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How to Heat a Garage Workshop Without Rusting Your Tools

Insulate first, size the heater with the formula, and skip the unvented ones. A 30,000 BTU unvented propane heater puts about seven gallons of water a day into your shop air, and it lands on your cast iron. Read more...

How to Price Handmade Work: A 5-Step Formula for Makers Who Undercharge

Materials, real hours, overhead, fees and profit. The five-line formula that stops makers quoting $60 for a board that cost $61 in walnut, plus what to say when a friend asks for mates' rates. Read more...

How to Prevent Rust on Tools in a Garage Shop: 7 Fixes That Hold

Rust on shop tools is a dew point problem, not a cleaning problem. Three layers, in order: get the air under 50 percent, stop the metal running colder than the room, then coat what is left. Read more...