Handle Basics
Get A Grip |
| A tool's handle provides the vital interface between the tool's business end and its operator. Look for handles that fit comfortably into the palm of your hand and - most critically - won't break, bend or part company with the tool under pressure. Hammer handles provide leverage for driving and pulling nails, and must also be resilient enough to absorb shock from blows. Many professional carpenters still swear by classic wood-handled hammers. Good ones score high on both strength and resiliency. With these, pay special attention to how... read more... |
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Cringe no More, it's Only a Hinge
A Door With-out It's Hinge? |
| Hinges are one of those pieces of hardware that go unnoticed until the door is about to come apart. You don't even see them because doors and windows and panels obstruct them. But a door isn't a door without its hinge. And then we finally notice these "low-profile" gadgets when the door begins to tilt radically and it makes us...read more... |
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A Plumber and His Tools
A Plumber's Friend |
| You've read the joke on the Internet that goes: in what way are a doctor and plumber alike? Answer: they both bury their mistakes.
If you're going to be a plumber, you might as well go for quality tools so you'd have less to bury or hide. With the right tools, a leaking toilet will leak no more and a dripping faucet will stay dry. One writer said that some do-it-yourselfers try to solve plumbing problems with any tool they can lay their hands on. Like most
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That Roof Over Your Head
A Make or Break Appearance |
| Isn't it funny how people buy a house, amortize it over a 25-period, and then at the end of those 25 years, it's time to change the roof, which is like renovating the entire house, cost-wise? Maybe that's an exaggeration, but just when you can relax and luxuriate in the sentiment that there are no longer any mortgage payments to agonize over, the main component of your house - the one that's supposed to be your shelter from the elements - is about to cave in if you don't do something about it quickly. So much for the roof over your head adage. After the mortgage payments, here come the roofers. And it's not like ... read more... |
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