Business Card Design only $1

This post is a bit off topic but hopefully interesting to some.


I have designed a business card, and have uploaded the original artwork for sale on the Graphic River site. The artwork is only $1 and you receive all the original, layered Photoshop .psd files.

Click here to go to the site, and you can also check out all the other designs while you are there.

How to choose the right nail for the job

Choosing the right nail for your job isn't always as simple as it may seem. And going to the local hardware store sometimes makes the job even more difficult with the large choice of nails available.

I found this simple guide for choosing the best nail for the job at the Readers Digest site.

Hopefully this makes it a little bit easier for you.

iPhone Handyman Application

Sticking with the iPhone application theme from the last post, here is another useful application for the DIY handyman.

"Handyman Sidekick" is basically 4 project calculators, Painting, Wallpapering, Flooring and Gardening. This application can be set for either metric of imperial units of measure. Personally I like the paint calculator which makes working out the total amount of paint needed very easy.

Here is a list of features from their website:

# Home screen that lets you choose between Metric or Imperial Units of measure. Choose one and all calculators are now in the proper Unit of measure.

# Automatically Saves your Unit of Measure as you preferred default (no need to set it every time you enter the application).

# Paint Calculator (Use this to know how much paint to buy for a given room. Sophisticated down to the level of entering details such as number of windows and doors in the room.

# Flooring Calculator (Use this for any type of flooring; find out how much carpeting, hardwood, laminate you will need).

# Wallpaper Calculator (Use this to know how many rolls of wallpaper you will need; before you even leave your house for the store!!!).

# Garden Calculator (Use this to know how much mulch you should buy for your gardening projects)..

Click here to go to the Handyman Sidekick website for more info:

iPhone App for the DIY Handyman

Just found this handy iPhone application for all the DIY handymen out there.

The "iHandy Carpenter" turns your iPhone into a Plumb Bob and a Level in one go.

Here is the info from the website:

- THE PLUMB BOB, SURFACE LEVEL AND BUBBLE LEVEL BAR
Calibrate it first before any serious usage!

- USE THE PLUMB BOB TO MEASURE THE VERTILITY OF A WALL
Two ways to test the verticality of a wall:

1. Put your iPhone back-to-back onto the wall you measure (Recommended).

If the shadow of the plumb bob is on X axis (y equals zero), it then indicates your wall is perfectly straight and vertical to the ground. Please note that in this way the reading of "x" does NOT have to be zero.

The back of 3G iPhone is not totally flat. But it's accurate enough just to use the flat part of your 3G iPhone.

2. Put one edge of your iPhone on the wall you measure.

If the shadow of the plumb bob is on Y axis (x equals zero), it then indicates your wall is perfectly straight and vertical to the ground. Please note that in this way the reading of "x" does NOT have to be zero.

- HOW TO MEASURE THE SLOPE OF A SURFACE

A few ways to measure the slope of a surface:

1. Use the Surface Level (Recommended).
Put your iphone onto the inclined surface (The edge of iPhone should be in line with the slope direction of the surface. To verify this, just to check whether the reading of "y" is around zero).

The reading of "x" is the slope angle of the measured surface.

2. Use the bubble level bar
Put one edge or back of your iPhone stick to the inclined surface (The edge of iPhone should be in line with the slope direction of the surface).

The reading is the slope angle of the measured surface.

If the surface is almost vertical to the ground, we suggest that you use the plumb bob tool to measure the surface instead.

Click here to go to the website for more info.

The iHandy Carpenter is available in iTunes App Store.

Website Images - Off Topic

This post has nothing to do with DIY or being a handyman, but I do also have an interest in websites and have found this new resource for cheap images that can be used on websites and any other material you need to add a professional touch to.

The site is Graphic River and most of the files can be purchased for as little as $1.

Click here to have a look at the Graphic River site.

This is another similar site, but this time for Flash files, and is called Flash Den. Once again very cheap, and great quality. And the best part is that you are buying all the source files including the code. This is great if you are trying to learn the Flash software.

Click here to see the Flash Den for yourself.

King Gee Jack Of All Trades

I have caught the last 2 episodes of a show on Channel 9 at 12.30pm called "King Gee Jack of all Trades".

I must admit the show looked very promising, with 4 guys battling it out to see who is Tradie of the Year, but the show ended up being quite disappointing. With more than half of each episode allocated to showing fluff, you don't really get to see much building of anything.

However, if you watch the last few minutes of the show to see who the winner is of that episode, you can then enter their online competition to win Cat® mini excavator or skid steer loader.

Click here to go to the competition website.

Joinerystock - advertise your excess stock

I received an email from Tim Richardson, the director of a new online service called Joinerystock. The site has been set-up as a resource for businesses to advertise and sell any unwanted stock that they may have lying around.

The site is very new, (only 5 weeks old), so to get things going, there is no charge to place your ads... for the time being at least. So now is the perfect time to give this new site a test drive.

Here is what Tim had to say:

This website has been designed for Kitchen manufacturers, Cabinetmakers, Shopfitters and Stonemasons to be able to advertise their excess or unwanted stock. I have found your DIY resource site and thought you may want to ad a link to Joinerystock so DIY people can look for bargains and small quantities of MDF, particle board, stone, glass etc. Joinerystock is only 5 weeks old and already has members in NSW, QLD, VIC, SA, WA.

Click here to go to the site.

I'd be interested to hear any feedback on this new service.