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I do service work and troubleshooting for a plumbing and heating company on Cape Cod, and it seems I never have enough organized storage space. I have 10-in.-deep shelves along the…

I recently had a job fixing a broken slat in a louvered door, and it turned out that the right clamps for the job were sitting in a box at…

My mini-grinders see a lot of action on-site, and nothing beats them for coping moldings. Instead of using the backing pad, I put a pair of disks back to back:…

I recently bought a Makita 6916 impact driver. I think this tool is great, and the other day, I hauled it up a two-story scaffold to help me box a…

Mark Rabe’s technique for Clearing a clogged shower drainsounds like a good solution. But if you don’t happen to have a 12-in. reciprocating-saw blade on hand, you might give this technique…

Engineered joists and rafters, which have a cross section akin to an I-beam, present a wrinkle to the carpenter crosscutting them with a circular saw. Because the plane of the…

An overwhelming amount of doors doesn't necessarily mean an overwhelming amount of time.

I have always had trouble with crown molding “slipping” on the miter saw, making for less-than-perfect cuts. I solved this problem by spraying the back of the crown molding, where…

Whenever we hang drywall, a few boxes are always misrouted slightly, leaving a ragged hole that the outlet or switch plate can’t cover (drawing 1). We’ve solved this problem, and…

Here’s a tip for matching caulking color to plastic laminates or other counter surfaces. While caulk is becoming available in more colors, they aren’t always the colors that I need.…