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| January |
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) |
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| February |
Sewing Closets For Your Wife - (Chances are you know several women who need a closet like this, but you'd better build the first one for your wife. A pair of bi-folding doors open wide for easy access to the roomy shelves, drawers and many compartments. And there's room for the sewing machine and the ironing board. It beats the sewing basket, and you can build it just about anywhere in the house); Install Your Own Garage Door Operator - (Technology brings us lots of conveniences, and here's one that'll make your life easier in the wind and snow of winter or in the pouring rain of summer. Pushing a button on the tiny radio transmitter inside your car makes the garage door open and close automatically. Any homeowner can easily install this motorized operator mechanism); Winter Drafts And How To Stop Them - Is everything airtight around you house? Loose windows and doors, broken latches and locks, cracks around the baseboard molding and broken glass will admit the winds of winter unless you do something to prevent it. Here's advice on where to look for the sources of drafts and what you do when you find them. It's aimed at regaining the comfort in your home); Reglazing Combination Storm Windows - (Aluminum-framed windows are actually easier to reglaze than those with wooden sash. Our story with photos gives you the step-by-step proof of this fact); Storage Couch For The Family Room - (Somewhere in your home is a wasted wall. Your job is to find it and then put the wall to good use with this built-against couch that doubles as a floor closet. Perfect for the storage of toys, luggage or seasonal items, this handsome piece can be built within a few hours); The Right Way To Use Screwdrivers - (Screwdrivers are the most abused of all common tools, but they needn't be. Read how to choose the right ones for different jobs and how to use them best); Trouble-Shooting Outdoors - (At no other time during the year is the outside of your home more susceptible to weather damage than in winter. Ice, snow, wind and freezing cold have a bitter way of attacking weak spots in siding, roof shingles, gutters and flashings. Here's what to do about it); Build Your Own Winter Clothes Closet - (Here's the perfect answer to storing all of your winter belongings - coats, hats, mittens, boots, rubbers and even ice skates - in one very tidy place); Antique Merchant's Desk - (We decided to re-feature this story because of the popularity it received when it originally appeared in these pages three years ago. The desk provides ample work and storage space. Generous dimensions make it an ideal accent piece for any large room in your home); Make Your Own Wall Lamps - The author made these custom, professional-looking lamps for about $12 each, and you can do the same. Interior shutters and frosted glass are the main ingredients); 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 product pages feature a cordless soldering iron, a grounded circuit tester, a door kit, a tapeless tape measure and more); Editors' Tests - (Evaluation reports by our editors who undertake regular field tests on new tools and products for the home, garden and workshop. Selected for February were a warm air furnace humidifier, a multiple hole drill bit and an electronic digital alarm clock kit that anyone can make); Ask Handyman Q & A - (A column devoted to problems sent in by our readers. This month our technical editor paid special attention to questions about improperly hung gutters, building a soundproof floor, using a coping saw properly, sluggish basement drains, exhaust fans and other topics); Booklets You Should Know About - (Literature from manufacturers in pamphlet or leaflet form of certain interest to do-it-yourselfers); Tips You Should Know About - (Learn from homeowners like yourself how to save time, money and material on those around-the-house projects); 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); Home Maintenance Index - (Our cumulative maintenance and repair index will lead you to the right issue and page for those needed facts) |
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| March |
Special Feature - Comfort And Convenience For Young People (Three delightful projects you can build for your children which will give you the pleasure of providing for their comfort with your own hands); A Room Organizer (A practical unit such as this is bound to keep your child's roon in order. It provides easy-to-reach shelf space, and plenty of it. Built with a saw and hammer, it handsomely decorates the wall it stands against. The only wood needed are 2X10's, and once assembled it is sturdy enough for any child. You and your child will appreciate this organizer); A Study Desk (Although the broad Formica finish is ideally suited for writing and studying, its resistance to most causes of surface damage also makes the desk ideal for working on hobbies. Shelves and drawers hide school papers and incomplete models when neatness is required. The birch brightens this study area and makes it a pleasing addition to any youngster's room); Twin Beds And Shelves (A pair of beds with a convenient set of shelves between them is very practical. Protecting objects from the elbows and arms that usually strike a night