Popular Mechanics - USA (2021-03)

March/April 2021 43 FIT THE TRAY TO YOUR GRILL ▶ My serving tray was too big to fit on my grill grate, so I cut off four inches ...

44 March/April 2021 PLACE THE BAKING steel and oven top on the grill grate. Turn the grill on high, and let it heat up for 45 mi ...

Y ou need a new watch...the one you are wearing was made when Nixon was in office, but extravagantly-priced watches that add zer ...

46 March/April 2021 B uilding cars is a family thing for us. After World War II, my dad built race cars—midgets, hot rods, that ...

March/April 2021 47 The chassis was twisted, too, so I had to straighten and box the frame up quite a bit to make it roadworthy. ...

48 March/April 2021 → WHAT ARE YOU BUILDING? Mods Hot Rods in Fountain Hill, Arizona, painted the car piece by piece. The doors, ...

Yours At Last! Beautiful Grass That Stays Green Year-Round, From Florida To Alaska! Yes! The incredibly hardy grass that’s prove ...

A sequestered home office can be a fortress of productivity. Beyond serving as a telecommuting base, it also gives you a space t ...

March/April 2021 51 This 10x16-foot pine shed belongs to illustrator Zachariah OHora, in Narberth, PA. ...

Left: OHora installed windows in each side of his shed to let in ambient light and make the space feel bigger. Top: The shed req ...

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Take off the existing shed door by removing the hinge screws with a cordless drill. Then use a pry bar to pull off any interior ...

March/April 2021 55 glass batts faced with either an aluminum foil or kraft paper moisture barrier are easy to install. Mineral- ...

TOOLS FOR A NEW AGE Even during these unprecedented times, manufac- turers have been rolling out innovations in every category o ...

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1 BEST CORDLESS HEDGE TRIMMER Worx WG252 $130 This beauty is light, powerful, easily adjusts through various angles and lengths ...

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AN ESSENTIAL READ ON OUR MOST IMPORTANT BLADE AMERICAN AXE— THE TOOL THAT SHAPED A CONTINENT Few implements in human history hav ...

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