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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.

GuideGearWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

The cheap earplugs beat the expensive muffs you didn't wear

Foam plugs cost pennies and outperform most muffs if you roll them right. Everything else in the hearing and eye protection aisle is about whether you'll actually use it.

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GuideWoodworkingWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Build your first forge from a brake drum and a hair dryer

You don't need an anvil, a chimney or a shop. You need fire, air, a hammer and a chunk of steel to hit against.

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Trades6 min read

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.

Poll

What was your first ever job?

GuideGearWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

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.

GuideWoodworkingWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

The dust you can't see is the dust that stays in your lungs

Chips on the floor are housekeeping. The invisible fines still hanging in the air three hours later are the part that actually costs you.

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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.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

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

GuideCommunityRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

Pick Three Local Businesses and Give Them Your Regular Money

The December splurge at the gift shop doesn't keep anybody's doors open. Predictable monthly spending does, and so do four other things most customers never think to do.