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Over the years I have often – too often, some...
As I write this month’s column, Halloween is fast approaching....
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So I got this e-mail from my editor requesting an...
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Those of you who pay any kind of attention to...
Man has been on this planet for several years now...
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Renovate /rénna vayt/ vt 1 To destroy part or all...
I recently received a letter from one of my many...
By the time you read this column, it is quite...
How many of you reading this column either have your...
If there is one tool in the average workshop that...
Another couple months have gone by and I still haven’t...
When I left you last issue I was hiding out...
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There really is something to be said about trial and...
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Welcome back to the ongoing saga of how I became...
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