All about insulation
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All about insulation

Know your options for keeping your home warm


Insulation options and tips
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Insulation options and tips

Save on energy bills by improving your home's insulation


What you need to know about wood finishes
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What you need to know about wood finishes

From hand-cut dovetails to screw-together joinery, amateur woodworkers and DIY enthusiasts use a wide range of skills. But...


Building with composite
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Building with composite

Wood is full of surprises, and not all of them are good. That's especially true when you're choosing wood to build outdoors....


Three products to make putting up drywall easier
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Three products to make putting up drywall easier

Drywalling can be heavy, dusty, awkward and tiring. With a view to smoothing out the inherent difficulties in a recent...


Workshop cocktails
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Workshop cocktails

Inspired by wine rack projects, we started thinking about cocktails that sound as if they belong in the toolbox. (Actually,...


Wear your safety earmuffs
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Wear your safety earmuffs

I take shop safety quite seriously, so I have three sets of ear protection to rely on to guard my hearing. I recently tried the...


Earmuffs and gloves for outdoor jobs
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Earmuffs and gloves for outdoor jobs

The job of converting my garage into a shop late last fall was the perfect opportunity for me to test these Pro 600 Exhale...


Duct tape bandages
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Duct tape bandages

The three most important inventions of all time must be fire, the wheel and duct tape. Fans of the grey fix-all will be pleased to...


Sand saw: The latest in shop efficiency
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Sand saw: The latest in shop efficiency

The new Final Cut saw blade has an unusual two-pronged approach to cutting wood. This blade has self-adhesive sandpaper on both of...

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