
whatever the case may be, if you want a great
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knife laying around that is a folding knife. Buck actually
is the first company to introduce a folding knife that
is as strong as non folding knives. And you know what,
they've just been going strong forever. So yeah, I have
a preference because of my own family heritage. I have
my new one that I use, and I have my
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dad's who I would never use for anything because I
don't want to mess it up. But the Buck one
ten somebody asked me that the other day, what kind
of buck knife are you going to? Oh the Buck
one ten hunter? Where did that even come from? In
my brain? But it's here in the gift guide and
you should check it out. And by the way, I
recommend the drop point. Why we'll talk about that right
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on the other side of the news.
Speaker 6 (15:54):
You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (16:01):
Dean Sharp. The house Whisper here with you. We are
moving through the twenty twenty four House Whisper Holiday Gift Guide.
We're going to be going to the phones in a bit.
The number to reach me eight three three two. Ask
Dean eight three to three the numeral two Ask Dean
that's coming up in just a bit. Make your call
now you can get into the queue, all right. The
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gift Guide, by the way, you can find it online
in a couple of different places on social media. You'll
find it on our Instagram and Facebook page at Home
with Dean. You can just follow right along on the
gift Guide, or you can follow a link over to
the KFI web page our little corner of it where
you can download the gift Guide and all of the
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links to the actual shopping locations are live and interactive
on that one. So either way, open up social media
while you're there, why don't you follow us? But you
can follow along on the gift guide as I go
all right back to it. So I had said Buck
Knight as a just you know, I'm not gonna repeat
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myself in terms of just how awesome buck knives are
just a standard duty knife, pocket kind of knife to
have on hand. But right at the end, right before
the news, I slipped in that I prefer the drop
point blade as opposed to the clipped blade. Clip blade
is kind of the classic buck knife blade. And if
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you're gonna be carving or whittling with it, then go
with the clip blade because it to the top of
it swoops down, it comes out to a real sharp point,
and it allows you to kind of get in there
into some real tight spaces for some real tight cuts.
But if anything beyond the need for getting into a
really really tiny little spot like whittling or wood carving,
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if you get beyond that and you're just looking for
multi purpose, and I prefer a drop point blade, which
is a little thicker out. It's a stronger blade. It's
a stronger blade, it's got more metal out there near
the tip. It will last longer, it'll put up with
more abuse. It's probably not quite as sexy looking as
the clip point blake because that looks pretty cool, but
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but overall multipurpose, it's a better blake. So there you go.
I have some more cutting implements to talk about a
little later, but I want to do it in conjunction.
Tina with a little video so that everybody can see
if you have ever thought about giving the one you
love an ax. I know, I know it sounds weird.
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You got to trust them. Trust You got to trust
a person you gift an axe too. But I've got
a very very strong recommendation for you, whether they just
want to split wood, or they're a bushcrafter, or you
just want that utility tool around for various purposes. First
time on the Gift Guide that I've got one for you,
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the one that I personally love and use the most.
But that's coming up in just a bit because we're
gonna do a video with that. Uh. Here is something
that everybody's been asking me about. I mean everybody. I
mean a lot of people emailing saying, Hey, you know
when you talked about the fireplace episode and you were
talking about taking a gas log fireplace and making it
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sound realistic by putting a little bluetooth speaker in there,
could you tell us where to get that bluetooth speaker
Number seven on the Gift Guide. There it is the
EWA one oh six pro micro Bluetooth speaker. Now you
don't have to remember all that, but the point is
this is the little speaker that I refer to as
the marsh mellow. And because it's about the size of
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a jumbo marsh mellow, it's got a full play eight
to ten hour battery life metal case that it is
encased with. So this is the speaker that I put
near the front of a fireplace box when the fireplace
is just a gas log set. And then what you
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do is you take one of your devices, an iPad
or a tablet or one of your phones, and you
bluetooth out to that speaker. You know, one a YouTube
video of a crackling fireplace that goes on for like
twelve hours, and you adjust the volume and then when
you stand back away from you know, just a couple
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of feet away from a gas log fireplace, suddenly it's
a crackling, popping gas log fireplace. Now it's a real fireplace. Anyway,
it's a great effect. It is so easy to do,
and it makes all the difference in the world for
just ambiance in a room where you're going to spend
the evening with folks and the fire going, and you
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know what, it's just these little layers, just these little ads.
