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Not that fancy, but a tool tray like you find in many tool boxes was one of the project options in my 7th grade Industral Arts class (Intro to wood & metal) in the early 1980s. I went on to wood shop, but a tool box might have been a later project for those who continued with metal.

That machine was practically brand new when this thread was started. :LOL:

If they were smart the would have made Flex, Skil and Kobalt use compatible batteries. Hook people with the lower priced tools, then give them a way to pick and choose higher end tools where they need / want one without buying into an entirely new battery platform. Ryobi has two levels of...

No shade on the brand intended, but as much as I hate marketing, marketing and name recognition matters. Flex just doesn't have it. Coming into a crowded cordless market would be difficult even with name recognition in another area. Trying to go up against Ryobi would be hard, but going after...

I'm not too worried about HF pulling the rug out from under Bauer / Hercules. The older brands sure, but they have invested pretty significantly in these two brands. I think with Bauer they are aiming directly at Ryobi and the various house brands (Craftsman, Porter Cable, Kobalt, Rigid etc)...

I've got cordless tools from Makita, Dewalt, Ryobi, Hercules and Bauer. TLDR Ryobi is a good budget option. Decent cordless tools and a huge range that few other brands can match. Bauer is a solid budget brand, often cheaper than Ryobi but I feel pretty comparable in quality and the range of...

Corona is a good brand, but like many they have quality products and cheap stuff. They have hand pruners from $10 to $60+. The box stores tend to focus on the cheap tools, you might need to try an Ace or other independent with a good garden center or a nursery supply to find the better stuff. I...

Ah, they are 6-1/2", I didn't realize that. I guess it is good that I bounced off the $400+ price tag of many track saws and just bought what is essentially a circular saw made to fit a track. It meets my needs just fine as I'm just breaking down plywood in my driveway, or cutting timbers to...

Being locked into proprietary blades is a huge negative for a circular saw. While I'm sure there are plenty of people who don't care, woodworkers can be pretty particular about saw blades. I'm not even that fussy being perfectly happy with Diablo and I wouldn't even consider a saw that couldn't...

Making a track is a practical option, and as long as you have a circular saw and some clamps you've got everything needed to make one. If you really only need one once or twice a year, that is by far the most economical options. Evolution has their "multi-material" circular saw which can be...

The same factory thing is silly, but there are a lot of dim bulbs in the world. I see this all the time with Milwaukee, Ryobi, Hart Rigid and Craftsman. Since TTI makes stuff for all of them they are supposed to be the same, so only morons who don't care about money would buy Milwaukee. Ignoring...

I was being tongue in cheek, you know the whole the French copy no one and no one copies the French. ;) The French have made some lovely cars, Citroen DS, Alpine Renault A110, Talbot Lago 150, Peugeot 504 as have the English and Germans. The Japanese cars in the 70s were extremely influential...

I like to put Quinn stickers on my Snap On so people think I'm frugal. Icon is too bougee. :LOL: In the 30s for sure, maybe even into the 50s but I have no idea what cars you think the Japanese were copying in the 70s, certainly nothing American. Nothing air cooled so VW is out, the...

I don't use mine for automotive stuff, but I do use it in a similar way just as a place to collect parts I'm working on during projects. Yeah, it is kind of flimsy, but it works and it is $50. It also feels like a $50 cart, the nice ones are usually several hundred dollars. I like the 1 drawer...

I can see that being an issue. Mine were mostly dealing with products of woodworking. I placed a sheet of 18 gauge steel over the hardboard on the bench I use for metal working.

I don't see any rating on these to tell you how much fire it can extinguish or the types it is effective against. Without that I personally wouldn't use or recommend it. They may work, but I'm sensing gimmick or they would be rated. The claim that it has 4x the extinguishing time vs a...

Gas or electric? We've had a gas tankless heater for 13 years, and have never noticed a difference in water temperature with outside temps from the 30s to 110. However I understand the electric tankless heaters can not keep up as well as gas at higher flow rates. Size could be an issue as well...

I've used hardboard on several workbenches. I've generally gone with 1/4", both because of easy availability and bigger is better (plus its not much more expensive). I painted one bench top thinking it would add some protection. I'm still using that one, but wish I hadn't painted it. Hardboard...

I've got a 4" Homecraft. Homecraft was Deltas "lesser" brand, usually just an older Delta design rebadged after Delta came out with something new. What I'd really like, although not at all needed is a Craftsman "alien head" planer. Outclassed by modern 13" lunchbox planers, but so cool with...

There is a reason a lot of people have gone to electric tools for so many traditional air tools, but I don't know of an airless option for sand blasters. I've come down to three useful sizes for compressors. Fixed 60-80 gallon units, and don't cheap out on the compressor for your tool needs...