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GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Sharpen a kitchen knife on a whetstone without guessing

A dull knife slides off an onion and into your thumb. Twenty minutes, one stone, and the burr tells you when you're done.

GuideCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

CPR and choking rescue, in the order it actually happens

Compressions, breaths, the AED, and what changes for a kid or a baby — the whole sequence, plus the part everybody gets wrong at the table.

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Pressure-test my business idea

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GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Swapping a Switch and an Outlet, in the Right Order

The whole job takes twenty minutes once you know what to look at first, and exactly where it stops being a homeowner job.

Coconut.com — Tell us when. We find where the sun is.

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Clearing your gutters before the water finds your foundation

Two afternoons a year on a ladder is the cheapest structural work you will ever do on your house.

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Where does your phone charge overnight?

GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Paint a room in the order a painter actually does it

Cut in one wall at a time, keep a wet edge, and never stop for lunch halfway up a wall. The rest is prep.

GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Why Your Car Won't Start, Worked Out In Order

Listen to the sound it makes, check one number on the battery, and you'll know whether this is a ten-minute fix or a tow.

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GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Tile Your Own Backsplash Without Redoing It Twice

The whole job in the order it's actually done, from killing the breaker to caulking the counter joint, plus the layout mistake that ruins first attempts.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Splitting a cord by hand without wrecking your back

The block height, the swing, the rounds that will never split, and how to stack so the bottom row isn't rotten by spring.

GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

The tape hook is supposed to wiggle

Sixteenths, crow's feet, kerf, and the ten-second test that tells you whether your level has been lying to you.

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Rehearse the raise conversation with me

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GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Why patios sink, and how to build one that doesn't

The flat patio and the wavy one get built the same way above ground. The difference is what happened in the first afternoon.

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GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Sharpen a knife, an axe and a mower blade the same way

Three tools, three angles, one test. Do them in this order and you'll stop guessing whether the edge is actually finished.

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GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

A four-by-eight raised bed, built in one afternoon

Four feet wide, nine inches deep, three boards and a box of screws. The build takes 90 minutes. Hauling the soil is the real work.

GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Re-caulking a bath and shower without it peeling in a year

Most new caulk fails because of what happened before the tube was even opened. The order matters more than the technique.

CancerDefying.com — The research, protocols and reading in one place

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GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Basic Welding: A First Weekend With a MIG

Buy the helmet before the welder, burn a dozen practice beads on scrap, and learn to hear a good weld before you try to see one.

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Is your money actually in order?

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

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Why Fences Lean, and How to Set Posts That Don't

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Changing your own oil without making a mess of it

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Build me a revision plan that I will actually stick to

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GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

How to hang a door so it closes with one push

Most doors that stick were hung to a crooked frame. Set the hinge side plumb first and everything downstream gets easier.

Dude.com — 16 advisers who listen, talk and pray with you

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Changing a tire at the roadside without getting hurt

The order matters more than the muscle. Loosen before you lift, and know the one place you should never do this at all.

Poll

How often do you see your closest friends?

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