This post is sponsored by The Home Depot. Have you have ever found yourself precariously balancing a workpiece on your leg while doing your best impersonation of a flamingo? If so, you probably know how important having a nice, stable work surface is. Contrary to popular belief, a workbench is more than just a place to dump tools, random parts and the half-eaten portion of your fourth donut. Our sponsor Home Depot recently sent us a Husky workbench and a Husky five drawer base cabinet to see if that might nudge us towards a slightly more organized garage. Join us as we walk through assembling and evaluating these clutter-cutters as we help determine if they’re worthy of a spot in your shop or garage. Read More
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We’re Going to Need a Bigger Toolbox – The 200 Piece Husky Socket Set
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. Somehow all of my 17, 14 and 13mm sockets have morphed into a pile of 16mm sockets, ditto for the 9/16ths, ½” and 5/8ths, all somehow magically transformed into a jumble of useless 11/32nds and 3/16ths. I don’t think I’ve ever come across a 16mm nut in all my time wrenching, I’ve managed to construct some very elaborate configurations to adapt a socket to a totally inappropriate drive size in order to complete a job. It also seems that the wayward sockets I find on the side of the road while out riding my bike (you’d be surprised by the number) were placed there by the same malevolent force that is determined to prevent me from ever having the right socket for the job. Read More
