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Bending Rebar with Pipes

Make a tight bend with two steel pipes and a couple of pipe clamps.
Shimming Roof Jack

If you’re setting up staging on a roof for a repair or skylight installation, you could just set the roof brackets on the shingles and hope they don’t end up…
Foam-Gun-Tip Cleaner

You could just let the foam cure at the tip and then shave it off with a utility knife, but there’s a better way.
Bucket-Mixed Concrete

If you have to mix concrete with a cement mixer you could get a wheelbarrow, a shovel, and a mixing hoe; dump the concrete in, add water, drag all that…
Curved Corners in Concrete

If you need to build a form for a concrete step and you want a tight radius on the front corners, you could get a piece of tempered hardboard and…
Brick Cutting Jig

Experienced masons can cut a brick quickly and accurately with just a masons hammer. But for us amateurs, there’s a better way. Will Foster of Aberdeen, Wash., came up with…
Conehead Concrete Piers

If you’re building a backyard structure like a pergola or an arbor, you’ll want to elevate those post ends above grade to keep water from getting to them. Now you…
Cutting Batts With a Knife

If you’re insulating a house and have to cut a bunch of fiberglass insulation, you could try compressing it and cutting it with a utility knife, but there’s a better…
Fiberglass Batt Cutting Guide

If you need to cut a bunch of small pieces of fiberglass insulation all to the same size, you could get your tape measure out every time and measure each…
Cutting Shingles with Shears

Three-tab asphalt shingles are tough to cut, but these thicker architectural shingles are even tougher. You could use a utility knife and dull the blade or bloody your knuckles, but…