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I want everything from my circular saw: a main frame rough-carpentry tool that can handle get-it-done-yesterday muscle-up production cutting and one that’s dialed in enough to deliver smooth clean cuts in trim work. DeWalt’s DWS535 delivers on all counts with big-dog umph and thought-through design features. Power. The DWS535 has it in gobs. Among other [...]
We love this time of year because it is tool-givin’ time. Here’s a powerhouse list from MyFixitUpLife for the ‘Get It Done Guys’ of all skill levels. If you were alone on a deserted island, what’s the ONE tool you’d want? Answer: Fiskars Ax. You can use it for just about any desert island situation. For [...]
Fast, light, and well-designed, DeWalt’s DCF 895L2 powerhouse 20-Volt Max cordless impact driver rips decks screws, structural screws and holes from frame to finish. If you’re upping from a cordless drill or replacing old impact drivers, don’t brush this brushless bad boy off because it’s a full-blast lunge-across-line class-leader. Power Up. Are you kidding me [...]
If it’s been a while since you’ve checked your table or miter saw for accuracy and square, it pays to set a side a few minutes to double check and adjust fences and blades as needed.
A countersink with included drill bit is an essential tool accessory. Ideal for installing fasteners at the ends of boards or where they might split, the countersink both pre-drills a pilot hole for the screw shank and bores out a small pocket, or dimple, that accepts the screw head, allowing it to seat just below [...]
Countersink, verb: to set the head of a screw or nail slightly below the surface of the piece being fastened.
As many radio shows as I do, as many TV shows I am involved with, as many articles, blogs, and Facebook posts as I write, at the (cliche alert) end of the day, it’s about the stuff we build, the lives those projects change, and the tools we use to do it. Reel It In. [...]
Looking for a great Father’s Day gift for Get-It-Done Dad? You’re in the rightest place there is. Here. And you can trust my my gift recommending mojo. It’s is based on my gift-wanting juju. There’s no pattern here. Or order. Nothing lame either. This year’s list includes everything from projects to products to pulse-pounding books, [...]
Here’s a kitchen/bath project I call a marriage-saver. Its not that it saves the marriage directly, I hasten to point out, but it short circuits one of those small, every day problems that can really get on couples’ nerves and make the bigger challenges of life seem much more acute than they really are. And [...]
Mark and Theresa take you inside Extreme Makeover: Home Edition’s 200th episode where they built 7 houses in 7 days. Listen to a heartfelt tearful interview with lead night shift award-winning builder Charlie Kuehn, Real Outdoor Living about their donation of the wood for the Cunningham Park playground, Jason Morton from Eagle Ridge Saw Works [...]
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