Working on your friction fire-building skills just after realizing you are lost in the woods, cold, or out of drinkable water does not make much sense. It’s about as useful as learning how to control ...

One potential problem when repairing a water shut-off valve leak is that the pressure you put on the packing nut to turn it ...

It's torture. At 3 a.m., you hear a dripping faucet. What do you do? Bury your head under the pillow — or get up and drag out your tools? Neither! That drip, drip, drip echoing from your bathroom sink ...