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Energy-Saving Home Improvements
If your utility bills were high last winter, you may be able to lower them this year by making some...
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Perennial Possibilities for Autumn
Late summer and fall can be colourful times for your garden, with plenty of brilliant blooms and flamboyant foliage. Discover...
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Childproof Your Home: A Room-by-Room Guide
Whether they're your own or just visiting, help protect children from the potential dangers in your home. Children are curious...
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Accessorize for Added Value
Accessories add variety to your wardrobe, transforming clothes from ultra casual to dressed up, or taking a simple outfit from...
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9 Things Your Renovator Won’t Tell You
Or: How to get the house of your dreams—without enduring a nightmare
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Who’s Hiring?
Check out these 15 hot jobs
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Propane Torch
Uses propane gas that mixes with the surrounding air to produce a hot flame (temperature about 1371°C/2500°F). Different tips are
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Pipe or Tubing Cutter
Produces clean cuts on copper or steel pipe or tubing.
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Pipe Wrench
Turns threaded pipes.
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Pipe Roller
Features an indented center groove in the cover to conform to the contour of heating pipes. Make sure you apply
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Heat Gun
Focuses a controlled amount of heat, usually between 121°C (250°F) and 593°C (1100°F), to soften paint so you can remove
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Paint Glove
For applying paint to unusually-shaped items, such as spindles.
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Brush and Roller-Cover Spinner
Cleans paint brushes or rollers.
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Hole Saw
Tempered hardened-steel teeth cut large holes in wood, metal, and sheet goods.
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Standard Router
Used for top-quality joinery and making decorative edges or surfaces.
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Skate-Wheel Jointer
Rakes out mortar to a depth of 12 mm (1/2 in.) from a joint. The length of the nail that
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Dead-Blow Hammer
Head is filled with steel shot and oil that absorb energy when the hammer impacts, eliminating any rebound in demolition
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Portable Work Center
Combines a workbench, tool stand, vise, and sawhorse in one compact unit.
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Sliding Compound Miter Saw
Has a blade assembly that slides along two rods, allowing you to cut wide stock by pulling the assembly toward
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Circular Saw
Used for fast straight cuts in wood or other materials. Upper blade guard is fixed; lower guard is spring-loaded and
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Multipurpose Electrician’s Pliers
Measure, cut, and strip wire; also crimp wire connectors and cut machine screws. As with other wire strippers, handles do
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Round-Nose Pliers
Favored by electricians, these pliers have smooth, tapered, round jaws designed for bending thin wire and sheet metal into different-sized
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Hand Stapler
Drives staples with a squeeze of the handle.
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Straight-Jaw Locking Pliers
Clamp firmly onto objects.
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Edge Clamps
Has two or three screws extending from the frame to exert right-angle pressure on the edge or side of a
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Glass Cutter
Scores lines in glass.
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Scrolling Saber Saw
Saber saw with a pivoting blade holder for cutting intricate curves and contours without the operator turning the body of
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General-Purpose Saw
Makes both crosscuts and rip cuts in wood.
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Sandpaper Discs
Convert an electric hand drill into a sander.