This post is sponsored by The Home Depot. I’ve always whipped out a hack saw or angle grinder and abrasive disc when I wanted to cut some metal. Or, for thin sheet stock, the trusty old tin snips. A few years ago I got my first carbide-toothed metal-cutting miter saw blade. We’ve all heard about how fragile carbide teeth are, so it might be a surprise that such a thing even exists. Yet here we are; cutting steel with the Diablo Steel Demon cermet carbide-toothed blade. On a circular saw, no less! For a new favorite way to cut mild and stainless steel, we reverently say “hell-o” to this heavenly red devil! Read More
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Milwaukee USB Flood Light Review – This Little (Rechargeable) Light Of Mine
This post is sponsored by The Home Depot. One of the many things I’ve learned the hard way over the years is that any project I’m working on is much less likely to end badly if I can actually see what I’m doing. Whether I’m slithering through a nasty crawl space or attic, destroying my back by jamming my torso into a sink base cabinet, or performing cut-rate surgery at the local free clinic, if I don’t have good light, you can bet I’ll be cursing the darkness. The combination of better Lithium-Ion batteries and cheaper, better LEDs has resulted in a lot of great battery-powered LED work lights hitting the market in the past couple of years. They range in size from small portable lights to big tripod-mounted beasts suitable for lighting your aircraft hangar. The Milwaukee USB Flood Light we just received is at the smaller end of the scale; join us for an illuminating look at its features. Read More
