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Your backyard has potential. It just needs a little helping hand. How about some wood and tools to help you build a dream deck, and a hot tub and BBQ to help you enjoy your new outdoor oasis? (Not to mention a lawncare kit for keeping your pastures greener.) Enter Canadian...

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Show Some Moxie

Women working on construction sites were once head-turning, jaw-dropping events. (Remember your surprise when Jennifer Beals was under that welder’s mask in the 1983 cult-classic “Flashdance?”) But today, women have found their place in the $125-billion Canadian...

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8. Solid Soldering Tip

In our March 2011 issue of Canadian Home Workshop (on newsstands now), we have an article called “50 Things Every Handyman Should Know.” Item No. 8 in that list is a short and sweet tip. When soldering copper pipe, heat the joint, not the pipe. Easy peasy. Right?

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Retro Project: A Bar

I love this project from the March 1978 issue of CHW, especially the decor–a rifle, hunting knife and snowshoes! Of course, the weathered boards look great, but I think there’s a bit of “board overload” going on. If I were building such a bar, I’d mix the weathered wood...

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Lee Valley's Latest Gag Tool

Yesterday, Lee Valley added to the proud pantheon of tools that includes the board stretcher and the left-handed screwdriver, all of which have duped many a jobsite newbie. The Ottawa-based company revealed its pocket dovetailer, which is the eighth installment of Lee Valley’s...

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7. Electricity Deserves Your Utmost Respect

In our March 2011 issue of Canadian Home Workshop (on newsstands now), we have an article called “50 Things Every Handyman Should Know.” Item No. 7 in that list looks at how you should approach electricity. In a match of you versus 120 volts, the electricity will win. Before...

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An Ash Hope Chest Project

                    I was at a wedding this past weekend and it got me thinking: as wedding gifts go, there is nothing more personal than a shopmade present. After the weekend’s festivities, I reflected on the...

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6. Furniture Styles

In our March 2011 issue of Canadian Home Workshop (on newsstands now), we have an article called “50 Things Every Handyman Should Know.” Item No. 6 in that list is furniture styles. With woodworking, we often emphasis the technical part of the craft–how to cut this and...

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Wayback Woodworking: Rocking Settee

                      You know how I know spring is around the corner? No, not the calendar telling me that the first day of spring came earlier this week. The equinox is technically the start of spring, but...

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5. Know When to Use Backup

In our March 2011 issue of Canadian Home Workshop (on newsstands now), we have an article called “50 Things Every Handyman Should Know.” Item No. 5 in that list looks at backer board. A perfect cut can be ruined right at the end. As a bit or blade leaves a workpiece, the...

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