Outdoors
Whether you are planting flowers in the garden, adding a water feature to the yard or just need to mow the grass, Family Handyman covers all your outdoor needs.
How to Make Solar-Powered House Numbers
Your dinner guests will never miss your house again once you install these solar-powered house numbers.
How to Winterize and Store Garden Hoses
With old man winter knocking on the door, time to reel in that garden hose. Here are a few tips...
Stuff We Love: Cordless Yard Tools
Cut the cord and manage your yard with these super efficient cordless yard tools.
Ergonomic Household Products That Will Save Your Back
Use these 10 ergonomic tools to get more done in your home, garage and garden, while avoiding the painful aggravation...
How to Install an Attic Lift
Send heavy loads to the attic—with the press of a button
Store Garden Hand Tools: Make a Handmade Toolbox
Branch handles make this a natural for your garden tools. Find step-by-step plans for making this garden toolbox below.
Easy-Clamp Sacrificial Fence
One of the most necessary table saw accessories!
31 Yard Tool Hacks That’ll Make Your Life Easier
Save your back! These simple and smart updates to everyday yard tools will make your outdoor chores a heck of...
10 Best-Reviewed Garden Tillers on Amazon
According to Amazon reviewers, these are the best garden tillers you can buy.
12 Must-Have Garden Tools
Gardening will be easier, more productive and, well, just a lot more fun when you have the right tools at...
Sacrificial Miter Saw Fence for Safety
You can fix a common miter saw problem (and safety hazard) with some thin plywood and a scrap board.
How to Use a Fertilizer and Seed Spreader
This must-have lawn tool spreads everything you need for a healthy, attractive lawn.
How To Remove Rust from Metal
Learn three ways how to remove rust from metal and two ways to prevent rust from coming back
How to Get Nonslip Mower Treads
Retread old, bald lawn mower tires with a knobby bicycle tire for extra traction on hilly terrain.
How to Build a Garden Arbor
Make a sturdy place to relax or a dramatic garden entrance in a weekend with this amazing garden arbor.
Magnetic Fence for Drill Press or Band Saw
Pick up a Shop-Mag and use it as a fence for repeated accuracy on your drill press or band saw.
Magnetic Band Saw Fence
An 18-in. magnetic tool holder holds firm for accurate cuts and tiny fence-to-blade adjustments are made with the tap of...
Table Saw Fence Blade Height Guide
Use a marker to draw a scale directly onto your table saw fence. Then you'll be able to quickly change...
How to Set a Table Saw Ripping Scale
In the video and description below, Travis shows you how to set a table saw ripping scale so you don't...
How to Cut Thin Material on a Table Saw
Travis shows you how to cut thin material on a table saw with a simple jig. Check out the video...
How to Cut Narrow Strips on a Table Saw
Do you need to cut several narrow strips of the same size? It's easy to do on a table saw,...
How to Wax Your Table Saw Top
Keep your table saw shipshape with a good cleaning and a coat of paste wax. Travis explains how to do...
Never Use Just the Table Saw Fence to Crosscut Boards!
Why is it unsafe to only use the fence as a guide for making crosscuts on a table saw? Check...
No-Slide Miter Fence
Reader Ed Dies has a smart idea: Press strips of stair tread safety tape on your table saw’s miter gauge...
Hinged Router Fence
To make this pivoting router fence, just drill a 1/2-inch diameter hole in one end of your existing fence and...
Fine-Tuning with a Miter Saw
When fine-tuning the length of boards with a miter saw, it helps to stick double-faced tape on the fence to...
Snap-On Fence for Band Saw and Drill Press
With a single one-handed bar clamp and a maple board (4 in. wide x 1-3/4 in. thick), you may have
15 Super-Useful Tools for Dealing with Leaves
With fall comes of the promise of leaves, clumping up on your grass and matting down on your flowerbeds (even...
Battery Powered Lawn Mower and Other Cordless Yard Tools: What You Need to Know
Do they make the cut?
How to Renew Your Garden Tool Handles
How to restore your garden tools