Ryobi ONE+ 18V HP SWIFTClean Mid-Size Spot Cleaner

By John Peachey

Ryobi ONE+ 18V HP SWIFTClean Mid-Size Spot Cleaner If you own a car with cloth upholstery, there is a good chance you have stains on that upholstery.  If you own a house with rugs, there is an excellent chance you have stains on those rugs, especially if you also have pets or children!  Dirt and…

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Dome Ovens Pizza Oven Review

By Dan Wheeler

Pizza Oven Installation There’s nothing like the smell of a wood-fired pizza cooking, but imagine having that smell in your own backyard or patio. The Dome Ovens pizza oven can make that a reality. Dome Ovens offer a quality hybrid pizza oven that is fueled by wood or gas and is sure to be the…

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HOSELINK Retractable Garden Hose Reel

By Robert Robillard

HOSELINK Retractable Garden Hose Reel Review I’ve been a homeowner for 33 years and for 32 of them I’ve struggled with garden hoses and nozzles. A good garden hose is not cheap, but then what do you do with it when not in use. For example, do you hang it on a rack or roll…

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WARMBOND BondStove Fire Pit Review

By Jeff Deitz

WARMBOND BondStove Fire Pit Claims of the first smokeless fire pit to hit the market run back to 2014.  Over the last several years however, there has been an explosion of new designs and a red-hot market to bring smokeless fire pits to the backyard, tailgate, or campsite.  One of the newest contenders in this…

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Building A Wheelchair Accessible Workshop

By Robert Robillard

The Wheelchair Woodworker – Helping To Build A Dream WorkShop Earlier this year, Jason McGee, a disabled yet hopeful woodworker from Sherman Illinois reached out to us for help and guidance in setting up a woodshop in his home garage.  He’s a fan of ToolBoxBuzz and has been enjoying our YouTube channel and wanted to…

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Wood Shaper Table UPGRADE

By Robert Robillard

Custom Wood Shaper Table| Using Rockler Components In my workshop, I use my wood shaper primarily to mill frame and panel doors and sometimes wainscotting panels. To do this precisely, and work safer, I use sliding sleds that are indexed into the miter slot. I’ve encountered some quality issues when milling long stock, for example…

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CAT 18” 60V Chainsaw

By Ralph Mroz

A New Kid on the Block: the CAT 18” 60V Chainsaw The CAT 18” 60V Chainsaw (model DG631) is one of the tools in the new line of CAT-branded outdoor power equipment (it also comes in a 16” version).  I recently looked at CAT’s new 21” lawn mower, another new CAT-branded OPE tool, and found…

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When and How to Refinish a Mahogany Deck

By Robert Robillard

How to Refinish a Mahogany Deck | 4 Steps As a carpenter, I install my share of screen porches, decks, and stairs, and while the trend is leaning towards composite decking there are still a fair amount of folks who like Mahogany and Ipe decking. One of the most often asked questions I get on…

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