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Tip: Insulation T-liftOnline Membership Required

Video: Video Tip: Line-level storage

Here's a fast way to keep those little levels safe, and found

Video: Video Tip: A big table for a portable tablesaw

If you have two old doors, you have a new outfeed table

Video: Video Tip: Insulation T-lift

Keep Siding Straight With a Story Pole

A simple layout tool aligns siding with window and door trim, and helps you to finish where you started

Trim RoutersOnline Membership Required

These compact tools are handy for small routing tasks, but most have room for improvement

Reproducing historic architectural detailsOnline Membership Required

When a train station's 120-year-old roof brackets decay, a carpenter braces the roof and constructs a detailed template to guide the restoration 

Smart Deck-Framing StrategiesOnline Membership Required

Ledger brackets, flexible flashing, and a joist-hanger jig are a few field-tested tricks for overcoming construction challenges

A Custom Hinge Mortising Template

This time-saver helps to turn slabs into ready-to-hang doors

Video: Fine-Tuning Hinges

Whether the door is new or old, Tucker Windover's technique produces a perfectly aligned door that closes properly and stays closed when you want it to

Fuss-free door hanger's jigOnline Membership Required

Jambmaster

Hinge adjustment for a door's final fit

Easy adjustments to screws, mortises and hinges on interior doors contribute to a perfect fit

A Sweeping Handrail for a Centerpiece StairOnline Membership Required

A pitch-block jig and a deadman stand are two keys in transforming a jumble of parts into a continuous handrail

Video: Build a Simple Door BuckOnline Membership Required

Low on materials and high on utility, this door buck can be made with ease

Tip: Hanging solid-core doorsOnline Membership Required

Editors PickRouter Bits I Can't Live WithoutOnline Membership Required

A carpenter reveals favorites, and the jigs that make them handy

Tip: Tablesaw tapering jigOnline Membership Required

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