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How to Make A Box Joint Jig A box joint’s exposed end grain can be an attractive detail. Box joints are a simple, economic way to produce a strong joint. They can be built on the table saw with a simple jig made from remnants from your scrap pile. A box joint jig is not…
Built In Bookcase Modification: It seems these days folks are designing whole rooms around flat screen TVs. The problem arises when you have an existing room and you try to incorporate the flat screen TV. Modifying a bookcase for a flat screen TV seems to be in demand. This was just the case for a client of mine.…
Source: orlandfire.org Ice Safety – Enjoying Your Time On The Ice Last month I heard of several people falling through the ice. Two people in Massachusetts recently fell through ice and died. This article will focus on ice safety and educate you on the proper thickness ice needs to be. My son has a…
Constructing a Cedar Privacy Screen The picture below is the rooftop patio at a Winchester, MA Condo project we worked on. Our client wanted us to build a privacy screen to block the view but still allow in light onto her roof deck. I decided to construct the new screen out of high quality 1″ thick…
Image: images-cdn01.associatedcontent.com Turning down your thermostat by just a few degrees in the winter can save 5-10% on your overall heating bill. The best way to achieve this is through the use of a programmable thermostat and its setback feature. You can program your thermostat to set the temperature back until the next pre-programed time…
Image: farm2.static.flickr.com Is Stranger Danger A Myth? Is “stranger danger”—dangers that threaten our kids come mostly from strangers—really a myth? Yes. In the majority of cases, the perpetrator is someone the parents or child knows, and that person may be in a position of trust or responsibility to the child and family. Who Really Is…
Milwaukee M12 Cordless 3/8 Ratchet Kit 2457-21 The Milwaukee M12 Cordless Ratchet Kit 2457-21 is an interesting new tool for Milwaukee. I first spied this tool at their 2012 media event and recently received on to test and evaluate. I immediately liked that the Milwaukee M12 Cordless Ratchet Kit 2457-21 was small and low profile. The…
New Mirror Designed to Look Old I wanted a mirror with a medicine chest in my new bathroom and did not want tit to detract from all of the wainscoting on the walls and old, stain glass window I installed. Look A Magazines for Ideas: I tell people all the time to look on…
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