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Contents: It’s Time To Buy A Snow Thrower – (Will you just be one of the more than 300,000 homeowners investing in a snow thrower this season? It so, then our feature on these practical and very popular winter machines is must reading. It’s aimed at helping you choose from among the great selections, which includes electric as well as gas-powered units, the size and model just right for your special needs, whether your home is in suburban Ohio, rural Minnesota or metropolitan New York); With Accessories Your Drill Can Do Almost Anything – (A companion story to last month’s feature article on choosing and using the right portable electric drill and drill bit. You’ll find all the facts you’ll need for selecting the proper attachments to use with your drill. There’s an explanation of speed and torque and a good set of rules for the correct use of drills with accessories. These tips should help any do-it-yourselfer get the most from his portable drill attachments); Ingenuity At Work – Furniture For Pennies – (This idea story will prove beyond doubt that furniture making need not be as expensive and complicated as most beginners tend to believe. The author tells how he got started with only a handful of tools and assorted pieces of scrap lumber. Using the Early American theme, he eventually furnished his whole house with homemade pieces for less than $400. It’s a great tie-in feature to complement our regular Shaker series projects); Study Corner For A Teenager – (Corners are notorious for becoming cluttered and useless. Of course, this needn’t happen, and our January cover story sets out to prove the point. The easy-to-make storage and study combination can’t help but improve the atmosphere in any teenager’s bedroom); Put The Thaw On Frozen Pipes – (A frozen pipe can put yur kitchen or laundry room out of commission for hours until professional help arrives, unless you can locate and thaw it yourself. Here are the best ways to tackle this unfriendly job with tips on preventing frozen indoor pipes in the first place); What You Should Know About Fire Extinguishers – (The safety of your family and home may some day depend upon how readily you can find and operate a fire extinguisher. If your home is without fire extinguishers, maybe now is the time to equip yourself with these tools as part of a sound fire safety plan); How’s Your Heating System? – (With heating systems, it’s often the simple failures that lead to big headaches. Here are sound hints for preventive maintenance of the home furnace, thermostat and hot water heater. A few minutes worth of inspection, cleaning and adjustment can repay you with a winter of comfort); Suspended Ceiling With Invisible Grid – (Here’s a suspended ceiling that any homeowner can put up. It features an interlocking support runner and cross tee system and just about guarantees error-free installation. The large textured tile panels butt together forming an unbroken, finished appearance); New Products For Old Problems – (Our regular column of pictures and paragraphs on a wide range of new and interesting items for the handyman. This month’s New Products pages feature a snap-in sink, a construction calculator, a power shovel attachment and a new shock prevention device); Booklets You Should Know About – (Literature from manufacturers in pamphlet, booklet of leaflet form of certain interest to the do-it-yourselfer or homeowner. Booklets featured in this issue deal with bathroom designing, care of marble, tile installation, paperhanging, remodeling and more); Editor’s Tests – (Evaluation reports by our editors who undertake regular field tests on new tools and products for the home, garden and workshop. Selected for January were Remington’s carbide-edged jig saw blades, Black & Decker’s variable-speed jig saw and Weber’s Pegboard wire-former); Ask Handyman Q & A – (A column devoted to solving problems sent in by our readers. This month our technical editor paid special attention to questions about problem sashes, circular saw blades, an understairs workshop, enclosing a bulletin board, lamp-making and other topics); What It’s Called And Where To Buy It – (Names and addresses of companies who make or sell the products mentioned in our feature articles); Annual Do-It-Yourself Index – (Here’s a guide to finding the answers fast. It will lead you to any topic covered in the last nine issues)
Issue: January 1973
Condition: Very Good