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Spend-A-Little Save-A-Lot Home Improvements: Money-Saving Projects Anyone Can Do A friend of mine, Brad Staggs, recentkly wrote his own home improvement book. Brad Staggs has written, produced and directed feature stories for The Nashville Network and also produced and hosted features for Decorating with Style and Today at Home on HGTV. Today, Brad is seen on HGTV's HGTVPro.Com Weekly and on the syndicated Rebecca's … [Read more...]
Deciding whether to retrofit or replace your deck There are approximately 40 million decks in the United States and only half of those are code compliant. Every year we hear about decks that collapse under the weight of people or snow load. If you have an existing deck that is more than 3 years old you should have it inspected for safety issues and make necessary corrections by retrofitting safety hardware to make your deck safer and bring … [Read more...]
Rockler I-Semble Makes Furniture Making Easy . On a budget? Like to do things yourself? Always wish you could make your own furniture but don't have a shop full of tools or the know how? Here's the solution: Rockler recently introduced the I-Semble Shelf Blocks which are sturdy steel and feature a black powder coat finish frames that can be used to make desks, shelves and other custom furniture. The I-Semble brackets … [Read more...]
Remodeling With Stainless Steel: . Kitchens have become a central gathering point in our social and entertaining lives, most dinner parties start and end in the kitchen. Updating your kitchen or a full kitchen remodel will increase the design, function and resale value of a home. A kitchen remodel instantly raises the value of your home, can provide you with a more effective preparation and cooking space When remodeling your … [Read more...]
Johnson Glo-View Magnetic Aluminum Torpedo Level Model # 5500M-GLO Johnson Level recently Rare Earth Magnetic Torpedo Level with their Glo-View technology. According to Johnson Glo-View is a phosphorescent pigment with an afterglow 10 times greater than conventional phosphorescent. I was curious to see just how well the Glo-View worked.Glo-View technology is basically a glow in the dark material that surrounds the vials. I … [Read more...]
Milwaukee Band Saw Model # 6232-21 Milwaukee's new Deep Cut Band Saws promises deliver on the job-site! It's 11 Amps, superior cut visibility and the largest cut capacity all help this Pro tool live up to many difficult job-site tasks. All these features are delivered in a slimmer housing that has a better line of sight! First Impression: What A Big Mouth! The Milwaukee 6232-21 has a huge cutting capacity - it will cut a 5" by … [Read more...]
Heavy Duty Saw Horses: A sawhorse is basically a four legged beam used to support material, work table top or to stand on with a plank. Over the years I have grown to favor the cheap plastic folding sawhorses. My reasoning was ease of storage and weight. The problem with these folding saw horses is that they are cheap and do not last. I end up spending more money over time replacing them. DEWALT recently designed a durable … [Read more...]
Sanding is probably the least glorious part of any carpentry or woodworking project but also and important part of the process. The biggest problem with sanding is the dust, the mess, and the subsequent contaminating your surface when applying a finish. So whether it's for health reasons of just a kick ass finish on your project, reducing dust in your shop is important. Dust collection, shop air filtration and collecting sanding … [Read more...]
Robert Robillard is the Editor of A Concord Carpenter, Host of the Concord Carpenter cable tv show and the Principal of Robert E. Robillard Finish Carpentry & Renovation, LLC, a carpentry and renovation business located in Concord, Massachusetts.
He writes on all aspects of home improvement and remodeling, specializing in problem solving for all aspects of home maintenance.
In his spare time he enjoys reviewing new tools and products and restoring old tools back and using them on projects: A Concord Carpenter.
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