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Choosing & Using Hand Planes Few tools are better for smoothing and shaping wood. |
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Puzzled by Jigsaws? A jigsaw combines versatility, portability, and finesse to do something other tools can't: cut straight lines or sweeping curves in all sorts of materials. That's why it's a great first saw for a home workshop and the second most popular power-tool purchase. |
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Choosing and Using a Circular Saw What style is right for you, what features to look for, and how to use it safely |
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Choosing and Using Pruners and Loppers Tools and techniques to keep your plants looking their best |
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A Cut Above Pruning tools for healthier plants. |
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10 Quick Fixes: Improvise with Time-Saving Tool Tips The pros know it's often the simplest household item that can make an existing tool work better -- or substitute in a pinch for a more expensive piece of equipment you might only use once in a lifetime. |
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Choice Cuts We put six scroll saws through their paces. |
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Files & Rasps Both are meant to be used between the rough cut of a saw and the smoothing of sandpaper -- we'll tell you what types to use for what jobs |
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The 5 Most Dangerous Tools, And How To Use Them Safely Table Saw... Nail Gun... ...Chain Saw... Ladder... Circular Saw... |
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TOH Picks the Best Tools For Mom A tool-savvy editor checks out the latest gear and builds a mother's DIY gift bag. |
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Let 'er Rip Making straight, accurate cuts on 4x8 sheets of plywood or long rips in boards is less of a challenge with the Accu-Rip saw guide from Craftsman. |
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How to Design and Cut Signature Rafter Tails for a Pergola The design is open to interpretation -- alter this one however you like, or employ its principles to create your own. |
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Norm's Notebook: Hand Pruners TOH landscape contractor Roger Cook offers his pruning tips and techniques. |
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50 Tools Everyone Should Own (With Tips!) We need tools to build, repair and maintain the mechanical world in which we live. With these 50 tools, you'll be ready for just about any project. |
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Replacing a Threshhold How to put your entryway back on solid footing. |
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Multitool Face Off: PM Tests 5 Multitools Gerber Ripstop Multi-Plier... Victorinox SwissTool CS Plus... Leatherman Juice... Gerber FliK... Leatherman Wave... |
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Cutting Tile with a Wet Saw: Homeowners Clinic It definitely pays to rent a wet saw for a large job. Here are some methods to help. |
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Tips And Hints Hand Trucks Rock... Mower Maintenance... Frame Up... Easy Sharpening |
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Saws All A new circular saw slices steel, aluminum, PVC, and wood, all with the same blade |
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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. |
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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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October 2008 |
100 Skills Every Man Should Know: The Instructions (With Videos!) From auto repair to outdoor survival skills to cooking, sewing, and using tools -- things men should know. |
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Reader Tips And Hints Dividing Angles... Carpenter's Pencil Scribes Line... Planing Small Pieces... Removing A Tub Spout... Garden Hose Marks Border |
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May 2009 |
Bypass Hand Pruner Abusive Lab Test Fiskars' pruners cut with the least effort, and no tool could top Felco's blade durability. But the best all-around performer was also the least expensive: A.M. Leonard's 1286. |
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Consumer Safety: A Fight Over Table Saws Inventor Steve Gass has come up with a finger-friendly table saw, but power tool companies say his patent tactics will give him a monopoly on the device |
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September 3, 2008
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15 MacGyver Tricks to Rethink Razor Blades Around the House The disposable razor blade can do more than just tame your five-o'clock shadow. From painting to cooking, here's how to creatively reinterpret single-edge blades enough times to make them a must-have in any toolbox. |
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Mid-Summer Home Improvement To-Do List Print this handy checklist of things you can do this summer to keep your yard in good shape. |
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How to Repair Board-and-Batten Siding Three durable water-table trim options to guard against rot. |
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New Reciprocating Saws: Abusive Lab Test (With Video!) We put four new models to the test, loading each with a fresh blade and slicing through nail-embedded lumber and the PM House Sandwich, which combines every material you could ever encounter on a demo job. |
U.S. CPSC
March 13, 2007 |
Tri-Star International Recalls Children's Stationery Sets Due to Laceration Hazard These Children's Stationery Sets contains a razor blade cutter with a sharp edge, posing a laceration hazard to young children. |
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Mowing and Trimming a Lawn Improve your lawn's health and appearance, reduce its need for water, and lessen your maintenance time. |
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Monthly Tips And Hints Plastic Bag Covers Paint Tray... Glue Applicator... Hacksaw Blade Cover... Helping Hands... Long-Distance Level |
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Square Goes After Branded Payments With $Cashtags Square is opening up its Square Cash quick-payment service, previously used only for exchanging money between individuals, to, well, almost anyone. |
