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Tablesaw basics

Tablesaw basics

The tips, tricks and safety procedures you need to comfortably operate a tablesaw

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No one needs this

No one needs this

Here are CHW HQ we see quite a few new tools and products that should help you around the shop or the house. Most are top-notch. Others, not so much. An example of the latter are Grip Tips, which landed on my desk a few weeks ago. They address a problem I didn't know I had: a...

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The 2012 Dream Deck Contest

The 2012 Dream Deck Contest

Enter Canadian Home Workshop's Dream Deck Contest and you could win a complete deck prize package!

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New Stanley power tools

New Stanley power tools

The big news in Toolsville: hand-tool heavy-hitter Stanley now has a power-tool line. Really, this development shouldn't be much of a surprise after we saw DeWalt, Stanley's sibling company, come out with hand tools last year. These new tools will be available in early May at...

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Canada’s Handyman Challenge, Episode 7 recap

Canada’s Handyman Challenge, Episode 7 recap

This is it. The big finale. One of the four contestants will be crowned Canada's handiest. If I had to pick one...well, I couldn't. I think it will be either Mark or Brad. Both have been fairly consistent throughout the competition. Brad seems to have more of the hard handy...

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Canada’s Handyman Challenge, Episode 6 recap

Canada’s Handyman Challenge, Episode 6 recap

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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Bathroom demolition tips

Bathroom demolition tips

Demo wisdom from the pros

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Canada’s Handyman Challenge, Episode 5 recap

Canada’s Handyman Challenge, Episode 5 recap

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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Getting jiggy(saw) with it

Getting jiggy(saw) with it

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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Canada’s Handyman Challenge, Episode 4 recap

Canada’s Handyman Challenge, Episode 4 recap

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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