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Snowblower Care

At the start of the season, add fresh gas and new engine oil to your snowthrower. Check the machine’s auger and impeller and make sure that the air filter and spark plugs are clean. At the end of the season, drain the gas and oil from the engine and clean the machine before storing it.

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Owner’s Manuals

Read and keep the owner's manual for all of your tools. They often contain vital info you'll refer to throughout the life of the tool.

Top Gun

You can extend the the time it takes hot-melt glue to set by slightly pre-warming both the surfaces to be joined with a heat gun. A heat gun also works great for stripping paint and other odd jobs. For example, you can use it to remove bumper stickers, defrost freezers, char-stain wood, dry wood for painting, burn weeds from cracks in sidewalks and patios, light charcoal, loosen rusted bolt nuts and bend certain plastic piping.

Chalk Marks

When you process wood in your shop, it is helpful to make notations on boards so you remember which have been cut to length or run through equipment like planers or jointers. Instead of using pencils for the notes, use chalk. Chalk lets you mark the wood without marring it so you can be more liberal with your notations. An inexpensive children's sidewalk chalk set will provide several colors so that you can color-code your marking system.