A lot of us out there runnin’ and gunnin’ every day have the outward image of, well, I’ll say it: macho dudes. Big trucks, framing guns, quarter-inch-is-close-enough-nail-it …You know what I’m talking about. Even trim guys: if it’s not a three-piece crown or mega-mantel we can’t be bothered.
But raise your hands if this is you: You make stuff in your shop — birthday presents, holiday gifts, something just because you love your wife, or son, or daughter.
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Rise of the Saw Blade My experience has been that, when carpenters find a saw blade they like, they tend to stay faithful to it….
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Q: Hey Carpenter Mark, we recently had new kitchen cabinets and counters installed and I’m tossing around the idea of doing the tile backsplash myself….
On retainer. As much as I identify myself as a carpenter/remodeler whose focus is essentially nailing wood together to form the structure of a home…
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If you think about it, there’s a lot of tool crossover between jobs. On a framing site, I’m likely to set up the miter, table…
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Boaring through. Okay, here’s something that makes sense: a recip saw-blade that cuts in two directions and, what’s more, is easier to use for plunge…
Full-On Framer I love tools that keep pace. For framing — and I mean force-framing, not just tacking some sticks together in a partition wall…
Here’s a newsflash: Carpenters swear like… well… carpenters. Some of the smartest and yes, most eloquent, people I know drop the “F-bomb” about every third…
