To be successful. carpentry projects must be square, level, and plumb. Square means that corners are 90 degrees. Level is always gauged by a device, such as a carpenter's level, but level does not ...

"The painter will fix it." I wish I had a dollar for every time a contractor gave me this excuse for sloppy workmanship. I'll grant that a good painter can do amazing things, but even the best of them ...

Watching "This Old House" the other day, where they were doing a major remodel and upgrade, I heard Tom Silva say something like “now that everything is plumb, level and square, we can move on to the ...

Over my workbench are two shallow wall cabinets where I hang most of my hand tools. There are four sections — one for saws and other toothed gadgets, one for things to pound with, one for gizmos that ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Anyone who is the least bit handy knows how difficult it is to actually "eye things out," meaning, well, measuring things without actually ...

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