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"Let's Cut a Rug, Sam..."
Looking for an all-around tool...that's versatile, flexible and essential?
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A (Versatile) Snappy Invention
Thomas Hancock invented a stretchy, springy cord he first used for elastic waistbands in clothing.
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A Measuring Device Is at Hand!
Thumbs up on this trick!
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Answer: Heat Gun!
Question: Want to remove old paint, vinyl baseboards, stuck bolts and more?
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Assembling (The Day After)
Drill-wise and time-wise... squeeze every ounce... when kids are waiting... and speed counts !
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Ax Facts
How to keep your ax well-sharpened.
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Ax Facts
How to keep your ax well-sharpened.
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Back-of-the-Door Workshop
Need a workshop? But you have neither a garage nor a basement? Just "hang one."
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Basic Home Tool Kit
Put together a basic home tool kit, and you'll be prepared to fix a lot of things yourself, instead of having to call a repairman.
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Basic Tool Kit Addition
When we were asked to choose the basic tools that would be needed for a beginning carpentry class we chose the usual;
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Battery Charge Timer
Avoid destructive charge times with a helpful watchful eye.
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Beam Me Up, Scotty!
This little clip-on LED light is a great idea for spaces that are dark and tight.
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Beam Me Up, Scotty!
"Star Trek" sheds light on soup-can technology.
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Bits On Board
Want to carry drill bits with your cordless drill? Here's the ticket -- all aboard!
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Buying A Power Nailer
Choose the right type and size for handy women and men.
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Caulking tube hang-ups
How to put 'em in order and prevent drying out with a hang-up sorter.
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Chains -- The Weakest Link
Chains that break? No problem... here's how to fix 'em quick as a wink!
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Choosing a Hand Saw
Choosing the right saw is only half the battle.
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Choosing a Hand Saw
Choosing and using the right saw is the sign of a pro or a homeowner in the know.
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Circular Saw Guides
How to cut "straight and true"... when a "wandering" saw blade is buggin' you!
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Circular Saws
Got a Christmas gift certificate? Why not tool on down to a home center.
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Cleaning blades and bits
Cutting tools a mess? Clean 'em with a surprise product you?d never guess?
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Coffee Cans -- Everything but Coffee
Yes you CAN!
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Compass Stud-finder
Just a magnetic compass along a wall until the needle swings in. This indicates that there’s a nail (and a stud) below.
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Compass Stud-finder
Just a magnetic compass along a wall until the needle swings in. This indicates that there’s a nail (and a stud) below.
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Convert Your Drill to Use a Keyless Chuck
If you've had an electric drill for a long time, it probably has a key operated chuck -- and chances are the key is missing.
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Cordless Drill Holster
How to fix a tiresome flaw with a simple answer for a quicker draw!
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Cordless Drill Torque
What's torque? Clue: it governs a drill's "twist"-power for your work...
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Cordless Power Tools
How much power do you need? Pick a cordless tool that's right for you.
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Cushioned tool pegs
New tools for Christmas? Hang 'em on screws with slip-on cushioned protectors.
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Cutting the Power Cord
Which are better -- cordless power saws or corded plug-ins?
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Damaged Screw Removal
Tool news you can use to easily remove damaged screws!
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Doing the Jig
How to make a "quickie" jig for drilling -- not Irish folk dancing!
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Drilling Overhead?
This simple drill-bit trick stops dust "fall-out."
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Duck Tape or Duct Tape?
When the army needed a strong waterproof tape, Johnson & Johnson created onet -- and because it was waterproof, everyone called it ?duck? tape -- as in water off a duck's back.
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Earth-friendly Batteries
A new breed of battery called "nickel metal hydride" is earth- and environment-friendly.
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Electric Drill Keyless Chuck
A keyless chuck-replacement kit is the answer to your electric drill's lost key-operated chuck.
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Electric-drill Basic Training
Select a high-quality drill to avoid worn-out arms, smoking bits and shoddy workmanship.
