POP Projects is a collection of new and classic projects from more than a century of Popular Mechanics. Master skills, get tool recommendations, and, most importantly, build something of your very own ...

My grandfather was a baker in Cincinnati in the very early 1900s. He and my grandmother owned and operated a neighborhood bakery in the Clifton Heights neighborhood just 400 feet from where I was born ...

Q. I’m about to undertake a complex project. I’ve got an older brick home that’s more than 100 years old. There are places where the mortar needs attention. The bigger issue is a room addition we’ve ...

A well-constructed stone wall can last for centuries. Use that wall to create a terraced surface where a short, steep and dangerous-to-mow grassy slope once lay. A stone wall also makes a nice ...

If you feel like getting your blood moving — and with longer lasting effect than lifting dumbbells — go outside and lift stones. Make a dry stone wall — that is, one laid without mortar. A ...

WILTON — Weir Farm National Historic Site will host a two-day, hands-on stone wall workshop on Saturday, Oct. 18 and Sunday Oct. 19, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The workshop will be led by Master Craftsman ...