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Are Home DIYers Getting Smarter?

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I consider myself reasonably handy -- drywall, framing, electrical, plumbing (shudder), cabinetmaking. I can do most of them reasonably well (at least if you kind of squint and shake your head really fast when you're looking at my work). Historically when I needed some particularly sophisticated piece of hardware like a really good Freud blade for my table saw or a 100-pack of sandpaper, I had to go to Hardwicks. Now I'm finding things like that at Home Depot. Are home DIYers getting more sophisticated? Or is it simply that a few customers who spend a lot of money at HD need more room on the high end?

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  • Anonymous
    November 25, 2004
    Do you know about Lee Valley?
    Very nice tools.

    http://www.leevalley.com/
  • Anonymous
    November 25, 2004

    I think the actual case is that alot of Home Depot's are starting to cater the the professionals as well as the DIYers.
  • Anonymous
    November 25, 2004
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