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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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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. |
Popular Mechanics
November 4, 2008 |
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. |
| 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. |
This Old House
Amy R. Hughes |
TOH Picks the Best Tools For Mom A tool-savvy editor checks out the latest gear and builds a mother's DIY gift bag. |
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. |
Popular Mechanics
October 17, 2008
Joseph Truini |
12 Basic Plumbing Supplies For Home Tool Kits: DIY Guy Live in a home long enough and you'll eventually have to deal with clogged sinks, dripping faucets, plugged-up toilets and leaky pipes. |
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. |
Popular Mechanics
April 2006
Norman Becker |
Homeowners Clinic Expert Q & A Solving homeowner dilemmas, from adding a second doorbell chime to finding out what those turquoise color deposits are in you water heater. |
Popular Mechanics
November 14, 2008
Joseph Truini |
10 Circular Saw Secrets: DIY GUY Circular saws aren't just woodcutting tools. When fitted with the proper blade, the saw can also saw through various types of metal and masonry. |
Popular Mechanics
December 16, 2008
Joseph Truini |
Holiday Gift List: 10 Tools the DIY Guy is Wishing For Hammerhead auto hammer... Flex light... Jigsaw... 3-in-1 survival knife... Stewart hammer... The new Skeletool... Cordless caulk gun... Fuego saw... Xtreme tool set... Combination set... |
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... |
Popular Mechanics
February 2006
Joseph Truini |
Fast Fixes 14 shortcut repairs to keep your house in shape, and 9 tips to avoid needing repairs in the first place. |
Popular Mechanics
February 23, 2010 |
50 Simple Tools to Help Rebuild Haiti As relief teams bring materials to Haiti to aid in the reconstruction effort, we suggest a list of basic tools and supplies that could help earthquake victims to rebuild. |
Wired
September 2000
Fred Haefele & Neil McMahon |
Power Tools! We're talking two-ton hydraulic transplanters and hydro hole diggers, smart stud sensors and super saws that can tear cars in two (Now get to work)... |
Popular Mechanics
July 24, 2008
Harry Sawyers |
Top 12 Demolition Tools to Tear Up the House These are the tools to pry, pull, pulverize or just plain break stuff up. |
This Old House
John Kelsey |
Choosing and Using Table Saws If you're frustrated with the clumsiness and lack of accuracy of a circular saw in ripping material and in trimming small pieces, you may want to consider a bench-top table saw. |
This Old House
Jason Carpenter |
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. |
Popular Mechanics
December 15, 2008
Mark Clement |
11 Tools to Get for Your Kids I believe the lessons learned at the business end of a wrench are confidence, determination and success. That matters to me, because today, I'm the dad. |
This Old House
John Kelsey |
Get a Grip Choosing the right pliers for the job |
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. |
Popular Mechanics
October 29, 2008
Doug Mahoney |
10 Essential Tools for Your Kitchen Drawer How to turn that "junk drawer" into a "job drawer." |
Popular Mechanics
December 2002
Thomas Klenck |
Choice Cuts We put six scroll saws through their paces. |
Popular Mechanics
October 2001
Thomas Klenck |
Benchtop Bonanza We test nine portable table saws... |
Popular Mechanics
August 2004 |
PM Tips & Hints Unfreezing frozen Allen screws and new uses for the old garden hose. |
Popular Mechanics
October 1999
Roy Berendsohn |
A Cut Above Pruning tools for healthier plants. |
| This Old House |
Tool Advice from TOH Master Carpenter Norm Abram Tips for using adjustable wrenches, chain saws, chisels, claw hammers, etc. |
This Old House
John Kelsey |
Making the Cut Choosing and using handsaws |
Popular Mechanics
February 13, 2009 |
Blacksmithing 101: How to Make a Forge and Start Hammering Metal How to heat and hammer metal the old-fashioned way. |
This Old House
Clayton DeKorne |
Choosing and Using a Circular Saw What style is right for you, what features to look for, and how to use it safely |
This Old House
Norm Abram |
Norm's Notebook: How To Use a Handsaw A master carpenter offers advice about using handsaws. |
Popular Mechanics
December 22, 2008
Hasler & Sawyers |
Multitool Face Off: PM Tests 5 Multitools Gerber Ripstop Multi-Plier... Victorinox SwissTool CS Plus... Leatherman Juice... Gerber FliK... Leatherman Wave... |
This Old House
John Kelsey |
Choosing and Using Squares These simple but indispensable measuring tools can do some amazing tricks |
Popular Mechanics
October 10, 2008
Doug Mahoney |
The 5 Most Dangerous Tools, And How To Use Them Safely Table Saw... Nail Gun... ...Chain Saw... Ladder... Circular Saw... |
Popular Mechanics
February 2006
Roy Berendsohn |
How to Snap a Fastener: The Laws of Extraction There are plenty of tools for removing a damaged fastener, but sometimes even old favorites don't work. The right tool and technique mean that you, not the fastener, will prevail. |
This Old House
Joseph Truini |
Easy Bath Upgrades Here are two bath remodeling projects that you can do without knocking holes in your walls -- or your bankbook. |
This Old House
Joseph Truini |
Installing Crown Molding Learn how this architectural element can add sculptural interest to almost any room with a few tricks from an experienced pro. |
This Old House
Amy Hughes |
Tools for the Do-It-Herselfer The home-improvement industry is clamoring to sell to the long-neglected do-it-herselfer. Three handy women evaluate popular tool kits. |
This Old House
John Kelsey |
Nail Pullers Tools for taking things apart: nail pullers, pry bars and more. |
Popular Mechanics
February 2006
Norman Becker |
Homeowners Clinic Expert Q & A Proper oil-fired boiler tuneups... Protect fiberglass from fading... Stopping toilet leaks... Removing soap scum... Ice crystals in the attic... etc. |
This Old House
John Kelsey |
Choosing and Using Pruners and Loppers Tools and techniques to keep your plants looking their best |
This Old House
John Kelsey |
Miter Saws Choosing and using an indispensable precision cutter. |
Popular Mechanics
September 14, 2009 |
Know Your Stuff: Marking Implements From pencils to awls. |
This Old House
Harry Sawyers |
Claw Hammers Here's a look at what's new with what may be the world's oldest tool. |
Popular Mechanics
November 24, 2008
Roy Berendsohn |
15 Ways to Prepare Your Home for the Holidays Great ideas for cleaning and getting your home in shape to receive visitors |
This Old House
Clayton DeKorne |
Choosing & Using Hand Planes Few tools are better for smoothing and shaping wood. |
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
John Korpics |
A Toolish Fella Does it really matter if our man hammers with a wrench? |
Popular Mechanics
May 2003 |
Reader Tips And Hints Dividing Angles... Carpenter's Pencil Scribes Line... Planing Small Pieces... Removing A Tub Spout... Garden Hose Marks Border |
Seasoned Cooking
September 2010
Ronda L. Carnicelli |
Knife Work A good knife or set of knives is an important kitchen investment and something that can easily last a lifetime or more. |
