Creating a Nursery for Twins

By Todd Fratzel on Design & Planning

This is a sponsored post. Nursery for Twins Congratulations – you’re expecting twins! That’s two little bundles of gurgling, screaming and wriggling joy; twice the fun, twice the sleep deprivation, twice the decisions to make when it comes to decorating their nursery… It might come as a surprise to find that you won’t necessarily just…

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Delta Air Cleaner Review – Model 50-875

By Todd Fratzel on Dust Collection

Delta 3-Speed Ambient Air Cleaner – Model 50-875 One of the health hazards associated with woodworking is getting fine dust particles trapped in your lungs. Fine dust particles ranging from 1 to 5 microns in size are so small that they are very difficult to see. Primary dust collections systems often times can’t filter particles…

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Vinyl Window Seal Failure – How To Repair

By Todd Fratzel on Windows

How To Repair A Vinyl Window Seal Failure Vinyl windows can be virtually maintenance free but occasional a window seal failure cause quite a headache! Window seal failures are usually pretty easy to diagnose once you know what to look for. In the picture below you can see an example of a vinyl window seal…

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Lead Paint Opt-Out Bill May Soften Tough New Lead Law

By Todd Fratzel on Painting and Finishing, Safety

Lead Paint Opt-Out Bill Introduced In The Senate Back in April of 2010 the EPA started enforcing the new Lead Paint Law. Since then home owners and contractors have been in an uproar about insanely steep fines and harsh restrictions. One of the biggest complaints from homeowners that we have received is the in-ability to…

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Home Depot Kids Workshop – Build #20 Racecar

By Todd Fratzel on Home Improvement

Home Depot Kids Workshops The Home Depot offers a Free Kids Workshop on the first Saturday of every month. Yesterday we were in the store picking up some supplies for a few projects and the cashier asked if we’d like to attend. Unfortunately we were not able to stay but they offered to give us…

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Porter-Cable 18V Drill/Driver Giveaway

By Todd Fratzel on Giveaways

Update Porter-Cable Drill/Driver Giveaway Winner. Ok folks, after tallying up close to 300 entries we have a winner. First let me say thank you to Porter-Cable for sponsoring this months Giveaway. Secondly, let me tease you and say we have one more drill to give away……but it’s ONLY for our Newsletter Subscribers…so…if you are not…

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Delta 3HP Dust Collector Review – Model 50-763

By Todd Fratzel on Dust Collection, Product Reviews

3 HP Motor Dust Collector Produces 2700 CFM Dust collection is not only important for our health but it also helps keep our shops clean! A great dust collection set-up can drastically improve the air quality and neatness of any shop and make it a great place to work in. One the most biggest design…

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Rust-Oleum Cabinet Transformations Review – Before and After

By Todd Fratzel on Painting and Finishing, Product Reviews

Rust-Oleum Cabinet Transformations Last year I attended a really cool Media Event with the folks from Rust-Oleum down in New Orleans. The event introduced several new products including the new Cabinet Transformations. If you’re not familiar with this new product you can quickly learn about it by reading over my article from the event. In…

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