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Homeowner’s Must Have Tools We are taking our “professional remodeling” hats off for this review and putting on our “Basic Homeowner” hats. A lot of our reviews focus on the professional tools and best practices on the job site. We decided to start back at the basics with this article. Most of these tools are…
Fastening Crown Molding – My Go-To Method I want to share my method for fastening crown molding. I recently had several carpenters on a job site impressed by this technique—they’d never seen it before! I learned this method over 30 years ago from my mentor, and I’ve since modified it with the advent of GRK…
Shear-Cutting MARVEL Lineman’s Pliers (and Scissors) MARVEL pliers are produced by MARVEL Corporation, a Japanese company focused mostly on tools for the electrical trade. Their MVA-200 lineman’s plier is one of the few shear- (bypass) cutting lineman’s pliers available (as opposed to the traditional pinch cutters on almost all other lineman’s pliers). Since I’ve never…
Feature Rich BAUER Sawhorses from Harbor Freight The two BAUER sawhorses from Harbor Freight described here are cost-effective examples of feature-rich versions of this basic tool. After all, every pro and DIYer absolutely need a few sets of sawhorses, and today you have your choice of features over and above a basic stand. If you…
Lufkin Shockforce G2 Tape Measures The Crescent Lufkin Shockforce G2 tape measures are, as the name suggests, the Generation 2 (G2) versions of the original Crescent Lufkin Shockforce tape measures. When the Gen1 (G1) versions were first introduced a few years ago I reviewed them and really liked them. They were tough, feature-rich, and…
Zappos at Work: Avenger, CAT, Keen, Reebok, Timberland and Thorogood six-inch boots This is a brief review of six 6-inch work boots from Avenger, CAT, Keen, Reebok, Timberland, and Thorogood, selected by the experts at Zappos at Work specifically for me and my feet. I requested these boots through the Zappos at Work program, a…
Milwaukee PACKOUT Charging Station Being able to charge your batteries either on the job site or en route to the job site is important. We recognized after writing a recent article about the need for a 12v tool set and mobile storage that we wanted to try to build a mobile battery charging station so we…
Setting Up A 12 Volt Tool Set with Storage As a remodeling contractor, it is safe to say there are times for me when heavy-duty tools need to take the back burner and smaller voltage tools are needed. Punch list items, smaller projects call for small tools that don’t pack as much of a punch.…
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