FixitUp Find: Bosch’s 11241EVS Rotary/Chipping Hammer

The cream of the crop — but in no particular order … 1. C.H. Hanson Chalk Hog I love it when new dogs — or…

I love chalk boxes. The tool speaks to an old-fashioned (ancient even) innovation and cleverness that it seems like you don’t have occasion to see…

November 3, 2006/—There are tools, and there are tools. Some we use to build, others to manage our business. For contractors, both need to be…

When beauty and brawn meet in one package it’s worth a second look. The IWP Aurora custom fiberglass doors/jamb packages and the Simpson impact-resistant Mastermark…

I like simple and smart. When I find a product with those characteristics, I usually like it, too. That’s the case with TracRac’s T-Rac Pro….

I can only think of about … hmmmm … a billion times I could have used this. Milwaukee’s new Digital Inspection Camera looks awesome for…

If you haven’t looked into vinyl fence products in a couple of years, you might want to take another look. Those shiny, glossy, flimsy looking…

When I was a little boy, my mom had these great tweezers that could get any splinter known to creation out of my flesh, of…

Lots of lead carpenters, business owners who came up through the trades and artisan contractors have unofficial tests they give newbies. They’ll assign a task…

  October 23, 2010: Innovation Nation w/ Tools and Crafts Forget the humdrum-status-quo, we’re leaving it behind in a thermo-nuclear hurry. We’re all about Innovation…

Rise of the Saw Blade My experience has been that, when carpenters find a saw blade they like, they tend to stay faithful to it….

Warm is good. In winter my mind turns to keeping warm, and to smart solutions for keeping my customers warm — efficiently, cost effectively toasty…

If you like green, easier to care for grass and live in the northern tier of the country, check out some of the tricks we…

So here’s not my favorite job: scraping paint and coatings and repainting them. But to underestimate the importance of a proper paint job is to…

It’s typically in the winter months that the mind turns to sources and methods of heating. But if you live in a heating climate, any…