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Reader Questions: Replacement Patio Cushions
It’s springtime here in Ohio, and with warmer weather comes the reintroduction of our patio. In summer 2007 we contracted out for a new backyard paver patio. It’s held up well despite the sports-sized...
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Resealing Frost-Proof Outside Faucets
Last summer one of our two outside water faucets started leaking. By the time I shut off the water to the outside faucets for the winter, it had become a constant stream. So this spring before turning...
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Protecting Your Summer Grilling Passion
When I had my house built eight summers ago, I never suspected the wind — and the wind damage — we were in for. We’ve lost shingles, given up siding, and been struck by lighting. For a Toolmonger who...
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Cheap Cargo Mats
When I scored my new Family Truckster four years ago, I knew the types of abuse I’d be asking it to put up with. I routinely tote screaming, active kids and their friends to practices, games, and...
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Tekton Socket Holder Sets To The Rescue!
Years ago my dad bought me a pretty comprehensive Husky socket set. The sockets remained safely stored in the box for a year or so until we moved into our current house and Dad bought me a tool chest....
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Choosing Your Teen’s First Wheels
Do you remember buying your first car? Did you buy it yourself, or perhaps your parents bought it for you? Although my parents let me use their cars when I was in high school, it wasn’t until my...
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Exterior Light Bulb Experiment
I enjoy seeing what I’m looking at, particularly when I’m loading the car up in the pre-dawn hours for one of my son’s long-distance hockey games, unloading the car in the pitch black after coming...
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First Tool Use Recommendation: A Bicycle
If you’re a Toolmonger, I’m guessing you’re mechanically inclined. But do you remember how you started to learn how to use tools? Do you remember who showed you how to use them, or did you learn on...
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World’s Newest Skinniest House: Ingenious or Idiotic?
Last month here at Toolmonger we ran across Jakub Szczesny’s Keret House design for the world’s skinniest house. Coming in at roughly 156 square feet, the entire house literally will fill the empty...
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We Salute An Air Force Toolmonger
We ran across this great story and had to pass it along: In a classic case of both saving government money and using something for more than it was designed to do, United States Air Force Academy...
View ArticleHot or Not: Internet How-To Videos
Money seems tight everywhere these days, but that doesn’t mean Murphy’s Law has taken a vacation. On any given day the car brakes might start squeaking and need new pads, the water heater could stop...
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Unexpected Re-Discovery: 1972 Weber Barbecuing Recipes
The barbecue grill may be this Toolmonger’s favorite tool. In that light, this past weekend we made an awesome discovery: as we were cleaning out the kitchen cupboards we ran across this awesome Weber...
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Homemade Event Signs
Shortly after moving into my current house in 2003, I looked years ahead in the calendar and saw event after event that we’d be hosting at our home. These events ranged from garage sales to graduation...
View ArticleHalf Time Drill Driver
Odds are that if you’ve been watching live TV lately, you’ve caught this Half Time Drill Drive advertisement. The idea for the product certainly has appeal: Who hasn’t been involved in projects...
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Teenager’s First Wheels Criteria #7: It Gets Banged Up
A few weeks ago I wrote about our selection for our teenage daughter’s first car and listed at least nine criteria for parents choosing a teen’s first car. Criteria #7 was “We wanted something that...
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Incandescent Bulb Hoarders and Upcoming Opportunities
In July, Chuck wrote about the looming end to incandescent bulbs 40 Watts and higher. Unfortunately Congress has yet to act to repeal any of these bans. However, many debates remain on whether the...
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Basic Sports Equipment Repair
I love my son. Why he chose the single most expensive position in sports on the planet to specialize in, I will never know. If you asked him why he chose to be a hockey goalie he’d probably spout some...
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Traveling Sprinkler Repair
With severe drought crippling a significant portion of the U.S. this summer, lawn irrigation is an art every Toolmonger with a yard has considered. While I don’t have an in-ground irrigation system,...
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Teen’s First Wheels — One Year Later
Last year I wrote about choosing our daughter’s first car using 9 criteria. Less than a month later Toolmongers read about “The Dent” and what a non-event it turned out to be, thanks to these...
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