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If you were buying a new pipe wrench tomorrow in the 14" size range, would you consider Rothenberger or would you go straight to Ridgid? Or something else? Also, for those of you who work a lot with them, is the extra cost for aluminum worth it?

I have had my Glu-Bot wood glue bottle for a year: And it was only yesterday that I realized the little nub on the lid is to hold the nozzle cap while you're using it: All this time I've been holding the dangly nozzle cap out of the way with my other hand.

I got this pipe wrench at a garage sale for $2: It was in pretty sad shape rust-wise, so I took it apart, gave it a soak in Evapo-Rust, a pass across the wire wheel, sharpened the teeth a little, repainted the handle, and reassembled it. Looks pretty good now. The threads are damaged from...

I have a pile of treated 2x8s that until recently were part of a deck. I've used a few of them for outdoor projects such as these tables: Now I want to build another workbench in my basement workshop. Ordinarily I would just buy a load of regular 2x4s for this, but since I have the...

Background: Today I was reclaiming a bunch of deck joists. The people who took it down bent the nails over, so I cut them flush with a grinder and drove them out with a nail set, because I had it on hand. Being intended for countersinking finish nails rather than driving framing nails out of...

We put a car in storage over the winter with one of those little trickle chargers on the battery to keep it topped up. It didn't work. The battery went dead, and I'm trying to figure out if it was operator error or something wrong with the charger. It's possible I chose a bad ground point...

I have a dual-zoned home HVAC system (two furnaces, two AC units). Each furnace has a bypass whole-house humidifier. Originally these humidifiers were Honeywell HE220, but those eventually failed and were replaced with HE240A units (not at the same time, but within a year of each other). The...

Question for the code guys. My kitchen backsplash has three receptacles; one GFCI and the other two chained off it. Let's say the boxes are numbered 1, 2, 3 left to right. The GFCI is in the middle, box 2. From box 2, wires go from the Load side of the GFCI to the receptacle in box 1, where...

Replaced a battery today. In the past I've usually put a little grease on the terminal assemblies as the last step after connecting everything up, to protect against corrosion. But there was no grease or protectant on these terminals, and no corrosion present, and I realized I haven't actually...

Wife's daughter lives about 90 minutes away; I was talking her through installing a replacement dishwasher. Replacement had a cord attached, but no receptacle at the site, so I had to talk her through how to remove the cord and hardwire to the replacement dishwasher's box. When she pulled out...

Like this: Somebody must be using them, because it looks like you can easily still buy them, but I'm not sure why you would want to. Anyone?

Fourth in a series. A little while ago I did a comparo between old WF Craftsman pliers and new tools of the same design, including a comparison between 6" dikes: Western Forge Craftsman, Klein, and Channellock. User @four.cycle questioned why I was comparing new tools vs. tools that are no...

This is a sincere question, not one of those questions where a person is hoping for validation on a decision already made. I'm really not sure if it's a reasonable concern or all in my head. I obtained this 24" level on sale for $14 at Lowe's website with in-store pickup: It took a week to...

Today I was watching the maniac over at Project Farm destroy some screwdrivers in the name of science, and among the sets he tested was this Milwaukee set: Among the other claims Milwaukee makes about these drivers is this "tactile identification" thing: "Tactile identification, a...

I have these bit holders for drill/drivers: This is not the first time I've had this kind of bit holder, but I've never understood what the sliding sleeve is for. It's not for releasing the bit; that's magnetic. Is it intended as a depth gauge or something? I can't imagine it would be very...

Third in a series. I have this set of 1990s Craftsman pliers: Recently I was putting together a toolkit for someone else and was going to part with them, so I ordered replacements for each; Klein, Klein, and Channellock respectively. In the end I decided to keep them. So I thought I would...

I have this set of 1990s Craftsman pliers: Recently I was putting together a toolkit for someone else and was going to part with them, so I ordered replacements for each; Klein, Klein, and Channellock respectively. In the end I decided to keep them. So I thought I would write up...

I have this set of 1990s Craftsman pliers: Recently I was putting together a toolkit for someone else and was going to part with them, so I ordered replacements for each; Klein, Klein, and Channellock respectively. In the end I decided to keep them. So I thought I would write up comparisons...

In this thread I mentioned that I might give my extra set of groove-joint pliers to my wife's daughter. It then occurred to me that I have other duplicate tools she might be able to use as a fairly new homeowner, so I mentioned it to my wife, who said, "Funny you should bring that up. Her ex...

Mods, if you think this belongs better in Free Parking, please move it. I'm sure a lot of us remember our dads' garage projects, and how they went, or didn't go. Share your stories. I'll start. This was around 1970. My dad had a 1961 VW Beetle that was experiencing paint failure...