Tag: review

This morning we’re featuring a guest post by William, one of our regular readers. William bought a scratch-and-dent Gladiator tool chest on the cheap, restored it, and reviews it below. If you’d like to share your DIY story, we’d love to hear it. Check out How to Get Featured on OPC. … I recently purchased this Gladiator Garageworks Modular GearDrawer from a discount tool shop.... 

We hate being tardy, but we’re awfully late to the game on reviewing this entry in the oscillating multi-tool category. Skil shipped us the Multi-Tasker several months back, and we just haven’t been doing many projects that require an oscillating tool. For the projects that have required one, we’ve been using our Rockwell Sonicrafter or Dremel Multi-Max, interchangeably. Getting... 

I hope everyone had a great holiday! I took a brief hiatus between Christmas and New Years, and now it’s back to the grind (literally). Today’s article is about the Drill Doctor 500X which uses a diamond sharpening wheel to give drill bits new life. Drill Doctor offered us the opportunity to use their 500X model, and over the holidays, I put it to the test. I wanted to know how easy it... 

Kobalt’s new Double Drive masquerades as a typical screwdriver, but under the hood, the Double Drive is actually a very innovative take on the ratcheting driver that’s been around for decades. The Double Drive’s claim to fame is its ability to drive a screw either forward or backward, regardless of which direction the operator turns the handle. As a result, the Double Drive can drive... 

A couple of months ago, Fred shared how we installed pegboard in our new workshop. Before we put up the pegboard, we painted it black with our Graco paint sprayer. In addition, we painted strips of wood we used for hanging the two sheets. Well the review is long overdue, but I wanted to share our experience with the Graco TrueCoat Plus.Graco TrueCoat Plus Review Graco offers a number of professional... 

About a month ago, we were contacted by the folks from Mr. Heater about a new product called Mr. Heater HERO. It’s a small form factor, propane heater similar to the forced-air, propane heaters you see contractors use on a job site. The claim to fame is that Mr. Heater HERO provides quiet, powerful, spot heat without needing an extension cord.How it Works Mr. Heater HERO setup is fairly simple.... 

Over the past year we’ve become fans of Home Depot’s Ridgid brand, primarily for handheld power tools (under the “Fuego” brand), and especially for cordless drill drivers. Home Depot licenses the Ridgid and Ryobi brands to several manufacturers for development. The lion’s share of portable handheld tools from both brands are developed by a company called TTI, with the... 

While I’m reliving all my Tuscaloosa memories, I might as well share about some gloves that really came in handy. You might remember the Ansell Heavy Duty Impact gloves we had in the Rewards Center. Well Ansell was kind enough to throw in a pair of the Heavy Duty Leather gloves for us too.The first day in Tuscaloosa we were putting together framing members (like headers) for a house that had... 

Who can guess what Rick Perry and I have in common? That’s right- we both stepped in it. If anyone watched the GOP debate a couple weeks ago, you couldn’t miss the blunder as Perry tried to name three federal departments he planned to cut. Afterward, Perry said, “I’m glad I had my boots on tonight. I stepped in it out there.” Well I stepped in it too. In Tuscaloosa I stepped... 

I’m going to insert myself here on Ethan’s and Fred’s tool-reviews turf and slip in one I had occasion to review this weekend. While everyone else is out shopping on Black Friday, every year, Fred and I have a tradition of our own: the Annual Raking of the Leaves.  Our house backs up to a state park here in Maryland, so we procrastinate in the face of overwhelming pile-ups wisely...