FixitUp Find: The Clydesdale

Here’s another indication that this Recession shows little sign of a quick recovery and more evidence of for those PROs who buy and sell homes…

Make a splash. I love details. Now that doesn’t mean I can’t see the forest for the trees, so when I see new products that…

If you love tools with power and rugged features, take a run at Milwaukee’s 2650-20 18-volt, Lithium Ion (Lion) powered impact driver. Here’s the lowdown:…

Everybody else in the world calls them “shop vacs,” but Festool calls them “dust extractors.” That may sound like a five-dollar title for a nickel…

I depend heavily on miter saws. They’re with me from framing to trim. I task them with blowing through blocking and tricky finish cuts. For…

I love building pergolas. I love what they do for back yard and garden spaces. They can be overwrought for sure: if you have a…

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…

Porter-Cable’s 6-inch Saw Boss Model 345 is a unique cutting platform. The 6-inch diameter blade is smaller (obviously) than the standard 7-1/4-inch size, but provides…

Warm is good. In winter my mind turns to keeping warm, and to smart solutions for keeping my customers warm — efficiently, cost effectively toasty…

After 15-plus years in the game, I’ve pretty much got what I carry with me in my tool-pouch dialed in. It’s important to me to…

When I was a little boy, my mom had these great tweezers that could get any splinter known to creation out of my flesh, of…

One of the perennial problems with drywall repair and paint preparation (usually one in the same on our projects) is the amount of time and…

When you reach for a reciprocating saw, you can bet whatever’s about to happen ain’t gonna be pretty. Even if it’s just cutting out mis-nailed…

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….

Compliance in a Can It’s not that I’m scared of heights. It’s that I’m scared of falling from them. For example, I have to install…