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I use a time-saving tool to spread water-based finishes quickly over the hardwood floors that I install. It is simply a 3/4-in.-thick hardwood strip covered by a length of 1-in.-thick…

Like many other contractors, I love my 8-in. Makita tablesaw. I’ve had it for more than 20 years. But one aspect of this saw has always been frustrating to me:…

I bought two rubber corks at the hardware store and turned the cardboard tube that holds my stringline into a storage pod. No more searching for the level when I…

I can’t tell you how many panes of glass I’ve broken, cracked, or inaccurately cut because my aluminum straightedge slipped as I ran the cutter wheel down its edge. I’ve…

Cutting and holding small pieces, such as miter returns, on a chopsaw can be tricky. Just cutting them accurately is one problem. The other is finding the little pieces after…

I needed to cut a 6-in.-dia. hole through a 3/4-in. plywood subfloor in a bathroom, but the tools on hand were limited. Lacking a big hole saw or a jigsaw,…

DIY truck-bed extender allows for easy access to stored items.

I needed to seal the joint between a finished oak floor and a new granite hearth inlaid in the floor. I’ve learned that using a caulk that matches the darker…

Here is a way to save you some cleanup time when you make a construction-debris dump run. Instead of the old way, which had me cleaning out the back of…

For tight-access nailing when you can’t even get a palm nailer into position, sometimes you have to go old school and use a peashooter. A peashooter is a hammer in…