Marc Lyman

Marc grew up under a brave single mom who "encouraged" home improvement on the family home. Early toddler gifts included a tool set, and even a cordless Bosch drill when cordless drills first came out. In grade school (give or take a few years), Marc's mom said, "We need to cut down some trees. . . . here's a chainsaw." A father figure also involved Marc in many home improvement projects, including a summer of home remodeling in Palo Alto, CA. Toss in some Obsessive Compulsive personality traits researching everything home improvement related. The end result: a genetically pre-disposed, socially sculpted home improvement machine! For his complete profile, please visit our About page. Really, it's worth it.

Tools, Woodworking

Coping with Coping

Do a Google search of “Crown Moulding” and you will be amazed what advice people give for coping crown moulding. I have yet to try my hand at it, but I will be shortly. When …

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Tools, Woodworking

When Tweaking is Good

Sometimes tweaking can be good. Take Mayhew Tools’ “Tweaker.” If you lug one of these two pound beasts around on your tool belt, people will take notice. Universally loved in reviews on Amazon, the tweaker …

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Screw Dropping Screws

Using cordless drills to drive screws is a glorious thing. However dropping said screws while trying to drive them is not so glorious. Stop saying “Screw it!” angrily, and instead, say it with joy while …

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Gardening, Tools

Spatulate your Mower

That’s right, spatulate. Although this tool looks like something you might want to flip pancakes with, it is in fact a highly specialized lawn mower utensil. You know that green debris that gets caked onto …

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