Video: Sharpening on the Go

Building Skills video: Watch this durable, portable, and affordable sharpening method that’s ideal for remodelers.
Sharpening Chisels

Building Skills: Stay sharp for under $200 with the right process and materials.
Building Skills Video: Tips for Hand-Nailing

A carpenter shows tricks of the trade to keep hand-driven nails from bending and wood from splitting.
Hand-Nailing Tricks

Building Skills: Tips for better driving and for a finished look.
Wall-Framing Layout, Step by Step

Following a systematic sequence will ensure that your wall framing comes together without any mistakes.
Laying Out Stud Walls

From load path to jack studs, keep these four considerations in mind.
Replacing an Asphalt Shingle

The job isn’t hard, but it’s not exactly straightforward, either.
Video: Replace an Asphalt Roof Shingle

There may be more nails than you expect.
Shop-Made Hinge-Mortising Jig

Put away your chisels and screw together a jig from scrap wood to rout the cleanest mortises ever.
Routing Hinge Mortises

Use this technique when you end up hanging a new door in an existing frame and have to match the door’s hinge locations to the frame’s.

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