FixitUp Find: Stanley FatMax Hammers

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

With 50 percent certified recycled content, new sustainable power tools from Stanley Black & Decker and Eastman are on the way to market. Sustainable is…

Hi, I’m Lexi. I was helping build a shelf on Sunday afternoon, and it involved hammering nails. I tried to use my dad’s hammer, but…

Prediction: If you’ve used a miter saw, you’ve been frustrated using a miter saw. True? There’s a reason for that and it’s not the saw’s…

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…

To accurately lay out door or drawer pulls we like to measure the hole location once, then transfer it to the other doors/drawers of the…

Looking for a great Father’s Day gift for Get-It-Done Dad? You’re in the rightest place there is. Here. And you can trust my my gift…

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.

This rip hammer is so good that I can’t describe it. The Vaughan hammer has a glorious chisel-claw with a nearly straight—but not straight—fetch.

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…

Hi, Fiskars 4-pound sledgehammer that’s been sitting in my shop. I realize that I haven’t spoken to you in a while, but now that we’ve…