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Norm's Notebook: Bits for Drills A master carpenter's techniques for the bits |
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August 2004 |
PM Tips & Hints Unfreezing frozen Allen screws and new uses for the old garden hose. |
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July 7, 2009 |
7 Easy Repairs for Broken Wood Furniture Should you repair it or throw it out? |
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July 28, 2009
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How to Turn Bike Parts Into an Awesome Table This recycled creation is not only level and sturdy but also full of character. |
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Drilling Holes In Tile Installing a towel bar or toilet-paper holder often requires drilling through glazed ceramic tile - no easy task... |
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February 24, 2009 |
6 Household Tips To Keep Handrails, Counters and Baseboards Together It's amazing how many small structural things can go wrong around your house. Whether it's the front-door lock that won't let you into your own home, or the cracked window that won't keep the cold out. |
Popular Mechanics
November 25, 2009
Anthony Verducci |
How to Hang HDTVs Using Wall Anchors Techniques for small, lightweight and large, heavyweight sets. |
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February 2007
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How to Build a Trestle Table: Simple DIY Woodworking Project Step-by step plans to make a medieval serving table that comes apart when the feast is over, with 3D animation and master-level blueprints |
This Old House
Merle Henkenius |
Fixing a Squeaky Floor Squeaky floors driving you crazy? These easy, surefire fixes will quiet noisy hardwood and carpeted floors. |
Popular Mechanics
June 2003 |
Reader Tips And Hints Don't Screw Up... Using Minirollers... Scrap Stick Holds Kindling... Piggyback Vise |
Popular Mechanics
December 2009 |
7 Small Drills Bore It Out: Tool Comparison Test The real question in deciding how much drill you need is the size and number of the holes you bore, and how quickly you need to bore them. |
Popular Mechanics
November 11, 2008 |
5 Quick Fixes for Hang-ups with Nuts, Bolts, Screws and Nails Tightening a loose wood screw... Removing a stubborn engine nut... Removing a painted-over screw... Hiding popped nails... Pulling a headless nail... etc. |
This Old House
Thomas Baker |
Cutting Mortises With a Drill Here's a step-by-step way to quickly make hinge mortises using a Forstner bit and a cordless drill. |
This Old House
Harry Sawyers |
Building a Radiator Cover With a few easy steps, your radiator can look as hot as it feels. |
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Hanging Kitchen Cabinets Cabinets hung the right way become the solid centerpiece of a kitchen... |
Wired
August 24, 2009
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Hammers, Water, Lasers Make Deep Drilling Easier The process of punching a well hasn't changed in a century, so researchers are focusing efforts on the development of a new generation of drills to improve drill time. |
Popular Mechanics
March 2009 |
How to Revitalize Your Workshop: DIY Guy Create a better-organized work space out of materials not ordinarily found in a home shop. |
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Mark Feirer |
Emergency Window Board-Up How to install plywood panels to keep flying debris at bay. |
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Tim Snyder |
Choosing a Cordless Drill What to look for whether you're buying your first drill/driver or upgrading to a model with more power. |
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Thomas Baker |
Plaster Repair Made Easier A new product that reattaches plaster without leaving behind difficult-to-disguise bumps. |
Popular Mechanics
July 2004
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Bench Pressing We test affordable benchtop drill presses. |
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June 2009 |
How to Build a Wooden Window Box for Flowers (With Plans!) A lush window box spilling blooms can boost curb appeal in ways that a new paint job or reseeded lawn don't quite equal. |
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Thomas Baker |
Making Straight Cuts in Big Timbers Cutting 4x4 posts, 6x6 landscape timbers and other large chunks of wood requires a few passes and the help of a speed square. |
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July 2007
Mike Allen |
How to Remove Stuck, Rusty Screws: Auto Clinic Phillips-head screws can be hard to turn because the driver just pops out. Gritty kitchen cleanser can make the bit grip better. |
Popular Mechanics
December 2008 |
20 Minute Solutions: Quick Home Fixes, Upgrades and Instant Organizers Jazz up your kitchen... Quiet doors and hinges... Freshen your bath... etc. |
This Old House
Erica Sanders |
The Silent Treatment Taking the squeak out of wood floors... |
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December 2009 |
