Crown Molding Shelf

By Robert Robillard

Crown Molding Shelves Secured with a French Cleat Crown molding shelves have become more and more popular these days to display nick knacks and pictures.  Building a Crown molding shelf can intimidate many people only because of the miter cuts needed to return the crown molding to the wall. I like to make my crown…

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MAKITA 36 Volt Circular Saw XSH01X/Z Giveaway

By Robert Robillard

MAKITA 36 Volt Circular Saw  – Tool Giveaway ConcordCarpenter and the folks at Makita are giving away a MAKITA 7-1/4 inch [X2] 36 Volt Circular Saw and two-batteries to one of our newsletter subscribers. MAKITA 7-1/4”Circular Saw Powered By Two 18-Volt Batteries XSH01X/Z Cutting the cord is a goal for the engineers and Product Managers…

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Ridgid X4 Cordless Combo Kit Giveaway

By Robert Robillard

Ridgid X4 18-Volt Hyper Lithium-Ion Cordless Combo Kit Giveaway To celebrate the new year Concord Carpenter and Ridgid tools are giving away a Ridgid tool cordless combo kit, $ 500.00 value, to one of my newsletter subscribers. The kit includes: R8611501 Hammer Drill, R8641 Reciprocating Saw, R86034 Impact Driver, R8691 Work Light, R8651 Circ Saw,…

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Installing A Wall Safe

By Robert Robillard

How To Install A Wall Safe: Most crimes committed are related to theft of personal property from a residential location. There are many precautions you can take to secure your home  from locking  your house to installing an alarm.   Installing a wall safe is also a way to further secure items inside your home.  …

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Dishwasher Buying Guide

By Robert Robillard

Older dishwashers, ten years or more, are neither energy efficient nor water efficient.  Often times using between 8 an  15 gallons of water per cycle.  Purchasing a new Energy Star rated dishwasher can save you 1,000 gallons or more water per year as well as use 10-13% less energy.  The following dishwasher buying guide can help you…

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How To Keep Rust Off Woodworking Tools

By Robert Robillard

Protecting Your Tools From Rust: The idea for the article,  How To Keep Rust Off Woodworking Tools, came to me after I found one of my kid’s had placed a wet snow sledding tube on-top of my table saw table. I had told her to leave the snow tube in my shop so I could…

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Makita 18-Volt Cyclonic Vacuum DCL500

By Robert Robillard

  Compact Cordless Vacuum for Mobile Contractors As a remodeling carpenter we do our fair share of small service jobs and handyman work. The hidden benefit to doing these “small jobs,” is what I call “client face-time.” We believe that the more face-time with a client ~ the better opportunity for future projects. In order…

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How to Build a Custom Cabinet

By Scott Arnold

How to Build a Custom Laundry Cabinet Laundry Cabinet This article will focus on “How to Build a Custom Cabinet.”   More specifically, a cabinet that is designed to hide four laundry baskets. The customer wanted a paint grade cabinet to put  between her two bedroom windows.  she wanted two doors in order to keep her…

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