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Job Site Routers For The Carpenter: As a renovation carpenter that often finds myself dealing with rotted window sills on Monday and installing a built in bookcase on Tuesday I have a myriad of tools and have to be prepared for anything. Part of that tool arsenal is my job site routers. I have routers…
Stanley Tool Media Event 2012 I just got back from the Stanley Media event in the Westin New York Hotel and learned that Stanley, Dewalt and Bostitch have 250 new tool releases scheduled for this year – WOW! I saw and played with may different tools but many of them are not ready for release yet…
How To Remove A fence Post or Other Post From the Ground Dear Concord Carpenter, What would be the best way to remove a fence post? I’m replacing sections of my stockade fence and am having difficulty removing the post from the ground. Thanks Mike L Dear Mike, The quickest way I’ve seen is to…
Waste Management’s Bagster Dumpster in a Bag By now you might have seen job sites in your area with the bright green bag labeled ” Bagster Dumpster In A Bag.” I recently discovered them and now use the Bagster bag as a quintessential part of my remodeling companies waste removal. I run a small remodeling company and prior to learning about the Bagster bags…
Racor PBS-2R Two-Bike Floor Stand: Racor Home Storage Products recently sent me some home storage solutions to try out in my tool trailer, shed and basement workshop and then report back. One item I tried out was their two bike stand. The stand allows you top lets you quickly store 2 bikes in their upright…
Butcher Block Counter Gluing up a Maple butcher block counter: Butcher block counter tops are natural, beautiful, practical, renewable, economical, and, contrary to popular belief, one of the safest, most sanitary kitchen work surfaces available. A customer of mine recently asked me if I was willing to glue up two sections of butcher block counter…
Senco compressor and three nailers: The folks at Senco recently came out with their PC1279 comb kit which includes an six gallon, oil-less pancake air compressor and three-nailer combo kit and a ¼” x 25′ air hose. The nailers are: FinishPro 35 angled finish nailer, The FinishPro 35 drives 1¼”to 2½” 15 ga. nails, the finish nailer…
Kobalt 27-Piece Standard 1/4-in and 3/8-in Drive Xtreme Access Socket Set I consider carpenters mechanics – we fix things and work with carpentry tools but don’t often get a chance to use mechanic tools like socket sets too often. Most times we get to use a socket set when building structural frames like headers, beams…
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