Would you like to have more hands-on skills in your life and have more creative fun? Since 2007, hundreds of people have taken my various online courses covering hands-on skills for renovations, woodworking, metalworking and more. To celebrate Labour Day…
Do you want to age in your own home in your senior years, free from the nursing home and all the expense and loss of freedom this involves? A better future is possible for many seniors, but only if steps…
If you want a mortgage to build or purchase a property, you have to determine the best type of mortgage for you. Lenders will offer you different types of mortgages, including VA (Department of Veteran Affairs) and FHA (Federal Housing…
Every construction project manager has to deal with cost overruns. This matters, of course, because budget overruns mean reduced profit or, in the worst-case scenarios, outright losses. This makes planning and budgeting a critical part of the process. If you’ve experienced…
Hi! I’m Katherine, Steve Maxwell’s daughter. Growing up at the house on Bailey Line Road, I always felt the urge to be creating something. It might have been a drawing or an old yogurt container turned into some sort of…
In a 2022 report, several insurance advisers claim that multiple buy-to-let properties are either underinsured or uninsured. One reason for this is that landlords and tenants alike aren’t well-informed that they should buy insurance after the initial let. The thing…
According to real estate economists, North Carolina has one of the most overvalued housing markets in the United States. That can make it hard for first-time homeowners to save enough for a downpayment. Fortunately, there are plenty of strategies you…
Solar generators are small, portable, self-contained off-grid energy systems that delivers modest amounts of power with no noise, no fuel burned and no moving parts. The video below is one of a series of six explaining how I teach people…
In this week’s video episode, watch how a repairable oil finish is made exceptionally smooth, see the best way to level a surface before buffing, and watch a random orbit sander and buffing pads in action
*TOOLS: Watch a Milwaukee tape getting driven over by a truck.
*WOODWORKING: Learn how to sand wood perfectly smooth.
*WOOD FINISHING: Watch my favourite wipe-on poly in action.
*GOOD GEAR: See what makes some wood screws better.
In this week’s video episode, see how tractor tire chains are installed, learn a cool way to tension tire chains, and see an old tractor blowing some big snow
High-quality hardwood plywood is a premium cabinetmaking material, but it takes an accurate tablesaw to cut it properly and efficiently. Click below to watch a video explaining how to cut sheet goods well even with a portable benchtop tablesaw. This…