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Extra-strength Screwdriving
Mission possible!
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Fix Rusty Gardening Tools
All tools, including those used for gardening, are safer when they are sharp.
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Fixing a Hammer
A replacement handle will cost about one-third of the price of a new hammer.
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Fixing Your Hammer
A replacement handle costs about a third the price of a new hammer, and replacing a handle is easy.
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Flat-free Tires
How to keep hand truck, wheelbarrow and lawnmower tires from going flat.
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Frozen Nuts and Bolts
Load on penetrating oil. It works its way in through rust and gunk to lubricate the threads of frozen bolts.
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Garden Tool Rust
Sharp tools are safer and easier to use.
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Gasket Plugs and Switches
A quick-and-satisfying home improvement.
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Give Your Tools Some Light!
Use a rubberband to attach a tiny flashlight to the side of the screwdriver or extension shaft of your socket wrench.
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Good Tools are Easy to Find
No need to be complaining about tools.
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Grinder safety
How to properly use a grinder.
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Hacksaw blade protector
Save your blades from abuse?(more from storage -- than from use)?
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Hammer, Slammer, Whammer
Some assembly required? Use (and don't abuse) the right tool for the right job!
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Hammers and Hotdogs
Hammer heads have two types of faces -- smooth and corrugated.
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Hand(y) Drill / Works Magic
When you're working in very tight spaces or in a when you're in a hurry, old-fashioned push drills often are the tool of choice.
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Handy Dandy Toothbrushes
Among other things, old toothbrushes are useful for cleaning grout lines in ceramic tile.
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Handy Dandy Toothbrushes
Among other things, old toothbrushes are useful for cleaning grout lines in ceramic tile.
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Handyperson Update
Picking out gifts for mothers and daughters, wives, nieces and grandmothers just got a whole lot easier!
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Head Lights
With beams like these in your plans... you'll light up a life and free up those hands!
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Hi-tech toolbox
Tools have come a long way since the Stone Age - now they're very "Space Age."
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High-tech Foam Rubber
When it’s time to replace your computer's mouse pad, don’t throw the old one away.
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High-tech Foam Rubber
When it’s time to replace your computer's mouse pad, don’t throw the old one away.
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High-tech Tape Measure
You'll be deighted at how today's new rulers measure up.
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Higher-tech wheelbarrows
There's a new breed rolling out'that's everything a wheelbarrow should be?
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Hole saw smarts / re-drilling
Need a larger hole for a new lockset in a door? For bigger and new drill with two.
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Holiday Hammering
Complete projects better by using the right hammer for the job.
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Hot Father's Day Gift Ideas
Time to go toolin' around.
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Hot Tip for Glue
Hot-melt glue guns (and glue sticks) aren't just for craft projects anymore!
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How Long Should a Nail Be?
Nail-length formula.
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In the Mood for a Power Tool?
Sometimes trial and error is fine, but tool info is better found online.
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Interior Design Tools
Picture this!
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Keep Cutting Tools Sharp and Therefore Safe
Sharp people know to use sharp tools.
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Keyless Chuck For Your Drill
When and how to chuck your chuck and get a keyless chuck replacement kit.
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Knife-sharpening Tips
Use a whetstone, with a lttle water, as an abrasive surface for sharpening your carving knives.
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Labor Day - Nailed
Hammer tips.
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Labor Day - Nailed
Hammer tips.
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Ladders and Safety
Discard rickety ladders pronto!
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Laser Or Sonic Distance Meter?
Two types to consider?and a range in price (some smaller ? some bigger!)
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Laser Tools / What's New?
With today's hot new laser tools, anyone can say, "Beam me up, Scotty!"
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Magnetic Back Gloves
How to "get a grip"...and keep parts, tools and fasteners "close at hand!"
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Make Do / Get-Me-By Tools
Improvise some basics with stand-in stuff and inside-info "pro" tricks!
