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RedState · Opinion15h ago
Feel-Good Friday: Man at Auto Shop Overhears a Couple's Conversation, Decides to Pay It Forward
The Western Journalyesterday
Photos: Cops Say Unhinged, Incompetent Mom Awkwardly Held Gun on Shop Workers Who Asked Her Child to Behave
The Blazeyesterday
Exclusive: Rep. Van Duyne reinforces BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales in war on H-1B fraudsters
Townhall · Opinion2d ago
Stores Selling Drugs: Today’s Vaping Speakeasies Think They Can Repeat the Past, Old Sport
Washington Free Beacon4d ago
Angie Nixon’s Charity Raised a Major Haul To Fund Her Black Power ‘Resistance Cafe’: How She Really Spent the Money Is a Mystery

GuideWes Dunbar20 Sept 20263 min

The first aid kit in your house is probably useless

Shop-bought kits are built to a price and to a picture. Strip half of it out and add the things that actually get used.

An Open Garage Door Won't Save You From a Generator

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

Fixing a dripping faucet starts with the valve under the sink

Most faucet repairs fail in the hardware aisle, not at the sink. Shut the water off, take it apart, then shop with the old part in your hand.

GuideAutosDean Shaw26 Sept 20266 min

A supercar is bought. A coachbuilt car is argued into existence

The one-off cars from Rolls-Royce and Ferrari cost millions. The rules for commissioning one scale all the way down to your local shop.

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GuideWoodworkingDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

The workbench your grandkids will still be flattening

Mass, real joinery and a top you can plane flat again. Skip the screws and the polyurethane and this bench outlives everyone who uses it.

GermProof.com — An invisible germ barrier on your skin for hours

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Style5 min read

Your watch is probably two sizes too big

Case diameter is the number everybody quotes and the wrong one to shop by. Measure your wrist, then measure the lugs.

Poll

Where does your phone charge overnight?

GuideCountry BroCal Brennan23 Sept 20265 min

The concrete dust you can't see is the part that gets you

Cutting block, pavers or a slab on your own place? The rules are simple, the gear is cheap, and the damage doesn't heal.

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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GuideStyleDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

What to wear to an interview in the trades and in an office

A suit's wrong at the diesel shop and a flannel's wrong on the third floor. Both interviews have a uniform, and you can hit either one cheap.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

GuideHobbiesDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

Start Welding in Your Garage With a Flux-Core Machine

For about the price of a decent grill, you can join two pieces of steel forever and start fixing things instead of replacing them.

GuideWoodworkingDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

Cheap tools that work and cheap tools that'll waste your wood

A $60 circular saw with a good blade cuts cleaner than a $200 one running the junk it shipped with. Where to save, where to spend, and what to buy first.

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Rehearse the raise conversation with me

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GuideCountry BroWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Rain Off the Shop Roof Will Water More Than You Think

One inch of rain on a 1,000-square-foot roof is 623 gallons. Here's how to catch it, store it, and get it to the garden without a pump.

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GuideYoung MenSam Ortiz23 Sept 20265 min

Your welding cert isn't a diploma, it's a bend test

The four processes, the ladder from 1G to 6G, and the shops, yards and outages that hire — plus what the travel really costs you.

Poll

How often do you see your closest friends?

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.

GuideTools & OrganizingDean Shaw23 Sept 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.