
This Old House Makers
Experimenting with a broken grass trimmer, Laura builds a motorized raft Laura modifies a bike for festivals, adding a megaphone and a trailer to collect cups.

Experimenting with a broken grass trimmer, Laura builds a motorized raft Laura modifies a bike for festivals, adding a megaphone and a trailer to collect cups.

The crew builds a timber retaining wall secured with rebar and fixes a sagging floor with sistering joists secured with brace blocking the house is lifted four feet from its foundation.

The Rantz family recently purchased a 1940s lake house, and Jamison takes us on a walk-thru and shares renovation plans before demoing the interior and building an exterior retaining wall.

Anne puts her welding and blacksmithing skills to the test, forging nail headers and a set of sturdy handles for her Dutch tool chest.

Anne builds a Dutch tool chest using a series of basic joineries the chest makes transporting her collection of custom tools easy and offers safe and secure storage.

Jason builds a crosscut sled from materials found around his shop he uses prefinished birch for the sled, plywood for the fence pieces, and extruded aluminum for the track.

Jason transforms a hunk of glued together 2x4s into a tabletop he makes a router sled to mill both sides and builds an elliptical jig to cut the final shape.

Tyler experiments with compressed-air power, launching a tennis ball and a harpoon.

On the second day at the delta school, teams add the final touches to their prototype, sales sheet and marketing video after the clock runs down the they pitch their idea to a panel of judges.

Bob's back porch gets a refresh with new screens, a self-closing screen door, and corner shelves that double as a cat tower using EMT conduit, Bob makes a foldable backyard soccer goal.

Bob builds an IKEA-style cabinet from melamine and hardboard with plexiglass window panels he transforms his workshop door into a lighted display case for his favorite Star Wars figurines.

Bob experiments by building two mobile infrared heaters for curing larger powder-coating projects to improve his workspace, he also designs a mobile sanding station with dust collection.

For Halloween, Bob creates a life-size Transformer helmet from corrugated cardboard, and for his son's hobbit costume, Bob casts custom silicone hobbit feet, tints them, and adds fake hair.

Bob builds sliding glass-panel doors, designed as pocket doors and concealed behind a built-in plywood bookshelf, transforming the piano room into a quiet, library-like space.

Bob renovates his basement, converting a cluttered multipurpose space into a functional family room with recessed lighting, an accent wall, and a folding ping-pong table.

Whether he's ready to tackle it or not, Bob embarks on rebuilding the dismantled Karmann Ghia in his garage with some patience, he welds new floor and body panels into place.

Bob designs a custom LEGO sorter with interchangeable filters, a stand, and a convenient catch tray he also builds a slatwall shelving unit to hold storage bins and organize his entire collection.

Bob upgrades his mobile camera stand to reduce wobble, fixes a counterweight that blocked the camera's movement, and adds new plywood storage cabinets.

Brad shares woodworking designs for unique DIY gifts, including a wine caddy, jewelry holder, and cheese board Brad builds a rolling lumber storage rack with industrial-strength castors.

Brad designs a sleek, modern desk with epoxy inlay drawers and a hidden rear compartment for wire management Brad builds affordable and durable garage shelving from 2x4s and a sheet of oriented strand board.