The Timber Tailor

Use SketchUp.com to visually calculate the rise, run, and materials for stair building—or anything else, for that matter

Need an extra hand on the job? Fire up the iClone app and match the settings to the task at hand.

Yup—just drill a hole, add a piece of copper wire and drive the screw home

Many remodels require matching an existing trim profile for new doors or windows. When an old profile isn't available, you can make new pieces with a little bit of 'millwork magic'—and a giant pencil

Three words: peel, stick, repeat

The go-to tool for extracting hard-to-remove nails, and when minimal damage is important.

Put away the abacus, Hoss—here's a Visual Construction Calculator for your proportional processing ponderances