How to Hang Large, Heavy Pictures: Homeowners Clinic A more method is to use the time-honored French cleat. |
Popular Mechanics
April 20, 2007
Roy Berendsohn |
Home Toolbox Essentials: Skill Set It's amazing how many tools you need for a day's work. |
This Old House
Scott Schilling |
Adding a Downspout Keep the rainwater flowing where it should -- out of the gutters and away from your house -- by installing an additional downspout |
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November 2006
Thomas Baker |
Hiding Speaker Wires How to snake speaker wires through walls. |
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June 2007 |
How to Build a Garden Arbor: Simple DIY Woodworking Project We built this arch-top lattice with a few hundred dollars worth of cedar, deck screws and nails. |
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July 2006
Neal Barrett |
Adirondack Attitude An elegant, fan-shaped back and a comfortable, contoured seat combine to make a chair that's a standout on any lawn. And we have a table to match. How to build the classiest lawn furniture around. |
Geotimes
March 2004
Sara Pratt |
A Fresh Angle on Oil Drilling Now, horizontal drilling seems more relevant than ever. With the ongoing debate about opening up more of Alaska's North Slope to oil exploration, the discussion often turns to new technologies that may have the potential to make oil extraction more efficient, more cost effective and more environmentally sound. |
Popular Mechanics
January 2006
Norman Becker |
Homeowners Clinic Expert Q & A Sticky doors... Good idea to remove snow from a ridge vent... Skylights more energy efficient than you think... Installing a water-channeling system beneath a deck... Home heartbeat... Nailmaster... Ready to roll... GE Silicone... etc. |
Popular Mechanics
February 10, 2009 |
Quick Fixes for Crumbling Walls Walls keep your house together, so don't let them fall apart! From wallpaper with bubbles to split wood siding, PM has easy solutions to make your walls look better, fast. |
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February 6, 2009
Joseph Truini |
18 Uses for an old Favorite, the Utility Knife: DIY Guy Don't cut that tool short. It has more utility than you might think. |
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January 1, 2009 |
The Boy Mechanic Makes Toys: A Workbench For The Amateur This portable workbench, suitable for the amateur woodworker, can be made easily by anyone who has a few sharp tools and a little spare time. |
PC Magazine
June 21, 2006 |
Data Cram IBM researchers set new world record by storing 6.67 billion bits of data per square inch of magnetic tape. |
Popular Mechanics
December 2008
Roy Berendsohn |
Cordless Drill Reviews: We Work 10 Drills to the Limit We spent two days hammering these cordless drills for all they were worth. Here's what we found. |
U.S. CPSC
June 9, 2006 |
Safety Alert: Robert Bosch Tool Corp. Masonry Drill Bits Lack Safety Warning Label These and other manufacturers' 13-inch bits can bend when run at a high speed without being in contact with a work surface, resulting in loss of control of the drill and possible lacerations. |
Boating
David Seidman |
The How-To 102 Boating tips you can really use: Raw-water intake as an emergency bilge pump?... Scotch Blue Painter's Tape... Locktite thread locker... Gearless mini ratchets... Magnetic finger gloves... and more... |
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March 31, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Small Cap Drills Differently Gas producer Petroleum Development has a different operating structure, but it seems to be working. Investors must do their own due diligence, of course. |
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September 15, 2009
Anthony Verducci |
How to Install In-Wall Surround-Sound Speakers: DIY Tech If you follow my advice you won't make the mistakes I did, and you'll be done in about 3 hours. |
| This Old House |
No Less Than 52 Skills You Need to Survive Homeownership From pulling nails without denting trim to getting a big paint spill off your carpet -- fast fix-it advice when it's time for you to do your homeowning duty. |
Geotimes
August 2005 |
Drilling project finds fault A drill rig in California is being used to research the San Andreas fault. |
Popular Mechanics
December 2007 |
5 Simple Steps to a New Light Switch in 10 Minutes With a few specific tools, you can handle the job even if you've never done basic electrical work. Here's how it's done. |
AskMen.com
April 22, 2003
Peter Richmond |
12 Essential Power Tools Here's a little tidbit power tool enthusiasts, like myself, keep to themselves. We hate lending out our tools. So stop asking to borrow them and get some of your own. Here is my list of essential shop tools every man should own. |
Geotimes
March 2004
Nakada & Eichelberger |
Looking Into a Volcano: Drilling Unzen Geologists have long wanted to peer inside a volcano. Although we have good evidence from extinct and eroded volcanoes of their inner structure, we know little about the conditions in and near active volcanic conduits. |
