Dec 4
When you search “home improvement,” chances are good that you’re looking for DIY or home repair information, not fan info on the popular Tim Allen TV show. Now you can get focused home repair and improvement search results from the best, most helpful sites on the Web by using the Home Improvement Search Engine, brought [...]

Tagi: tim allen, home improvement, diy, tv show, search engine

Dec 4
When you search “home improvement,” chances are good that you’re looking for DIY or home repair information, not fan info on the popular Tim Allen TV show. Now you can get focused home repair and improvement search results from the best, most helpful sites on the Web by using the Home Improvement Search Engine, brought [...]

Tagi: tim allen, home improvement, diy, tv show, search engine

Dec 4

While an off-the-shelf chemistry set of today consists of little more than baking soda, some vinegar and a plastic volcano, old sets were filled with good stuff, like explosive nitrates and deadly cyanide compounds.

MAKE has a tutorial, or series of tutorials even, on how to build your own ballsy chemistry set. For instance, pick up Sodium hydroxide that's packaged as crystal drain cleaner. Put the corrosive substance on metal and you get flammable hydrogen gas!

So promise to be good and wear goggles, then hit the link. It could make for a great DIY Christmas gift. [MAKE]



Tagi: flammable hydrogen gas, cyanide compounds, wear goggles, chemistry set, sodium hydroxide, corrosive substance, baking soda, csts, drain cleaner, nitrates, vinegar, good stuff, volcano, diy

Nov 5
Who is the Biggest Tool....
Posted by blogs@bobvila.com (Greg) in stanley works, ceo john, combined company, billi, compas, housing market, new britain, fh, shark, diy, amp on 11 5th, 2009| icon3
Looks like the little fish just ate the shark. In a deal announced today, Stanley Works is buying Black & Decker for $4.5 billion. And Stanley Works CEO, John Lundgren is being named CEO of the combined company. According to the companies, the deal views the housing market in a comeback stage and the DIY and construction markets in a lagging position. The merge is good news for the folks at Stanley's headquarters in New Britain, Connecticut where the combined company will be based, ...

Tagi: stanley works, ceo john, combined company, billi, compas, housing market, new britain, fh, shark, diy, amp

Jul 13
by Guest With summer shortly upon us, and Father’s Day just around the corner it’s a great time to be reminded about home-reno safety. It’s the time of year when many fathers are on the cusp of getting (or getting out) tons of tools, renovation gear and outdoor products and ready to tackle home projects after [...]

Tagi: home reno, cusp, home projects, time of year, safety tips, great time, diy, dad

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