Tool Reviews By PRO Contractors
Contributing Editor Jeff Williams is a carpenter for a commercial General Contractor specializing in concrete, steel, and wood buildings. Jeff comes from a long line of contractors. His parents started a commercial General Contracting firm many years ago and it has afforded him life-long, hands-on learning opportunities from rough and fine carpentry all the way to structural steel and concrete. Jeff has a Construction Management degree and loves the thrill of coordinating and successfully managing large jobs from start to finish. Inspired by the difficulties sometimes encountered to complete punch lists his motto is, "Work hard until the job is done."
Milwaukee Fastback II Flip Utility Knife Review Last week a good size box arrived from Milwaukee Tool. The bulk of the package was taken up by the M12 FUEL™ 5/8″ SDS Plus Rotary Hammer Kit but sitting at the bottom of the box was the Milwaukee Fastback II. Even though I’ve only been using the knife for a […]
RIDGID 18v Drill and Impact Driver Combo Kit with Radio RIDGID just recently updated their outstanding Drill/Impact Combo Kit to now include a free radio for the same price as the two tool kit. It’s the same kit we reviewed back in September with the addition of the radio. This post serves as a quick […]
RIDGID Drill Press Review Model DP1550 For the past 3 months I’ve had the 15″ stationary RIDGID Drill Press in my shop and it has made a huge difference in the quality and accuracy of holes I’ve needed to drill. Like many people I relied on my cordless drill and my eye for a long time […]
5 Minute Jig: How to build a Bench Hook Don’t have much time today but still want to get out and build something in the shop? Take 5 minutes and 3 pieces of scrap and build yourself a bench hook. A bench hook is a great way to hold a work piece in place while […]
Milwaukee M12 FUEL™ 5/8″ SDS Plus Rotary Hammer Kit (2416-22XC) On Facebook and Twitter yesterday Milwaukee revealed a new tool coming out next month (May 2013). It’s the newest addition to the M12 Fuel line, a 5/8″ SDS Plus rotary hammer kit. It looks similar to the 2412 released earlier but with a faster brushless […]
Ryobi ONE+ Li-ion Drill and Impact Driver Giveawa For New Years did you resolve to complete some things on the Honey-Do list? Are you running out of steam to get them done? Ryobi wants to give one lucky reader a little motivation to knock out that project list. It’s the new Ryobi ONE+ Li-ion Drill and […]
Ryobi ONE+ Li-ion Drill and Impact Driver Kit #P882 The first part of January the Ryobi ONE+ Li-ion Drill and Impact Driver Kit showed up at my door step. At the time it was listed for $150 and the similar RIDGID kit was only $29 more. My initial impression was that the cost difference wasn’t enough […]
Veto Pro Pac Tech-Pac1 Backpack coming soon Veto Pro Pac, the maker of practically indestructible tool bags just posted to their blog last week that the new Tech-Pac1 backpack is coming this spring/summer. We’re huge fans here at Tool Box Buzz. We have reviewed their products before and they have made the Holiday Gift Guide two years […]
Shop Made Tools: Router Table Fence In the first post in this series I described how to build a router table into the RIDGID R4512 Table Saw. This post is about how I built a fence for this setup but the fence can be used with any router table. After the last post I used […]
Ryobi One+ 4-tool Super Combo Kit Review Where you hoping for a big box of power tools under the tree and Santa didn’t deliver? Have a lot of post holiday projects but not a lot of cash to spend on all the tools you need? The Ryobi One+ 4-tool Super Combo Kit may be just […]
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