February 15, 2012
Wow. This episode is packed with revelations, missed opportunities and a lot of drama. The remaining six contestants continue the handy showdown in Steel Town. It seems with so few people in the game, the handy folks are under even more scrutiny from the judges.
The first...
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February 13, 2012
Our photographer, Juan Luna, bought an old house with a bathroom so small you have to step outside to change your mind. Today, he and his contractor Dom, are tearing that thing down.
The plan will be to move the wall that the sink and tub are next to out 18". The new bathroom...
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February 8, 2012
The second round of Canada’s Handyman Challenge will see the elimination of two more contestants, bringing the pool from eight to six. Last week, four went home: Normand, East Coast Todd, Carl and Kyle. Before the show, I posted on Twitter the two I thought would be...
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February 3, 2012
Finally, I finished my drafting work and could get started on the first project of the class. Using five pieces of poplar, I must create a frame with an extra rail in the middle. This frame will have more joints on it than the Dude: dovetail, rabbet, dado, mortise-and-tenon,...
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February 1, 2012
After combing Vancouver, Halifax and Toronto for handy folks, the judges of Canada’s Handyman Challenge have their top 12 contestants. This episode finds the competition in Hamilton and, at the end of the hour, four people will be eliminated.
The contestants head from their...
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January 31, 2012
This week's lesson in woodworking was a little low key. I hunkered down to get caught up in my drafting. I made some headway and I think I’ll be able to start making some sawdust next week. It will be my first real assignment: build a frame, with an added rail in the middle,...
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January 25, 2012
OK, sports fans, it’s time for the last stop in the country-wide search for 12 finalists. The folks from Canada’s Handyman Challenge have hit Vancouver and Halifax, and now they are in Toronto. The Big Smoke brought close to 300 applicants and their plywood projects to the...
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January 20, 2012
I got to class this week with two unfinished projects: a dovetail and some drafting. For those who read about how much I like drafting, you won't be surprised that I went right to the dovetail. As you can see from the photo, it's proud in some places and gappy in others. But,...
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January 18, 2012
After last week’s episode in Vancouver, the host and judges are in Halifax to find the East Coast’s top four handymen. As with the West Coast competition, the Halifax event started with a group of approximately 50 folks presenting their projects made from one 4x8 sheet of...
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January 13, 2012
Tips to help you through your first handcut dovetail.
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