Tom spent 20 years running his own contracting company, working as a building mechanic and operating as a carpenter. Now he creates solar, home security, moving and home warranty content content for ...

Ashlyn is one of Forbes Home's in-house writers and a former civil engineer-turned content writer with over six years experience. Until recently, Ashlyn focused on creating content for Forbes Home as ...

Adding a thickening agent, or a filler, to a two-part epoxy mix advances your game to a new level. I've needed epoxy twice in the last few months, and the contrast of my two experiences illustrates ...

If you need a lens for a project, chances are pretty good that you pick up a catalog or look up an optics vendor online and just order something. Practical, no doubt, but pretty unsporting, especially ...

When you see a rad pro garage online or on your TV, no one ever thinks, “Man, look at that floor. It’s spectacular!” But when they try to recreate it at home with shelving, garage storage cabinets, ...

Wood has always carried more than just physical structure — it holds memory. The rings reveal storms, droughts, and years of ...

The black blobs on cheap PCBs haunt those of us with a habit of taking things apart when they fail. There’s no part number to look up, no pinout to probe, and if magic smoke is released from the epoxy ...

Epoxy resins are coatings and adhesives used in a broad range of familiar applications, such as construction, engineering and manufacturing. However, they often present a challenge to recycle or ...