Folding Painters Blade
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009
Handy as a painter’s tool, portable like a folding knife — Warner Tool’s painter’s blade, unlike a traditional painter’s tool, is something you might actually want to carry in your pants pocket.
Archive for the 'Multi-tools' Category
PaintMiser: Hyde’s Other 10-In-1 Tool
Friday, April 24th, 2009
Hyde likes the number 10. First it was the 10-in-1 Painter’s tool, but that wasn’t enough 10’s, so they made the PaintMiser 10-in-1 tool. Instead of carrying this tool in your pocket, you probably want to leave it close to the paint — most of its functions have to do with getting every last drop from the can.
10-in-1 Painter’s Tool
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
Hyde takes the venerable painter’s 5-in-1 tool and adds a bit holder and storage for four bits in the handle, in addition to the paint scraper, drywall knife, roller cleaner, crack cleaner, and hammer. Evidently it’s supposed to save you from grabbing for a screwdriver when you need to remove hardware for painting.
Striker Carbide Utility Score
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
A few months ago we covered Striker’s drywall tool, but we overlooked their new carbide utility score. The two tools are very similar in design except that instead of a blade, Striker gives the utility score a carbide tip for scoring materials like fiber cement siding, concrete backer board, laminates, and glass.
Who Makes The Best Multi-Bit Screwdriver?
Thursday, March 5th, 2009
I use my Enderes XV-1 multi-bit screwdriver even more than my razor. A very good family friend gave me the XV-1, saying it was his favorite tool, so naturally it became one of mine, and not just because of the sentimental value — this tool packs the punch of 15 screwdrivers in one. It isn’t complicated or fancy; it just gets the job done, whatever it may be.
Striker Drywall Tool
Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
Striker designed their new folding multi-blade to help drywall guys perform the normal steps for slicing up drywall without grabbing extra tools. Striker thinks it’ll save some time on the jobsite — we’re not sure, but it certainly looks cool.
A Whole Lot Of Cutting In One Package
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
Designed to be part of your basic camping gear, the 15″-long Gator combo axe by Gerber packs an axe and a razor-sharp 6″ saw in one 1lb 12oz package.
Wizard’s Measure Level
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
Wizard Industries crams a few tools you use all the time — a straight edge, marking gauge, ruler, level, and compass — into one tool to make their Measure Level. With this 8.7oz tool you can measure, transfer measurements, mark straight lines, find level, and create circles and curves.
The Frog Tool
Friday, November 7th, 2008
Even though the Frog Tool comes with a belt pouch, you probably don’t want to carry this multi-tool around with you — it’s more like a tool you throw in the glovebox for emergencies. It’s not the prettiest tool, but at $5, at least it’s cheap.
An Adjustable Wrench With Teeth
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
If you saw someone holding Bahco’s model 31 adjustable wrench in their hand, you probably wouldn’t think twice about it — until they put it down. Then you’d notice that although one end looks like most adjustable wrenches, the other end sports alligator jaws for gripping pipes.
Folding Pocket Wrench
Friday, October 31st, 2008
With the Folding Pocket Wrench you can carry around an entire set of open-end wrenches in your pocket. The double-ended wrench folds down to 5″ x 2″ x 3/4″ to fit comfortably in its included nylon belt pouch. Its integrated spacer blades act as shims to adjust the wrench to the fastener size, rather than using a thumb wheel that needs constant adjustment.
RIDGID’s Faucet And Sink Installer
Monday, October 20th, 2008
A couple years ago we posted about Ridgid’s plastic nut basin wrench. Ridgid has since updated the 2006 model of this tool to be a “multipurpose under-sink plumbing tool,” and they renamed it the Faucet and Sink Installer. The notched ends of this tool still fit 2, 3, 4, and 6-tabbed plastic mounting nuts on faucets, sprayers, and ball cocks — but now the tool does so much more.
An Odd Combination Of Tools For Drywall
Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
We’ve posted about drywall combo tools before, but Marshalltown has made something a little different with this multi-tool — it’s a combination panel lifter, non-clogging rasp, and bottle opener. Why a bottle opener? According to Marshalltown, it comes in handy when beer-thirty rolls around.
A Toolmonger’s Candy Jar
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
When you were a kid, do you remember visiting your Grandma and she’d have that bowl of 15-year-old hard candy sitting out on her coffee table? Well, here’s something to replace that bowl for the modern-day Toolmonger: the Victorinox candy jar. Imagine the look on your kid’s or grandkid’s face when they first spot this candy jar!
Dig Up This Artifact
Monday, September 15th, 2008
Earlier this year Gerber released the Artifact mini-tool. Coated with titanium nitride, this eight-function tool measures just 3-1/2″ when closed and weighs about as much as two quarters. What’s unusual about the Artifact is that instead of having a built-in knife, it uses #11 hobby blades.
Five Toolmonger Uses For Your iPhone
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
The next time you catch crap from your tool buddies for carrying such a gadget-geeky cell, tell them to kiss your iPhone-carrying ass. Then point them here to see how handy Apple’s finest can be in the hands of a Toolmonger. I’ve found dozens of shop-friendly uses for my phone. Here’s five.
1. Carpenter’s Square
Sure, the iPhone’s not big enough to replace a real carpenter’s square, but it kicks the crap out of “that looks close enough” when your square is miles away back in your toolbox. In the picture above I was building a bit of impromptu signage (read: an 8′ tall stand to hold a banner). The result: close enough that it stood straight even in some pretty stiff wind.
Pencil Sharpener Combo
Friday, July 25th, 2008
The Fusion Contractor 2×4 diverges from the path of your normal multi-tool. Scramble a pencil sharpener, a level, a wire stripper, a pocket knife, storage for one nail, and a faux circ saw blade — and you get the functions a contractor will need? The website aims its spiel at the Father’s Day/birthday crowd, intimating that you might know a contractor who needs this “thematic” knife.
