Why You Need an Exhaust Temperature Alarm
Installing an exhaust temperature sensor and alarm can save your bacon.
How to Make Your Paint Last Longer
Two-part marine paints are finicky. Here’s how to handle them.
How To Nix That Pesky Fiberglass Dust
Forget to wear a long-sleeved shirt when grinding fiberglass? Try this trick.
How To Remove Rust From Tools
The fix for rusty wrenches may surprise you.
The Ol' Wooden Plug Trick
Here’s another nifty usage for the tapered wooden plugs designed to prevent a sinking if a through-hull or other fitting fails.
From the Vetus-Maxwell Workbench: The Power of Water
Sometimes, all that your self-contained air conditioner needs is a couple of shots from a common dock hose.
From the Workbench:The Trick to Joining Starboard
An amazing development by Chemical Concepts, meet Chem-Set 6105.
From The Workbench: Drilling Holes in Stainless Steel
Drilling Stainless can be daunting, here is a quick tip for keeping your cool.
From the Workbench: Sharks Bite?
PEX tubing and SharkBite fittings can make leaking plumbing systems sound.
Painless Stainless
Believe it or not, busting rust on stainless steel can be both an easy and satisfying task.
From The Workbench: How to Stay on Top of Your Boat’s Fuel System Health
Today’s vacuum gauges are more sophisticated than ever.
Lights! Camera! Action!
That smartphone’s not just for talkin’, ya know.
From The Workbench: Removing Pencil-type Anodes From Tight Spaces
To heck with knives and fly-fishing forceps. There’s a much better way to extract those little jewels.
From the Workbench: Fold-Over Fix
Large 10- to 12-gauge butt connectors? Much finer wire? Try this trick and keep right on chuggin’.
From the Workbench: Re-Bed-Done Right
Finding a perfect replacement is not often easy.