Rockler Announces Nordy Winners for 2013

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So what is a NORDY you might ask?  I asked myself the same thing when I opened my email with the announcement from Rockler Woodworking… Here’s what the email from Rockler said: “We are proud to announce the winners of the first annual NORDYS Video Contest. Instead of just one “Best Picture” award, NORDY winners [...]

Prank Video From our Friends at Tools In Action

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  That Whacky Dan & Eric We are fortunate enough to get invited to a lot of media events hosted by various tool and building products manufacturers. At these events, we get to know the other online publishers, magazine editors, and other key players in our business.  We become friends with them, and believe it [...]

Dremel Trio – A Workshop In Your Hand

Dremel Trio

Dremel Trio Review It cuts, it sands, it routs. At least that’s what Dremel says. I’ll say it’s a pretty handy tool to have around the shop. Dremel Trio Overview I first saw it at the Hardware Show in Vegas last year (2011). For some reason, it stood out amongst the other tools in the [...]

Great Stuff Wipes – Review (video)

Video Review – Great Stuff Wipes

Great Stuff Wipes If you use Great Stuff Expanding Foam, you probably already know that its strength is its weakness – it’s sticky! It’ll stick everywhere; on the project, on your fingers, on your clothes…you get the point. So did they, apparently, because they’ve introduced these Work Wipes that will take that sticky off the [...]

Quick Clamp Tip – Keep it Quick!

Tool Tip – Keep Your Quick Clamps Quick

Here’s a great tip for restoring your old, sticking Quick Clamps to almost-new performance.

LED Light Panels – Tool Review (video)

Video Review – LED Light Panels

You can find literally dozens of uses for these LED Light Panels.  They snap together to make a large panel, or you can use them individually.  The lights are perfect for videos, photography, shop lighting, work lighting, and more.  They are bright and relatively inexpensive when compared to other brands on the market.  Check out [...]

CreteSheet Concrete Mixer – Tool Review (video)

Video Review – CreteSheet Concrete Mixer

          The CreteSheet is an innovative way to mix and pour small amounts of concrete. The tool doesn’t make the concrete any lighter, but it does make it easier to handle. It’s ideal for setting fence posts, core-filling short runs of concrete block, or fitting cement galoshes. Here’s a look at [...]

Quick Pick – 2011 National Hardware Show: Craftsman NEXTEC QuickBoost Charger

Craftsman has developed a charging system for their NEXTEC line of tools called the QuickBoost Charging System.  It was designed to give dead batteries a quick charge allowing you to finish the job without having to stop for 30 minutes or an hour while the battery charges.  We will get one to try out, but [...]

News – Backhoe Operator Deserves a Round of Applause!

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Do they teach this in backhoe school? Brad Staggs just sent me a link to a video that he’d watched from a Viral Newsletter he gets, and I have to say, it’s quite impressive.  I have no idea who is in the video or if this is standard practice, or just a fluke, but it’s [...]

News – IRWIN Tools presents the 2011 Ultimate Tradesman Challenge World Finals

I’m headed to Bristol, TN a little later this month to check out the latest tools and accessories coming from IRWIN Tools. While there, I’ll get to check out the Ultimate Tradesman Challenge.  Here’s a bit of information from the Irwin press release: IRWIN® Tools, a world-class manufacturer and marketer of a broad line of [...]