Surviving winter takes groundwork. To prep your home this fall, we’re here with helpful steps to protect your den and get you through to spring.
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Home Repair
When it comes to a DIY home improvement project right around the holidays, there might not be a better gift to give yourself, and those who will visit you, than completing an interior painting update. “Do You Hear What I Hear?” It’s someone at your local Rocky’s Ace Hardware helping you navigate the vast selection […]
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If you’re like many, you spent the larger part of March wishing for the next season’s arrival, and over the last couple of weeks, for its seasonal warmth. Well, wishes granted: Spring is in full swing. So, open those windows, take in the air—and get started on that annual project list! In the world of […]
READ MORESAWS RADIAL ARM SAWS A radial arm saw uses a circular saw, but instead of feeding the material into the blade, the item to be cut remains stationary and the saw travels through the cut, pulled across the track on the radial arm. The cutting portion of the blade is rotating away from the operator. […]
READ MOREBELT SANDERS Belt sanders use a continuous belt of manmade abrasive material. Belts run over a drive pulley at one end and an idler pulley at the other. Rear pulley usually provides power through a chain, cogged belt or gear drive, while front pulley is free riding. A pistol-type handle enables the user to push […]
READ MORERouters are effective for beading, grooving, routing, fluting, etc., and enable the operator to accomplish inlay work, decorative edges and many types of carving and wood finishing which take hours by hand. The two main types of routers are fixed-based routers and plunge routers. For fixed-based routers, the motor raises and lowers with a rack […]
READ MORERockwell testing is one, and probably the best-known, way of determining how hard the metal is. The one encountered most frequently in this industry is the C scale, and ratings can run from C20 to C70-the higher the number, the harder the metal. For soft steels of medium or low carbon, the B scale is […]
READ MOREPower Tools Safety Procedures Because of widespread use of power tools, the Power Tool Institute continues a major consumer safety education program to instruct users in safe and proper use of power tools. The rules follow: 1. Know your power tool. Read the manual carefully; learn the tool’s applications and limitations and potential hazards. 2. […]
READ MOREQuality in power tools is determined by physical construction and motor capacity. A light-duty unit might be satisfactory for a casual user, but it would have an extremely limited life in heavy-duty applications. HOUSING Quality housings are usually die-cast aluminum, high-impact plastic or a combination. Die-cast aluminum is especially popular in gear cases for cool […]
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