The average do-it-yourselfer hates to drill metal, especially steel. We don’t know how many questions readers have submitted and we’ve answered on that topic over the years. Even the most enthusiastic ...

Taps and dies are great for cutting new threads or repairing old threads on metals, plastics and other hard materials. Taps cut threads on the inside of holes and dies cut threads on the outside of ...

After sourcing your hardware and tools, the first thing you want to do in building a res is to cut out all of your parts, then sand whatever needs sanding, drill whatever needs drilling, before ...

The best tool for tapping precise holes in metal parts and workpieces is—not surprisingly—a dedicated tapper. For years, hole tappers have been the go-to power tool in metalworking and manufacturing ...

Twist drills do not make accurately sized or good finish holes; a reamer of some type is often used to cut the final size and finish. A reamer will not make the original hole; it will only enlarge a ...

Sapsucker Farms in Mora, Minn. is testing out it's syrup flow from maple trees amid an unusually warm winter. CATHY WURZER: That's the sound of Jim Morrison, owner of Sapsucker Farms in Mora, drilling ...

Dezeen Showroom: German brand Grohe's Three Hole Basin Mixer is designed to free up space by mounting taps on the walls and is part of the brand's Atrio Private Collection. Grohe's Atrio collection as ...

DETROIT — Dale Fortin is getting a new kind of customer at his auto-repair shop, people who have not just been in a fender-bender or had a windshield smashed by a rock. The soaring price of crude oil ...