Working with cold fingers is frustrating and unproductive at best, and painful and dangerous at worst. Especially when the temps are in the single digits, and you’re working with tools and materials that are trying to slice and dice YOUR digits. Having lived most of my life in areas where it gets COLD in winter, I’ve had plenty of experience with cold – and even frostbitten – fingers. Since apparently the weather in Milwaukee also gets nippy in winter, the folks in red were motivated to come up with something that would keep working hands warm AND protected. The result was Milwaukee Cut Resistant Insulated Gloves, and they sent some along for this hands-on review. Read More
Safety
How To Safely Hang An Air Filtration Unit In Your Shop – Without Help
So you got yourself one of those hanging air filtration thingies for your shop (yay you!). That was a smart move. Now how in the world are you going to get that heavy beast up to the ceiling? Even with assistance, they can be a real bear to hang without injury. The larger, the more difficult. Because we’d prefer our awesome readers to breathe clean air AND not be laid up in a recovery room, we bring you this simple hooks and chains method of more safely hoisting a heavy air cleaner. Even if you’re stuck doing it by yourself. Read More
