ECONOMICAL HEATING: A Tour of My Outdoor Wood Boiler
Steve Maxwell, Canada’s Handiest Man, outlines the benefits of an outdoor wood furnace as an alternative heating option thats energy efficient.
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How to Grind Wheat Into Fresh Flour With a Hand Mill
In this week’s video episode, see home-grown hard spring wheat, planted & harvested by hand, watch a 35 year-old hand-operated wheat mill in action and learn how a wheat mill makes flour & why it’s measurably better than so-called store-bought “whole wheat flour”.
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Why Serious Amateurs Should Consider Pro-Grade Power Tools
Buying power tools is one of those decisions where the cheapest choice can become expensive later. If you’re serious about improving your home, fixing vehicles, building things, or developing real workshop skills, bargain tools often become a bottleneck sooner than…
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Tiny House Plans: 5 Smart Design Ideas for a Cozy, Buildable Cabin
Features of Good Tiny House Plans Not all tiny house plans are equally livable. Some look clever on paper but feel cramped, dark, awkward, or too hard to maintain once built. The best plans usually include a few essentials: useful…
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Farm Innovation in Action: Two Efficiency-Boosting Machines on an Ontario Beef Farm
Key Takeaways Successful farming today is about more than growing crops and raising livestock. It also depends on the right production and marketing innovations. Better equipment can improve feed quality, reduce labour, increase efficiency and lower environmental impact at the…
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Are Wooden Cutting Boards Really Dangerous? What Science Says versus This Advertisement
Key Takeaways A marketing email making the rounds lately claims that wooden cutting boards are “a bacteria and mold nightmare,” that they raise food-poisoning risk by “up to 200%,” and that a stainless-steel alternative solves the problem. That’s the email…
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How to Improve Woodworking Skills Without Getting Discouraged
A subscriber asked me: “Why is it that no woodworkers I watch on YouTube tell viewers specific amounts of time it takes to complete projects? It’s discouraging for newbies like me when something looks easy but takes me forever. What…
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WHAT IS “BEAUTY”: Thoughts on This Hard-to-Define Concept
Key Takeaways What is beauty, exactly? It is one of the most important things in life, yet one of the hardest to define. Most people know beauty when they see it, hear it, or feel its presence, but putting it…
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Workshop Date Nights: How We Refinished an Old Pine Cabinet
Have you ever been on a workshop date? Let Steve tell you about the workshop dates that he and his wife Mary do, and what they’ve made together on their last one.
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Home Standby Generators Explained: What to Know Before You Buy
Key Takeaways Thinking about a home standby generator? This guide explains how standby generators work, what an automatic transfer switch does, how load shedding can reduce generator size and cost, and when a portable generator may be the better backup…
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Nitrile Rubber Gloves for Workshop Work: Stronger, Safer Protection
See Steve explain the difference between nitrile and latex gloves; understand how to choose disposable work gloves so they can be reused; watch unboxing of biodegradable disposable work gloves; recognize why protective gloves make sense in the workshop
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CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES: Homemade Family Recipe Video
Making delicious chocolate chip cookies in our homestead kitchen!
