Several hours ago I sent out my newsletter and told you about this amazing FREE offer to get a jigsaw blade. I've been inundated with emails and complaints about how the form at the Lenox website is not working. There might be ten, or more, reasons why the Lenox website form is borked. No one […]
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New subscriber? Well, you picked a pretty special issue as your first one! Distinguished subscriber of old? Pop the corks, pull the tabs, or unscrew the caps. Party time! 25th Ask the Builder Anniversary It all started twenty-five years ago on a dark Saturday morning. I was waiting outside at the curb for my newspaper […]
Smoking Fireplaces QUESTION #1: Oh Tim, I need your help. I’ve got a masonry fireplace that puffs smoke into the room when a fire is burning. It gets worse as the fire dies down. I’ve spoken with three different bricklayers who build fireplaces and have received three different answers. Confusion reigns at my home and […]
New subscriber? Welcome! You get some FREE stuff this issue! WOOT! Distinguished subscriber of record? You get FREE stuff too! How convenient! This past Thursday at 12:20 am I walked through the door of my house after a grueling day of travel from Las Vegas. I had been out West for eight days hiking in […]
Tim Carter attends a factory tour where the new Lenox wood jigsaw blade is shown.
New subscriber? I'm glad you're here. Get ready for lots of tips. Distinguished subscriber of digital record? Mahalo for continuing to open these newsletters. Mukuntuweap - It's Where I Am Do you know the Paiute language? If so, you're a wise person. If you're not fluent in the ancient and beautiful language, here are two […]
25th AsktheBuilder Anniversary October 2, 2018 is the 25th anniversary of my Ask the Builder syndicated newspaper column. I’m very proud of surviving this long as a writer and publisher and thought I’d share some of the good and the bad I’ve seen since that morning I waited outside in the dark for the newspaper […]
"Watching all the blades being made in just hours, I marveled at the demand. If all those blades are not bought each day, they start to stack up somewhere!" Lenox Saw Blade Factory Tour - What a Fantastic Place! I was invited to do a spectacular factory tour where they make Lenox saw blades […]
New subscriber? Thanks for signing up. This issue is very unusual because of what's going on right now. Subscriber of Record? You know every now and then, I issue WARNINGS. Stain Solver SALE - Ends it HOURS! First, and foremost, this is a LAST CALL notice for the Labor Day Stain Solver sale. I got […]
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