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Building Skills Video: Tips for Hand-Nailing

May 9, 2018

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

May 9, 2018

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

February 27, 2018

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

February 27, 2018

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

November 9, 2017

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

November 9, 2017

Building Skills: It’s not hard, but there may be more nails than you expect.
Video How To: Fast and Accurate Hinge Mortises

October 3, 2017

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

September 12, 2017

For 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.
Weaving Shingle Corners

July 14, 2017

Senior editor Andy Engel shows how to interlace shingles around a corner to create a classic New England look.
Weaving Sidewall Shingle Corners

July 10, 2017

Woven corners are more complicated — and give a more elegant look, in my opinion.

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