by Anawalt Lumber | Apr 30, 2025 | Paint, Home Improvement, Home Repair
Imagine you’re planning to repaint the house. You picked neutral gray for the living room, deep green for the dining room, bright yellow for the kids’ bedroom, and so on. But have you considered the ceilings? A deep green ceiling in a deep green dining...
by Anawalt Lumber | Apr 18, 2025 | Tools, Home Improvement, Home Repair
How does a hand saw stay in shape? Crossfit… crosscut, ripcut, repeat. (Drum crash, please: ba-dum-tss!) Bad jokes aside, woodworkers, carpenters, and DIY devotees take their saws seriously and always choose the right tool for the job. A panel saw works poorly...
by Anawalt Lumber | Apr 14, 2025 | Tools, Home Improvement, Home Repair
The screwdriver dates back to the 15th century, invented to manipulate screws in armor and construction. Those poor armored soldiers were screwed before they ever took the battlefield. Today, the screwdriver is an indispensable tool in building, furniture making,...
by Anawalt Lumber | Mar 18, 2025 | Tools, Home Repair
The first power saws were powered by steam — the same stuff that makes your teapot whistle. These saws significantly increased productivity, enabling large-scale lumber processing to meet the rising demand for timber during industrial expansion. Steam technology...
by Anawalt Lumber | Feb 25, 2025 | Tools, Home Repair
The ancient Egyptians drilled deep holes into limestone and granite, leaving Egyptologists to puzzle over how they did it. Today, drilling is more common and less mysterious. Every DIYer has a drill — or several — in the garage and a complement of specialized drill...
by Anawalt Lumber | Feb 24, 2025 | Tools, Home Repair
The Bertha Tunnel Boring Machine dug the SR 99 tunnel in Seattle and measured a massive 57.5 feet in diameter and 326 feet long. Its custom cutter head cost over $80 million. Though less impressive, the drill bits we’ll discuss in this blog do essentially the...
