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Ralph Mroz grew up in an extended family of tradesmen, and worked at the trades summers and weekends through school. He put those skills to good use in renovating the five houses he and his wife have owned. Even while working in the white-collar and law enforcement worlds, he's always had one foot in the construction trades.
Stiletto Carpenter and Trim Squares Stiletto is a name synonymous with titanium hammers, which they introduced to the trades. Rob is a big fan of the Stiletto TIBONE hammer, and I’m a big fan of their TRIMBONE hammer (my review of an earlier version here). Milwaukee Tool bought Stiletto in 2007 and has been expanding…
Milwaukee Framing Squares Best-in-Class 24 x 16 Framing Square Every carpenter has a framing square because every carpenter needs one. Not just framers, but anyone who makes things with wood, from finish carpenters to form setters. Milwaukee supplied us with three of their framing squares for review, including the made-in-the USA MLSQ024 24”X16” framing…
Crescent Siterunner Folding Jobsite Cart Tool carts are essential in industrial and commercial maintenance, but they’re rare in residential construction, despite their usefulness. The Crescent Siterunner Folding Jobsite Cart (from Crescent Tools, part of the Apex Tool Group) might be the first to change that. This review focuses on the Siterunner in residential construction. The…
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…
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…
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…
*Or Almost Free In my main tool bag are six very small, very light, and virtually free tools that I use all the time. They take up virtually no space, add no weight and cost nothing to at most a couple dollars. Yet I seldom see those tools in other people’s bags. Here they are.…
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