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	<title>Home Touch</title>
	<link>http://www.hometouch.org</link>
	<description>Get ideas to improve your home!</description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Wood and Weather</title>
		<link>http://www.hometouch.org/133/wood-and-weather/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Craft</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[	We all know that weather affects wood outdoors.  Sometimes the effect is even desirable, as weather grays wood and makes it look old.

But weather affects indoor wood as well.  Wood, of course, was once a tree, a living thing.  It is composed of cells of various types.  While the wood in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Technology Challenges</title>
		<link>http://www.hometouch.org/132/technology-challenges/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hometouch.org/132/technology-challenges/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 07:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Home Improvement</category>
		<guid>http://www.hometouch.org/132/technology-challenges/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	If you were to add up all the technological stuff we have around our houses, it might be a bushel basket of wires and devices:  the laptop computer, the mp3 player, the cell phone, the game system, the e-book reader; for a family, multiply by the number of family members because each person is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Field Guide to Large Power Tools:  Saws</title>
		<link>http://www.hometouch.org/131/field-guide-to-large-power-tools-saws/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hometouch.org/131/field-guide-to-large-power-tools-saws/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:15:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Craft</category>
		<guid>http://www.hometouch.org/131/field-guide-to-large-power-tools-saws/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	There are two basic types of large saws:   miter and table.  The  miter saw consists of a large, often twelve inches, blade that you lower onto the wood you are cutting, making cross cuts (cuts across the grain).  Sometimes these saws have tubes so you can slide the blade back [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Selecting Small Power Tools</title>
		<link>http://www.hometouch.org/130/selecting-small-power-tools/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hometouch.org/130/selecting-small-power-tools/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:48:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Craft</category>
		<guid>http://www.hometouch.org/130/selecting-small-power-tools/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	If you have used hand tools for any amount of time for drilling holes, driving screws, or hammering nails, then the first time you use a power tool for the same job, you will feel an incredible sense of possibility.  Things don&#8217;t take near as long to do or require a large amount of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Field Guide to Large Power Tools:  Jointers and Planers</title>
		<link>http://www.hometouch.org/129/a-field-guide-to-large-power-tools-jointers-and-planers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hometouch.org/129/a-field-guide-to-large-power-tools-jointers-and-planers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:47:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Craft</category>
		<guid>http://www.hometouch.org/129/a-field-guide-to-large-power-tools-jointers-and-planers/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Both the jointer and the planer operate on the same principle:  a series of knives on a roller pass over or under the surface of a piece of wood, taking off a tiny layer such as 1/32nd of an inch.  Where they differ is in their purpose as well as the dimension of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Old Paint Job</title>
		<link>http://www.hometouch.org/128/an-old-paint-job/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hometouch.org/128/an-old-paint-job/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 05:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Home Decor</category>
		<guid>http://www.hometouch.org/128/an-old-paint-job/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	If you have an item of furniture that needs to be painted because the wood is not beautiful enough for stain and polyurethane, then you might consider giving it an old paint job.  Or perhaps you have just made your first woodworking project but you want it to look like it has been in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hanging Things on the Wall</title>
		<link>http://www.hometouch.org/127/hanging-things-on-the-wall/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hometouch.org/127/hanging-things-on-the-wall/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:23:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Do It Yourself</category>
		<guid>http://www.hometouch.org/127/hanging-things-on-the-wall/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	When you decide to hang a picture or a hat rack on a wall, of course you want the item to stay on the wall and not come crashing down in the middle of the night, scaring the dog who then wakes all the neighbors with his barking.  In order to hang something successfully, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Electric Dryer Maintenance</title>
		<link>http://www.hometouch.org/126/electric-dryer-maintenance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hometouch.org/126/electric-dryer-maintenance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 07:17:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Home Improvement</category>
		<guid>http://www.hometouch.org/126/electric-dryer-maintenance/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	Although many household appliances are complex, the electric dryer is actually fairly simple.  It consists of a motor that spins the drum, a heat element, some controls, a way to get rid of damp air, and a lint filter.  While you can occasionally have problems with the drum not spinning or the heating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sticky Stuff</title>
		<link>http://www.hometouch.org/125/sticky-stuff/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hometouch.org/125/sticky-stuff/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 05:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Home Improvement</category>
		<guid>http://www.hometouch.org/125/sticky-stuff/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	When it comes to mending things, you have a wide choice of glue and tape to help you out.  Here are some of your options.

Wood glue.  Today&#8217;s wood glue is strong enough that a board is more likely to break somewhere else than at the place where you glued it.  There are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Basic Tools</title>
		<link>http://www.hometouch.org/124/basic-tools/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hometouch.org/124/basic-tools/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:34:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Craft</category>
		<guid>http://www.hometouch.org/124/basic-tools/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[	You can go very far in the world of light home maintenance with a hammer, a screw driver, and a pair of pliers.  First, though, it is necessary to get tools of reasonable quality because bad tools are not just worthless but potentially dangerous. 
	
	
Even if you are female, don&#8217;t get the little “lady&#8217;s” [...]]]></description>
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