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How to Find the Best Tools and Gadgets at Garage Sales As spring rolls around, driveways, garages and front lawns around the country fill with unwanted stuff for weekend yard sales. With advice from PM's experts you can sort the junk from the gems.
50 Simple Tools to Help Rebuild Haiti As relief efforts bring materials to Haiti to aid in this reconstruction effort, PM suggests a list of basic tools and supplies that could help earthquake victims begin to rebuild their lives.
Tool Test: A Long-Lasting and Portable Work Lamp? Everybody needs a work light, so you might as well get one that stores neatly and is well protected while it's getting knocked around inside your toolbox or is bouncing around in your trunk. The Might D Light has what it takes.
Handheld Vacuum Face-Off: Abusive Lab Test Today, cordless hand vacs use advanced batteries and motors to pull with more power than ever. We took three new models and pitted them against a gantlet of spilled snacks and workshop detritus.
Bosch PS21 Tool Review: Tiny Driver Packs Punch Some tools have it. Some don't. A lot of Bosch tools do, and the tiny 1.9-pound PS21 micro driver had it in spades. We're talking about cool factor. This diminutive 12-volt driver looks like something out of a spy thriller.
Forget Complex Tools: Hammers and Nails Still Rule the Builders' Show The International Builders’ Show has its share of glamour and high-end products—like digital door locks and whirlpool tubs that cost thousands of dollars. Underneath it all, though, it's still about hammer and nails.
Homebuilding Products Get High-Tech The International Builders' Show is up and running in Las Vegas, and the products seem to be following in the footsteps of consumer electronics. Here are three of the coolest gadgets on the floor so far.
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7 Small Drills Bore It Out: Tool Comparison Test How much cordless drill do you need? Probably not as much as you think. We gathered seven drills with nearly identical features. Then we drilled holes with a 5/8-inch spade bit and drove 2-inch drywall screws until the batteries gave out. Here’s our report. (Published in the December 2009 issue)
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