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Electrical and Carpentry Tips: - Circuit breakers and fuses are designed to protect wires from overheating and causing fires in your home. They are NOT designed to protect you from electric shock. For shock protection, you must use Ground Fault Circuit Interruptors (GFCI).
- Question: A new day dawned for dark spaces when the pull-chain electric socket was invented in:
a. 1806
b. 1896
c. 1912
d. 1947
Answer: B. The first electric pull-chain socket was patented on August 11, 1896, by Harvey Hubbell of Bridgeport, Connecticut. - Make a map of your house including all of the electrical outlets and appliances. Turn on everything in your house, and as you cycle through the circuits, label the outlets each one controls on the map. Affix the map to the inside of your circuit box door and you'll easily find what you're looking for.
- Marking the distance from your blade to the edge of your soleplate for quick reference will speed up your setup time when using a fence.
- Whenever you use a miter saw, hold the work firmly against the vertical back, or fence, to keep the blade from seizing in the wood and causing serious injury.
- Put that windmill imitation to good use. If you spin wood glue at end of your arm, the centrifugal force will cause the glue inside to move to the tip.
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ProVision Reading List: For a complete updated list of Creative Homeowner books, click here . Home Book: The Ultimate Guide to Repairs, Improvements & Maintenance
Editors of Creative Homeowner
$34.95
Hardcover -- 608 pages (September, 2000)
(ISBN: 158011069X) Creative Homeowner electrical and carpentry books: Custom Closets
Herb Hughes
$12.95
Paperback -- 128 pages (November, 1993)
(ISBN: 188029030) Decks: Planning, Designing, Building
Steve Cory
$16.95
Paperback -- 192 pages (January, 2001)
(ISBN: 1580110452) Planning Your Addition
Jerry Germer, RA
$16.95
Paperback -- 192 pages (December, 1997)
(ISBN: 1880029995) Wiring: Basic and Advanced Projects
Editors of Creative Homeowner
$19.95
Paperback -- 256 pages (January, 2001)
(ISBN: 1580110622) Other Book Resources Electrical The Complete Guide to Home Wiring (Black & Decker Home Improvement Library)
By the editors of Creative Publishing International
$24.95
Paperback -- 304 pages (March 1, 2001)
Creative Publishing International (ISBN: 0865734291) To order this title from Amazon.com, click here . Carpentry Measure Twice, Cut Once: Lessons From a Master Carpenter
By Norm Abram
$13.27
Hardcover -- 196 pages (June 1996)
Little Brown and Company (ISBN: 0316004944) To order this title from Amazon.com, click here .
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Lowes
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Lowe's (Lowe's Companies, Inc.)
Customer Care (CON8)
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Creative Homeowner Information
Creative Homeowner Press
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ProVision Information
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Wynnewood, OK 73098
Website: www.provision100.com
GUESTS :
Doug Snapp
Licensed Electrician
Massey Electric
Website: www.masseyelectric.com
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