The foam sealant is manufactured by Great Stuff. To keep mice from squeezing into any cracks in a home’s foundation, Roger recommended filling in any cracks with an expanding insulating foam sealant, a layer of wire cloth, and then another layer of sealant. The version shown by Roger is manufactured by Havahart. The Live Animal Cage Trap is meant to lure mice inside the cage without killing them. The Jawz Plastic Mouse Trap is easier to set than a traditional trap. It can then be thrown out without any mess. The Tomcat Kill and Contain Mouse Trap kills the pest and traps it in a container. The Victor Electronic Mouse Trap is powered by batteries and kills mice with a high voltage shock.īoth of these traps are manufactured by Victor. The Victor Metal Pedal Mouse Trap is one of the oldest, but most effective designs. Roger discusses the best traps to catch mice and ways to keep the animals out of a home and demonstrates several different traps designed to catch and kill mice.
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The professional bar-mount filing guide is a jig that holds a chainsaw file at the correct angle and is manufactured by Oregon. The guys check out a sliding, red metal tool and ask, “What is it?” It will need to be reapplied periodically to keep the wood sealed. These bits are available at home centers and woodworking supply shops.įor a finish, Tom used mineral oil, which can be purchased at a pharmacy. Tom used a roundover router bit to ease the corners and a cove router bit to dress the edges of the cutting board. To glue the boards together, Tom used wood glue from Gorilla Glue. For this project, it was originally purchased from Longleaf Lumber. Heart pine is only available from reclaimed and salvaged sources. Tom and Kevin create an end grain cutting board with scrap heart pine wood. And the guys ask, “What is it?”īuild It | End Grain Cutting Board from Scrap Wood Roger discusses the best ways to keep mice out of your house. Scott installs surface-mounted downlights in a living room. Tom and Kevin use scrap wood to create an end grain cutting board in Build It.