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Outside
March 2009
Jeremy Spencer |
Mechanical Advantage Upgrade your armory with the coolest knives and multi-tools out there   |
This Old House
Amy R. Hughes |
TOH Picks the Best Tools For Mom A tool-savvy editor checks out the latest gear and builds a mother's DIY gift bag. |
Outside
September 2004
James Glave |
Life Savers Don't be a tool! The latest in advanced cutlery puts a survival kit in your pocket. Buck/Whittaker's Short Revolution... Cricket SS by Spyderco... Leatherman's Charge TI... Gerber Nautilus... Victorinox Swissmemory... |
This Old House
John Kelsey |
Get a Grip Choosing the right pliers for the job |
Popular Mechanics
November 4, 2008 |
10 Quick Fixes: Improvise with Time-Saving Tool Tips The pros know it's often the simplest household item that can make an existing tool work better -- or substitute in a pinch for a more expensive piece of equipment you might only use once in a lifetime. |
This Old House
John Kelsey |
Multi-tools: One-Stop Shopping The modern version of a folding knife has lots of uses -- from loosening a cabinet handle to stripping a frayed lamp wire. Other tools have alternate uses, too. |
Popular Mechanics
May 2009
Logan Ward |
50 Tools Everyone Should Own (With Tips!) We need tools to build, repair and maintain the mechanical world in which we live. With these 50 tools, you'll be ready for just about any project. |
Popular Mechanics
October 17, 2008
Joseph Truini |
12 Basic Plumbing Supplies For Home Tool Kits: DIY Guy Live in a home long enough and you'll eventually have to deal with clogged sinks, dripping faucets, plugged-up toilets and leaky pipes. |
Seasoned Cooking
September 2010
Ronda L. Carnicelli |
Knife Work A good knife or set of knives is an important kitchen investment and something that can easily last a lifetime or more. |
Finefishing Saltwater
Bill Rival |
Knife Filleting Match Your Knife And Filleting Method For Improved Results |
This Old House
Norm Abram |
Norm's Notebook: How To Use a Handsaw A master carpenter offers advice about using handsaws. |
Popular Mechanics
May 2009 |
Bypass Hand Pruner Abusive Lab Test Fiskars' pruners cut with the least effort, and no tool could top Felco's blade durability. But the best all-around performer was also the least expensive: A.M. Leonard's 1286. |
This Old House
Amy Hughes |
Tools for the Do-It-Herselfer The home-improvement industry is clamoring to sell to the long-neglected do-it-herselfer. Three handy women evaluate popular tool kits. |
U.S. CPSC
August 29, 2007 |
Gerber Legendary Blades Recalls Pocket Knives During use, the back of the blade of the knife can slide past the blade support, posing a laceration hazard to consumers. |
Fast Company
Sarah Kessler |
48 Years Later, This Is How Fiskars Keeps Improving On Its Classic Orange-Handled Scissors The conference room table at Fiskars's Madison, Wisconsin U.S. headquarters is littered with the process of scissor innovation. |
Boating
David Seidman |
The How-To 102 Boating tips you can really use: Raw-water intake as an emergency bilge pump?... Scotch Blue Painter's Tape... Locktite thread locker... Gearless mini ratchets... Magnetic finger gloves... and more... |
Popular Mechanics
February 2006
Roy Berendsohn |
How to Snap a Fastener: The Laws of Extraction There are plenty of tools for removing a damaged fastener, but sometimes even old favorites don't work. The right tool and technique mean that you, not the fastener, will prevail. |
Popular Mechanics
December 16, 2008
Joseph Truini |
Holiday Gift List: 10 Tools the DIY Guy is Wishing For Hammerhead auto hammer... Flex light... Jigsaw... 3-in-1 survival knife... Stewart hammer... The new Skeletool... Cordless caulk gun... Fuego saw... Xtreme tool set... Combination set... |
AskMen.com
Gregory Cartier |
Knives You Need In The Kitchen A review of knives and why quality ones are worth the extra money. |
Popular Mechanics
February 6, 2009
Joseph Truini |
18 Uses for an old Favorite, the Utility Knife: DIY Guy Don't cut that tool short. It has more utility than you might think. |
Popular Mechanics
October 29, 2008
Doug Mahoney |
10 Essential Tools for Your Kitchen Drawer How to turn that "junk drawer" into a "job drawer." |
Popular Mechanics
October 2009
Jim Gorman |
4 Future Classic Tools You Can Buy Now Tillers, pliers, tape measures, and Remington shotguns are classics. |
Popular Mechanics
November 14, 2008
Joseph Truini |
10 Circular Saw Secrets: DIY GUY Circular saws aren't just woodcutting tools. When fitted with the proper blade, the saw can also saw through various types of metal and masonry. |
This Old House
Jason Carpenter |
Puzzled by Jigsaws? A jigsaw combines versatility, portability, and finesse to do something other tools can't: cut straight lines or sweeping curves in all sorts of materials. That's why it's a great first saw for a home workshop and the second most popular power-tool purchase. |
Popular Mechanics
December 2008 |
20 Minute Solutions: Quick Home Fixes, Upgrades and Instant Organizers Jazz up your kitchen... Quiet doors and hinges... Freshen your bath... etc. |
Wired
March 24, 2008
Chuck Cage |
Test: 1080p Projectors for Less, Pared-Down Multitools, VHS-to-DVD Converters Mitsubishi HC-4900... Sony Bravia VPL-VW60... Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 1080 UB... Sanyo PlV-Z2000... Leatherman Skeletool CX... Gerber Flik... Buck Whittaker X-Tract LED... CRKT Guppie... Pinnacle Dazzle DVD recorder... etc. |
