Tool: Yankee Handyman No. 133H, North Brothers Manufacturing Company As usual, before I write about a tool on ToolboxBlog.com, I do a bit of online research to see what other’s are saying. Thanks to Ron’s Woodshop, I learned a little about the number system with this old Yankee driver. If Ron is correct, the number [...]
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Tool: M. Klein & Sons Lineman’s Plier No. 201-8NE Shortly after I reviewed the 2011 Klein-Kurve Wire Stripper I was in my shop cleaning up and clearing out some tools I haven’t used in a while when I came across my old, and I mean really old, Klein side cutters. This pair of M Klein & Sons [...]
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Tool: Bahco Triangle Detail Scraper I really like this little scraper. It’s a dangerous little beast and can cut through most finishes, if not most materials. I’m certain if Carry Underwood dug the Bahco scraper into the side of her boyfriend’s suped-up 4-wheel drive it would have been irreparable. Rating:
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Tool: Klein 11055 Klein-Kurve Wire Stripper As a carpenter, my job includes a little of everything but most of the wire pulling, stripping and connecting on a job site is left to the electricians. As a handyman, though, the tasks of the electrician are commonplace and buying the correct tool for a job increases one’s [...]
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When I’m not reaching for a pencil I’m likely to be reaching for one of the little tools sitting on a slice of reclaimed mahogany that I use more than all the tools on ToolboxBlog.com. Oddly enough, I only bought a few of them. It’s interesting how some of the tools I appreciate the most [...]
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