If you’re thinking of installing a new hard surface floor in your home or cottage, an experience I had working on the house of my daughter and son-in-law and their kids may prove helpful. The house had wall-to-wall carpeting upstairs,…
Long before metric and unified fasteners, machinery was chaos. Threads varied from shop to shop. Parts didn’t interchange. Repairs were slow, expensive, and uncertain. The Industrial Revolution needed something more than innovation — it needed standardization. This AI Dialogue explores…
A roll of plastic pipe I ordered years ago arrived in a carton that makes me concerned. A stern, 15-word warning of the sort I’m seeing more and more often is the reason why. It highlights a creeping menace that’s…
In the late 1980s I faced a choice, and it was like many of the big choices we all face in life. Do I do the harder thing that I know is best, or do I choose the easier way…
Even people who don’t heat with wood or use an outdoor wood boiler find it interesting to see how heat is delivered underground, from one place to another. That’s what the video above is all about. It shows the Danish…
Sometimes a simple and effective solution to an annoying problem is right under your nose, but you can’t see it. This is certainly the case with scratches on your car. A few minutes work with some rubbing compound and a…
Steve Maxwell, Canada’s Handiest Man, makes a suggestion for how homeowners can make DIY repairs to gaps in their laminate flooring.
Bathroom ceiling mold eventually becomes a problem in most homes, but fixing this problem involves more than just adding a coat of paint. If you only do that, the bathroom ceiling mold will just come back again in short order….
Have you ever thought of living in the country? Finding the right property isn’t all that easy. Read Steve Maxwell’s experiences finding his homesteading property and see for yourself what it’s like.
If you’re building a deck you should aim to make it last at least several decades. In fact, there’s no reason a deck should not last 50 years with the right design, and long deck life comes down to fastener…
Forging metal is different than welding, and is not a mainstream hobby. 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 things with…
Sometimes a little creative thinking is all you need to make good things happen in the workshop, all without spending a bunch of money. Click above to see how an ordinary belt sander works well as a small, stationary edge…