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I occasionally use 1-1/2 in. dia. steel pipe for handrails. It is plenty sturdy and easy to grip. But it needs something other than a 1-1/2 in. dia. cap threaded…

While building a set of stairs recently, I noticed that a crack had developed in the bottom of one of the vertical-grain fir stringers. Because they were exposed on both…

If you've ever had a nice set of air-hose splitters borrowed into oblivion (now who borrowed that from me?), you may appreciate this trick. On the male end of each…

In my cabinetmaking business, I am faced with a fair number of crown-molding installations. While searching for ways to ease the job of pulling tight the moldings on outside corners,…

The drawing shows a method that I use to position balusters accurately on stair treads with a minimum of effort. The beauty of this system is that an off-center dowel…

When a roof leaks, it's not the kind of situation where you can schedule a roofer for sometime next month. It needs to be fixed right now. Because most flat…

On a recent job, I had a problem with a stainless-steel kitchen countertop and its integral sinks. They had come unstuck from their countertop substrate and needed to be reglued…

Most aerosol cans of solvents and lubricants come with a piece of plastic tubing for directing the can's contents into hardto-reach areas. In my experience, the tube is soon lost.…

Slate roofs came into Ohio in the middle 1880s and fell out of favor about 1920. But they've never fallen out of favor with me. A lot of barns were…

One of the most useful tools in remodel work is my trusty pry bar. But what to do when I need to put it down for a moment? In spite…