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    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.

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    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 of a strained back.

    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...

    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...

    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...

    How to Use a Fertilizer and Seed Spreader

    This must-have lawn tool spreads everything you need for a healthy, attractive lawn.
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    How To Remove Rust from Metal

    Learn three ways how to remove rust from metal and two ways to prevent rust...

    How to Build a Garden Arbor

    Make a sturdy place to relax or a dramatic garden entrance in a weekend with...
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    How to Set a Table Saw Ripping Scale

    In the video and description below, Travis shows you how to set a table saw...
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    How to Cut Thin Material on a Table Saw

    Travis shows you how to cut thin material on a table saw with a simple...
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    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...
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    How to Wax Your Table Saw Top

    Keep your table saw shipshape with a good cleaning and a coat of paste wax....
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    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...

    Hinged Router Fence

    To make this pivoting router fence, just drill a 1/2-inch diameter hole in one end...

    Fine-Tuning with a Miter Saw

    When fine-tuning the length of boards with a miter saw, it helps to stick double-faced...

    15 Super-Useful Tools for Dealing with Leaves

    With fall comes of the promise of leaves, clumping up on your grass and matting...

    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

    How to Build a Pine Garden Hutch

    Keep all your gardening tools close at hand in this solid pine cabinet

    Build a Victorian Screen House

    Escape the bugs in style, whether you're entertaining friends or just hanging out

    How to Sharpen Garden Tools

    Instructions on how to sharpen hedge shears, pruning shears and grass clippers using simple tools.

    How to Use a Table Saw: Cross Cutting

    An accurate miter gauge and fence and basic wood jigs are the key to perfect...