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X-Mas Loot: Sliding Bench/Chest

Friday, February 1st, 2008
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We’re sure Mike Haney got uber boyfriend points for designing and building this sliding-top bench/chest for his girlfriend for Christmas. She was eyeing a cheap Swedish version at the local Ikea, so Mike stepped in to provide a quality version instead.

Check out the awesome dark wood/light wood combo — pure sweetness. We must say it turned out great, and we think anyone would be proud to have it grace their bedroom.

Did you get any cool, tool-related loot this year? Post it up to the photo pool — we’d love to see it!

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X-mas Loot: Kobalt Toolbox

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
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A shiny toolbox with neatly arranged drawers and no clutter — this has to be x-mas loot if ever we’ve seen it. Toolmonger reader and Flickr pool member hopsean posted a slew of pics of his holiday haul.  One of our favorites shows a total close-up of how the drawer pull is constructed, for any interested parties.

We also love that the Kobalt boxes come with covers. Not that you’re ever going to use ‘em, but they do come with covers.

Did you get any cool, tool-related loot this year? Post it up to the photo pool — we’d love to see it!

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X-mas Loot: Mini Jack

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
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Toolmonger photo pool member greenturtles002 posted this great pic of his X-mas loot — a sweet Craftsman mini-jack, with a red stapler behind it to show the scale. Now all he needs is a working Nascar model to lift with it. Sure, the desk would be a little crowded at that point, but anything worth doing is worth doing big!

Did you get any cool, tool-related loot this year? Post it up to the photo pool — we’d love to see it!

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X-mas Loot: Wood Storage Projects Book

Friday, December 28th, 2007
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I love building wooden storage projects, for two reasons: first is the simple joy of making something, and second is the added organization to my home and shop. I’m addicted to it. I must build tables, shelves, cases, and cabinets. Luckily, Santa saw fit to stuff my stocking with this sweet book from Black and Decker.

I haven’t had time to read it yet, but just looking at the pictures I can tell it was written in the ‘80s. Lucky for me wood projects haven’t changed that much, and a lot of them are still pretty cool with a twist here and a mod there.

Did you get any cool, tool-related loot this year? Post it up to the photo pool — we’d love to see it!

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X-mas Loot: Gardner Bender Automatic Wire Stripper

Friday, December 28th, 2007
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This year, Amazon Santa dropped a Gardner Bender SE-94 automatic wire stripper in my stocking. The SE-94’s jaws automatically adjust to strip 10 to 26 gauge wire. One set of jaws grips and cuts the wire while the other set pulls back the insulation — all with one squeeze. I’ve enjoyed it so much, I spent the last 36 hours looking for wire to strip.

Garnder Bender also included an integrated blade-and-anvil type wirecutter as well as a set of crimpers. If you want a really nice, super useful tool, cash in those gift cards and get yourself one of these for about $14.

Automatic Wire Stripper [Gardner Bender]
Street Price [Google Products]
Via Amazon [What’s This?]

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X-mas Loot: Klein Toolbag

Thursday, December 27th, 2007
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Reader and Toolmonger photo pool member poinographer posted this picture of his sweet new Klein leather tool bag. I’m jealous. I didn’t even know Klein made bags like this: simple, sturdy, handy, and easy to get at. Congrats on the cool bag, sir, and we hope it’ll see many a One-Beer Project in years to come!

Did you get any cool, tool-related loot this year? Post it up to the photo pool — we’d love to see it!

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X-mas Loot: Toolmonger Shop Stool

Thursday, December 27th, 2007
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One of our favorite things to do in the days after Christmas is talk about the sweet haul we got from friends and relatives. My other half totally scored this year by getting me this custom shop stool with my favorite blog’s logo emblazoned on the seat.

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