FixitUp Find: Stanley FatMax Hammers

Today, of course, our hammers hang from our belts, and we drive most of our nails with pneumatic tools, so who cares if there is…

In this Fiskars hammer review I’m taking a look at Fiskars 20-ounce IsoCore carpenter’s hammer. It rocks pro features with a DIY price. When I…

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…

I took Mommy to the jobsite the other week. It was a Sunday. I looked at some truck books while I let her drive me….

If your adrenaline doesn’t spike when you see Stanley’s FUBAR III wrecking bar, I’d be a little worried. One look and what you see is…

It’s counter-intuitive to think about how a square—and L-shaped piece of steel—can lay out an angled structure like a stair carriage or rafter. This drawing…

Since Stanley sent us the 20-800 Adjustable Angle Clamping Miter Box some years ago for us to look at, we’ve been setting it up on…

These days I carry Estwing’s 19-ounce Ultra Series Smooth Face Rip Claw Hammer with Leather Grip. It is my every-day carry. And this Estwing hammer is awesome.

January 30, 2010: What Happens in Vegas with Tom Silva and Norm Abram from This Old House. Mark & Theresa find out what Norm Abram…

Congratulations to Lana from La Vista, Nebraska, the lucky winner! She will receive a Stanley Tools FatMax Superpack, customized just for MyFixitUpLife! Check out our…

Mark and Theresa take you inside Extreme Makeover: Home Edition’s 200th episode where they built 7 houses in 7 days. Listen to a heartfelt tearful…

Do deck builders really an need axe-handle hammer? Mark talks with Professional Deck Builder Magazine. After all, we’re not framing walls, where a curved handle would…

It’s a longer distance from the corner of a square or rectangle to its center than it is from a parallel edge. That’s why when…

If you’re old enough, you remember nailing off decks with fistfuls of hot-dipped-galvanized sixteens. Your bags were loaded with pounds of nails, and your hammer…

When installing drywall or framing a partition wall perpendicular to an outside wall, say while refinishing a basement, it is often the case there is…