ToolBox Blog

Toolbox blog was created to archive some of the thousands of tools that I own. As a contractor and constant blogger, I spend a great deal of my life in my workshop or on my computer. I am focusing my tools on one site so we can refer to them and maybe one day have a decent resource. I am always looking for fixes, advice, opinions and reviews before I buy and sometimes much later down the road. Who else owns tools from the 1900’s? I do and I use them.

This is a new site. With your help I can develop an effective format to share my experience.

Please take a few second while you are here to:

• Leave a comment
• Lend your opinions
• Share your experience
• Feel free to ask a question

My friend and I are always buying new tools and trying to bust them down, some prove themselves and others get cursed and tossed in a 20-yard dumpster. (Uhm, we won’t be seeing tools that bit the dust. On toolboxblog.com you’ll find tools I own and use.)

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- Greetings:

Today, I’m finishing up 10 mahogany awning windows I fabricated for a contemporary house in New England. The tools I’ve got on my table this afternoon include:

• Fein MultiMaster MSxe 636 II
• Rigid R2600 5″ R.O. Sander
• 1″ Chisel – (I bought in a hardware store in Prague)
• 2″ Purdy XL-Glide Brush
• X-I-M Primer
• 3″ Foam Poly-Brush(es)
• Klean-Strip Wood Bleach
• …and a slew of Sikkens products

The windows are being stained on the interior faces and painted with an exterior primer on all other sides. Read more »

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I just ordered some solid tires to replace the dreaded pneumatic tires on my Harper Hand Truck. After checking with Google shopping I chose Amazon.com for it’s free shipping and splurged for the Tricam MH2375 Universal 10-Inch No Flat Tire, Red
I chose the red ones because, at the same price, they look ridiculous. A bonus.

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Just checking in to let you know I’ll be updating the site a bit more regularly now that I’ve returned from a long summer break.

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Tool: A Sheetrock Saw

Guess what tool I needed but didn’t have with me today! Since I emptied and removed my truck boxes to move something huge, I haven’t quite returned all the tools to the box. I’ve been carrying nearly 100 hand tools for the past forever and thought I’d go through them and carry just what I need. Today I needed a sheetrock saw and didn’t have one with me so I used a razor knife.

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Tool: Old Allway Tools Handy Saw.

Sometimes I liken my learning to hacking my way through a jungle, seldom taking time to cut a precise path. In my haste to use a tool to complete a task I sometimes overlook features of the tool, possibly even features that would improve my experience.

I recently added the Allway Tools Handy Saw to ToolboxBlog.com as one of the tools in my red toolbox. That Handy Saw I had owned since I was a youngin’. I dicsovered I also own this very old Allway Tools hand saw. Read more »

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Tool: Workforce 16 ounce Hammer

I keep a few spare hammers in My Red Toolbox. This Workforce hammer cost a few dollars at a nearby Depot and has rarely, if ever, been used.

Experience:

I don’t need to say much about it except that as an employer I find myself lending a hammer to unskilled labor from time to time. Lending tools isn’t a big favorite of mine but when it’s a $7 hammer I have no qualms. I bought 3 hammers for less than $20 and found that one has become my day-to-day 16oz hammer.

This wooden handled 16 oz. Workforce Hammer is just along for the ride as a spare in My Red Toolbox.

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