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Location Sound Engineer: This Is My Job
Popular Mechanics — While most guys are watching the football game at home, location sound engineer Scott Carter is capturing the grunts, chatter and play decisions where the action is: on the field. The three-time Emmy winner-who hand-carries 300 pounds of gear to ...More…
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Weekend Project: How to Build a Flagstone Patio...Fast!
Popular Mechanics — Hauling heavy materials in Brooklyn is not without its own eccentricities: I could hire one truck-driving Mr. Love to deliver the materials to my address, but he would only drop it off on the curb. To get it to the backyard, where I actually ...More…
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What's the Best Tape? Abusive Lab Test
Popular Mechanics — Stuck a bundle of four 12-gauge wires against drywall for a week. We were able to stack 45 pounds of dumbbells on a length of tape before it broke. Held a bundle of four 12-gauge Romex electrical wires against a wall for a full week. Water ...More…
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Man is "weak in himself, and of small stature,"
Popular Mechanics — While much has changed since Carlyle's day, one thing hasn't: We need tools to build, repair and maintain the mechanical world in which we live. With these 50 tools, you'll be ready for just about any project-whether it's melting mountains ...More…
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Goldblatt: Blade Runner
Popular Mechanics — One of our favorite tools at the show also had the coolest name. The Blade Runner is a drywall cutting tool with two halves held in place with powerful rare earth magnets. Each half sits on one side of the drywall panel, so they move in tandem. ...More…
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10 DIY Mother's Day Presents You Can Make Before Sunday
Popular Mechanics — Learn how to make your own candles, and then break out the power tools to fashion a new Wooden Candle Holder to keep them organized. Instructions on the candle holder helpfully provide a snack break during step three, and include the disclaimer: ...More…
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How to Fix Common Heating and Cooling Problems
Popular Mechanics — According to Glenn C. Hourahan, vice president of research and technology for Air Conditioning Contractors of America, it's likely that the drain pan for the air-conditioning evaporator coil is overflowing due to a blockage in the drain line. ...More…
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The Refrigeration Cycle
Popular Mechanics — Conventional central air systems graft into a house that has ducts for forced-air heating. The hot and noisy portion of the cooling system, the compressor-condenser, is located outside. The cool and quiet component, the evaporator coil, is ...More…
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CONTINUED: 14 Energy-Saving Tips To Follow Now >>>
Popular Mechanics — Kitchen upgrades offer a chance to choose products made from recycled or renewable materials. Consider a stone countertop made with recycled glass, a sustainable cork or natural linoleum floor, or cabinetry made from formaldehyde-free ...More…
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Manufacturing the cement
Popular Mechanics — that binds typical concrete causes about 5 percent of global CO2 emissions. Integrity Block, which makes a structurally sound concrete replacement, shaves that figure by using 40 percent less cement in its rammed-earth masonry. Up to half of each ...More…
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The Ultimate Guide For Summer Grilling
Popular Mechanics — A flexible concretized grill mat guards against grease drips. A grill-side trash can saves trips indoors. Or use it to store wood chips (see our Wood Chip Smokers' Guide below). The best way to light charcoals without taste-ruining lighter fluid. ...More…
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Popular Mechanics — But as a responsible journalist, I couldn't resist investigating further using the skills I learned at ice cream school. Yes, my love for both science and full-fat frozen dairy products runs so deep that I once went to Penn State for Ice Cream ...More…