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The best knife sharpeners – and how to use them
A knife is arguably the most important tool in the kitchen, but it’s essential that the blade is sharp. When blunt, you have less control and are more likely to see the knife slide off the food, thereby making cooking a more hazardous process.

You’ve acquired a chef’s knife, you’re using it almost d…[ 続きを読む ]

What is a blind flange?
A blind flange is a solid flange as shown below. The purpose of these is to block off a section of pipe or a nozzle on a vessel that is not used. (A nozzle is typically a pipe coming out of a vessel and is usually flanged so it can be connected to valves or piping). Many times a nozzle will be blanked off with a blind…[ 続きを読む ]

5 Green Building Blocks
How sustainable your home is depends on how green the construction material is, says Nirthya Rajan.

Using green building material while constructing your home is the easiest way to make it sustainable. Here’s a list of five products made of components that are renewable and environmentally responsible.

Fly ash bricks or…[ 続きを読む ]

How Industrial Glue Guns Are Used
You may be familiar with hot glue guns from your high school home-economics class. You may remember weird, cylindrical, solid-but-flexible, sticks of translucent glue that you placed into a small hot glue gun. The gun would heat the glue, and you could use the hot glue to adhere pieces of fabric together (or to…[ 続きを読む ]

Types of engines and how they work
Engines are machines that convert a source of energy into physical work. If you need something to move around, an engine is just the thing to slap onto it. But not all engines are made the same, and different types of engines definitely don’t work the same.
Probably the most intuitive way to differentiate b…[ 続きを読む ]

Ask a Makeup Artist: Do Fake Lashes Ruin Your Real Ones?
If you’re researching lash extensions or falsies, it’s probably because you want fuller, longer lashes. It’s no surprise that one of the biggest concerns about these lash enhancements is whether they harm natural lashes. If you’ve been wondering if your favorite pair of fake lashes will ru…[ 続きを読む ]

What is a 3D Massage Chair?
2D is what you picture as your traditional back roller massage. The massage rollers move in two dimensions, up and down from your neck to your lower back, and they can also move side to side. This basic movement is effective, feels great and provides much of the benefits of massage, including alleviating back pain,…[ 続きを読む ]

Curved Glass
Curved glass and curved elements can be an essential aspect for a design or project, they can provide a feel of openness to a space, providing natural organic shapes to a space or room. Using curved glass is a fantastic way to carry on that design feature in message to all external and internal faces of the design.

All curved glass…[ 続きを読む ]