Marc Lyman 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 …
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My wife has been hearing things. At first I was alarmed. Then she told me it wasn’t voices telling her to kill me in my sleep. Instead, it was thumps, dragging and scratching sounds. “Did …
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Thanksgiving week is here already and many of us are gearing up to cook up some large birds. I can almost feel that tryptophan coma setting in right now. Most of us are cooking in …
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November brings with it cooler temps but hotter tools, thanks to the annual STAFDA convention (Specialty Tools and Fasteners Distributors Association). It also brings some hot parties thanks to several of the major tool brands. …
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Back when we first purchased our house, one of my first projects was to strip several decades of paint from a door. I did what most people unfortunately do in that situation, I went to …
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Gear, Safety, Tools, Woodworking
Our sponsor Rockler just recently started offering a tool that looks more like something you’d find when running through the Transportation Safety Administration’s personal-space-intrusion-gauntlet at your local airport. However, instead of being tasked with finding …
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Earlier this year we reviewed the Makita 18v Vac and found it to be a very handy cleanup tool, particularly if you already own a few other Makita 18v tools. But what if you like …
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Yesterday, we talked about the H3R Performance MX250C rechargeable fire extinguisher, and some basic fire and extinguisher safety tips. Today, we’re wrapping up the last day of Fire Prevention Week with a discussion about disposable …
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Normally the word “sexy” and “fire safety” don’t exactly go hand-in-hand. Imagine our surprise when we were recently leafing through Wired magazine and found a gorgeous looking chrome fire extinguisher in their “Fetish” feature. We …
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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 …
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