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FixitUp Find: Center Mark

Remodeler and inventor Dave Crorey is at it again with a time-saving, frustration-saving and quality-enhancing addition to his Blind Mark system. He calls this one…

FixitUp Find: Porter-Cable 1500 Wet Cutting Tile Saw

In my life in home improvement it seems like there’s nothing customers don’t ask if I can do, and installing tile is one of them….

FixitUp Find: Fein Turbo II Dust Extractor

But please note I haven’t used the word “vacuum” yet. We’re talking dust extraction here, not voluminous vacuuming. There’s a distinction, and an important one….

FixitUp Find: Bosch RS35 Reciprocating Saw

It’s an easy case to make that you need to get your blood pressure up to rip down a building, saw out a cast-iron pipe…

811 Dig Safe Calls

May 20, 2006 — If you’re looking for a way to gamble with your own and your workers’ safety while risking a job shut-down and…

FixitUp Find: Stanley LED Flashlight

Hot Flash The problem is simple: darkness. Under a sink, between joist bays, under a crawl space and driveway between your shop and house ?you…

FixitUp Find: McGuire-Nicholas Tool Belt

My first tool belt matched my skills at the time: basic. It was a suede-leather apron-type, and I wore the bags in front. I loaded…

FixitUp Find: Shark Saws

If you like tools with a philosophy that informs their design, then Japanese tools are it. Like many things in Japanese culture, there’s great thought…

FixitUp Find: Milwaukee 6268-21 Top-Handle Jigsaw

I don’t use a jigsaw every day. No one does. That’s because jigsaws are the go-to when none of your other saws can get in…

FixitUp Find: Gardner Bender CircuitAlert

Smart Sense Here’s a tool whose time has come: Gardner Bender’s CircuitAlert. This series of tools, released a few years ago and recently upgraded, combines…

FixitUp Find: New Holland EH15 Excavator

After five minutes stretching a tape on my last estimate, it was clear I’d need more muscle — even with a stronger-than-The-Hulk apprentice. The job…

FixitUp Find: Hitachi C12LSH 12-inch Dual-Bevel Slide Compound Miter Saw

I tested Hitachi’s C12LSH 12-inch dual-bevel slide compound miter saw on my jobsites, trimming and power-cutting framing and other stock. The saw has lots of…