History

Posted on November 19, 2020

Dawn of the Duplex Receptacle

By JLC Staff

We have inventor Harvey Hubbell to thank for the design of today's electrical... More

Tags: Finish Wiring, Rough Wiring, History, Electrical, Backfill

Posted on August 06, 2020

From Bra Cups to PPE: The N95 Story

By Tim Healey

How a special type of nonwoven fabric developed in the 1930s led to today's N95... More

Tags: Tools and Equipment, History, Safety, Backfill

Posted on April 02, 2020

Treasure From the Deep

By Roe Osborn

Read editor Roe Osborn's tale of how he came to own some old-growth ebony. More

Tags: Lumber, Wood, Historical Restoration, Historic Preservation, History

Posted on January 16, 2020

By Clayton DeKorne

As an industry, we need to change the narrative to show the trades as lucrative... More

Tags: Workforce, Labor, History, Training the Trades, Workers' Compensation

Posted on January 02, 2020

Mind and Hand

By Clayton DeKorne

Why an old idea - that work with the hands is a necessary foundation for a sound... More

Tags: Training, History, Training the Trades, Backfill

Posted on November 14, 2019

A Close Look at a Mighty Little Shack

By Roe Osborn

In part 2 of his "Dune Shack" blog, JLC editor Roe Osborn tours the structural and... More

Tags: Historic Preservation, History, Leisure Facilities, Massachusetts

Posted on October 29, 2019

A Week off the Grid

By Roe Osborn

A little taste of the big stuff going on in this editor's life More

Tags: Historic Preservation, History, Leisure Facilities, Massachusetts

Tags: Jobsite Safety, Construction Safety, Tools of the Trade, History, Tools of the Trade

Posted on September 26, 2019

Bullard’s Hard-Boiled Hat

By Eliot Lothrop

Edward W. Bullard - who invented the hard hat back in 1919 - was recently inducted... More

Tags: Jobsite Safety, Construction Safety, History, Safety

Notre Dame

Tags: Stone, Historical Restoration, Masonry, Historic Preservation, Tools of the Trade