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I am intrigued by the Grip Edge technology for drivers like hex and star bits since these can so easily round-out the head of allen and torx fasteners. Has anyone tried them to see if they are worth the increased cost?

I need some help with a compressor that is increasingly tripping the circuit breaker on startup. The compressor is a 15 year-old Campbell Hausfeld (7 hp, 60 gallon tank, single stage, 13.5 scfm @ 90 psi) that is run off 220V wired to a 40 amp (edit: it is 20amp) double pole breaker. Over the...

I have a Baldor 7307D 1/2 hp bench grinder that I bought off of Craigslist several years ago. I use it with a Multitool 2"x36" belt sanding attachment, and it's worked great until this weekend, when it would not start when I flipped the toggle switch on, and then once it started in the "Off"...

How do you folks with heated or insulated garage-shops handle humidity? It's cold up here in upstate NY, and I'm thinking of insulating my 2 1/2 car garage this summer. I currently only have siding nailed to plywood over the studs on the outside. I'm thinking of spraying a 1" layer of...

Has anyone heard or used Columbia bench grinders? I'm looking at listings for 1/2 hp grinders, leaning towards an older Baldor if I can find it, and saw a listing for an old USA-made 1/2 hp Columbia 7310 grinder. Any opinions? Good for under $50? Thanks, Ian