Archives for 2019

5 Useful Hand Tools – Which Have You Seen Before?

Here are 5 tools that might be new to you.

Would you switch or buy into another cordless power tool system?

Ryobi has come out with an interesting cordless LED area light that would be especially useful during power outages.

Ridgid came out with a new 18V cordless Mat Light that outputs up to 1500 lumens.

Happy New Year!

As I think about my favorite hand tools, Noga deburring tools come to mind.

Here’s some quick information about calipers and micrometers and how they differ.

AP on I Found this Skil USB-Charged Multi-Head Cordless Drill: “Seems decent but are the other tools good in this particular battery platform? I’m in all kinds of battery platforms…”
Stuart_T on This is a Really Cheap Japanese Style Pull Saw: “Oops… thanks for the warning. Hadn’t noticed that 🙁”
Stuart Hardee on A Quick Guide to Air Line Couplers and Plugs: “I’ve always used the automotive style fittings because that is what was used at the car dealership I first worked…”
BG100 on These New Dewalt Free Tool Deals are the Best so far: “And apparently Lowes doesn’t want to ship this product, it’s pickup or scheduled delivery only. You’re screwed it you live…”
fred on This is a Really Cheap Japanese Style Pull Saw: “That’s undoubtedly most of why hand tool quality declined. Perhaps the other part was the mass market that developed in…”
Ray on This Week on Tools in Social Media (10/15/25): “They may have stopped there, but you don’t have to – I 3D printed an insert to hold a small…”