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Your Mower Won't Start. Check Spark, Fuel, Air In That Order

Most no-start mowers come down to five dollars of parts and forty minutes. Work the order and you'll find it before lunch.

Build a Car Emergency Kit That Works in January and July

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Build a Car Emergency Kit That Works in January and July

The $29 pouch from the checkout aisle is mostly bandages and a whistle. Here's what belongs in your trunk, what swaps out by season, and what to check twice a year.

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Garden Tools Worth Buying Once and the Ones That Aren't

GuideGarden & YardDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

Garden Tools Worth Buying Once and the Ones That Aren't

A snapped shovel handle in frozen clay costs more than the shovel did. Which tools earn a lifetime purchase, and which ones you should buy cheap on purpose.

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Reglue a Wobbly Chair So It Outlasts the Rest of the Set

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Squirting glue into a loose joint buys you about four months. Taking the chair apart and cleaning it properly buys you thirty years.

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Locks, Lights and Cameras That Actually Do Something

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Locks, Lights and Cameras That Actually Do Something

Start with the three-inch screws in your strike plate, then work outward. Most of what makes a house hard to break into costs less than dinner out.

Sharpening a kitchen knife without wrecking it

GuideFoodWes Dunbar22 Sept 20266 min

Sharpening a kitchen knife without wrecking it

Most home knives aren't dull, they're bent. Knowing the difference, and learning to feel for the burr, is the whole skill.

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Fix a Dryer That Runs But Never Gets Hot

GuideCan You Fix ItDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

Fix a Dryer That Runs But Never Gets Hot

Three parts cause almost every no-heat dryer, and one of them costs twelve bucks. Diagnose in the right order and you'll be dry by dinner.

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Get the House and the Truck Ready Before the Ice Comes

GuidePreparednessWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Get the House and the Truck Ready Before the Ice Comes

Your gas furnace still needs electricity, your freezer has 48 hours, and your tires lost air last week. Fix all three this weekend.

A Dripping Faucet Tells You Which Part Failed

GuideCan You Fix ItWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

A Dripping Faucet Tells You Which Part Failed

Where the water shows up decides whether you need a 50-cent washer, a $6 seat kit or a $28 cartridge. Diagnose before you buy anything.

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Patching Drywall Without Making It Worse

GuideCan You Fix ItWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Patching Drywall Without Making It Worse

Nail pops, doorknob holes and the four-foot disaster behind the couch, fixed in the order a working guy actually does them.

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Twenty Feet From the House and Other Generator Rules

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Twenty Feet From the House and Other Generator Rules

Where to put it, how big to buy, and the wiring shortcut that can kill a lineman working your street.

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The Ten Minutes Before You Start a Chainsaw After a Storm

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Chaps, chain tension, a clean air filter and fresh fuel. The checks that keep a cleanup Saturday from ending in the emergency room.

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The spark plug job is easy until the last quarter turn

Gapping, torque and the hand-start habit that keep a simple plug change from ending with a stripped aluminum head and a tow truck.

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Your Mower Probably Isn't Broken. The Gas Is Just Old.

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Your Mower Probably Isn't Broken. The Gas Is Just Old.

Most mowers that won't start in spring just need fresh fuel and a proper pull. Start, fuel and care for one yourself, without a repair shop.

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Your fingers go white in the cold and that's the tool talking

GuideWoodworkingWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Your fingers go white in the cold and that's the tool talking

Vibration white finger creeps up on weekend builders too, and by the time you notice it, most of the damage is already permanent.

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The dashboard lights that mean stop the car now

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The dashboard lights that mean stop the car now

Red, amber and green aren't decoration. Learn which lights give you a week and which give you thirty seconds.

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