Every now and again (or more often than that depending on the kinds of day you’re having) a mistake gets made. You put the X on the wrong side of the line, read a 6 as a 9 and put a mark that doesn’t signify anything, or your stud finder is — as most are — wildly undependable. The result is you’ve somewhere between 1 and 58,000 pencil lines that you need to get rid of.
Here’s one of the awesome things about design: it reinvents things. It takes the common and makes it uncommon. I’ve seen a lot of this…
Skil’s legendary Mag77 is a 7-¼-inch wormdrive circular saw and, well, it’s no joke that it is a legend among framers. This tool has cut…
Question: I want to hang a towel bar in my bathroom and have to drill through a tiled wall. I was going to just drill…
At our house, we haven’t really done much beyond buying candy and costumes for the kids for Halloween. Jack is going to be a monster…
Mark & Theresa broadcast MyFixitUpLife LIVE! at Lowe’s courtesy of Troy-Bilt’s Saturday6 lawn and garden series. So let’s roll up our sleeves and dig in. It’s…
In all my years as a home improvement professional, the project that brings the biggest smiles — and requests to work along side me during the project —…
Step 1: Measure the Saw’s Deck Find the height of the miter saw’s deck. This is a critical measurement because the height of the infeed…
Back in the day when I started in the whole home improvement gig, I did it behind a lawn mower. In those days, mulching mowers…
Question: I’m planning to build a pergola. I’ve heard that you’re supposed to stain the end-grain of the wood to maximize its life. I’m building…
First: think about replacing the spark plug. Depending on the size of your lawn, your spark plug may last more than a season. So despite…
An air compressor is what I would consider a main-frame DIY tool. For everything from trim to flooring to blowing dust out of the garage,…
Question: I just bought a row-house in the city. There is a ratty old chain-link fence between my neighbor’s concrete driveway and mine. I can…
We built a backyard play-set at the Craftsman Experience in downtown Chicago. The Experience is part digital playground, part workshop and all hands-on fun. This…
After a big snowstorm I have to admit, I kind of like to get out there and get after it. There’s more than a little…
Question: I’m cutting in new garden beds and I’m making other garden beds larger. So, I’m going to end up with a lot of excess…
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