Hold onto your hats, ladies and gentlemen! It’s another Tool News Nirvana and we have some great information for you! (It’s also getting colder outside, so those hats are coming in more and more handy this time of year.) In today’s edition, we have news of a new website from Irwin, new offerings from DEWALT and PORTER-CABLE, a free shipping coupon code from Ohio Power Tool and information about how you can win great prizes from My Fix It Up Life and yours truly, HomeFixated. Let’s get on with it, shall we? [click to continue…]
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Let’s face it, most air compressors are metal monstrosities. They are big, hulking, heavy and loud. When you’re doing a little light trim work, or even working with a 23 gauge pin-nailer, carting around or hooking a hose up to a 50-200 lb tank just isn’t practical most of the time. The market is filled with compact and semi-compact air compressors, but the Porter Cable C1010 Compressor is the first one we’re inclined to describe as “The Laptop of Air Compressors.” How useful can a tiny compressor like this be? It’s been a couple months since Porter Cable sent us one, and we’re ready to report back on what we found. [click to continue…]
We’ve been on the Oscillating Multi-Tool bandwagon for a while now. We’ve talked about the Fein Multi-Master, the Bosch MX25 Multi-X, and the Dremel Multi-Max, just to name a few. Inevitably, one complaint with almost every new Oscillating Multi-Tool is the lack of a tool-free quick-change for accessories. Not so with this review of the PC250MTK Oscillating Multi-Tool Porter Cable sent us a couple months ago. [click to continue…]
This edition of Tool News Nirvana might as well be considered a mega-edition. That’s partly due to a lot of new tool news, but mostly due to me not publishing Tool News Nirvana as often as I probably should. We’ve got news from every corner of the tool world, so read on! [click to continue…]
Heat guns are versatile tools used for everything from heat-shrink tubing for wiring to paint stripping. In fact the heat gun has been the go-to paint stripper for many until recently. Two big issues exist when it comes to paint stripping: 1) heat guns potentially vaporize the lead in lead paint (and you shouldn’t be dry-stripping lead paint anyway), and, 2) you might burn your house down. I’ve heard anecdotal stories about heat guns igniting an ember in a wall where paint stripping was underway and, so legend has it, the house eventually burned down. Curious about heat guns’ incendiary qualities, I decided to channel my inner Beavis and see if I could get some stuff to catch on fire using only the PC1500HG heat gun sent to us by Porter Cable. I of course observed all the safety precautions of an untrained but cautious professional, but please, don’t try this at home (or at your friend Butthead’s house). [click to continue…]
