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Restoring a car with your son without ruining it for both of you

Pick the right car, sequence the work so he sees wins early, and know the month where most projects die in the driveway.

GuideWoodworkingWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Make Your First Knife From a Blank Without a Forge

Skip the anvil and the coal. A hardened steel blank, a few files and one weekend gets you a knife you'll actually carry.

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Plan a cook for eight people

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GuideWoodworkingWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Keep the span under 32 inches and your bookshelf won't sag

Sag isn't really about how thick the shelf is. It's about how far it reaches, plus three fixes that cost almost nothing.

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Autos6 min read

The Saturday morning truck detail, start to finish

Five hours, one driveway, and an order of operations that keeps you from scratching the paint you just cleaned.

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How many days a week are you actually training?

GuideWoodworkingWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

The shed plan is right about everything except the ground

A good set of shed plans gives you a cut list and a roof pitch. It won't tell you how to make the floor flat, square and still there in ten years.

GuideWoodworkingWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Build a picnic table with your kids in one weekend

Five boards for the top, four bolts per leg, and a job list a seven-year-old can actually do without you hovering.

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GuideAutosDean Shaw22 Sept 20266 min

Your first project car should be boring, cheap and popular

The car you learn on should be dull, plentiful and easy to get parts for. Three tempting alternatives will quietly eat your budget instead.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

GuideWoodworkingWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Your first bowl on a lathe and what goes wrong

Pick the right chunk of wood, mount it so it stays put, and cut in the one direction that doesn't tear the grain.

GuideWoodworkingWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Start with a cutting board, not a bookshelf

Hard maple, six strips, one bottle of Titebond III, and the mistake that doesn't show up until you oil it.

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Build me a 30-day training plan around two sessions a week

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GuideWoodworkingWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Build the workbench first, and buy only four tools

Skip the floating shelves. Your first project should be a flat surface at the right height, and it takes four tools to build it.

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GuideWoodworkingWes Dunbar22 Sept 20266 min

Build a sawbench first, then build everything else on it

Two boards, a box of screws, and four tools you'll keep for thirty years. The best first project isn't a birdhouse — it's the thing you'll work on.

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What was your first ever job?

GuideWoodworkingWes Dunbar22 Sept 20266 min

Everything I Do Differently After the Shop Hurt Me

Nobody gets hurt on the hard job. You get hurt on the easy cut, at the end of the day, on the tool you've used ten thousand times.

GuideWoodworkingWes Dunbar22 Sept 20266 min

Build a garage workshop you'll use on a Tuesday night

Most home shops fail for one reason: starting takes too long. Fix that first, and the tools take care of themselves.

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GuideWoodworkingWes Dunbar22 Sept 20266 min

Build a tool tote first, and buy these five tools

One board, one afternoon, no table saw. The project that teaches you square cuts, glue-ups and finish — and gets used for the next twenty years.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

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

Dads6 min

Give your kid one tomato plant and keep your hands off it

Garden & Yard6 min

A Kid's Garden Needs a Win by Week Four

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Rewrite my CV so it actually gets read

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GuideOutdoorsDean Shaw1 Oct 20267 min

The Best Treehouse Isn't in a Tree

Build it on posts, keep it under five feet, and hand your kid the drill. They'll remember the building longer than the fort.

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BRO Seniors7 min read

Grandparent camp works better with a job than a schedule

Skip the packed itinerary. Give the grandkids one real project for the week, and they'll talk about it for twenty years.

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When did you last ask for a raise?

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