Reviews & Features

QuickWinder

I have no idea how you guys live up North and deal with real winters. It’s madness. The weatherman here in Texas is predicting five straight days of below freezing temps and I’ve been spending most of my day preparing for it and dreading what is to come… Anyway, as I was getting my backup generator setup I went to grab an extension cord and remembered something that was sent in for review years ago – A QuickWinder by TSO Products. I never reviewed it as I never really understood the convenience. I work mostly from a shop environment and …

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Projects

Dan Matsuda

I have a thing for watching other people work in mediums that I’m not experienced with. Last year, I dove down a rabbit hole of YouTube leather workers and though I’ve never worked with leather in my life, I feel like I know the tools and working environments pretty well as a result. It all just sort of fascinated me… Anyway and as some of you might know, I am also an “every day carry” geek and a bag nerd. In that world, a guy named Dan Matsuda is pretty much a royal celebrity. He’s won all sorts of awards …

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Featured Spaces

The Tool Temple

I’ve been so busy with work the past couple of months that I haven’t been able to get in much shop time. Tomorrow, however, I’m headed back to the APO and back to work on my tiny lab. Which is good timing as I just ran into the “Tool Temple” in the TGJ gallery. Essentially, it’s a shed with an add on and some interesting detail decisions. I love stuff like this… maybe you will too. Check it out.
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