It’s easy to look past the obvious fact that lumber comes from logs, but once you start thinking this way, interesting things can happen. It’s surprisingly easy to mill short, small logs into furniture-grade boards in your workshop, all without…
Want to make stuff from steel pipe? It’s a great material for the home workshopper. In this week’s video lesson, see how a simple tube notcher cuts perfect curved profiles on the ends of pipes; watch how a bi-metal hole saw cuts dozens of pipe ends yet stays sharp; see how the shape of end profiles on pipe can be changed to suit the project.
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Over the last 20 years, something great has happened to wood screws. Steve Maxwell gives DIY homeowners a history lesson in the evolution of screws.
If you’re interested in reducing the cost of owning a vehicle, then learning to do basic paint repairs and autobody work in your driveway can help you keep your wheels looking respectable at minimal cost. I’ve found that well-engineered vehicles…
Watch and learn how a simple attachment for your drill press or drill can make a big difference in the speed and success of sanding trim. It’s surprising what this tool can do.
Are you frustrated with the results you get finishing wood in your home workshop? My online course Wood Finishing for Beginners can help. You’ll learn everything you need to know to create a handful of beautiful, interior finishes on furniture,…
Forging steel is not a mainstream hobby, and it never will be. That said, there are still thousands of people with a little bit of garage space and hidden talents that could be used to create beautiful and useful metal things…
How to Sharpen a Chainsaw Sharpening a chainsaw properly can take more time and more skill than meets the eye. Electric chainsaw sharpeners make this job much easier than using a file, your chain can cutter better than new, but you…
Watch this week’s video episode to see a 220-volt spot welder unboxing, that honking-big spot welder in action on sheet metal and copper! (Yes, copper), plus a little bending brake do a pretty good job on sheet metal
Steve Maxwell, Canada’s Handiest Man, talks to the inventor of ChopShot, an innovative tool to get perfects cuts with your circular saw.
Design is a make-or-break issues when it comes to renovations and new homes, but too often ideas about design come too small and too late. To make your place better, you need to think about the big design ideas you’ll find here and you’ll need to think about them early on, when they can have an influence on how your place feels and functions.
Plug welds offer a simple way of joining two pieces of metal when you don’t want a visible weld bead. You can see a plug weld above that I made in my shop. Watch the video below for a plug welding…