stand, the shelves also act as a seperator, for the benefit of the two children who use the room. The beds are simple to build. S saw and hammer will do the job that greatly improves the room); How To Stop Toilet Noise (Sounds of running water can be prevented by replacing the ballcock and tank ball. This article gives instructions for the simple repair you can do); For Exterior House Use, Try Aluminum Nails (New aqlloys have made aluminum a serious contender for exterior use on your home. Retaining the rust resistant characteristics, aluminum strength is now comparable to steel. Here is your guide to choosing the nails for your job); It's Easier With Plastic Pipe (If you need a new or replacement water line, there's money to be saved if you do it yourself. This story gives you the simple procedure for using plastic pipe); Getting Down To Floor Troubles (Does your floor creak whenever you step on it? This author gives you information on how to locate the causes and what may be done to ease the squeaks); Shaker Dry Sink (The Shakers used this dry sink before modern plumbing existed. You may find other uses for it more suited to your needs. It would be a mighty handsome planter or bar); Ceramic Wall Tile: Yes, You Can Do It Yourself (The abundance of tile patterns and colors is all the more reason why you will find these instructions useful); Bathroon To Darkroom And Back Again (A faucet and a sink make the bathroom the obvious choice for a temporary darkroom. You can make a work shelf that folds up out of your way); 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 product pages feature an electric grass shear, multi-setting lawn sprinkler, weathered-looking paneling, decorator hinges and more); Ask Handyman Q & A (A column devoted to problems sent in by our readers. This month our technical editor paid special attention to questions about basement wall insulation, clear drying cement, proper furnace maintenance, stopping floor seepage, painting stucco and other topics); 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 March were Remington's carbide circular saw blades, Dremel's electric engraver and Rockwell's electric edge trimmer); Booklets You Should Know About (Literature from manufacturers in pamphlet or leaflet form of certain interest to do-it-yourselfers); What's It Called And Where To Buy It (Names and addresses of campanies who make or sell the products mentioned in our feature articles); Home Maintenance Index (Our cumulative maintenance and repair index will lead you to the right issue and page for those needed facts) |
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| April |
Contents - Shelves For Show (Empty wall space is easily filled with shelves. But these shelves on our cover don't dominate the wall as other shelves would); The Cleaning Connection (A central vacuum system is more than just convenient. It is a lightweight stepsaver, it cleans better because thr air discharge is outside and, most important, it is easy to install); Brush Up On Paint Brushes (A difference in paint brushes may be more than the price. This article informs you os what you need to look for in a paint brush when you want paint to be applied consistently and smoothly); Taking Care Of Gutters And Downspouts (One of your spring chores should be repairing and maintaining your roof drainage. Here's how); Fence Yourself In And Enjoy It (If you ever considered having a fence on your property you will find in this article useful facts on the types of fences you can build, and why a particular style is suitable for your needs, whether your desire is privacy or improving the appearance of your home); Easy Ways To Concrete And Brickwork (Cracks in concrete or crumbling mortar joints in brickwork need attention now. Here is your guide on how to fix it); What You Ought To Know About Roofing (Roofing is no longer a simple black and white. Colors and styles give a home owner greater choice of how the largest surface on his house is going to look with the rest of his house. This article contains the information you need if you are buying a roof) Departments - New Products For Old Problems; Booklets You Should Know About; Editors' Tests; Ask Handyman Q & A; Home Owner's Market; Index To Previous Nine Month's Issues |
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| June |
Home Maintenance And Improvement - Built-In Hospitality Cabinet (The attractive built-in wall cabinet on the cover is a simple box made of veneered plywood that can help to make you a most gracious host, and it's easy to make); How To Replace A Lockset (Most replacement locksets are preassembled to make installation easy for the do-it-youself home owner, and there's no need to pay a big fee to a locksmith); You Too Can Have A Beautiful Mantlepiece (Many kits are available which enable you to assemble a beautiful colonial style mantlepiece out of pieces of precut ponderosa pine); Have You Got These Siding Eyesores? (Rust, mildew, ceacks and corner gaps - all these may at one time or another detract fron the siding of your home. Simple remedies can help); How To Buy The Right Ladder (Save money, frustration and maybe life or limb by checking these pointers before buying a step or extension ladder. Here are useful tips on what to look for when shopping); A Double Corner Closet (Take a corner of one room and convert it into two closets, each with it's own accordion door. A clever way to take advantage