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Tool Review: Milwaukee 2650-20 Impact Driver

If you love tools with power and rugged features, take a run at Milwaukee’s 2650-20 18-volt, Lithium Ion (Lion) powered impact driver. Here’s the lowdown:…

Cool My Garage

Cool Deal As we do more and more to make our houses work less and less to maintain a comfortable temperature — a smart move…

FixitUp Find: Warner #378 5-in-1 Glazier Knife

5 tools in 1 — and counting To say that I don’t enjoy painting could be construed as an exercise in understatement. Don’t get me…

FixitUp Find: Nebo Flashlight

So somebody gave me a Nebo flashlight a while back and it sat in the glove box of my truck. While I didn’t use it…

IBS 2008: Clement’s Top-20 Product Picks

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

FixitUp Find: Milwaukee Inspection Camera

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

The Rockwell JawHorse: Sawhorse, Clamp, 3rd Hand, and More. Much, Much More.

It takes just one look at Rockwell’s revolutionary JawHorse clamping workstation to tell that this tool has some serious chops (and I mean “chops” in…

La Tienda USA Lighting

Copper Craft I love awesome-ness. The awesomer the better. And when you’re talking about clients at the high end, you’re talking about customers working with…

FixitUp Find: Stiletto Remodeler’s Hammer

Smash and Grab Even though we don’t use them the way they’ve been used for decades, even centuries, a hammer is still an integral and…

FixitUp Find: Boar Blade

Boaring through. Okay, here’s something that makes sense: a recip saw-blade that cuts in two directions and, what’s more, is easier to use for plunge…

FixitUp Find: RainEscape

Dried Out Down Under One of the keys to an outdoor space that’s usable is its ability to stay dry when it rains. Uh, duh,…

FixitUp Find: Paslode PowerFramer PF350S

Full-On Framer I love tools that keep pace. For framing — and I mean force-framing, not just tacking some sticks together in a partition wall…