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Meanwhile, Back at the Wrench
Most knuckle scrapes are caused by the nut on your end of the wrench.
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Measuring and marking cuts
How to measure and mark like a pro…so everything fits where it’s supposed to go…
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Mini (5-in-1) workshop
No room for a home workshop? Now you can have one?
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Miter-helper for Martha
Are cutting precisely mitered corners driving you crazy?
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My Friend, Flipper
Spatulas -- they’re not just for cooking anymore.
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My Friend, Flipper
Spatulas -- they’re not just for cooking anymore.
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My kingdom for a (saw)horse
Need an extra sawhorse? More workbench surface? How to "iron" out the problem.
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Nail gun injuries
How and why accidents happen and what to do so it doesn't happen to you.
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Nail Holder Hammer Tips
Hammer the nail you're aiming for, not the one on your finger.
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Nailing Tips: Avoid Split Ends
Pointed nails act like small wedges and, when driven, often split wood along the grain.
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Nails vs. Screw Guns
Nails are not the best of fasteners.
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New 007 Tools of the Trade
If you want to handle problems as the pros do, start by peeking into their toolboxes.
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Oh Say, Can You C-Clamp?
Making a quick spring c-clamp.
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One-Switch Shop Trick
Learn how a single click can get things up and running super-quick!
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Palletmania
Pallets: They're stacked, racked, loaded and hauled from floor to ceiling and wall to wall.
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Pencil Tip
A flat pencil will never roll away from you during a project!
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Pinch An Inch (Ruler-Wise)
Trouble with accurate tape measurements?especially in that very first inch?
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Plastic Razor Blades
A new kind of scraper (and "feel") in many ways beats blades of steel!
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Plenty of Room at the Top
When you climb a ladder...where is the very top? Hmmmmm...?
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Pop (Rivet) Culture
A great little item... just got better... it's "pop rivets" that are threaded !
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Power Tool Trends
Women are having a big impact on tools.
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Power Tools "All aboard"
New drills without a cord now have more handy goodies on board!
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Pressure Washers: To Buy or Not to Buy
Pressure washers are great for all kinds of stuff around the house.
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PVC Bungee cord holder
Store bungee cords right and remove the one you want without a fight.
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Q: Shopping Daze? A: Tools!
When gifts are "bad" – sparks fly! They can with "good" gifts too (learn why)!
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Quick draw screw bits
Keep extra screw bits aboard?even if your drill is old and has a cord?
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Rollaway tools? Say: ?Nuts!?
How to make 'em stay put with just half a fastener set.
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Rust Busters
How to keep tools and parts rust-free, lookin' new...and shiny as new!
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Rusty Gardening Tools
Here's how to get rusty garden tools out of the Stone Age and into petunias, roses, basil and sage.
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Sandpaper "True Grit"
Numbers on the back of a sheet of sandpaper tell how big the abrasive particles on the other side are.
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Sandpaper Downsizing
How to downsize sandpaper so that it's a handier sander and scraper.
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Sandpaper Terminology
Sandpaper, technically known as "coated abrasives," has confusing but important numbers printed on its back.
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Sandpaper: File It
A 'smooth' trick for storing and filing sandpaper by true grit.
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Sawhorse Make-do
Use your trusty ladder as sawhorse and save the day, Tom-Mix style.
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Sawhorse Round-up
A well-thought-out sawhorse can make tasks easier!
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Screwdriver Imperative
Today's a sale day. Why not tool on over and pick up a simple screwdriver set with an assortment of tip styles and sizes at a super-friendly price?
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Screwdriver Imperative
Today's a sale day. Why not tool on over and pick up a simple screwdriver set with an assortment of tip styles and sizes at a super-friendly price?
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Screwdrivers 101
Never hit your friend with a hammer!
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Screwdrivers 101
A good grip on a screwdriver provides maximum drive-power; get one that’s tough and made of forged steel.
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Selecting an Electric Drill
Get a good drill; take care of it and it will take care of you.
