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Buy the right table saw and stop being scared of it

GuideWoodworkingWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Buy the right table saw and stop being scared of it

The blade isn't what gets most people. Kickback is. Pick the saw that fits your shop, set it up right, and work the machine with confidence.

How to Lay Out a Real Shop in a One-Car Garage

GuideTools & OrganizingDean ShawSep 23, 20267 min

How to Lay Out a Real Shop in a One-Car Garage

Twelve by twenty-two feet is enough room to build furniture, if you chalk the floor before you buy a single tool.</title> <dek>Twelve by twenty-two feet is enough to build furniture in, if you chalk the floor before you buy a single tool.

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Buy the cheap drill. Never buy the cheap jack stands.

GuideGearWes DunbarSep 23, 20265 min

Buy the cheap drill. Never buy the cheap jack stands.

A working line between the tools where price buys you nothing and the ones where it buys you a finished job and ten fingers.

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Stick, MIG or TIG, and Which One to Learn First

Woodworking6 min read

Stick, MIG or TIG, and Which One to Learn First

Three processes, one garage, and a straight answer about which arc belongs in your hands the first weekend.

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Where Every Tool Goes and Why You'll Actually Put It Back

GuideTools & OrganizingDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Where Every Tool Goes and Why You'll Actually Put It Back

Pegboard for the light stuff, French cleats for the heavy stuff, a cart for the work that moves. A weekend plan, a shopping list and the mistakes to skip.

The recovery tool nobody can sell you

GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 22, 20265 min

The recovery tool nobody can sell you

If your lifting has stalled and you're sleeping six hours, the problem isn't your program.

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Build a picnic table with your kids in one weekend

GuideWoodworkingWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Build a picnic table with your kids in one weekend

Five boards for the top, four bolts per leg, and a job list a seven-year-old can actually do without you hovering.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

Get Your Garage Organized in One Weekend and Keep It That Way

GuideTools & OrganizingDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Get Your Garage Organized in One Weekend and Keep It That Way

Two days, about $600, and one rule that decides whether it looks like this in March or goes back to a maze of totes by Thanksgiving.

Buy-it-for-life should mean repairable, not expensive

GuideGearDean ShawSep 22, 20266 min

Buy-it-for-life should mean repairable, not expensive

A four-question test for whether a thing will actually last, plus the categories where the cheap one is the correct answer.

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Cutting, drilling and filing steel without wrecking the bit

GuideWoodworkingWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Cutting, drilling and filing steel without wrecking the bit

Steel punishes the habits wood forgives. Slow down, clamp harder, add oil, and a $25 file will do work you'll be proud of.

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The Tools You Should Rent and the Ones You Should Just Buy

GuideTools & OrganizingDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

The Tools You Should Rent and the Ones You Should Just Buy

A demo hammer for a day costs less than filling your truck. Owning one costs you a corner of the garage for the next twenty years.

Poll

Where does your best time with your kids happen?

Build Your Toolkit One Job at a Time

GuideGearWes DunbarSep 22, 20266 min

Build Your Toolkit One Job at a Time

Skip the 200-piece set. Buy the tool the job demands, learn what it does, and end up with a box that's all useful.

Router basics that keep your edges clean and your dados tight

GuideWoodworkingWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Router basics that keep your edges clean and your dados tight

Feed direction, depth per pass, and the reason your 3/4-inch bit won't cut a groove that fits 3/4-inch plywood.

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Hand Tools Worth Buying Once and Handing Down

GuideTools & OrganizingDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Hand Tools Worth Buying Once and Handing Down

Where to spend real money, where the $9 version is genuinely fine, and how to keep steel alive for forty years.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next two weeks.

Buy the cheap pry bar. Never buy the cheap ladder.

Buy the cheap pry bar. Never buy the cheap ladder.

Your first bowl on a lathe and what goes wrong

Woodworking6 min

Your first bowl on a lathe and what goes wrong

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The Three Saws a Home Shop Needs and What They Cost

GuideTools & OrganizingDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

The Three Saws a Home Shop Needs and What They Cost

Buy them in this order, spend the money where it changes the cut, and know the one saw you should rent instead of own.

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The Pocket Knife You'll Still Be Carrying In Ten Years

The Pocket Knife You'll Still Be Carrying In Ten Years

Steel gets all the attention. Weight, pocket manners and whether you can take it apart are what decide if a knife survives a decade.

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Where does your best time with your kids happen?