This post is sponsored by The Home Depot. After testing the Ridgid Impact Wrench (GEN5X Brushless model), I feel like I’ll never hand tighten any bolt with a ratchet again. You know the drill, reaching around, trying to find the nut with a crescent wrench at best, or, more likely, a pair of pliers or channel locks, while you hand-tighten a 5/8” bolt through a tight pre-drilled opening of a truss you are trying to fabricate. All while 16 feet in the air on a sketchy ladder, the 2×6’s pinching. You cuss as you reach for your hammer to punch the bolt through the wood, barely hanging on to the ratchet, wrench, washers and bolts. It gets better. Read on… Read More
Milwaukee Laser Distance Meter – Measuring Up, Down and Sideways
You’ve been there before: standing on an 8-foot ladder, reaching out as far as you can with your 30 foot tape measure, attempting to extend the tape just a little further… then, SNAP, the tape folds over on itself and you curse, reel it in and try again, and again, and again. Now, however, this new “laser” technology comes along making distance measuring a different kind of snap. Like virtually all major tool brands, the Milwaukee Laser Distance Meter is available in various models depending on your needs. Read More