Tool Review: Bosch Pivoting-Head Drill
When it comes to power tools, bigger is sometimes better, but not when you’re looking to drill a few holes for a project and find that your drill is too large or unwieldy to accomplish the task.
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Tool Review: Syringe Applicators for Plastic Solvent Cements
If you’ve worked with acrylic or certain other plastics before, you might be aware that they bond best with solvent-based adhesives. Solvent-based cements provide the least mess and cleanest bonds if applied with care, helping your projects and enclosures look even better. Solvent cements are best applied via a capillary action, where you assemble the […]
Label Paint Cans with the Things They Painted
Alpha maker Craig Smith discovers the hard way that it’s a good idea to label paint and stain cans with the projects they were used on.
Tool Review: iSesamo Opening Tool
“Spudger” is a word well on its way into the limelight. Originally, “spudger” seems to have referred to a particular, fairly specialized implement described by Wikipedia as “a wiring tool used for poking or adjusting small wires or components, generally in the electronics and telecommunications industries.” But these days, “spudger” seems to be more commonly […]
Tool Review: Rockler Silicone Glue Brush
In today’s Toolbox, Sean Ragan takes a look at the Rockler Silicone Glue Brush.
Tool Review: DeWalt Tough Tool Box
Despite its modest appearance, DeWalt’s ToughSystem tool case is more aptly described as a portable “tool bunker” than a mere tool box. An impenetrable tool bunker…
Tool Review: Mr. Heater HERO
The Madagascar Institute in Brooklyn get cold, REALLY cold. We took pity on them and had a review unit of the Mr. Heater HERO, corded/cordless space heater, sent to them. Here is Hackett’s review.
