Archive for the 'Striker' Category

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.

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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.

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Hands-On: Striker Magnetic LED Light

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

With no warning or explanation, toss one of these Striker ball lights to somebody and ask them what it is. We got quite a few entertaining answers right out of the box, everything from disco ball and mini-land mine to one horrified person who dropped it immediately and scolded us for tossing them a sex toy. It’s actually an LED light with magnets stuck all over it for providing light in odd places.

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Finds: Striker 165 lb. One-Piece Forging Hammer

Sunday, October 22nd, 2006
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Ever heard someone say, “If at first you don’t succeed, get bigger hammer?”  Well, if you don’t succeed the first couple times you start to get to a hammer like this. 

A pneumatic forging hammer is quite a serious piece of gear to have around the shop.  A unit like this on brings a falling weight of 165 lbs. to bear every time the hammer comes down, which in this case is an impressive 210 times per minute – or 3 times a second.  That’s faster than you can see with the untrained eye.

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