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:
Socket With Butterfly Wings
It looks like EZ Red designed their [...]
You’ve probably seen the impressive power of rare-Earth magnets on science shows and Mythbusters, where they’ve been used to deflect bullets and climb steel ductwork. Ever thought about using them as tools?
You can buy these neat little devils all over the place, everywhere from industrial supply houses and magnet-specific sources like MagCraft to chemistry stores [...]
Festool’s MFT/3 basic multifunction table looks like a piece of thick pegboard with some legs from a card table. It’s more than that, we think. It also comes with rails and a lot of options and accessories; however the $475 sticker shock that comes with it is a lot to take.
The folks at Festool call [...]
The easy-to-relocate metal hooks that make pegboard so versatile also make pegboard so frustrating. By design, the hooks pop right out of the hole so you can insert them elsewhere. Unfortunately, pulling tools off usually means the hook comes with it, which then falls and bounces out of sight.
Crawford’s Peg Locks are a solution — the [...]
A while back Toolmonger reviewed a Finishline AlligatorBoard with a patriotic flag pattern. I can’t see hanging tools off a flag — it just doesn’t seem right to me — but I could work with this black and white checkerboard pattern.
Craftsman’s LocBoard Tool Cart consists of two LocBoards, pegboard-like units that connect at the top, and a bottom “shelf” — the whole unit can hold 850 pounds. While it would look really cool to fill up both sides of this cart with hand tools or specialty tools, I’m not sure if it’s practical for [...]
We’ve all been there. You go to the local big box and pick up what you need for your project, then roll it out to the car and start the real creative process — getting that oversized object home without a truck. Here reader Lowside shows how he got his load of pegboard back to [...]
When it comes to tool storage, there are basically two types of Toolmonger: the organized people and the “just throw them in one of those drawers” people. Though you might not always be able to tell from looking at my shop, I come from the organized folk — I hate spending time hunting down [...]
Whenever I see an outlined pegboard I can’t help but think back to my school days in shop class. All the tools were outlined in white like a crime scene. To be fair, most of the stuff we were doing with them was probably a crime in some states.
Reader Simple Simon snapped this picture of [...]
Our own Benjamen Johnson posted to the Flickr pool this little sneak of what’s going on in his shop. Note the pegboard in the back, confirming that he supports those on the pro-pegboard side of the fence –- at least a little. The homebuilt workbench in the center of the shop also looks like a [...]
Like most people who spend time in the shop, I’m constantly trying to find good places to put my stuff. Lately, I got fed up with everything in the shop being coated with a thick coat of sawdust, so I figured a cabinet was in order.
I checked the local big boxes and office supply [...]
When you grasp rectangular objects with pliers you don’t alway get a good grip since the jaws aren’t parallel. Needle nose pliers compound the problem further with their narrow jaws. The parallel movement of Stanley’s MaxGrip 7″ needle nose pliers increases the otherwise wimpy holding force and the jaw capacity to boot.
Talk about carpet-pulling overkill! We recently posted about the Shop Fox carpet puller, a pretty reasonable specialty tool — now we give you a killer unreasonable one. This tool, designed for lifting carpeted raised-floor panels, runs $110, which might be a good deal if you pull such panels daily. Also, it looks [...]
Memorial Day is past, but I say there’s no time like the present to work on converting all you pegboard haters — and anyway, Fourth of July is almost here! Alligator Board offers metal pegboards and accessories in many varieties, but this specialty item really caught my eye. Whether your patriotism is flashy or not, [...]
We can always count on pegboard to start a hot debate among Toolmongers. We split right down the middle — the anti-pegboard people on one side furiously advocate toolboxes and storage systems, and the staunch pegboard supporters come back with tales of super convenience. Toolmonger’s own Brad Justinen offers up this slick photo of his [...]
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:
A Tale Of Three Pin Wrenches
The super-expensive grinder in your [...]
I don’t mean to start another pegboard war here — I only want to show the pegboard proponents a relatively low-cost solution to the hook pull-out problem. You could just snap little plastic clips into the pegboard to hold the hooks in place, a popular solution that works reasonably well — but Pegmate hook [...]
www.flickr.com
|
What's In Your Kitchen Tool Drawer?
Tool Talk #53: Old Hardware Stores & Pocket Knives
Tool Talk #52: Listener Calls & Reader Projects
Tool Talk #51: DIY Wedding Rings & Heirloom Shopsmiths
Tool Talk #50: Router Safety & Pointless Tools
Tool Talk #49: Bookcases & Ending Laziness
Tool Talk #48: Christmas & (Paint) Strippers
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: 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
Hands-On: Elmer's ProBond Wood Filler
Hands-On: Duo-Fast DF350S Framing Nailer
Hands-On: Watco Danish Oil - Cherry Finish
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
