When you hear the name Hilti, most people are familiar with the brand’s highly-regarded tools used widely in commercial construction, but with the company’s European heritage and mindset, they are actually a much broader provider …
Written by: Michael Springer
That’s right, another year, another New Product Symposium with Milwaukee. It’s the company’s big show where they roll out all the new products they’ve been developing. Having attended every single NPS to date, I can …
Written by: Michael Springer
For quick pruning around the yard, we’re big fans of a one-handed recip saw coupled with a good pruning blade. That said, sometimes digging out a power tool for a quick trim on a tree …
Written by: Marc Lyman
This post is sponsored by The Home Depot. The socket section of my mechanics tool box bears a fair resemblance to a hockey player’s smile at the end of a long season, lots of gaps. …
Written by: Stephen
I un-fondly muse of yanking four score and seven million times on the starter cord of a gas string trimmer that sat idle for the winter. A breathless carb gummed by gooey regret led to …
Written by: Steve
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This post is sponsored by The Home Depot. Every so often, everyone needs a boost. Whether it’s to see what’s on that next shelf up, or to clamber 18’ up to tend the gutter garden, …
Written by: Phil
Getting ready for another season of doing battle with nature’s leafy creations? Tired of breathing two-stroke fumes and wearing sweaty hearing protection, or dragging a tangled extension cord? The engineers at Makita’s Outdoor Power Equipment …
Written by: Phil
No matter how lightly you tread, your shoes are high powered dirt magnets that inevitably bring the outdoors in. Luckily, others handle the indoor vacuuming at my home – it’s one of the perks of …
Written by: Steve
So what the heck is a biscuit joiner (or plate joiner)? Should biscuits even be joined without the benefit of the clergy? Or joined at the table with a cup of tea? The debate rages …
Written by: Stephen
In our recent full review of the Makita XDT14T impact driver kit, Steve noted that the world isn’t really desperate for another new impact driver. He’s right – there are almost as many impact drivers …
Written by: Phil