Fast forward to fall. You're watching the weather, leaves are fluttering around and a weathervane is hypnotically spinning on the roof. Wait? No weathervane? Then you have one more summer project to ...

Al Ferris Jr. grabs a large pair of metal-cutting shears from a corner of his New Milford workshop. “This is a tool I use all the time,” he says. “Tag sale, five bucks. There were two. The other one ...