TM reader and photo pool member lungofish took on the project recently of building himself a drafting table, which includes the pictured hinged stand. We thought we’d send him a pair of gloves for two reasons:

First, we’re a fan of using metal in building things like this. In the spirit of “When you have only a hammer, everything looks like a nail,” most people want to build everything out of wood — or everything out of metal. Often, the easiest solution is a combination of both.

Second, we offer props to anyone who a) owns a welding helmet with a flame job and b) notes that he wants to replace the sticker-type with real flames. Awesome.

Check out the photo pool for additional pictures of his work, including the finished project.

Toolmonger’s Photo Pool [Flickr]

We laughed for a long time when we saw TM reader and photo pool member Inmarr28’s latest project — the perfect protection against the possibility of mass zombification. What totally seals the deal in our opinion, though, is the way it’s mounted in a perfect Martha Stewart meets Shaun of the Dead style with wrought-iron decorations and candles. Check the photo pool for additional pictures, including some shots during construction.

Though it’ll pale to the enjoyment he’ll get seeing his project on the wall for years to come, we’ll send him a free set of gloves for sharing. We hear they totally prevent blisters when wielding an axe.

Toolmonger’s Photo Pool [Flickr]

TM reader and photo pool member fredboness posted this cool pic of his final design for a peanut-butter jar bird feeder. He plans on making a dozen or so as casual Christmas presents.

Not only is this a cool idea — I’m going to make one, since my old feeder finally got nasty and I had to throw it away — it’s something that you could easily do in a few minutes.

Thanks, fredboness, and hopefully the set of free gloves we send your way will inspire you to finish off the refurb of that birdhouse on the left you say you’ve been putting off.

Toolmonger’s Photo Pool [Flickr]

Long-time TM reader PutnamEco gave our Hot or Not? Utility Vehicles post a one-word response: hot — and added this professional-looking picture of his John Deere Gator 4×6 to the photo pool.

I have a friend who lost one of these, and misses it almost as much as his old dog. Of course, as fredboness says in comments, “Nothing runs like a Deere, but nothing smells like a john.”

Amen. Enjoy your gloves.

Toolmonger’s Photo Pool [Flickr]

So from the picture you’d probably guess that TM reader and photo pool member Simple Simon owns a lot of DeWalt tools. You’d be wrong.

Apparently DeWalt sponsored a TV show he worked for and offered a “set of tools that included one of everything DeWalt makes” as a prize. While he doesn’t even own that much DeWalt gear — “My own tools are mostly Bosch,” he says – he couldn’t pass up the opportunity to line it all up and take a picture for himself.

Why? Because a picture of a bunch of tools is freakin’ cool. That’s why.

And for totally reminding us that we’re not the only tool geeks out there who get our kicks out of things like this, we’re gonna send him a free pair of gloves.

Rock.

When the sour lemon transmission crapped out on TM reader (and photo pool member) mscott911’s Honda lawn tractor, he made lemonade: bolting a cheap-ass 7,500W Harbor Freight generator to the Honda’s sweet 13 HP water-cooled 2-cylinder, he created a kick-ass “portable” generator.

And for sharing with us, we’ll send him a free set of work gloves.

The good news is that we’ve got plenty of gloves left to give away, and we’re getting a big kick out of seeing all your sweet projects, shops, and other stuff. You keep sharing photos, and we’ll keep giving away gloves, OK?

Toolmonger’s Photo Pool [Flickr]

As we continue giving away gloves to some of the Toolmongers who’ve posted their latest projects, let me call your attention to our next winner: TM reader and photo pool member bmcmullen77, who’s almost done with this incredible slate installation job.

This post particularly inspired me, as I’ve been thinking about installing some Pavestone in my back yard for a while. I’m really tired of trudging through grass to get from my porch to my driveway, but I’ve been putting it off. If he can install something this nice, I should totally be able to get off my ass and do some Pavestone.

Anyway, great job on the slate, and we’ll send you a set of work glove which will hopefully protect your hands during your next project.

And keep posting the great projects and shop photos! We’ll continue giving away gloves every so often until we run out — which might take a while.

Toolmonger’s Photo Pool [Flickr]

Holy crap you people do cool-ass projects!  Friday we asked you to post some projects to the photo pool, promising to ship some free gloves to our favorite.  Guess what?  There were so many great projects that we couldn’t choose just one.  So we’re gonna send gloves to a couple of you.

First up is TM reader and photo pool member feelmyempathy.  He writes: “Those foam squeeze logo’d toys companies give out?  Some of us at my company organize motorized foam toy races.  This is my September ‘07 entry: remote controlled with three-wheel drive.”

Indeed, they even have a full set of rules for the competition.  How cool is that?

By the way, this reminds us of the 2007 Maker Faire Austin, which is quickly approaching.  We understand that they’re looking at putting together some power tool races, and we’re thinking about joining.  Are any of you going to be there, and would you be interested in participating?  Would it help if we threw in a special prize for the highest-ranking Toolmonger reader entry?

Thanks again for the great response this weekend, and we’ll announce other winners shortly.

The Birch Bug Racing League Rules [4XKN.com]

Both Sean and I are stuck doing miscellaneous crap this weekend, which means we don’t get our beloved shop time.  And we get cranky when we don’t get shop time.  So here’s the deal: 

Remember glove week?  We do — mainly because we’re up to our ears in gloves.  We’ll make you a deal.  If you’ll post pictures of your latest project — no matter how small — to the Toolmonger photo pool, we’ll pick our favorite one on Monday and send the person who posted it a pair of gloves.

