Home Depot had an iPhone and iPod Touch app out for a while – but they’ve totally demo’ed it, drawn up new plans and rebuilt it from the ground up – kind of like Heidi Montag but not as sad. The app is now available just in time for your holiday shopping and holiday water damage. Whichever. Read More
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Biscuit Joinery, A Pictorial Of a Picture Frame
This article has it all! Biscuits, Joints, and a Pictorial. Almost everything one needs for a satisfying evening, almost. The hardcore woodworkers may whine and squeal that doweling a joint is better, faster, stronger, cheaper, etc…and there is something to that, I’m not going to get into that in this article. But–since I have a new tool, and a need to make some mitered joints–I went with a biscuit joint. It allows for some fiddling around with your alignment as the biscuit joiner will oversize the slot for the biscuit a bit allowing you to line up the joint. Be advised: a biscuit joiner isn’t exactly cheap–but if you are into Home Improvement/furniture/woodworking for the long haul: you would definitely put this tool on your wish list.Read More