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  Plywood Edge Screw Fastening

  Good morning Mr. Do-it-Yourself! Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to devise a method of inserting a screw into the edge of plywood paneling that has strong holding power, without splitting the layers of...

  • Posted July 28, 2014
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  Drywall Fasteners

  Californians know all about good wall fasteners to hold pictures, mirrors and heavy cabinets in place. But you don’t have to live in earthquake country to want to keep things where they belong. The right wall anchor...

  • Posted July 28, 2014
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  Hanging pictures without holes

  You want to hang pictures or photos on your walls, but you don’t want to leave a bunch of holes. Before you hammer on a papered wall, cut a small “V” where you want your picture hook....

  • Posted July 28, 2014
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  Finger-saver Nail Holders

  To hit the nail on the head every time, all you need is a homemade “finger-extender.” Use any type of tweezers, even improvised ones. You can use anything from bobby pins to a comb as makeshift “nail-holders.”...

  • Posted July 28, 2014
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  Easy Energy Savers

  The halfway point of winter can be the coldest day ever (81 below zero) back in 1947. Today you’ll learn it’s also a good day to start saving energy with four easy projects that really pay off!...

  • Posted July 28, 2014
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  Dimming Outdoor Lights

  Henry Winkler of “Happy Days” was born in 1945. As the “Fonz,” he was a showman in his own right! He was always cool, and made the girls sigh. To make happy days even happier, he just...

  • Posted July 27, 2014
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  Circuit Breaker Signals

  Samuel Morse was born in 1791. Fifty years later, he invented dashes and dots that spanned continents, reached across oceans and communicated with ships at sea. Those doing electrical work need communication, too, to know what’s happening...

  • Posted July 27, 2014
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  Doors I: Doors Stick? Here Are Quick Fixes

  Do you have a door that sticks? It won’t open or close easily? Want to remove and re-hang it? Repair or replace it? In part I of doors, we’ll deal with doors that stick with surefire quick...

  • Posted July 25, 2014
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  Tune Up Your Door Latch

  Got doors that have changed over time? Misaligned latches that don’t close right? As a house settles, doorknob latches and strike plates sometimes no longer line up, and doors won’t latch shut without extra effort. Today you’ll...

  • Posted July 25, 2014
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  Fighting the Mixed Concrete Battle

  In the film “Goldfinger” super-sleuth James Bond had to fend off a quick and powerful adversary known as “Odd Job.” Now, there is an odd job that you can undertake that will take the fight out of...

  • Posted July 15, 2014
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