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Sharp Saws = Good Saws
How to keep your saw blade sharp...and tell when teeth are way too dull.
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Sharp Tools Are Safe Tools
Tools, especially power tools, are not toys.
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Sharpening Knives
Follow these steps and you're sure to be a pro when carving this year's Thanksgiving turkey.
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Shedding Some Light on Drilling
For great results, try our drill.
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Shop Vacuum Savvy
The wet/dry shop vac is the handyman's choice.
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Shoveling a White Christmas
Shoveling snow is tough work -- as strenuous as prolonged running at 9 miles an hour.
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Single-handed Pliers
A simple "conversion plan" lets you use pliers with just one hand!
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Soft "C" Clamps
How to soften your C-clamp grip without having things slip.
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Soft Touch
Are your tools a little rough? Consider those with a "softer" touch!
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Squares and levels
How to check these tools…to be sure they’re doin’ what they’re supposed to do…
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Stand-up Cordless Drill
How to make your cordless drill stay put with a do-it-yourself big foot.
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Starting Y2K on the Level
On the level -- some are off.
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Straw Poll on Straws
Drinking straws are versatile.
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Strengthen Nail Strength
The smoother the boards fit, the better the nails hold.
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Struck Tool Maintenance
Struck tools need special care.
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Stud Trek: The Next Generation
Tools that find studs go "beep," now they also center and go deep!
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Super-duper Vacuum Cleaners
Super-duper Vacuum Cleaners might be worth the cost!
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Sure-shot applicators
Why struggle with bottles and tubes when there's a medical product you can use.
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Swiss Army Knife
They do anything...and everything...and today there are many combinations.
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Tape Measure Maintenance
Accurate measuring is the most important part of any project.
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Tape Measure Tip Tip
Tab-hook ends on tape measures are designed to slide back and forth -- just a little bit!
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The Old Nail-in-the-Drill Trick
Good tricks are appreciated in the shop.
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The Scoop on Screwdrivers
With today's screwdrivers, no more bent shanks, broken handles, injured wrists and stripped heads.
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Think You Know Power Tools?
Better learn about power tool 'trigger locks' (to avoid the "school of hard knocks.")
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Thoughts for your Penny
To always get the best price, buy nails in bulk instead of those expensive little packages.
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Tick-tock Trailblazing
To find due south, point the hour hand of your watch toward the sun.
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Tool Belts And Holders
How to prevent the ups and downs of home improvement and repair.
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Tool deja vu (all over again)
Having extra tools is smart and right now's a great time to start!
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Tool Recycling
How to put old tools to work building homes for those in need!
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Tool Safety
Some tool habits are good and some are very, very bad... know which are which.
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Tool Time? Think Quality
Be wary of tools that are "new and improved." The manufacture probably just found a new way to "improve" his bottom line.
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Tools -- The Perfect Gift
If you've got a new homeowner or renter to buy for, tools will be a welcome gift.
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Tools for Women
Looking for that special gift for the ladies in your life? Think tools! (No, really!) Here's more...
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Tools: Buy, Borrow or Rent?
To buy or not to buy.
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Toothbrush Recycling
What to do with your old toothbrush once it's polished its last fang.
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Top of the Ladder
The top step of a ladder isn’t for standing.
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True-grit Hand-sanding Tips
Power tools are great but many projects still require traditional hand work.
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Understanding Sandpaper
How to choose the grit…that sands things down or smoothes it!
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Using Extension Cords
The power that an extension cord will deliver is determined by a couple major factors -- the guage of the wire and the length of the cord.
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Utility Knives
A valuable tool to have on hand is a utility knife.
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Vise Advice
Tool abuse is a crime.
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Vix 'Hinge' drill bit
There's a specialty drill bit that makes hinge holes 'perfect' so doors will fit.
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Wider Miter Cuts
Two-by-six sawing "tricks" gets more "'blade" into 10-inch miter saw cuts.
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Wrench Basics
How to avoid wrenching pain!
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