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Contents: Home Maintenance And Improvement – Wasted Corner Made Useful (Plans for transforming unused space to a decorative storage wall like the one on the cover – all done with hardboard, molding and fiberboard); Don’t Suffer – Use A Portable Electric Circular Saw (Save time and muscle by sawing electrically and get instant accuracy without long practice); Drain And Change Your Car’s Oil (Invest a dollar for a single tool and be many dollars ahead by changing your own car’s oil – the basics are all spelled out here); Two Easy Ways To Put Up Ceiling Tile (Follow these simple steps for stapling tiles to furring strips or laying oversize sections in the grid of a suspended ceiling); Glorify Those Ugly Basement Stairs (Plans for enclosing open basement stairs to enhance the appearance of a recreation room); Is Your Snowblower Ready To Go? (Follow these simple maintenance steps for your snowblower and be ready to clear the first snowfall without startup problems); Hanners: Which Kind Is Right For You (Selecting the right hammer can be a baffling experience so here we tell which one is best for a given job) Ask Handyman – Your Questions Answered – Making More Closet Space; How To Burglarproof Hinges; Building A Built-In Wardrobe; A Remedy For Sagging Ceilings; Obtaining Hardware For A Hall Tree; Method For Removing Brick Veneer; Restoring The Finish On A Table; How To Build Formica Counter Tops; Replacing Rotted Window Sills; Mending A Hole In A Porcelain Sink Feature Columns – New Products For Old Problems – Our regular column of pictures and paragraphs on a wide range of new and interesting items for the handyman. Some products featured include: Brick-Look Wall Panel; Automatic Garage Door Opener; Ultra Fine Grit Sandpaper Pack; Vinyl Foam Insulating Tape; Pocket-Sized Aerosol Lubricator; Automatic Nail Driver Editors’ Tests – Evaluation reports by our editors who test new tools and products for the home garden and workshop. Feature this month are: Wet-Dry Vacuum Cleaner – picks up fluids as well as dust in cellar or workspace; 7 1/2-Inch Portable Circular Saw – has lots of power for handling rough work; Belt-Disc Sander – marvelously simple, inexpensive and easy to operate Answers To Most Asked Garden Questions – Here you’ll find questions and answers on house plants, vegetables and fruits, annuals and perennials. Some solutions this month include: How To Grow A Rosary Vine Indoors; Rooting Cuttings In Cat Litter; Best Direction For Vegetable Rows; Matching Strawberries With Sawdust; Growing Hollyhocks From Seed; Choice Of The Best Blue Perennials Departments – Booklets You Should Know About; What It’s Called And Where To Buy It; Complete Home Maintenance Index
Issue: January 1974
Condition: Very Good