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6 Best Dado Blade Sets to Make Your Dado Joints Perfect

A common need when working with wood is to cut joints and grooves that allow you to fit two pieces of wood together. A dado blade, a circular blade that is specifically designed for cutting out rectangular grooves, makes it quick and easy to accomplish these cuts with your circular saw. The result is that having a dado blade saves you a huge amount of time and makes your woodworking safer by having the right tool for the job. In order to find the best dado blade on the market today, we considered several important features. We looked at the size of different blades and the number of teeth, which affect the depth and coarseness of the cuts as well...

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Top 23 Fine Strainers

  1. MONLEYTA MONLEYTA Fine Mesh Stainless Steel Cocktail Strainer Cone Shaped Juice Tea Food Filter Silver Customer satisfaction is our great passion your satisfaction is 100 guaranteed Please be free to contact us if you are not satisfied for any reason The practical strainer tool could be applied for loose tea leaves cocktail and pulp coffee grounds wheat flour and more Aiming to sifting crushed ice and fine mesh the second straining and get your drinks softer suitable for amateur and professional users Perfect size triangle cone shaped strainer easy to hold You can prepare the suitable cup of tea with the fine mesh strainer You can use the strainers as the cocktail strainer which can easily meet your...

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Happy Valentine’s Day! Eggs and Darts

After 13 days, we finally felt good enough to get out and about. We're not totally over this crud yet, but at least we are feeling better. Steve said he is 80%! We were able to make a run down to Home Depot and pick up the trim to start on the top of the beadboard and quarter round for the baseboard in the kitchen. They were 8 ft long pieces so we are able to haul them in the Saturn, wedged in from the front to the rear and closing the back hatch. That is a lot easier than hauling out our trailer on a snowy day to pick up trim wood.It's called "Egg and Dart" plate rail trim.  The...

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Anger Can Be Good

Years ago, I was hosting a dinner party at my house for some close friends. During dinner, I got into a serious conversation with my dinner partner. Specifically, it was about the challenges I’d been dealing with around the services (or lack of services) the school district was providing our daughter Kelly, who had a variety of learning challenges stemming from autism. The more I talked about it with him, the more worked up I found myself. Eventually, words erupted from my mouth that I couldn’t control, swear words that weren’t pretty. Though those words had a good intention, serving to release my pent-up frustration, the anger they represented was met with disbelief. Maybe you can relate. For example, say...

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Full List of Milwaukee Packout Workshop Storage Accessories

We recently took a first look at the new Milwaukee Tool Packout workshop storage system, which is expected to launch later this year in June 2022. Milwaukee has not yet released any new information, but I came across additional imagery and official product names on a retailer’s website. This gives us a clearer look at each of the new Packout shop storage components. Pricing information will be available closer to the official launch. Milwaukee Packout Mounting Plates Large Wall Plate Compact Wall Plate Milwaukee Packout Bins, Racks, and Tool Holders Bins (2-pack) Large Bin (2-pack) Tool Rack Screwdriver Rack Compact Shelf Roll Holder Organizer Cup M12 Battery Rack M18 Battery Rack Long Handle Tool Rack Tool Station Milwaukee Packout Tool...

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