Tag: tool review

546 The Drillnado hits the basement workshop

May 22, 2015 • 7 Comments

I’ve been trying to distance myself further and further away from product reviews. Since they consist entirely of opinions they can be a little tricky to pull off successfully. This is especially true if you’ve had plenty of time to try the item out and can navigate your way around it like a seasoned pro, […]

Knew Concept Saws Look and Work Equally Amazing!

March 26, 2013 • 0 Comments

I was introduced to the Knew Concept Fret saw two years ago in the marketplace at Woodworking in America. My first impression of the saw was that it was a little weird looking, but in a VERY COOL way! It looked way to fragile to actually work, after all my first fret saw was a […]

Morton reviews the Steel City Planer with Carbide Cutters

March 19, 2013 • 4 Comments

I remember wandering the show floor at AWFS 2009 and seeing a booth featuring helical cutterheads for jointers and thickness planers and thinking “I need to get one of those for my tools!”. I also remember thinking about how amazing it would be if I had one with carbide cutters versus the usual high speed […]

Milwaukee 5616-20 Fixed Base Router Review with ToolSELECT TV

February 27, 2013 • 0 Comments

Time to return to the ToolSELECT TV studio for another tool review! This time around it’s all about the Milwaukee 5616-20 Fixed Base Router. This model from Milwaukee is a fixed base router with a twist. Unlike a regular fixed base router that you twist the body to adjust, the user has a couple of […]

Mid-week tool sneak peek No. 20

February 1, 2012 • 2 Comments

With it being the time of year we typically stay in doors to avoid the cold I, like many of you spend a lot of time in the shop. This means creating a lot of sawdust and messes that could be tracked all over the house. This is why good dust collection is so important. […]

My Toolselect.com debut

December 13, 2011 • 6 Comments

Not too long ago I wrote a post about Toolselect.com. In it I mentioned what a great service they provide for ANYONE looking for real world reviews about all kinds of tools. I mentioned how Toolselect.com gives reviewers a tool to take back to their shop or job site or wherever they’ll use it and […]