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Gladiator Garage Cabinets

I typically don’t mess with big box store brands – especially when it comes to a commitment as large as a shop cabinet. Reason being, if you end up with something large and heavy that doesn’t suit your needs, it’s like having a boat anchor in the desert – it’s always in your way and it’s hard as hell to get rid of. And so, owning a couple of garage cabinets from Gladiator isn’t something I ever thought I’d realize. But, a few weeks ago I found myself in a Home Depot standing next to two 36″ x 72″ x …

Fireball Tool

My ten year old came to me this morning… “Hey Dad, you should watch this guy on YouTube. He makes videos like yours only he’s got more tools and is a little smarter.” Have to admit – she’s not wrong. This guy kills every aspect of educational entertainment. And he does it with a style that I totally get. Maybe you will too? Check it out:

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Reviews & Features

Spotless Water Conversion

Back in 2016, I reviewed a spotless water system from CR Spotless. We live out in the country, get our water from a well that produces incredibly hard water, and so… a water softener of some kind is absolutely necessary to wash both cars and the windows on our house. As such, my CR Spotless system has been used quite regularly. For the most part, the system has performed admirably over the years. The one negative is the cost of resin. At first, I could get through about ten car washes per $20 of resin, but that performance has declined …

MetMo Driver

No idea if these things are durable enough to be used in a real shop or even usable at all. But, you have to admire the aesthetic of an over-engineered driver designed with products of old in mind – namely, the Baumann-Weltrecord Driver. For the machinists out there, this would be a really fun product to make on your own… and for those without the tooling/skills, if nothing else… this is a pretty neat fidget toy. Details here.

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News & Editorial

Van Neistat

Van Neistat is an artist that sells himself as a craftsman. The thing is, however, his craftsmanship is subpar to the standards of most that make a living with tools. He knows this, but never really reveals this self awareness to his audience. He’s a brilliant film maker and I absolutely adore his work. Anyway, he recently did two short films that I thought some of you guys might enjoy. The first covers his idea of the perfect “Get-Started” tool kit: Pretty great production work, no? I love shit like this… But also, I’m a Swiss Champ guy as well. …

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