DRILL PRESS: A tall, upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and flings your beer across the room, denting the freshly painted project you had carefully set in the corner, where nothing could get to it.

WIRE WHEEL: Cleans paint off bolts and then throws them somewhere under the workbench with the speed of light. Also removes fingerprints and hard-earned calluses from fingers in about the time it takes you to say, "#@$%^&*!"

SKILL SAW: A portable cutting tool used to make studs too short.

PLIERS: Used to round off bolt heads. Sometimes used in the creation of blood blisters.

BELT SANDER: An electric sanding tool commonly used to convert minor touch-up jobs into major refinishing jobs.

A Seriously High-Buck LED Worklamp – ToolMonger

Festool is known for making high quality and high priced power tools, and ToolMonger also found that they make really high priced portable LED work lights. The Festool SysLite powers a total of six 3-watt LEDs that are said to produce a clear white light capable of brightening an entire room. It has an internal rechargeable battery, but it can also be plugged into the wall for extended use.

The competition surrounding oscillating tools is a view of capitalism as its best. Not only do we have more choices, but we are also getting better features at lower prices. Fein has been reducing their prices ever since, and deals are becoming more common.

Now until June 1, 2012 Woodcraft is running a free $20 gift card deal with purchase of the Fein MultiMaster Q. This is the MultiMaster starter kit and also includes the tool-less blade change feature. The MultiMaster Q is currently selling for $199, so the $20 gift card brings the effective price down to $179.

Fein MultiMaster Q - Woodcraft

It doesn't matter if you do woodworking, metalwork, or DIY home repair, one tool that you need to have in your shop is a heavy-duty vise; and when we think vise we think of Wilton. If you have a Wilton vise story, Wilton wants to hear about it. Your story and vise photo could win you $5000; but even of you don't win, Wilton will still give you one of their c-clamps (value $84). Wilton has been around for 71 years now, and there is probably a pretty good chance that you have used one of their vises in your lifetime. If you are like me, you might even own one that has been around for decades that you picked up second (maybe third) hand.

Be sure to read the complete rules from the contest page.