How-To Central: Build 6 Different Picture Frames
Photos and prints are typically mounted within a broad mat-board window that highlights the artwork. Mat board is available in a variety of colors and a few textures as well. Make sure to get acidfree, or archival, mat board to protect the ... [... more]
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Building A Timber-Frame House, In Just Days
Today, timber-frame construction, like the project in Ludlow, Vt., shown on these pages, is a relatively high-end option. It lets homebuilders create something more distinctive than conventional platform framing with 2 x 4s and other dimensional ... [... more]
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Diy: Build A Storage Bin Under The Stairs
Before doing any demolition, I checked to see if any mechanical systems ran through the walls?and found an air-conditioning return to watch out for. Then, after the floor was protected, I made my measurements, marked out the wall and carefully ... [... more]
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Plus: Make A Cabinet Inside Your Wall
Once that's done, I build a box to fit, spreading a bead of yellow glue on each joint and then firing in a few finishing nails with a pneumatic nailer. I continue fastening the pieces with coarse-thread drywall screws. The result: a ... [... more]
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How To Build A Backyard Pergola: Simple Diy Woodworking ...
Here's a structure that won't provide shelter from wind or rain, and is only marginally better when it comes to the midday sun. So, why build it? Because in the absence of walls and a roof, it defines an outdoor space without constraining it. ... [... more]
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Reader Projects: Sheds
MY KIDS, Peter and Carolyne, love this playhouse that I made based on plans for a shed in Popular Mechanics. The playhouse has two floors, a spiral staircase, windows, a deck, a double door, and a split Dutch door with a serving ledge that the ... [... more]
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Build A Solid-Cedar Screen
Use clamps to hold the endcaps in place while you adjust the overhang (8) and nail the caps in place. Then, rout the top-cap molding with a 3/8-in. cove bit. Cut the profile on wide stock (9) and rip the molding from the board. Miter the cap ... [... more]
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Extreme Treehouses
A plan for a simple one-story shed soon morphed into something bigger and more elaborate. Lewis's first challenge was figuring how to hang a treehouse without wounding the tree. "I thought bolting the tree was the easy way out," he says. A ... [... more]
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How To Build A Toolbox: Simple Diy Woodworking Project
For generations, tradesmen of all persuasions have been banging together simple wooden boxes for their gear. Long and narrow for easy carrying, these toolboxes were little more than five boards and a heavy dowel handle. They were the ultimate in ... [... more]
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Build Our Arts & Crafts Dresser
Rip and crosscut 3/4-in.-thick stock to size for the front and rear rails, drawer rails and rear mullions. Before cutting the curved edges of the bottom rails, cut the tenons on your table saw. Set the fence to match the tenon length and use a ... [... more]
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Build A Traditional Blanket Chest
We call it a blanket chest, but don't let that sway you. This traditional piece is equally at home filled with the kids' toys or that collection of LPs you can't quite part with. Put it under a window, and it's an elegant window seat; move it to ... [... more]
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Master Class - Guitar Builder Wayne Henderson
"You just get a pile of good wood, and you get yourself a sharp whittling knife," Wayne Henderson explains, "and then you carve away anything that doesn't look like a guitar." The man who arguably is America's greatest guitar builder ... [... more]
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