Work Site Tough Sometimes what you want is less rather than more. What DEWALT has done with this 19 piece set is to distill all the best bits from bigger sets and given the tradesman or keen DIYer a really … Continue reading
Ergonomic and Electric If you have been a regular user of Arrow staplers and nailers as I have been over the years, you would recognize that the Arrow brand is iconic. It is thoroughly American in the best way, in … Continue reading
Can they cut it? Drilling tiles and masonry is a serious business these days. Since individual tiles may cost literally Pounds each, and kitchen and bathroom fittings will be even more expensive, drilling the right hole in the right place … Continue reading
Future Driving – Now Anyone who has used a Wera product can’t fail to have noticed a certain superiority in performance that is designed and built in. I use my Wera bit sets constantly – almost to the exclusion of … Continue reading
Nailing It Around here in Sussex is a tradesman who specializes in constructing partition walls and on his van he advertises himself as The Nailer Man – with a graphic of a corded nailer. It seems to me that powered … Continue reading
I am a great believer in the ”if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ philosophy and for many users, the old shiny Arrow T50 ain’t broke… Continue reading
Glues have become a more debatable issue since I was a wee lad. When I started woodworking, I had a choice of animal glue that came in small dark pearls and had to be heated in a double boiler pot to get it ready for use, or the incredibly handy, new-fangled PVA glue that came ready mixed in a plastic bottle. This PVA was applied to the wood, cramped up and the bond was literally stronger than the wood itself. Compared to the animal glue it was a no-brainer as to which glue I chose to use. Continue reading
Cordless stapleguns have been tried by several manufacturers with varying degrees of success. Most of the previous generation of cordless staplers have either been underpowered because the weight has had to be reduced by having a smaller voltage battery… Continue reading
I never saw the point of hammer tackers until I needed one for use on a roofing job. Then all became very clear… Continue reading
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