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One super simple trick for keeping your hands clean in a filthy workshop

One super simple trick for keeping your hands clean in a filthy workshop

While working with the Eastwood mini lathe, memories of a trick from my machine-shop days came flooding back, and I just had to share.
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Whoops, your super-strong magnets are stuck together; Use this trick to get them apart

Whoops, your super-strong magnets are stuck together; Use this tric...

Accidentally got two mega magnets stuck together? Try this trick to get them apart.
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The board on a ladder trick — is it safe?

The board on a ladder trick — is it safe?

Andy experiments with a technique he found online to hang a giant metal star above a tricky stairwell.
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I finally turned this giant log into an anvil stand, and it only took me six years to do it

I finally turned this giant log into an anvil stand, and it only took me six years to do it

How to mount your anvil to a log via the Essential Craftsman all thread method, in six years or less.
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Andrew Reuter
Read this before you replace your grungy old deck

Read this before you replace your grungy old deck

There might be some beautiful wood hiding there.
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Andrew Reuter
When it comes to DIY auto repair, failure is absolutely an option; Silverado rear brake fix, part 2

When it comes to DIY auto repair, failure is absolutely an option; Silverado rear brake fix, part 2

The finale to the rear and parking brake repair for Project Old Grey, a journey to fix up my dad’s old Chevy Silverado pickup truck.
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Andrew Reuter
Small screw, big trouble: Fixing the rear brakes in my 2002 Chevy Silverado, Part 1

Small screw, big trouble: Fixing the rear brakes in my 2002 Chevy Silverado, Part 1

Robert Pirsig said it best: “It’s just outrageous that a tiny little slot of a screw can defeat you so totally.”
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Andrew Reuter
Racing against time to make two stands for a wedding

Racing against time to make two stands for a wedding

In this video, I make two stands for a wedding: One wood, one steel, both in a race against time.
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Andrew Reuter
Project: Old Grey
When it comes to DIY auto repair, failure is absolutely an option; Silverado rear brake fix, part 2

When it comes to DIY auto repair, failure is absolutely an option; Silverado rear brake fix, part 2

The finale to the rear and parking brake repair for Project Old Grey, a journey to fix up my dad’s old Chevy Silverado pickup truck.
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Andrew Reuter
Small screw, big trouble: Fixing the rear brakes in my 2002 Chevy Silverado, Part 1

Small screw, big trouble: Fixing the rear brakes in my 2002 Chevy Silverado, Part 1

Robert Pirsig said it best: “It’s just outrageous that a tiny little slot of a screw can defeat you so totally.”
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Andrew Reuter
Everything wrong with my new (old) project truck

Everything wrong with my new (old) project truck

After a lifetime of waiting, Andy has scored his first pickup truck — and, big surprise, it needs some work.
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Andrew Reuter
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