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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

Building Skills: 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

Building Skills: It’s not hard, but 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

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.

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