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Working as an electrician and carpenter, I have come to love my 1/4" impact driver. I use it for driving fasteners, securing emt fittings, assembling strut racks, etc. Working previously as a carpenter and in day to day work, I have truly come to love and appreciate GRK bits for how many...

I recently bought a 14' Cargo Mate cargo trailer and have spent the last couple of weekends converting it into a tool trailer and functional workspace. The trailer had been used before I bought it for mobile pressure washing. The floor was soaked in diesel fuel and the entire trailer reeked of...

I am looking to take advantage of my Snap-On student discount while I still can and have been looking at investing in 1/2" and 3/8" SO TechAngle torque wrenches to use in my everyday as a 3rd year apprentice / soon to be journeyman electrician, airframe & powerplant mechanic and hobby /...

I figured all the good people of GarageJournal would appreciate my growing collection of Fluke meters. After recently securing reentry into the electrical field, I decided to treat myself a little and picked up a Fluke 1507 megger, which led me to deciding my collection was finally picture /...

We had a slow morning in the shop so a friend decided to bring in his new Cricut. I made a custom badge for my toolbox and figured I would share! Finished product! All of the small pieces were a bit of a pain to get to stick to the transfer paper, but it only took me a few minutes and a bit...

Working in the trades on and off over the last 15~ years, I come to love and appreciate my toolbags, and still use the same bags I carried when I first started the trades. I have found, that for the most part, most of the people that use bags around me consider their toolbags a consumable and...

I wanted to reach out to those currently working in the electrical trades and pick your brains about any additions I should make as I work back into the trade. As some may know, I once worked as an industrial / commercial electrician and have about 5800 hours OJT as an apprentice, but spent...

I'm looking for some filler sockets and filler sets to finish out some open sets I have right now. Looking for Snap-On, Mac, Matco, Williams, Bluepoint or SK. If you have some fillers laying around that you never use or otherwise are looking to sell, shoot me your price. Here's what I'm...

I am an up and coming aviation mechanic and am looking to make another custom side cabinet, this time focused on holding airframe specific tooling. I recently made a custom side chest modeled after the Snap-On KRL1099PBO for holding all of my power tools. I am getting to the point of maxing...

I am in the process of fabricating a slider shaft for a friend's derby car and would like some suggestions on making an alignment jig to make SURE that nothing falls out of square or out of alignment while I am welding it up. My plan is to turn the drive shaft yokes / ends in a lathe to true...

I wanted to practice my riveting abilities so I decided to fabricate up a quick, simple aluminum toolbox out of .040" T3 Alclad aviation-grade aluminum plate and AN470 2117-T3 universal head rivets. I used a 3X pneumatic rivet gun and bucking bar to drive all of the rivets and a 1/8" radius...

I am in the process of improving upon the design of a buzz box magneto timer I made in A&P school by adding a few minor additions to the basic design. The circuit is more or less a signal generator and amplifier which generates a signal and illuminates an LED in the event of an open circuit...

I recently picked up about $200 worth of Kaizen foam to shadow my entire toolbox and just got around to getting my entire toolbox organized. I am going into the aviation field where tool inventory is paramount and where many shops, if not most, requiring toolboxes to be shadowed to allow for...

Looking at tool the other day, with an emphasis on building my own to strengthen my fabrication skills, I decided to make an oil filter cutter. For those who may be unfamiliar, oil filter cutters are designed to 'ring cut' the metal housing of an oil filter, exposing the internal filter...

A couple of months ago, I picked up a vintage Skil 825 8-1/4" worm drive saw, with the intent of restoring it for a friend as christmas present. A couple of days ago, I finally got around to restoring the saw. Overall the saw was in pretty good condition when I got it, however, it had a...

A couple of months ago, I picked up a vintage Skil 825 8-1/4" worm drive saw, with the intent of restoring it for a friend as christmas present. A couple of days ago, I finally got around to restoring the saw. Overall the saw was in pretty good condition when I got it, however, it had a...

I have been really liking the look of Snap-On's powerbank system KRL1099PBO, but I can't justify the $1600 price tag for a side box to go on a toolbox I paid less than a $1000 for. I know there is a TON of difference between Snap-On and Harbor Freight, but I just can't justify spending that...

I am considering replacing the lock assemblies on my US General Pro 72" toolbox. I haven't had many major issues as of yet, but the locks don't feel smooth and I often wonder if and when they are going to fail on me. I have looked at the locks and they rotate the lock rod assembly about the...

I am hoping to start the somewhat daunting tax of shadowing my toolbox. I want to do a professional job, but hopefully without completely breaking the bank. I have looked at a lot of foam options and am considering going with closed cell plank foam (Uline #S-20811). I estimate I would need 4...

I recently learned about Walton tap extractors for removing broken taps, but have never used them, nor have I ever really had too much of a use for them, however, I going into the aviation field and these seem like that they ,could be a life saver, however, looking over a limited amount of...