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Contents: Home Maintenance And Improvement – Build Shelves And Cabinets Around A Window – (Add a bright window shade and you have a project that’s good looking and provides lots of storage space); September Is Lawn Time (Now is the best time of year to fertilize and reseed your grass); Battle Plan For Conquering A Wet Basement (Part 1: The simple cures); Plastic Bricks Are Great For Floors (Durable as well as decurative, they are easy to apply and ideal for entryways, kitchens, foyers and family rooms); Easy Porch Steps (You can make a simple set for your home from stock lumber using ordinary hand or power tools as this do-it-yourselfer demonstrates); The Router: A One-Tool Shop-Almost (Perhaps the most versatile of portable electric tools, it enables the home handyman, who learns to use it properly, to achieve professional looking results) Ask Handyman – Your Questions Answered – Here are time, money and effort saving ideas to help you all around the house. Some of those included this month are: Refrigerator Gasket; Aluminum Siding; Cellar Seepage; Cutting Glass; Workbench Vise; Spiral Stairway 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: Indoor Plant Pruner; Mini-Vise; Plastic Shutters; Masonry Drill Bit; Low-Cost Power Tools; 3-In-1 Mower Editor’s Tests – Evaluation reports by our editors who test new tools and products for home, garden and workshop. Featured this month are: Multiple Use Tool – This multivator has many uses around the home and garden; Portable Saw Horses – Made of sturdy steel and very compact; High-Speed Sander – Handy and lightweight and leaves no swirl marks; Moto-Tool Kit – Long famous, this compact tool now has variable speeds Tips You Should Know About – A wide range of ideas sent in by readers that should prove useful to anyone tackling decorating, repair and building jobs indoors and outdoors. Some of the tips covered this month include: Paint Cah In A Bucket; End Corrosion; 2 Helpful Car Tips; Handy-Sturdy Bench; Installing Switches; Driving Screws Answers To Most Asked Garden Questions – Here you’ll find questions on house plants, spring and summer bulbs, perennials, annuals, fruits, and trees and shrubs. Solutions this month include: Healthy Lemon Trees; Wintering Bouganvilleas; Late-Blooming Mums; Moss On Soil Bed; Tomato Stem Cracks; Planting Hickory Nuts Departments – Booklets You Should Know About; Book Reviews; What Its Called And Where To Buy It; Complete Home Maintenance Index
Issue: September 1974
Condition: Very Good