Building Skills - Fine Homebuilding

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 scrapwood 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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