Woodworking & Cabinetmaking
CROSSCUTTING LUMBER WISELY: Strategies for Optimizing Wo...
Updated on July 17th, 2024
Reading Time = 3 minutes You’ve got a stack of terrific wood sitting in your workshop and a vision for...Continue Reading
Portable Power Tools
TOOLS OF MASS CONSTRUCTION: 4 Options That Make a Big DI...
Updated on July 17th, 2024
Reading Time = 8 minutes Back in 1975, top trades people installed an average of about $10,000 worth of...Continue Reading
Plumbing
KEEP IT FLOWING: Video Lesson#8 Getting Lots of Water fr...
Published on July 16th, 2024
Does your water well let you down with chronically insufficient water Do you run out of water whenever the weather...Continue Reading
Home Building & Additions
PLANNING A NEW HOME OR ADDITION?: Follow These Steps to ...
Published on July 16th, 2024
Reading Time = 5 minutes Q: How should my husband and I choose an architect We’ve bought five...Continue Reading
Welding & Metalworking
FIXING A BAD WELD: Watch & Learn the Causes & ...
Published on July 16th, 2024
Watch and learn how to solve the most common type of bad MIG weld, something I call the "timid weld" The footage...Continue Reading
Hand Tools
LIGHT SABER SCREWDRIVER!?: See a “Brand New”...
Published on July 12th, 2024
About a century ago, a German tool maker named Conrad Baumann invented a screw driving tool that was manufactured...Continue Reading
Outdoors
STONE AGE FLAKE TOOL FLINTKNAPPING: Watch a Documentary ...
Published on July 12th, 2024
Back in 2022, my son Robert, and I, got the chance to make a full-length documentary film on a fascinating...Continue Reading
Outdoors
CABIN IN THE WOODS: Watch Life Lived in the Forest
Published on July 12th, 2024
A while back my oldest son, Robert, and his family, started a YouTube channel called Cabin in the Woods, and it offers...Continue Reading
Portable Power Tools
CORDLESS MITRE SAWS: The Near-Perfect Tool for DIY Work
Published on July 12th, 2024
Reading Time = 4 minutes Video Watch Time = 15 1/2 minutes The country where I live, Canada, has some of...Continue Reading
Buildings & Structures
OUTDOOR BEAUTY: Meet a Mural Painter Who Makes Buildings...
Published on July 10th, 2024
Reading Time = 2 minutes Have you ever noticed how outdoor art can make a neighbourhood so much better This...Continue Reading
Autos & Machinery
HOLE SAW VS. STEEL: Watch What This Tool Does to 3/4R...
Published on July 9th, 2024
Video watch time = 5 1/2 minutes Sometimes a tool surprises you in a pleasant way That's the case with a hole...Continue Reading
Forests, Lumber & Firewood
RESPONSIBLE FORESTRY: Good Wood Without the Guilt
Published on July 9th, 2024
Reading Time = 5 minutes If you're concerned about where our wood for projects and renovations come from, I've...Continue Reading