So it is on the gift guide there it is right,
and you'll find the link to it. And how much
is this miraculous device. It's eighteen bucks, that's right. It
is the size and the cost of a really good
stocking stuffer. So there you go. What else, Oh, how
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about a set of pliers. But unlike most pliers that
you've seen in the past, what if a really good wrench,
like an adjustable end wrench, and a good set of
like channel locking pliers got together and had a love child,
Well you would end up with the ten inch plier
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wrench from Nippicks Nippicks nippicknit knit knit knit k n
I p X. I think it's pronounced Nippicks or nips
or I don't know. I don't know. It's a weird word. Anyway,
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really great tool manufacture, and these are fantastic. What they
literally are is a set of that you can lock
like a wrench, not just like a channel locking players,
but truly lockable so that they keep returning, you know,
like a wrench. Once you've set it on a nut,
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you turn it, it gives a little bit and you
can reset it and reset it. And these are fantastic players.
Anybody who works with these kinds of things will tell you. Yeah, yeah,
that is like one of the This is like a
gold element to have inside your family toolbox right there,
because it does both. And usually when you find a
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tool that does so many things different things, you're kind
of like, at least I am, I'm very skeptical because
what you find out is like, Okay, technically it does
fourteen things, but it does them all sort of kind
of good. But this is straight up great plers, great
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wrench together. This is the love child tool that most
home toolboxes and pro toolboxes should have. It's a sixty
dollars wrench, but it's one of those lifetime wrenches that
once you've got it, you will never regret having this
thing available for you. Okay, all right, when we come back,
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let's see where are we at here? Oh yeah, yeah, yeah,
when we come back, let's talk about a kind of saw,
a handsaw that will literally change your life, will transform you.
For those of you who just want to get a
little bit more into the craftsmanship side of your home,
then I need to talk to you about buying the
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right coping saw or gifting somebody with the saw that
will start them on a path that they will never regret.
Going down. And also a really really cool, amazing battery
operated inflation tool that is worth every penny, if not more.
All of that and more when we return.
Speaker 6 (24:06):
You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (24:15):
We are moving through our annual twenty twenty four House
Whisper Holiday Gift Guide. I'm making some great gift suggestions
for you, explaining why they are as good as they are,
and also we've got them online you can follow along.
You can find the entire gift guide on our socials
on Instagram and Facebook, both Home with Dean. Also on
(24:40):
our little corner of the KFI website you'll find the
gift guide where you can download it and there all
of the links are active and you can just click
on those links and go straight to the stores that
are selling these great products, these great to it's all
tools and gear this year. So anyway, we're right in
the middle of that. Coming up next break. Right at
the t top of the hour, we're going to the phones.
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We've got a couple of calls on the board right now,
but there's plenty of room for you. If you're interested,
now's your chance. Eight three to three to ask Dean
is the number to reach me anything that's got you
scratching your head about your home? Eight three three two
ask Dean. That's coming up right after the top of
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the hour here next segment, all right back to it.
Where did I leave off? Oh? Yeah, So if you
are a woodworker or a carpenter, or you have dabbled
in these things, then you will understand the meaning of
what I'm about to express of this little saw. If
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you are not, if you're a di wire who's like
you know what, I would love to just I would
love to do what Dean is always talking about and
just introduce more craft into my home, more craftsmanship, more quality,
more more conscientious quality of the deal details. Then, this,
my friend, is the beginning. This is the first step
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in the journey of one thousand miles. Truly. Okay, No,
it's not a hammer. Yeah, I mean those are great.
I talked about an awesome finished hammer yesterday. But this,
this sets you apart in a way you may not
even realize. A really good quality coping saw A coping saw. Now,
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what is a coping saw? For those of you who
are unaware, a coping saw is a very very small saw.
