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July 7, 2009 |
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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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Hanging Kitchen Cabinets Cabinets hung the right way become the solid centerpiece of a kitchen... |
Popular Mechanics
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. |
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. |
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Norm Abram |
All About Bits Master Carpenter Norm Abram offers these techniques for using drill bits. |
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Elizabeth Lilly |
Don't be Afraid to Paint Your Ceiling Make your fifth wall pop with a color expert's how-to steps. |
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March 3, 2001
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The Secrets of Pro Painters Learn how to paint the interior of your home from six journeymen who reveal some of the things that make them so good at their craft.... |
Popular Mechanics
August 2007
Neal Barrett |
How to Build a Workbench: Simple DIY Woodworking Project The most important tool in any shop doesn't have a motor, a battery or a cutting edge, and it has remained largely unchanged for centuries. |
This Old House
John Kelsey |
Speed Demons Nothing is faster than a roller or a pad for getting paint out of the tray and onto the wall. Made from absorbent fabric or foam, rollers and pads hold more liquid than brushes and distribute it more evenly, and sometimes more neatly, than their bristled counterparts. How to choose and use them |
Popular Mechanics
October 10, 2008
Joseph Truini |
5 Pro Painting Tips Every Amateur Should Know: DIY Guy Try one or all of the following techniques and you'll end up with a paint job nice enough to show off to the neighbors. |
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Karl Richtenbacher |
How To: Paint Your Pad So you moved into your new, bigger bachelor pad. Congrats. Or maybe you're tired of plain ol' white on your walls and want to make your living space more exciting. Good on you. |
This Old House
James Glave |
Secrets of a Perfect Paint Job Planning on painting? Here are 24 pro tips to ensure your walls and trim get a flawless finish. |
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Roy Barnhart |
Neater Paint Rolling "Cutting in" along the ceiling with a brush is an essential first step when painting a wall with a roller. |
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John Kelsey |
Workbenches Choosing and using this essential tool |
Popular Mechanics
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. |
This Old House
Tom Silva |
A Fresh Coat of Paint A good paint job protects the outside of your house like a thin, waterproof raincoat. |
Popular Mechanics
December 2009 |
How to Hang Large, Heavy Pictures: Homeowners Clinic A more method is to use the time-honored French cleat. |
Popular Mechanics
June 19, 2009
Jim Meigs |
4 Things I Learned From my Dad Screws are better than nails... Never throw out wood... Build everything to last... Make it plumb and level... |
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Keith Pandolfi |
5 Things We Hate About Painting This intuitive line of tools makes painting bearable. |
Popular Mechanics
September 26, 2008
Joseph Truini |
12 Wacky Painting Tools You Never Thought You'd Need: DIY Guy Here are some of those "why didn't I think of that" products. |
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Elizabeth Lilly |
Pros' Tips for Cleaning and Storing Paint Tools Experts reveal how to properly maintain your painting tools |
Popular Mechanics
November 2008 |
How to Build a Wooden Storage Bench: Step-by-Step Plans With 3D Build your own customized version of a bench, inspired by a picture in a popular catalog. |
This Old House
November 2007
Mark Powers |
Build A Custom-Look Window Seat Using Stock Kitchen Cabinets The pros aren't the only ones who can craft a handsome built-in. You can, too. Here are the steps to follow. |
Popular Mechanics
September 24, 2009
Harry Sawyers |
8 Alternative DIY Woodworking Projects Reuse and recycle with these home woodworking ideas. |
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 |
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Screwdriver Dos and Don'ts Master carpenter Norm Abram's techniques for screwdrivers. |
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. |
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Jeanne Huber |
Why Is My Paint Peeling? Bad paint jobs can happen to good people with old houses -- even when they listen faithfully to everything the paint salesman tells them. The reason is a surprising revelation about the compatibility of oil and latex paints. |
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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. |
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 |
Popular Mechanics
May 2009
Logan Ward |
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. |
Popular Mechanics
August 2008 |
6 Easy Steps to a Long-Lasting Paint Job: DIY Guide Six key steps to preparation -- which unlocks the mystery of why paint jobs by pros last and those done by a homeowner may not. |
Popular Mechanics
February 2007
Tom Klenck |
Planing Thin Stock: Master-Level Woodworking Tip Here's a simple solution to planing wood thinner than the machine's capacity. |
