Tools

Tile is a top flooring choice in both homes and commercial properties. There are multiple advantages of having a tile floor in your home or business. Not only does it look great, but it’s also very easy to clean and maintain. Tile flooring, with proper care, can withstand years of heavy traffic and still retain…

Metal is tough, but over time, it may begin to wear down. Your metal tools, like screwdrivers and punches, may become dull, leading you to replace them. Welded joints may have rough edges that don’t look great and that may even be sharp and dangerous. In situations like these, you don’t have to throw out…

When power saws were first invented, they were bulky and crude devices, able only to handle larger cuts. Over time, specialized band saws became a new refined tool that allowed woodworkers, metalworkers and other fabricators to use a continuous band of sharpened teeth to cut materials on a plane. Later refinements led to the invention…

Corded drills are useful for heavy-duty hole boring as well as for a wide range of other tasks. Tasks that can be made easier with this power tool include removing paint (with a wire brush wheel), fastening pieces, and stirring compounds. Below you will find a detailed look at some of the best drills on…

You want to mount new framed pictures in your living room, but driving it into the wall with a traditional manual screwdriver is a daunting task. Maybe you want to remove screws from the back of a toy to replace the battery for your upset child, but it just seems to be stuck. Perhaps you…

Working on automobiles requires a couple of different things. First, you have to have the skills to perform work on a vehicle in order to fix the problem. Even for smaller tasks like changing your oil, you should know what you’re doing, either from experience or by purchasing a service manual for your vehicle. Next,…

At its most basic, an impact wrench is a force multiplier for your own muscle power. You can apply your own torque — the force that rotates an object around an axis — on a lug wrench. Torque is measured in foot pounds — the work done by the force of one pound when a…

Whether you’re a residential or commercial contractor or you’re just tackling a few do-it-yourself projects at home, you know that you have to have the right tools for the job. From manual tools like hammers that are used for driving nails or a screwdriver for inserting screws to power tools like saws for heavy-duty projects,…

A belt sander is an invaluable tool for a certain set of jobs. They can also be a bit expensive, so you really want to be sure that you have a good one before you make the investment in a belt sander. We are a big fan of DIY and working with your hands, so…

Have you ever tried to manually drive a screw into a dense piece of wood? If so, you probably spent almost an hour trying to get it all the way in. Imagine if you had to manually drive in tens, hundreds, or even thousands of screws. It would take days; probably weeks. Fortunately there is…

Ever since the Swiss Army ingeniously combined a number of useful tools with a folding pocket knife over 100 years ago, the multitool has become one of the most functional and commonly used hand-held manual tools in the world. Coming in a wide variety of sizes and designs, multitools allow anyone to carry around a…

Everybody needs a hobby; something that they’re passionate about. Perhaps you’ve taken a recent interest in carpentry. Maybe you want to try your hand at it, but aren’t sure where to begin. There are a number of simple carpentry projects to get you started on the right path. Here are the top 10. 1. Metal…