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Three New Crescent Lufkin Tape Measures Crescent Lufkin has recently introduced three new tape measures, all featuring their highly visible NITE EYE green-on-black tapes. The lineup includes the Gen 3 SHOCKFORCE, WORKHORSE, and CONTROLTOUCH models. Each comes with a full lifetime warranty and is available in various configurations: different lengths, imperial or metric, with or…
LEXIVON Tool Review: High-End Performance Without the Truck-Brand Price There’s a big gap between throwaway homeowner tools and high-priced truck brands—and that’s exactly where Lexivon operates. Their lineup focuses on the core tools mechanics and serious DIYers actually use: torque wrenches, impact-rated sockets, hex bit sets, and adapters built from Cr-Mo, Cr-V, and S2 steel.…
Why There’s No Such Thing as the Best Hammer A few decades ago, the hammer was the tool carpenters used seven out of eight hours a day. Today, pneumatic nailers and battery-powered nail guns have largely replaced hand-driven nails for most carpentry work. Even so, every carpenter, and most other tradespeople, still carry a hammer. Whether it’s…
The Best “Carpenter” Sawhorse I feel like I’ve been on a quest my entire career as a carpenter to find the unicorn of sawhorses. By that I mean a pair of sawhorses that stores well, are durable, open easily, support a lot of weight, and don’t break after 2 months or immediately after dropping them…
RIDGID 18v Cordless Grease Gun Review – Model R860445 If you’ve ever spent half your day hand-pumping grease like you’re trying to inflate a truck tire with a bicycle pump? Then you already know why these things exist. Cordless grease guns make maintenance faster, easier, and a whole lot less of a shoulder workout. They…
How Much Protection Do Exterior Doors Actually Provide? Most homeowners assume their front door is a barrier. In reality, it’s a time-delay system. A door’s job isn’t to be indestructible. It’s to slow entry long enough to increase noise, effort, visibility, and risk. If it forces an intruder to work hard, make noise, or stay…
Husky 20” PRO Tool Tote The Husky 20-inch PRO Tool Tote is a great example of why Husky tool totes and bags are seen everywhere on jobsites, in use by pros of every trade as well as by DIYers. Husky, as most readers know, is one of the Home Depot house brands. The Husky brand…
More Free Tools I don’t think it’s too much of a stretch to consider something a free or almost free tool if it is either actually free or costs about what a couple cups of coffee do. Earlier, I posted six of them that I find very useful, but don’t see tradies using much at…
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