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I bought this Wilton vise for $220 last week, and so far I really like it. Despite being imported, I was pleasantly surprised at its build quality. Its no tradesman, but compared to the competing import store brand vises (Yost and equivalents) the Wilton is a step up in quality. Everything is...

I'm firmly in camp "lots of shallow drawers". The only reason to get deeper drawers, IMO, is if you have a specific need for them, or to store hardware or endmills or something (think Lista cabinets). For tool storage, shallow drawers are almost always more efficient. Check your local...

There are very few instances where I've preferred to use slip joint pliers over a pair of Cobras. I have a pair of Wilde slip joints in my toolbox drawer that are a nice set of pliers, but I just rarely have an instance where I think I'll need to use them.

I just bought a few Husky tool cabinets off some guy on Facebook Marketplace for about 70% of retail price. They were returned units with a little bit of damage (most of them had broken wheels or dents/scratches), but still totally usable. I ended up getting these 72" Husky boxes, and they're...

With a lab bench power supply you can charge any lithium battery if you know the charging voltage (4.2v X number of cells) and amperage (3 amps is what most chargers use). There are also generic battery chargers that are common in the RC world, such as this one. If there's an unbalanced cell...

I have a few of them, and they're great. As long as you get a reputable one with a good size capacity, they will start whatever you need them to. My go-to is a 12/24v unit rated for 2000 cranking amps, which I don't think is sold anymore. It can start an LS1 V8 at least 10 times, with no...

That's a freaking cool old ratchet set. Its gotta be very old, like around the turn of the century. I have never seen a ratchet with square drives like that, very unique.

If you try to drive a car onto a flatbed trailer with just the tongue jack and chocks, the front end of the trailer will come up off the ground unless its connected to a vehicle. Jacks under the rear edge of the trailer (ideally right below the ramps) will keep the trailer from tipping...

Why not Metabo? Their upper end digital heat gun is $135, which seems pretty reasonable to me, and in the same price range of most name brand digitally controlled heat guns. I bought one of the digital Metabo heat guns a few months ago since it was a good deal on Amazon warehouse, but I...

Rotary lasers are pretty common at pawn shops. People definitely buy them used. Probably only a healthy market for the expensive name brand ones though (DeWalt, Hilti, etc).

Can't run cat6 in the same conduit as 120v/240v power. Direct burial cat6 is pretty cheap though, not sure if you still have a trench open.

Could put leveling jacks on all 4 corners of the trailer, and you could adjust the tilt of the bed manually without even having the truck hooked up to it.

Whatever you go with, try to get one that has an available dust collection setup with it. Once you use a jigsaw with a dust collector, you'll never want to use one without. Not only does it **** up most of the sawdust for a less-dusty shop, it also keeps sawdust out of the front of the blade...

I've bought 4 knockoff Makita batteries, and all 4 failed in a year, so I definitely wasn't impressed with them, but many people have said they had good results, so I guess it just depends. What is definitely true is that the AH ratings on knockoffs are always VERY optimistic. Plenty of videos...

Does it have to be plastic? I'm a low voltage contractor and we usually use Romex connectors. They're dirt cheap and have screw down clamps.

Wiremold or 1/2" conduit.

For my garage cabinets, kitchen cabinets, and electronics bench, I used 12v tape LEDs and diffuser mounting channels like these. Excellent results in all cases. Get LED tape that's on the bright side. You can always dim it later.

I'm a huge Knipex fanboy, but their precision pliers are like $40/each, which is a bit steep for me. I have 3 or 4 Wiha precision pliers that I buy up on eBay when they show up at a good price, and I really like them, and they're a little bit cheaper than Knipex.

Diamond blades are not good for aluminum. They get gummed up way worse than wood or ferrous metal blades. I've always used carbide wood blades for aluminum and cut slowly.

What country are you in? People list those plastic Metabo cases on eBay all the time for like $10 or $15. They're not really anything special. I have a bunch of them collecting dust. If you buy a generic one made for a drill or whatever, you might have to modify the inside a little bit to...