There’s no shortage of utility knives in my home and shop. Our kitchen drawer usually has a couple of cheap knives with extendable snap-off blades. They lead a pretty cushy life, rarely getting summoned to do anything more strenuous than slicing through packing tape on the latest package from Amazon. My work knives don’t have it quite so easy; they may be scoring aluminum flashing or cutting shingles in the morning, and chewing through drywall in the afternoon. All of these activities are guaranteed to trash the average breakaway knife blade. We recently received a little box of assorted Olfa utility knives, which are definitely NOT your average breakaway knives. Cut out whatever you’re doing, stay sharp and join us for an incisive look. Read More
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Get Pumped Up Cordlessly – The Milwaukee Inflator
One thing that NEVER happens at a convenient time is the realization that you have a tire without enough air in it. Whether it’s on your truck, motorcycle, fixie hipster bike, trailer, or Lamborghini, finding a source of air for your low tire can be a major pain. For years, I’ve been using a tire inflator from C & H, and it has served us well. However it has the annoying trait of needing to be plugged in. When the folks in red recently released the Milwaukee M12 Cordless Inflator, we eagerly requested one in the hopes it might rescue us from one of those awkward, un-pumped situations. Read on for our experience using the Milwaukee inflator they sent our way for this review. Read More
