Building a Disappearing Fountain Basin With A Glazed Pot Part 1 of 2 A great friend of ours bought my wife and I a beautiful blue, glazed pot for our wedding anniversary. The blue glaze matches the blue tiles surrounding our pool. My wife has wanted a water feature by the pool for awhile now and asked me to make this glazed pot into a water fountain. Part of my honey-dew list this weekend was to start building the water feature, … [Read more...]

Milwaukee Tool M12 Heated Jacket Review Model 2345 This last summer Milwaukee held a media day to introduce Rob and his fellow website editors to their new tools. Some of the tools were brand new and others were updates to prior tools. There were many impressive tools shown that day but most impressive were the updates and additions to the M12 line. My favorite was the update to the M12 heated jackets. These jackets first hit the market at … [Read more...]

Preventing Damage To Freeze-Resistant Outdoor Faucet Having the convenience of a freeze resistant outdoor faucet on the outside of the home allows water usage all year around especially in colder climates where freezing pipe are  reality. See "Preventing Freezing Pipes." A freeze resistant outdoor faucet has an extension rod that extends into the house and sealss the water off in that warmer space. Installing a freeze resistant outdoor … [Read more...]

Kershaw Leek 1660 Stainless Steel Folding Knife Review: The folks at Kershaw recently send me a few folding knives to evaluate. I looked at and reviewed the Blur knife, [see review] Need Work knife [see review] and Kershaw Leek 1660 knife. As a remodeling contractor, backpacker, outdoor enthusiast and daily carrier of a pocket knife I’m a fan of pocket knives and always appreciate a useful, well made and functional knife when I see … [Read more...]

Racor 450 Pound Heavy Duty Wall Storage Rack PLM-1R If your a woodworker or a finish carpenter you most likely have an assortment of clamps.  I use pipe clamps all the time and hate seeing them strewn about the shop floor - I like organization which led me to  the idea of Storing Pipe Clamps With A Racor 450 Wall Storage Rack. My theory that you can never have enough clamps is true for me.   See earlier article on Pipe Clamp … [Read more...]

We have a WINNER!!!! 300 people entered this contest and Derrick Hamlett won the jigsaw. Derrick is a full time member of the Army National Guard and performs carpentry services for the Nat. guard making shelves, storage usits and anything else they need. CONGRATS Derrick and than you for you service to our country!! enjoy the saw.   Win A DEWALT Jigsaw!!!!! The folks at DEWALT are giving away a 20 Volt Cordless Jigsaw to one of my … [Read more...]

   Get Rid of Termites Once and For All Termite Problem ?  Termites are one of the homeowner's worst enemies. These voracious, tenacious insects will eat away at your home in secret--or brazenly out in the open. They have no shame, just a single-minded need to eat you out of house and home…okay, that's not entirely true. Termites don't care about humans--they just want to eat and procreate, and we just happen to live in what amounts … [Read more...]