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What actually fails on a camp stove

Spend on the pot, the lid and the fuel plan. The $20 burner is right more often than the gear shop wants to admit.

GuideWoodworkingDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

Three builds with your kids and who does what on each

A cutting board, a birdhouse and a bookshelf, and the exact jobs you can hand a kid on each one without wrecking the project.

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GuideMeal PlansWes Dunbar23 Sept 20265 min

A Week of Meals for the Nights You've Got the Kids

One prep session, seven dinners, a grocery list you can actually shop, and a plan that scales down to one plate on the nights the house is quiet.

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Can You Fix It6 min read

A warm fridge is usually dirty coils or a dead fan

Work the problem in order, with a thermometer, a nut driver and a shop vac, and you'll fix most of them in an afternoon for under fifty bucks.

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How many days a week are you actually training?

GuideWoodworkingDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

Charge for your shop time or you're paying to work

A pricing formula that survives contact with real customers, plus how to take a custom order without getting stuck building somebody's idea for free.

GuideMeal PlansNina Castellan23 Sept 20266 min

A Week of School Lunches Your Teen Won't Throw Out

Five days of packed lunches, breakfasts and snacks built around a 22-minute lunch period, a Sunday prep hour and a grocery list you can shop in one trip.

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GuideTradesAde Fisher23 Sept 20266 min

How Teenagers Get a Head Start in the Trades

Shop class, summer crews, the federal age rules nobody explains, and the four tools a kid should own before graduation.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

GuideWoodworkingWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Which glue holds what, and how hard to clamp it

Most failed joints aren't a glue problem. They're a fit problem, a timing problem, or a clamp doing a job it was never meant to do.

GuideAutosDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

Headlights, Wipers and the Cabin Filter in One Afternoon

Three jobs a shop charges real money for, all doable in your driveway with a 10mm socket, a pair of gloves and about an hour.

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GuideTradesAde Fisher23 Sept 20266 min

Welding Pays Well If You Chase the Right Certifications

The test that separates a $22-an-hour shop job from traveling pipe work takes about six hours and most guys fail it the first time.</title> <dek>The test that separates a shop job from traveling pipe work takes about six hours, and most guys fail it the first time.