Build-it-together projects that strengthen skills and bonds — from first birdhouses to weekend sheds with your kids.
Most fathers think the project they build with their son is for the son. It isn’t. It’s for what happens between them while the work is being done. There’s a kind of conversation that only happens when two people are working with their hands. It’s not a planned conversation. You don’t sit down for it. … Read more
A solid workbench is the single most useful upgrade a homeowner can make to their garage or basement. Here’s how to build one — even if you’ve never built anything before — using under $80 of materials and a single Saturday. There’s a moment in every homeowner’s life where they stop pretending the dining table … Read more
The skills our grandfathers took for granted have stopped being passed down. Here’s how to start passing them down again, one age and one project at a time. There’s a quiet thing that’s happened in American households over the last two generations. Most fathers under 50 today were not, themselves, taught to use tools by … Read more