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Video Friday: Moody Axe-Making 8 Jun 2013 | 01:23 am
Sure, the music is a little bit moody for my taste, but (even without sound) this video does a great job of documenting the making of an axe from forging, heat-treating, and sharpening the head down t...
A Rollerboard For Your Tools 3 Jun 2013 | 09:24 pm
Above you see Klein’s new Tradesman Pro Organizer rolling tool bag, which is, well, a tool bag with wheels. It caught our attention because it incorporates features we’ve seen in luggage for years, bu...
Feature: Taking Notes 29 May 2013 | 12:05 am
My father loved to write crap down. He’d dream up some idea or another, and he’d jot it down in one of a half-dozen little notebooks he used to carry around with him. I remember one time as a kid when...
Victor Rethinks The Oxy-Fuel Torch 28 May 2013 | 05:41 pm
What makes one oxy-fuel torch better than the next? Victor’s research says that we’re most efficient at welding and cutting when we can see our workpiece and easily control the torch. They incorporate...
Ask Toolmonger: What’s Up With One-Handed Recip Saws? 24 May 2013 | 01:53 am
From the (virtual) mail bin: “Have you seen or used the one-handed reciprocating saw? Home Depot and Lowe’s both have one, and I was wondering how well they work.” Indeed we have. Read on for details....
Irwin’s New Impact-Savvy Bits 23 May 2013 | 07:29 pm
One of the really cool upshots of the last few years’ more powerful and more compact drivers has been the renaissance of the impact driver. The small 10.8-12v models are incredibly powerful, able to d...
It’s Just Cool: Chevy Stacking 24 Apr 2013 | 12:24 am
As a general rule, we like to think we’re getting a great deal more creative when it comes to transport than we were 40 years ago. As it turns out…nope. These rail cars stowed 30 Vegas per car, nose d...
Put A Korky In It 2 Apr 2013 | 11:41 pm
The term “builders’ grade” is often slapped on a piece of hardware you’re almost sure wouldn’t pass muster any other way new, much less after 6 or 7 years. Apparently such a term was appropriate for t...
Dremel 4200 with EZ Change 29 Mar 2013 | 08:23 pm
We’ve seen every model of Dremel rotary tool and put most of them through the shop to test this or that feature, but we kept coming back to the old Dremel 100 that never failed us. The phaser-shaped S...
The Boxer 320: Giant Power In A Tiny Package 25 Mar 2013 | 05:43 pm
The Boxer 320 mini skid offers a number of badass features — but the most interesting is that for about $80, you can rent it for the afternoon at the local home center and fit it through the garden ga...
