March 16, 2011
The tradition of the shopmade tool chest seems to have passed. With lightweight carryalls made from space-age materials so readily available, why make a heavy, wooden box? There’s no point right?
Still, I was struck by this plywood mammoth from our February 1978...
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March 11, 2011
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. 4 in that list is our stance on duct tape.
Duct tape will not fix everything.
That’s right. I said it. It won’t....
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March 4, 2011
You know how I know that spring is not too far away? Two reasons: here at CHW we are working on our annual deck issue and readers are asking me about outdoor projects. Last week, I got a note from reader Robert Shannon. He was wondering if we had ever run a...
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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. 3 in that list looks at the importance of keeping some bread on hand when you are plumbing.
An infuriating little trickle of...
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March 1, 2011
I swung by the Habitat for Humanity Toronto booth at the show today and spoke with JB about the organization he volunteers for.
Habitat is at the show to get the word out about their project: promoting and providing opportunities for home ownership as a means of breaking the...
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In what seems like a flash, the show is over. I’m exhausted but I had a great time. Thanks to all the exhibitors, you are the heart of our show. Thanks to all of the volunteers who made the interactive areas possible. Thanks to all the guest speakers. Thanks to our contributors...
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February 25, 2011
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. 2 in that list is how to hone a chisel.
If you have a chisel to hone, and it hasn’t been bashed so much that you need to fix...
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February 23, 2011
I often get a kick out digging through our old projects, and with 33-years worth of them, I often find some wondrous things. Some works leave me questioning the wisdom of previous woodworkers and...
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February 18, 2011
In our March 2011 issue of Canadian Home Workshop, we have an article called “50 Things Every Handyman Should Know.” Item No. 1 in that list is fastener types.
A real handyman does not say,...
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January 30, 2011
This past weekend, at the Interior Design Show, there were a lot of pieces made from our favourite material: wood. It was exciting to see craftsmen and women using that age-old substance in new ways.
Some students from the Ontario College of Art and Design had projects on...
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