of space that is normally wasted) Ask Handyman - Miniature Weather Vanes; Attic Ventilation Puzzle Solved; Remodeling Old Houses; Removing Floor Tile; Termite Prevention; Window Awning; Suspended Shelves; Window Awning; Leaky Chimney; Sanding Particle Board; Sagging Walks; Sweaty Pipes; Shopsmith Information; Condensation On Ducts; Stucco Repairs; Peeling Paint; Insulation Problems; Broom Closet Yard And Garden - Low Maintenance Perennial Garden (Enjoy color in your garden from spring to fall with bulbs, iris, day-lilies and chrysanthermums); Summer Lawn (By taking care of fertilizer needs now, seeding and weeding, you'll be all set for a good lawn) Special Feature - Answers To Most Asked Garden Questions (Here are eight pages of questions and answers on fruits, annuals, perennials, vegetables, trees, shrubs, and house plants. You'll learn when to plant Madonna lilies, what dwarf trees will grow in a tub, what plant is best for shade, how to control aphids on house plants, a fast growing shade tree, how to tell when a musk melon is ripe, quickest vegetable to grow. House Plants; Vegetables; Fruits; Summer Bulbs; Perennials; Annuals; Trees and Shrubs) Departments - Shop Talk With The Publisher; Editors' Tests; Tips You Should Know About; New Products For Old Problems; Booklets You Shoild Know About; What It's Called And Where To Buy It; Index To 9 Previous Issues |
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| August |
Home Maintenance And Improvement - Desk Cabinet Combo (The good looking built-in featured on the cover provides plenty of drawers, shelves and working surface for a young scholar and it's easy to make. Complete working drawings are given together with modifications for making the combo if you fon't happen to have an alcove to put it in. If you're not ready to build now, file the plans for a possible future project); Mid-Summer Mower Checkup (A weekend spent cleaning, retightening and readjusting your power mower will assure easy starts and improved performance. Here you'll find everything you need to know to clean the engine, fuel tank, carburetor, air filter and mower deck as well as how to check the performance of the spark plug and sharpen the mower blade); R/X For Garden Tools (Everyone who gardens for a few years encounters one or more of these annoyances - broken tool handles, hoses with holes, malfunctioning sprinklers and faucets. All are easy to repair if you follow these step-by-step instructions. And with the price of equipment going higher each year you'll save many dollars by making your own repairs); Replacing Webbing On Outdoor Chairs (Time takes its toll on the webbing of outdoor chairs, but broken webbing is no cause for throwing a chair away. Replacements are inexpensive and readily available and the job requires only a little time, patience, knive or scissors and a screwdriver); Getting The Most Cool From Your Air Conditioner (Nothing is more useless than an air conditioner that doesn't cool so it pays dividends to keep yours in working order as well as doing everything you can to improve its efficiency. The basic list of things to do includes washing filters, checking weather stripping, insulating and ventilating the attic, and eliminating water vapor from bathroom and kitchen); Fixing Shabby Garage Doors To Look Like New (Garage doors are expensive so when they get shabby, repair makes more financial sense than replacement. The most common problem is splintered and warped panels. With easy-to-follow photographs and instructions you can replace unsightly panels so the door looks like new) Yard And Garden - Summering Your House Plants (Vacations and summer living are seldom conducive to the time-consuming task of taking care of a number of house plants. There are many practical methods of coping with the problem that will save you time and at the same time give plants a fresh lease on life. Outlined are suggestions for best places to summer your plants, methods of watering, insect control and vacation tips); The Art Of Watering Plants (There's a lot more to the art of proper watering than just squarting the water hither and yon. The time of day, amount, method of application all effect the way your lawn, flowers and vegetables prosper. This little appreciated facet of gardening will come into sharper focus after reading this) Special Feature - Answers To Most Asked Garden Questions (Here are 8 pages of questions and answers on fruits, annuals, perennials, vegetables, trees, shrubs, and house plants. You'll learn what plants to grow in poor light indoors, how to plant crocus in the lawn, new way to repel insects with aluminim foil and much more) Departments - New Pfoducts For Old Problems (Our regular column of pictures and paragraphs on a wide range of new and interesting items for the homeowner. This month's new product pages include Gravely Riding Mower, Gibson Rotary Mower, GAF Seam Fuser, MDR Grip-Kote and more); Ask Handyman Q & A (This month our technical editor paid special attention to questions on...); Piping To A Dry Well; Rot Under Asphalt Siding; Rotting Roof; Sunken Garage Filled With Water; Source Of Mysterious Water; Building A Fake Fireplace; Railroad Tie Wall; Installing Winder Steps; Rewiring Light Fixtures; Foundation For Storage Shed; Repairing Loose Stucco; Reinforcing Supporting Wall; Solution For A Wet Floor; Curing Wood; Editors' Tests (Evaluation reports by our editors who undertake