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Get Down To Bare Metal With A Needle Scaler

Friday, June 19th, 2009

If you want to remove paint, rust, dirt, or welding slag without damaging the metal surface, you may need an air needle scaler.  This air-powered tool has a piston that drives a number of needles or small chisels back and forth very quickly.

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Posted in Air Tools, Amazon, Drill Spot, Ingersoll Rand, Northern Tool | 8 Comments »

Stop Water Thieves

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

If you’re paranoid about your neighbors stealing your water when you’re sleeping, you either need to see your doctor about some medication, or you need Nibco’s FaucetLock.  The FaucetLock screws over existing hose bibs without tools and prevents water theft or tampering.

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Posted in Amazon, Drill Spot, Lawn/Garden | 9 Comments »

Hot or Not? Lawn Sweepers

Monday, October 27th, 2008
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Fall’s here, and the leaves just keep dropping.  Too bad the trees don’t drop their leaves all at the same time — no, to keep your yard clean you’ll have to rake many times before fall’s over.  Plus, if you have trees like red oaks that hold onto their leaves over the winter, you’ll be out there raking in the spring several times, too.  All this raking takes away valuable shop time.  Would something like this $150 lawn sweeper from Agri-Fab make the work go faster?

This particular lawn sweeper cleans a 26″ swath and collects up to 7 cubic feet of dry leaves/debris in its replaceable vinyl hopper — unfortunately, it won’t work very well with soggy leaves.  With its zinc-plated steel frame and polypropylene housing, the 52-1/2″ x 31″ x 33″ sweeper weighs in at 25 pounds.

Is a lawn sweeper the answer for keeping your yard clean in the fall, or will it just sit in the garage gathering dust?  Let us know your experiences in comments.

Lawn Sweeper [Agri-Fab]
Street Pricing [Google Products]
Via Amazon [What’s This?]

Posted in Ace Hardware, Amazon, Drill Spot, Hot or Not, Lawn/Garden | 13 Comments »

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.

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Posted in Drill Spot, Multi-tools, Plumbing Tools, RIDGID | 8 Comments »

Dealmonger: Air Drain Blaster For $16.48

Monday, June 4th, 2007
Air Drain Blaster

I found this “air drain blaster” for $16.48 at Drill Spot this weekend.  It essentially replaces the (not so) good ‘ole plunger by directing a blast of air down the drain.  It ships with four differently-sized drain attachments — one of which will hopefully fit your drain. 

Air Drain Blaster [Drill Spot]
Street Pricing [Google Product Search]

Posted in Dealmonger, Drill Spot, Plumbing Tools | 6 Comments »