Just like you, I cringe when I have to pick up material for a big project. The current stage of dock renovation is painting everything, structural steel, wood on the fish house and gear closets. So for months prep work has been going on. All metal must have the loose rust removed. I have […]
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Window Safety Week: Tips for Safely Handling Broken Window Glass
Four! Whoops … that golf ball just made a smash landing right in your living room! Whether a stray soft ball or a ladder that slips and goes through a window, it’s important to know in advance how to safely handle broken window glass. As part of National Window Safety Week from April 4 -10, […]
Springtime Projects for the Home Improvement Enthusiast
Well this past weekend temperatures here in the Deep South hit the mid 80s. What happened to the mild 70s I wanted? The greening of the trees means it’s time for outside projects to move from planning to doing. Here are a few of the things we are working on. Matt is working diligently to […]
Stanley is making waves with its HID Flashlight
You have seen HID lights, the bright-bluish white car headlamps that were once only found on high end sports models but are more prevalent now. What if you could take that same intensity and put it into a package that could be placed in a flashlight body. Well Stanley did just that. With 4200 Lumens, […]
Customer Satisfaction Survey of Home Improvement Centers
During the past month we surveyed one million EHT Newsletter subscribers. Here are the results from the customer satisfaction survey. I was surprised by the number of unsatisfactory experiences with the local hardware stores. Truthfully i am not sure what to make about that statistic. Maybe it is a love/hate thing as the mom and […]
Bosch Instrument Brings 360 Degree Laser to the Masses
Bosch Laser Dual Line Laser 360 degree coverage
Wow, what a great tool tryout weekend!
This past weekend I had a few tools to use and review that I was really excited about. Now many times, these great expectations die a quick death to the reality in the field use trials. Well, this weekend was nothing like that. I cannot tell you how cool the Fluke TI-32 Infrared Camera unit is. I […]
Cool Tools Being Reviewed This Weekend
A couple of products being reviewed this weekend have me excited. For starters I will be taking a look at a new HID Flashlight from Stanley. I charged it last night, and my initial impression is that this light is a beast. I will have more on this later, but I can’t wait to get […]
Source of Howard Hughes Fortune
Howard Hughes, eclectic, reclusive and sometimes nutty billionaire was not a Horatio Alger rags to riches story. What was the source of his fortune? If you saw the movie about his life, you probably know the answer. Most of us think of his work during World War II with the Spruce Goose, the largest aircraft […]
Tool Trivia
What did the Apollo 8 astronauts use to fasten down tools during weightlessness on their 1968 moon-orbiting voyage? Answer in the comments section below. Hint, if you were born before 1970 you probably played with this on Sunday mornings when the Sunday Comics (remember when they first used color in newspaper). I will give […]