Editor's Note: Crafty Chip Kouri is back with an installment of his Around the Home blog, this time refurbishing an old ladder and giving it a new life. Hello, all! First, let me start out by ...

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With the skilled hands of a craftsman, Qing Du feels the side rail of a San Francisco Fire Department ladder, searching for stress points. In a tradition that dates back to World War I, Du custom ...