Robert Policht tells firefighters who might be called on to rescue a citizen from a vertical shaft what's required on arrival ...

I found a CAA agent sitting in a mostly empty row of vintage wooden theater seats ... a trailer for a film they hadn’t even shot. The plan was to take it to a film festival — but first ...

Who knew vintage frames make perfect shelves? This quick DIY converts them into chic shelves that add character and display space to any room.

Twelve feet by twelve, that room may not have looked like much. But inside, it held something rare: a working school library.

A Push Broom Handle Is a DIY Paint Roller Extension Pole You can spend $10 to $70 on an adjustable extension for rolling paint in high places. But if adjustability isn’t important or you just want to ...

Convert your builder-grade bathroom mirrors into arched ones with plywood, peel-and-stick tiles, and simple DIY skills in this affordable project.

Woodworking projects can be satisfying as well as practical, and there are plenty of places online where you can find free ...

(Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg News) Scott Johnson, president of the Musgrave Pencil Co. in Shelbyville, Tenn., was ready to send back an incoming shipment of Chinese-made slats—the wooden part of a ...

Pencils aren’t supposed to flex. When I investigated, I found that the manufacturer had decided to mix sawdust with some sort of adhesive and use the resulting substance to make ...

We typically hand out yellow pencils.” To sharpen the giant public artwork, LOTI Pencil creator and wood sculptor Curtis Ingvoldstad made a 4-foot-tall wooden pencil sharpener that he hoists ...