I upgraded my miter saw game and decided to do it with the DeWALT DCS781 Dual Bevel Sliding 12″ Miter Saw on the FlexVolt system. In my video I show you my unboxing and general thoughts on using it for a recent project. I have ONE gripe with the saw, but other than that it […]
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If you have a small garage like we do, you know that you need to use EVERY inch of space for storage. Even if you have a large garage, there is a LOT of extra space above garage doors. I came up with a simple over garage door hanging rack that you can use for […]
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Our home office was in need of new flooring and we found some Mohawk Advance Waterproof Laminate Flooring (link below) at a surplus store and we loved the color so we bought it. I had never laid interlocking laminate flooring before so this was a new challenge. Now that it is all done, I am […]
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This is probably the first blower review that doesn’t show any blowing! Ha! Well the specs are virtually the same on these two blowers, and I wanted to “feel” each of them out. I took a good look at the Makita and DeWalt blowers and after some thought, I decided to keep the Makita. I […]
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Our garage/workshop floor was NASTY! I have always wanted to do an epoxy floor coating in the garage but honestly, it seemed way to hard to pull off. I finally decided to make it happen and I am excited to say that it worked! I saved a TON of money doing it myself and we […]
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We needed a Pressure (Power) Washer for a bunch of different outdoor cleaning projects around our house. I wanted to get one that matched both power and reliability without major cost. After looking at a lot of brands and models, we settled on the Ryobi 1800 PSI 1.2 GPM Power Washer (129.99 at the time) […]
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Don’t throw away your broken IKEA furniture! In this video I’ll show you an easy way to fix an IKEA Trofast shelf! I am really surprised that IKEA doesn’t manufacture these shelves with this fix already in place. Oh well, hope it helps! More details below… Before we get started, make sure to follow me […]
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String lights make a great atmosphere on back porches and decks, but plugging them in and pulling them out can become a hassle. I decided to fix this problem by removing an old sconce on our back deck and hard wiring the string lights straight into the house wiring. The best part is that now […]
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We wanted an Outdoor Sectional but we did not want to pay the prices in the stores! Outdoor furniture is expensive, especially if you want something large like this sectional. After shopping around I decided to design and build my own, which allowed me to spend less than half of the retail cost of a store-bought […]
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I have been wanting a cordless router for a while now and since I have a few Ryobi tools and batteries, I thought I would give their One+ 18V Cordless Router a test. I have been working on building a table out of plywood and I need to round over the edges so I thought […]
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I was walking through Harbor Freight (It’s a discount hardware store here in the states) and I noticed this 4″ table saw and knew I had to check it out! Is this the world’s smallest table saw? I don’t know but I was excited to bring it to the shop for an unbox and review. […]
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After years of using the same corded DeWalt Random Orbit Sander, it’s time for a change. There are THREE major boxes I have to check when selecting a new one. 1) Fast braking. When I turn it off, I do not want to wait for the sanding head to stop rotating. 2) Weight. I want […]
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