Our Frequently Asked Questions section is dedicated to questions of all kinds, types, and experience levels. We’ll tackle any question no matter how complex or basic. If we see a topic come up in the forums enough or maybe from email or friends, we’ll write a FAQ on it. This time, it’s about purchasing reconditioned power tools.
Deal Alert! Acme Tools is putting on a Milwaukee Flash Sale where you can save up to $75 online. $15 […]
We’ve covered quite a few ISOtunes earphones throughout the years. They include many corded and cordless in-ear headphones that specialize […]
Protecting wood floors isn’t difficult, but it’s important to understand how different sealers work and the advantages and disadvantages of each. There are two basic types of sealers: penetrating sealers and “top” sealers. Penetrating sealers, as the name implies, soak into the wood and seal from within. When the floor becomes worn you can re-apply penetrating sealers. Top sealers, like lacquer, shellac, and varnish stay on top of the wood and cannot be applied for worn spots without showing.
Home water filter systems can be a simple and effective way to improve the quality of the water that you and your family use. This is especially useful in areas where the quality of water is below the level you desire. It often becomes more cost effective to use a home water filter system than to purchase bottled water for drinking, cooking and other uses.
Having been around our share of contractors and construction workers, the java flows rather freely. In fact, it’s hard to […]
When you’re just a kid, you want to help. You want to be useful. You want to hang out with your old man. But invariably, you’re going to mess up. You’re going to drop something, be where you’re not wanted, or just plain be in the way. Now that we’ve grown, we’re starting to hear some of the same things our fathers’ said come out of our mouths. While they are usually true, we can’t help but think we should try to learn something from the past. We decided to list some of the things we’ve said and had said to us. Maybe we can all remember what it was like to try to help and get yelled at for it.
We recalled a Dept of Labor news release that showed a judge found a New Jersey company and its president […]
If you’re like most people, you’re tired of paying more each time you receive your energy bills. Just when you […]
There are several different ways to saw trees into usable lumber, and quartersawn (quarter-sawn) lumber is a particular method of milling trees that yields highly usable, very strong boards with a lot less waste than, say, riftsawn lumber. Quartersawn lumber is particularly popular for oak and maple, where the exposed grain in the wood is important and plays a part in its use within a project. Most lumber is made by a process called rip-sawing (plainsawn lumber), an efficient method that utilizes almost every square inch of a tree to make usable boards. The most hardy wood is made using a riftsawn method that makes sure all pieces of wood are aligned towards the center of the tree. This generates a grain that crosses the wood and allows it to expand only along its length-side. Quarter-sawing is like the happy medium, presenting a cut that takes more time and energy, but using more of the trees available wood than the riftsawn method.
