It’s been a busy week here at Toolmonger. If you’ve been spending time in the shop — you should! — and you haven’t had a chance to keep up with Toolmonger this week, we suggest you start with these posts, which our readers helped to select:
Jot Some Notes On A MagNote
Stick one of these MagNotes [...]
Talk about Doh! I look back fondly on December of ’08. I look back on it fondly because it was the last time my shop was functional. It’s my own fault. Seriously, take a look at this picture and tell me this is the shop of someone on the ball. This, quite frankly, is what [...]
Growing up in the video-game era, I can honestly say that most of the time I heard the phrase, “Drop a new engine in it,” I got the idea that it was something that takes about twenty minutes and suddenly you could turn a Yugo into a GTO. After all, you could do it in [...]
Every time I watch Ax Men I remember why I’m not in the logging business: loggers don’t have good days. Okay days are when no one gets hurt and you think you might still have a job next week. Most days, or at least the ones we see on the show, begin or end with [...]
Last week was a busy week here at Toolmonger — which is why we’re putting out the top five on Monday instead of Friday, doh! If you’ve been spending time in the shop — you should! — and you haven’t had a chance to keep up with Toolmonger this week, we suggest you start with these [...]
Last week was a busy week here at Toolmonger — which is why we’re putting out the top five on Monday instead of Friday, doh! If you’ve been spending time in the shop — you should! — and you haven’t had a chance to keep up with Toolmonger this week, we suggest you start with these [...]
After watching this week’s FuBar III demolition demonstration, one reader commented that he’s surprised none of us was injured. Guess what? I was. You can’t see it in the video when it happens, but at one point I put the FuBar completely through the wall and caught my thumb on the wall itself. (I was [...]
Remember old-school Toolmonger that was all young, dumb and full of… vigor? So do we. Check out what we were discussing a year ago this week:
A friend of ours owned up to once conceiving the brilliant idea of cleaning his pilot-light-equipped cooktop with WD-40. Doh!
We suggested that you buy an ice scraper for your car [...]
Remember old-school Toolmonger that was all young, dumb and full of… vigor? So do we. Check out what we were discussing a year ago this week:
We ran across Bosch’s “Dimpler,” a drywall screw setter that attaches to pretty much any power driver, leaving screws at their perfect depth every time.
We posted an early “Doh!” in [...]
Remember old-school Toolmonger that was all young, dumb and full of… vigor? So do we. Check out what we were discussing a year ago this week:
We touted ProVision’s “Eagle” fiber optic scope as a great way to look inside that engine for just $225 — a lot cheaper than a tear down. Now Ridgid makes [...]
Friend of Toolmonger (and sometimes contributor) Lorenzo sent us a link to this crazy piece of news and accompanying photo. If you look carefully at the above photo, you’ll notice that inside the yellow circle is a full-size bulldozer.
Apparently the operators cranked up this monster to move it without first locating and securing all the [...]
From what I hear, a crane operator over-extended his load, toppling the crane and dumping its load on this hapless Toyota. Check the link below for more photos, though be warned: They’re hosted by a site that’s advertising bent and not always safe for work. That said, the linked page was SFW when I last [...]
I came across this on Digg this morning. Apparently no one owned up to actually being related parentally to the kids in the photo, though that’s probably no surprise.
Just a thought: What if it’s not their living room?
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Past Doh!
And you wonder why most workers would rather crap in a bathtub or piss in the bushes than use the PortaJohns on most jobsites. Now you know.
More Doh! from Toolmonger
This one’s self-explanatory. I’ve seen a number of “accidents” with Bobcat-style small loaders; for some reason, most people don’t think they require the same care in operation as their larger cousins.
Look at it this way — at least he wasn’t shoveling poo.
Still no response on an opportunity for Sean to check out a real bulldozer. [...]
The Herald Sun reports that “two firefighters and a third person were treated for burns after sparks from a grinder started a fire in Tasmania’s north” yesterday. Sadly, this is something with which I have some experience.
A number of years ago, I was trying to build my first trailer — a sad steel-and-plywood affair that [...]
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Tool Talk #58: Flashlights & The Stanley/B&D Merger
Tool Talk #57: Tactical Knives & Adjusting Your Garage Door
Tool Talk #55: Returning Tools
Tool Talk #54: Shop Cabinet & Sean's New/Old Shopsmith
Tool Talk #53: Old Hardware Stores & Pocket Knives
Tool Talk #52: Listener Calls & Reader Projects
Tool Talk #51: DIY Wedding Rings & Heirloom Shopsmiths
One Beer Projects: Repairing Wood Surfaces
One Beer Projects: Fixing Simple Problems With Your Dryer
One Beer Projects: Winterizing/Storing Your Bike
One Beer Projects: De-Badging Your Truck
One Beer Projects: Staining Your Fence
One Beer Projects: Doing Your Own Brakes
One Beer Projects: Balancing Your A/C For The Summer
One Beer Projects: Installing A Dimmer Switch
Hands-On: Resurfacing A Tiny Anvil
Hands-On: Stanley Fat Max Lighted Level
Hands-On: Stanley Fat Max 16oz Hammer
Hands-On: Milwaukee M12 Power Port
Hands-On: Caterpillars Fix Wiggly Outlets For Good
Head 2 Head Hands-On: Bosch SPS10 vs LI3000 SmartDriver
Hands-On: Striker Magnetic LED Light
Hands-On: Dremel Duo Kit -- Dremel Driver
Budget Shop Truck Build, Part 5: Engine Teardown
Budget Shop Truck Build, Part 4: A New Transmission
Budget Shop Truck Build, Part 3: Building An Engine Stand
Budget Shop Truck Build, Part 2: Pulling The Engine
Budget Shop Truck Build, Part 1: The Truck
How-To: Cut Angles With A Circular Saw
Project Garage: Yukon Engine Swap (Part 5) -- Complete!
Project Garage: Yukon Engine Swap (Part 4) -- Installation!
Project Garage: Yukon Engine Swap (Part 3) -- Fabricating Engine Brackets
Project Garage: Yukon Engine Swap (Part 2) -- GM Performance Parts
How-To: Remove Stripped Screw Sans Extractor
How-To: DIY Airplane (Pietenpol Air Camper)
How-To: Make Perfect Saddle Cuts
How-To: Build A Wooden Combination Lock
How-To Question: Repair Drywall
How-To Question: Best Way To Hang Lights?
How-To: Build A Crib -- Part 1
How-To: Repair A Broken Ethernet Plug
