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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…

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…

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…

November 17, 2006—This 25-gallon, horizontal-tank air compressor provides the go-juice for production speed. An air compressor needs to do more than deliver air to your…

After 15-plus years in the game, I’ve pretty much got what I carry with me in my tool-pouch dialed in. It’s important to me to…

When I want old work down and done — framing, plaster, drywall, outbuildings, whatever — I reach for my recip to take them apart, usually…

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…

Woodworkers and trim carpenters know about dowels and biscuits as faster, more modern ways to create what amounts to a mortise-and-tenon joint. But they’re not…

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

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…

While Theresa and I try to be pennywise, we try very hard not to be pound-foolish, especially when it comes to entry doors. An entry…

Small, fast and versatile are good traits on a jobsite, and tools exhibiting them are typically good news for builders. Pacific Laser Systems PLS2E is…

Back-To-Nature Ready-Strip Pro paint stripper does something other products don’t do according to the company—they do the work for you. Here’s an example: You’ve been…

I love the Makita BL1830 impact driver. It’s the tool I reach for when I’m building a deck, hanging doors or driving screws for just…

A lot of us out there runnin’ and gunnin’ every day have the outward image of, well, I’ll say it: macho dudes. Big trucks, framing…