Has a little handle off to the side, and it
has a you know, for all intents and purposes, a bow,
A large, square shaped bow that holds a very very
thin blade. I mean we're talking about a metal blade,
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a replaceable blade that is six to eight inches long
and about three sixteenths of an inch at the most
a quarter of an inch, but that's a big one,
about three sixteen of an inch tall, with very very
tiny finishing teeth on them. For wood, Okay, this is
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a coping saw. A coping saw is this shape for
one reason and one reason alone, because it allows you
to start to you know, think of a jigsaw. Most
of you know what a jigsaw is. It's a saw,
a powered saw that allows you to make scrolly, kind
of curvy, you know, conforming cuts on a piece of wood. Well,
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a coping saw is a handheld version of that, except
on crack. A coping saw is a very very tiny
pathway saw that makes all sorts of crazy, amazing little turns.
So what's the point. It's like, well, I'm not a
wood carver, Dean, so nobody in my family is a
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wood carver. I don't think we need a coping saw.
But that's not what it's for. It's not primarily for
your little handy projects, even though those hobby projects would
benefit greatly by it. If you, for instance, know somebody
who you love who is thinking about doing you know,
remodeling on their house, or they want to do crown
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molding or base board, and they want to just do
it the very best that it can be done, then
this is the gift for them. This little coping saw
that's in the gift guide is by Jorgensen. It's a
pro coping saw. And yeah, it's nineteen dollars. Okay, so
it's not an expensive gift. It is, though, so important.
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So here's the deal. Here's a little story I'll tell
you about the coping saw. If I ever walk on
to a job site when the finished carpenters are there present,
doing what they do, and I'm there for some other reason,
design reason, whatever the case may be, and if I
see a finished a carpenter walking around and hanging off
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their little tool bag, I actually see or in one
of their pouches, I see a coping saw. I will
literally find the general, I'll find the builder, or I'll
approach them directly if I'm not interrupting their work and
I'll get a card. I'll get a card or contact
information about that finished carpentry if there's somebody in our
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area that we could use. There is nothing that sells
your finished carpentry skills more to me as a pro
when I walk onto a job site than to see
a trim carpenter with a coping saw in their bags.
And I'll tell you why, Because what you think is
the normal, or i should say, the best way or
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the proper way to do molding to run baseboard or
crown molding into the corner of a room, what you
probably think is the best way to do that is
with a miter cut, like a miter saw, where you
cut the molding back at forty five degree angles and
you join another molding to it at a forty five
degree angle, and in a perfect universe, it makes a perfect,
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beautiful seam. And that happens. And there's nothing wrong with
a well executed miter cut. But the best cut, the best,
the cut that will never open up, that will never
miss a ligne, the cut that will be there thirty
forty one hundred years from now, is not a miter
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cut on a piece of inside corner molding, but a
coped cut, and that is where one board runs all
the way through into the corner. Just square cut all
the way into the corner. Forget about even putting a
cut on that board. But the other board that joins it,
you've back cut it so that the profile whatever the
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shape of the molding is on the face. And then
you take your coping saw and you spend just a
few seconds, that's all. It takes just a few seconds
coping off the detail of that face. And when you
push that one into the other board, the seam is perfection.
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The seam will never open because it's not a miter scene.
And here is the best part of all. If for
any reason, that corner is not perfect ninety degrees, which
you know what most corners are not. If it's a
little bit tight or a little bit wide. On a
miter cut, it's gonna leave a gap, it's not gonna
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fit properly. You're gonna have to recut it or just
kind of accept it and caulk it. But a coped cut,
that cope cut can bend several degrees in either direction
and still have a perfect join in the corner. It's
true for crown molding. It's true for base board. When
I see you holding a coping saw in your hand,
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I will be so proud of you. And so that
is why I say this little saw, this little twenty
dollars tool that is not very familiar to the average
di wire. This is the first step in a journey
of one thousand miles for those of you who want
to introduce quality. And it's not that hard to learn.
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It's not that hard to learn how to do this.
But it's brilliant and it's wonderful and it's sweet. And
now that I have spun it for you, now that
I've sizzled it for you, you can take this story
and you can relay it to the individual who you're
giving this gift to. And believe me, it's going to
make a huge difference for twenty bucks. That's why that's
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why you come to me for the gift guide. These
are the pearls. All right, we're going to return to
the gift guide, but first, when we come back from
the top of the hour news, we're going to the phones.
The number to reach me again eight three to three two.
Ask Dean a three to three, the numeral two, ask
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