SPAX: The Builder's Choice

When builders are looking for quality, value and durability in the materials for their projects, we're happy that they look our way!

Risinger Homes is a custom builder and whole house remodeling contractor that specializes in Architect driven and fine craftsmanship work. Utilizing an in-house carpentry staff and the latest building science research, they build dramatically more efficient, healthy and durable homes.

Atlanta, Here We Come!

We're taking our show on the road and heading south this week! Will you be in the Atlanta area on March 8-9?

If so, we'd love for you to swing by the The Builder Remodeler Expo at the Cobb Galleria Center and give SPAX a test drive at booth 1414.  Our entire pit crew will be there with demos, giveaways and fun!

This 2-day event is THE East Coast trade show of the year...hope to see you here!

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Viva Las Vegas!

We're back from the International Builders Show in Las Vegas and happy to say that we all made it back in one piece and had a blast!

Never Lose Your Tape Measurer Again! - DIY Tape Measurer Holder

By contributing partner and guest blogger, Isabelle LaRue


I always seem to misplace my measuring tape so I decided to give it its very own dedicated storage spot in my mini-workshop. It took only minutes to make using a piece of metal from an aluminum flashing sheet.

What Happens in Vegas?

SPAX and The International Builders' Show (IBS 2016), that's what happens!

We're excited to once again be a part of the NAHB International Builders' Show during Design & Construction Week in Las Vegas from January 19-21. With 50,000 visitors from more than 100 different countries and 500,000 square feet of the latest, greatest and coolest products/services in the industry - needless to say we're stoked!

It's not too late...Christmas gifts, DIY style!

 By contributing partner and guest blogger, Sandra Powell - Sawdust Girl

This cute wood book holder is super easy to build and would be a great DIY gift that you can
build in an afternoon. It can be used to hold an iPad or a traditional book and finished any way
you can imagine. Use wood scraps from around the shop and this becomes the most
inexpensive project possible —free!

Pocket Protector

 

By contributing partner and guest blogger, Mark Clement - MyFixItUpLife

So I was gonna write something fairly expected about pocket holes…until I found out that pocket-hole joinery was used by the Egyptians!!!! The Pyramid Egyptians. And then I had to spend time freaking out a little. 

How the Egyptians did things, large and small, of such lasting ingenuity and beauty always stops me in my tracks…If I don’t send an email for a day or two the world forgets I’m here. They’ve got a 5000+ year history. 

But back to reality. I’m a huge pocket hole fan too. And while they’re typically the stuff of woodworking and sometimes trim work these days—along with various clamps and jigs and the resulting super-tight joints—I take a different approach and use them in rough carpentry all the time.