FixitUp Find: The Clydesdale

For years power tool companies and other manufacturers have sold various accessories for cordless drill/drivers. Usually some assortment of driver and/or drill bits, they typically…

Senco is passionate about their nails. They love to talk about nails and what buying the best nails means to builders in the field. They’re…

I love the modern materials that go into doors theses days — everything from MDF to fiberglass — but there’s still nothing like the look,…

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…

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…

Being a carpenter isn’t always fun. We work hard, in the weather, and it’s a tough way to make a buck. There are, however, aspects…

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…

With the massive weather events from fire to tornado scouring the US with what seems like increasing frequency and intensity, it’s almost easy to forget…

Here’s an idea I could have used about a billion times — the Metwood Joist Reinforcers. These light gauge steel plates are simple, simply brilliant,…

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…

Sometimes my favorite products are simple staples that help get the job done faster-better-easier. But as tools and materials change, those old stand-bys need to…

Like so many great ideas, this one is stolen. Shamelessly, I might add (if that’s even necessary). I’ve now seen a couple of contractors whose…

If you’re looking for singular beauty in a stone feature for a house, you’ll find it in soapstone. You’ll also find flexibility, because soapstone is…

We like under-cabinet lights and specced them for our latest kitchen reno. Problem is, typical under-cabinet lights are placed beneath the shallow cabinet carcass (usually…

If you build decks, renovate basements, and do every other kind of home improvement project, then the McGuire-Nicholas might be the best tool belt for you, too.