regular field tests on new tools and products for the home, garden and workshop. The homeowner and handyman will be interested in this months report. Chosen by the editors were Rockwell's High Speed Finishing Sander and Robert Bosch Corporation's 7 1/2-inch Portable Electric Saw); Booklets You Should Know About (Literature from manufacturers in pamphlet, booklet or leaflet form of certain interest to the do-it-yourselfer. Booklets featured this month cover such subjects as Understanding Your Water System, Installing Safety Glazing, Do-It-Yourself Sculptutr, Refinishing Tired Furniture, Stained Glass Designs and Deck Construction Guide); Books For The Handyman (Reports of new books of particular interest to home handymen, handywomen and gardeners); What It's Called And Where To Buy It (Names and addresses of various manufacturers of products mentioned in feature articles); Repair Index To 9 Previous Issues (Main repair stories of general interest are indexed for your convenience) |
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| September |
Home Maintenance And Improvement - 9-Way Geodesic Dome For Almost Any Use You Want (Start with a kit and assemble a redwood dome with hammer and wrench. Uses include guest house, greenhouse, jungle gym, sauna and storage); A Sewing Storage Wall Hides Behind Window Shades (Build the sewing storage wall shown on the cover and hide machine and supplies in minutes when area is not in use); Venting Your Laundry Dryer (Avoid serious damage to your home by venting your dryer properly. Given are instructions for installing a vent kit or a standard flue pipe); How To Cure A Sick Roof (Here you'll find advice on making minor roof repairs to cure such ailments as loose shingles, holes, and split shingles - plus a list of roofing jobs best left to a professional roofer); What You Should Know About Chisels (Many household jobs call for use of a chisel and hete you'll learn about electricians, prying and ripping, and masonry chisels - plus sharpening tips) Yards And Garden - The Best Of The Little-Flowered Bulbs Of Springtime (It's not too soon to begin planting such early-flowering little bulbs as crocus, winter aconite, snowdrop, scikka and grapr-hyacinth. A handy planting chart will guide you on the proper depth to plant); Now Is The Time To Get Your Lawn Into Shape (Whether you have a patching job or total replacement, the time to do it is now. Here is the information you need on soil preperation, fertalizing and seed selection plus some up-to-date equipment to make the job easier) Special Feature - Answers To Most Asked Garden Questions (Here are eight pages of questions and answers on fruits, annuals, perennials, vegetables, trees, shrubs, lawns and house plants. You'll learn what house plants can be grown in water, a substitute for a Christmas tree indoors, how to store tuberous begonias, a good hybrid currant to plant, moderrn way to protect fruit trees from animals, control dor white fly, onion harvesting tips, storing winter squash, choice loe hedge, saving seeds); House Plants; Annuals; Perennials; Summer Bulbs; Vegetables; Fruits; Trees and Shrubs Departments - New Products For Old Problems; News & Events; Editors' Tests; Booklets You Should Know About; Ask Handyman; What It's Called And Where To Buy It; Repair Index |
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| October |
Home Maintenance And Improvement - Storage Wall: Professional Looking Job You Can Do (By combining individual cabinet modules you create the storage wall shown on the cover for a living or recreation room); How To Survive Removing Wallpaper (Here you'll learn about wetting agents, steaming and sanding and how to handle wallpaper removal on a plasterboard wall); Let There Be Fluorescent Light (Easy ways to adjust and repair this type of light so that you will be assured of getting maximun use from them for a longer time); Painless Replacement Of Electric Range Burners (How to go about ordering the proper new burner plus the fundamentals you need to know to make a safe installation); Spread Brightness And Warmth With A Free-Standing Fireplace (Here's a decorative and efficient fireplace that's easy for the average homeowner to install); Keeping The Hot Water Heater Perking (You'll save big money with this trouble-shooter's guide to making all the common repairs usually encountered on a home water heater) Yard And Garden - Non-Temperamental House Plants To Enjoy This Winter (Select from this list of nearly fool-proof plants - amaryllis, wax begonia, spider plant and cacti); Plant The Big-Flowered Bulbs Now For Bloom Next Spring (Buying and planting tips for all the best of the big-flowered bulbs of spring - tulips, daffodils and hyacinths) Special Feature - Answers To Most Asked Garden Questions (Here are six pages of questions and answers on fruits, annuals, perennials, vegetables, bulbs, trees, shrubs, lawns and house plants. You'll learn what vine will bloom indoors, a big red tulip for early bloom, how to prune forsythia, debugging broccili before freezing, a new elderberry to plant, method of wintering chrysanthemums) House Plnts; Spring Bulbs; Summer Bulbs; Trees and Shrubs; Lawns; Vegetables; Fruits; Perennials; Annuals Departments - New Products For Old Problems; Booklets You Should Know About; Editors; Tests; Ask Handyman; What It's Called And Where To Buy It; Repair Index |
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