We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Woodworking and carpentry without the proper tools can be time-consuming and just plain irritating. Marking tools are pretty much necessary ...

You’ve no doubt heard the carpentry proverb “Measure twice, cut once” and may even have made it a mantra for your own projects. But unless you know how to use a tape measure and correctly read its ...

Ernie Kaplan, owner of FastMeasure Distance Measuring Devices, is the previous owner of Kaplan Paving, so when he talks of tips to improves measuring, he's right on the money. "Rule Number One for ...

PITTSBURGH, July 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- "I needed a better way to keep a marker or pencil handy when using a measuring tape," said an inventor, from Tucson, Ariz., "so I invented The Spiffy Scriber.

The methods on the previous page will indeed work fine on metals too, especially if your sheet comes with a protecting wrapping on it. That's not always the case, however, and for metal there are some ...