Simple enough, right?

Toolmonger’s Photo Pool [Flickr]

First of all, we’d like to thank RIDGID for their generous offering of a set of pneumatic tools for giveaway to one of our loyal readers.  Look for reviews of these great tools from us soon — as well as some thoughts from our winner, Stuey.

Yes, that Stuey.  If you’ve spent more than ten minutes on TM, you’ve probably read some of his insightful comments.  He’s been hanging around since the very start, and considering the number of comments he’s left, it’s surprising it took this long for his name to pop up in our random selection processes. 

At any rate, he’s now one lucky dude as he’ll receive a set of just about all the pneumatic nailers RIDGID makes.  Assuming he’s bought a reasonable compressor, he’ll never hurt for nailers again.

Look for another comment-based giveaway soon, and we look forward to hearing what Stuey thinks of his gear when it arrives.

Guess what?  We have a few tools laying around the test shop, so we thought we’d go ahead and re-activate our Submit a Tool, Win a Tool giveaway. 

What this means is that we’re offering up some of the smaller post-test tools hanging around the office to those who submit our favorite tools over the next few weeks.  So, if you’ve got a minute, drop us a line using the Submit a Tool form and let us know what’s in your shop that we should have in ours.

And hey — we’re not just seeking your favorite tools.  We’d also love to hear any tips you might have for fellow Toolmogners or great tool deals you’ve run across.

Note: This isn’t a contest, and we’re not going to announce winners; we’re simply going to pick someone from the list of submitters by whatever means that strikes us at the moment when we have something to give away, then contact that person by email directly.  So, if you might like one of these tools — whatever they end up being — be sure and enter a valid email in the submission form.

Submit a Tool [Toolmonger, of course]

We’re entering the home stretch on our RIDGID pneumatics giveaway — it wraps up at the end of June.  RIDGID was kind enough to offer up a set of pneumatic tools for giveaway to one of our loyal readers.  Later this month we’ll select a winner from all of you who post valid comments here on Toolmonger since the giveaway started.

Not that you’re not already posting your thoughts here — and deserve a hearty “thank you” from me and the rest of the Toolmonger community — but when you post a comment, you’re not only sharing your experience with other Toolmongers around the world, you’re also adding a chance to win!  That’s good all ’round, yeah?

Toolmonger’s RIDGID Pneumatics Giveaway [Toolmonger]

We just wanted to remind you about our RIDGID pneumatics giveaway that’s wrapping up at the end of June.  RIDGID was kind enough to offer up a set of pneumatic tools for giveaway to one of our loyal readers.  Later this month we’ll select a winner from all of you who post valid comments here on Toolmonger since the giveaway started.

Not that you’re not already posting your thoughts here — and deserve a hearty “thank you” from me and the rest of the Toolmonger community — but when you post a comment, you’re not only sharing your experience with other Toolmongers around the world, you’re also adding a chance to win!  That’s good all ’round, yeah?

Toolmonger’s RIDGID Pneumatics Giveaway [Toolmonger]

We just wanted to remind you about our RIDGID pneumatics giveaway that’s wrapping up at the end of June.  RIDGID was kind enough to offer up a set of pneumatic tools for giveaway to one of our loyal readers.  Later this month we’ll select a winner from all of you who post valid comments here on Toolmonger since the giveaway started.

Not that you’re not already posting your thoughts here — and deserve a hearty “thank you” from me and the rest of the Toolmonger community — but when you post a comment, you’re not only sharing your experience with other Toolmongers around the world, you’re also adding a chance to win!  That’s good all ’round, yeah?

Toolmonger’s RIDGID Pneumatics Giveaway [Toolmonger]

We just wanted to remind you about our RIDGID pneumatics giveaway.  RIDGID was kind enough to offer up a set of pneumatic tools for giveaway to one of our loyal readers.  Sometime in June we’ll select a winner from all of you who post valid comments here on Toolmonger since the giveaway started.

So, when you post a comment here, you’re not only sharing your experience with other Toolmongers around the world, you’re also adding a chance to win!  That’s good all ’round, yeah?

Toolmonger’s RIDGID Pneumatics Giveaway [Toolmonger]

We happen to have a few more small tools in testing right now, so we thought we’d go ahead and re-activate our Submit a Tool, Win a Tool giveaway. 

What this means is that we’re offering up some of the smaller post-test tools hanging around the office to those who submit our favorite tools over the next few weeks.  So, if you’ve got a minute, drop us a line using the Submit a Tool form and let us know what’s in your shop that we should have in ours.

And hey — we’re not just seeking your favorite tools.  We’d also love to hear any tips you might have for fellow Toolmogners or great tool deals you’ve run across.

Note: This isn’t a contest, and we’re not going to announce winners; we’re simply going to pick someone from the list of submitters by whatever means that strikes us at the moment when we have something to give away, then contact that person by email directly.  So, if you might like one of these tools — whatever they end up being — be sure and enter a valid email in the submission form.

Submit a Tool [Toolmonger, of course]

Between now and June 12th you can sign up for a chance to win a sweet Toro riding mower as part of Toro’s Backyard to the Brickyard Giveaway.  Second and third prizes include cool Toro gear such as push mowers and power garden tools.

All it takes is a visit to their website and the normal pimping of your personal information to register.  Think of it this way: if you don’t win you still get all that consolation junk mail for a year.  Everyone’s a winner!

Backyard To The Brickyard Giveaway [Toro]