We are excited to bring you a power tool review of the Bosch 18V Lithium combo kit.  For as much as we love Bosch power tools, this is only our second Bosch tool review.  Our first review was the Bosch Bulldog.  For this review the Bosch 18V Lithium model number is CLPK40-180.  [Read More...]

  Cold Weather Work Gloves Overview Mechanix Wear gloves have been around for all most 20 years.  They got there name or their start in 1991 when they were used by pit crews in the Dayton 500, hence maybe the name.  Over the years they have grown and become one of the leading [Read More...]

  Painter’s Pyramid Overview You may remember our review of the Painter’s Pyramid. If not, you can take a look at the pyramid review.  For a quick review, the Painter’s pyramid is a great way to stain, paint, or finish your work in one sitting.  The system allows [Read More...]

     Campbell Hausfeld Overview Well, this has been one of our longest reviews.  Over three months in the making.  Usually with our reviews we can wrap them up in a couple of weeks with all the different tests and runs on a jobsite or two.  The Campbell Hausfeld was different.  [Read More...]

    Well by now you have probably heard the major news,  Stanley and Black & Decker are merging and will now be called Stanley Black & Decker.  The news was announced November 2009, but today marks a major hurdle as the Hart-Scott-Rodino antitrust review period [Read More...]

  Milwaukee is considered one of the top professional power tool manufacturers around.  You can learn more about Milwaukee on our tool page. Milwaukee was stagnant for a while in introducing new power tools, but lately they have been coming out with new tools and leading [Read More...]

  Skil Reciprocating Saw Overview  The Skil Reciprocating saw is part of the Skil combo kit we reviewed.  The Skil saw uses an 18V Lithium Ion battery system to power the saw.  So looking at the battery we know it has some power to cut.  Taking a closer look at some of the [Read More...]

    We get a lot of emails about this Stanely measuring wheel, so we decided to go out and buy one to try.  You can pick this wheel up at all most any hardware store, it is very common.  Now you may be asking yourself, what would I ever use a wheel for?  Basically, a [Read More...]

Bosch introduced its new 12V Max Lithium Ion metal shear.  This cordless shear cuts up to 18 gauge metal.  Bosch claims this is 3-4 times lighter than competition and 50-60% less cost.  We haven’t had our hands on this shear yet, but from what we have heard this delivers [Read More...]

    We have received a lot of emails over the past couple of months about using an iphone on the job site, so we thought it would be appropriate to cover some of the basics such as protection and different apps. Iphone has been a craze ever since it was introduced, and now with [Read More...]