Did Google tell you that? I bet it did.

Google should also tell you how easily end grain tears right the fuck out which is why you don't make end grain joints and don't put screws into end grain.

I see I'm up against the Googlers tonight. Y'all have a good weekend, I'm gonna go turn some maple bowls.

I am well aware how strong modern wood glues are but end grain joints are weaker than shit. I make money woodworking, I've seen enough "idiot customer requests" that I knew would have failed joints that this idiot woodworker thought, again, a warning that they would fail would mean the customer wouldn't come back at me as though it was my fault.

Sacrificial or not, what good will it be when it breaks off while OP is cutting?

End grain joints are super, super weak.

>Glue it to the end grain of 2x4

Gluing to end grain never makes a solid joint.

How much do you feel like spending?

Where i live i can get 4x8 sheets of 5mm plywood "underlayment" for $13 per and they'd be super easy to put up with a brad nailer or castle stapler and from there you could paint 'em. Or get fancy and add some battens to cover the seams then stain it all.

I'd just use tacks or staples.

In all the apartments I ever lived in it was in the lease that you wouldn't be charged for holes in the wall as long as you spackled them.

What I posted is 100% true. The. Light. Bulb. Won't. ignite. Anything.

Besides, while the fumes from the adhesive are flammable there's not going to be enough in the air to ignite from a switch.

The light bulb won't ignite anything unless it gets broken.

...long ago a cat wrecked the cord for my $100 Sony studio 'phones and I attempted to repair the wires.

I had 2 years of electronics in high school and another 2 in college, both of which had a lot of practical training - in other words I'm no stranger to soldering.

I ended up buying a new cord for it that wasn't a hell of a lot less than a brand new pair.

You would need to get your hands on a soldering iron but be aware that the wires in earbuds, and even expensive regular headphones, is super, super thing and a real pain in the neck to deal with.

I'd toss a nut on the threaded rod to lock the coupler in place and use a little loctite.

https://www.boltscience.com/pages/twonuts.htm

My advice is to check local code. Where I live a permit is required to finish a basement.

I wouldn't worry too much about the finish on the wood flooring - you're going to have to strip it and refinish it anyhow.

Also, don't get too awful excited about the asbestos. It's not the 'plutonium' so many people think it is and a couple accidental instances of inhaling some won't give you lung cancer, and sounds like you have the PPE covered. Chew on this: A lot of aftermarket brake pads still have asbestos.

>the garage is the only storage we have

Do they not store things in cabinets in your part of the world? that was my whole point.

I'd build a cabinet to fit around and over it. it's right in a corner, after all, and I have to assume you pretty much never have to get to it.