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Granworks Guide to Sharpening Shovels

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An essential guide to sharpening shovels using either a metal file or an angle grinder. As an added bonus, we'll also see how to remove rust from the shovel using either sandpaper or a wire cup brush.

Building Home Theater Columns (Part 2)

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Part 2 of our 2 part post in building home theater columns. This post covers creating a "black mirror", building the doors, drilling out the doors for 35mm/euro hinges, and installing the columns in our theater

Building Home Theater Columns (Part 1)

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Our home theater is functional but it's missing a lot of finishing details. This post covers building columns for the theater, which will eventually house the surround speakers as well as provide a place for storage and provide an important aesthetic element. This is the first granworks post on our theater!

Create Perfect Sized Dados with a Custom Template

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Shelf dados are easy to make with a router bit but a close fit is often difficult since router bits are rarely the same size as the shelf thickness. This article shows how to make a custom router template using only scrap wood that produces perfect fit dados every time!

Glass Cutting Basics (Video)

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Cutting plate glass (not tempered!) is easy to do with only simple tools and the right technique. This video goes over all of the basics.

How to Paint Odd Things 2 – Citrus Tree Trunk

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As part of our "painting odd things" series, we present the painted trunks of our citrus trees! Why? It's not for appearance -- it's because citrus trees can get sunburnt and the paint acts as a sunscreen.

How to Create a Simple Draco Malfoy Wand

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Our son is dressing up as Draco Malfoy from the Harry Potter series for Halloween this year. He has the robes but needed a wand. I made a simple wand from a dowel using a belt sander, glue gun, and some paint

How to Paint Odd Things – Grout

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The Saltillo tile used in our house is absolutely appropriate for the Southwest but its wide grout lines proved impossible to clean. I tried painting the grout and the results were well worth the time. It's easy to do and almost fool-proof. The end result looks like freshly installed grout.

Extend an Electrical Outlet – Followup and Fixes

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I got a bit of criticism on my last post/video where I extended an electrical outlet. The three main criticisms were that the conduit wasn't supported; that I cut my wires too short in the new junction box; and that I created a serious hazard by not using a GFCI outlet. I address all three in this post.

How To Extend an Exterior Electrical Outlet

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I had an exterior outlet that was too small; in overall bad shape; and not very accessible. In this post, I describe how I extended the old single gang outlet a couple of feet with liquid-tight conduit to be more accessible while also upgrading it to double gang outlets.
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