Tool Blog

Who do we turn to when we need saving? Why the Justice League of course. But who does the Justice League turn to when the Hall of Justice needs saving from disrepair? Apparently they turn to the Craftsman Technician and his trusty Craftsman Bolt-On Modular Tool System.

If you do not own an impact driver you are missing out on one of the best inventions to become mainstream over the last decade. They are a God send to anyone who drives screws, and many who use an impact driver find it impossible to revert back to driving screws with a traditional powered drill/driver. To learn more, check out: What's the difference between a hammer drill and an impact driver? Bosch Tools was awesome enough to sponsor this month's giveaway and provide one of their NEW model IDS181-02 18-volt Impact Driver Kits, so that...

GloveLite Review – The Flashlight You Can't Drop – Homefixated The days of holding a flashlight in your mouth when you need two free hands are over. The GloveLite features two small LED lights that are placed on the thumb and forefinger of a glove and are ideally positioned to light your working hands.

When you are a tradesman there is balancing act that you are always faced with. There are only so many tools you can take with you, so you have to choose what stays and what goes, and this is why I like tools with more than one function. This is also why a company like Swanson makes a tool like the Savage SVK666 Folding Jab Saw/Utility knife. It takes two tools that are commonly used when working with drywall and combines them. But how well did Swanson do at pairing these two tools up? They sent us one so...

Flashlights are always handy to have around and the music from a radio seems to make the day go by faster, so why not combine the two into one compact package? Besides, you can't show off your slick dance moves in the dark.

How many of you have ever had the idea of building a dust collector from scratch? Mathias Wandel had this idea and decided to show us his progress on Youtube. A dust collector doesn't seem very complicated, but it turns out that there is a whole heck of a lot of engineering that goes into making one that works well. The hard part of building your own dust collector is coming up with a design that does a good job of filtering out dust but still has enough power and capacity to handle the debris that your tools throw...

Being on a show like Mythbusters it is pretty obvious that Adam Savage has a passion for making things. A person that makes things ranging from a small knick knack to a large catapult ultimately requires that he has a part for every situation and in every size. So with that many parts, how does he stay organized?

One thing I really hate is jobsite dust, especially concrete dust. It gets all over the finished woodwork and always finds a way into my lungs. So the way to combat dust is to use a vacuum or a dust extractor. But we need one small enough to fit in the truck with the rest of the tools, and Bosch has one in the new 3931B-SPB 6.6-gallon Wet/Dry Vacuum.

If you frequent the Tool-Rank blog it probably has something to do with you being a fan of power tools. If you also happen to be a fan of dubstep you might enjoy this video of tools being used as instruments to create the dubstep sounds. If you don't like dubstep, you still might appreciate the effort and skill required to make the music using only tools. Check it out below.

What do get when you put wheels on a belt sander, mini grinder, circular saw our any other powered hand tool? Well, if you are in Columbus Ohio, you have the Ohio Power Tool Races.