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Going diagonal affects your thinking about decking. It’s no longer rectangular math; it becomes geometry, triangles. While this mean greater complexity in layout, it also … Read more

There’s nothing like staring down the business end of a two by six and feeling the fear, knowing there’s a big ol’ hole between it … Read more

Somehow, a little magic happens when you discover a circle whose center point is lost. It could be a rusted out tank panel with the … Read more

Each November, when you’re looking at that meager pile of wood next to your house and thinking “Hmmm, not enough to get me through winter,” … Read more

This is angle iron. Build a shelf in half an hour. And when it’s time to set a TV on top of it, maybe for … Read more

A tube rack will look great at first, then someone walks through it and it all droop sideways. That’s not typically because the metal broke … Read more

A sheet of plywood comes off the shelf and feels good in your hands: It’s heavy enough to feel sturdy, but not so thick as … Read more

They get out their tape measure, note the raised diamond pattern and figure it’s just a solid piece of metal. Measure from flat bottom to … Read more

Ever see someone loading a forklift with a pallet full of products and carefully easing corner of that load against an upright in their racking? … Read more

Most of our budget mistakes stem from difference between how we think about our homes and how our contractors do. We see our homes as … Read more

There are two problems with stairs: framing them to hold weight isn’t hard; making them feel good when walking up is. Most failed attempts at … Read more

This has likely happened more than once in your lifetime on the shop floor. A brand-new operator pulls a bar of steel into his machine … Read more

Here you are facing a steel column and a bracket that needs to be bolted on. You see the load and your mind goes numb … Read more

Drywall repair is one of those jobs most folks try to do as if it were a plastering job (i.e., fill the hole and be … Read more