https://www.old.toolrank.com/ https://www.old.toolrank.com/images/stories/toolrankcom_100x358.png https://www.old.toolrank.com/ https://www.old.toolrank.com/tool-blog/News/the-colbert-reports-view-on-a-sawstop-mandate-201202201120/ https://www.old.toolrank.com/tool-blog/News/the-colbert-reports-view-on-a-sawstop-mandate-201202201120/ Mon, 20 Feb 2012 08:00:00 -0600 1120 2012-02-20 https://www.old.toolrank.com/tool-blog/News/boschs-new-hammer-drill-gets-the-12v-ultra-compact-treatment-201202161119/ https://www.old.toolrank.com/tool-blog/News/boschs-new-hammer-drill-gets-the-12v-ultra-compact-treatment-201202161119/ Your hammer drill still not small enough for you? Bosch just announced that they are coming out with the PS130 hammer drill for their 12V Max line. I don't know exactly who a 12V Max hammer drill is aimed towards, but with the popularity of ultra compact tools, I guess it makes sense. What kind of holes could you drill with a 12V Max hammer drill? I assumed that the holes you could drill into concrete with the PS130 would have to be pretty small, but I was happy to find it can drill... ]]> Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:01:48 -0600 1119 2012-02-16 https://www.old.toolrank.com/tool-blog/News/new-even-more-compact-18v-rotary-hammer-from-bosch-201202101113/ https://www.old.toolrank.com/tool-blog/News/new-even-more-compact-18v-rotary-hammer-from-bosch-201202101113/ Hammer drills are becoming more and more powerful and can handle many of our concrete drilling needs, but when we need to drill larger holes or we need speed, a rotary hammer is the way to go. Bosch's new RHS181 18-volt cordless rotary offers the portability we want from hammer drills, with the power we expect from rotary hammers. The design of the new RHS181 is pretty cool looking. In an effort to make the tool even smaller than other cordless rotary hammers, Bosch took some of the inner workers of the tool and relocated them to... ]]> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:24:52 -0600 1113 2012-02-10 https://www.old.toolrank.com/media/listing/photos/original/50/2e/db/1113_boschRHS181_1328914196.jpg https://www.old.toolrank.com/tool-blog/News/rockler-silicone-glue-brush-aims-to-be-your-last-201202091111/ https://www.old.toolrank.com/tool-blog/News/rockler-silicone-glue-brush-aims-to-be-your-last-201202091111/ Instead of buying a large quantity of regular glue brushes that you always end up throwing away, Rockler wants you to buy their new Silicone Glue Brush (45624), keep it, and reuse it over and over again. Their Silicone Glue Brush looks like a mini version of a silicone brush you might find in a kitchen, and if the technology works so well in the kitchen, it might be worth giving it a try in the shop. If you let the glue dry on a regular glue brush, it is as good as gone,... ]]> Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:14:25 -0600 1111 2012-02-09 https://www.old.toolrank.com/tool-blog/News/dewalt-expands-their-12v-max-and-20v-max-tool-lines-201202081110/ https://www.old.toolrank.com/tool-blog/News/dewalt-expands-their-12v-max-and-20v-max-tool-lines-201202081110/ Today DeWalt showed us that there are not messing around and they are willing to compete with the other brands to win you over. They were a little behind and had to play catch up with their 18-volt slide-style battery tools known to us as 20V Max, but it looks like they have kept their engineers busy to keep the 20V Max selection growing fast. It was back in June 2011 when DeWalt first introduced their 20V Max tool line and now, only 8 months later, they are expanding on their line with 8 new 20V tools. ... ]]> Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:00:00 -0600 1110 2012-02-08 https://www.old.toolrank.com/media/listing/photos/original/80/b3/07/1110_CompactBrushlessImpactDriverKITDCF895C2_1328690199.jpg https://www.old.toolrank.com/tool-blog/News/hilti-redesigns-the-laser-measure-and-i-like-it-201202071108/ https://www.old.toolrank.com/tool-blog/News/hilti-redesigns-the-laser-measure-and-i-like-it-201202071108/ Despite the relatively small size of the current laser distance measurers on the market, sometimes they can be hard to handle. In certain situations it can be awkward to hit the buttons. A new pencil-like design from Hilti might just remedy some of those ergonomic issues when they arise. Hilti has completely moved away from the typical square block with their PD5 laser distance measurer and has instead come up with a long narrow design. This slender form should make the tool easier to handle and use during those awkward situations, but to come up with such... ]]> Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:00:00 -0600 1108 2012-02-07 https://www.old.toolrank.com/media/listing/photos/original/ed/bb/c7/1108_HiltiPD5_1328599716.jpg https://www.old.toolrank.com/tool-blog/News/have-a-seized-screw-the-hand-impact-is-the-right-tool-for-the-job-201202041107/ https://www.old.toolrank.com/tool-blog/News/have-a-seized-screw-the-hand-impact-is-the-right-tool-for-the-job-201202041107/ Impact drivers are great at screwing in the largest of screws and even lag bolts, impacts are also really good at loosening screws that might have become stuck over the years. But what if you need to loosen a screw and you need little more "impact" and a little less "driver"? You use a hand powered impact driver. If you want to loosen a screw but you are worried about stripping or shearing the screw, a regular cordless impact driver is not the correct tool to use; it provides too much rotational torque. The correct tool to... ]]> Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:14:02 -0600 1107 2012-02-04 https://www.old.toolrank.com/media/listing/photos/original/88/1e/1b/1107_LeeValleyhandimpact_1328318637.jpg https://www.old.toolrank.com/tool-blog/News/cute-108-volt-radio-from-makita-uk-201202021106/ https://www.old.toolrank.com/tool-blog/News/cute-108-volt-radio-from-makita-uk-201202021106/ Having a radio going while you work is like being inside a time warp. There is something about the music that makes the time just a little bit faster. But hauling a big radio onto the jobsite is the last thing on my mind when I have to unload a miter saw, air compressor and my other tools. Size is the reason I have not purchased a jobsite radio, but the latest radio from Makita UK is small enough to possibly be my first. The introduction of the smaller 10.8-volt batteries brought us a few smaller radios... ]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:00:00 -0600 1106 2012-02-02 https://www.old.toolrank.com/media/listing/photos/original/1c/77/8b/1106_makitamr051_1328166944.jpg https://www.old.toolrank.com/tool-blog/News/3d-printer-for-only-350-201202011105/ https://www.old.toolrank.com/tool-blog/News/3d-printer-for-only-350-201202011105/ 3D printers are becoming more and more popular among the DIY crowd. The open source community has been playing a huge part in allowing people to purchase or build their own 3D printers at prices in the neighborhood of $1000, which is pretty good considering what they can do. This year 3D printers are even more popular and the prices are coming down, way down. If you search online you can find a number of people that are looking for funding to help lower the manufacturing cost of open source 3D printers. Basically if enough people pledge... ]]> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:00:00 -0600 1105 2012-02-01 https://www.old.toolrank.com/media/listing/photos/original/8b/b6/af/makibox-a6-render-86-1364001075.jpg https://www.old.toolrank.com/tool-blog/News/rare-depression-era-color-photos-of-workers-and-their-tools-201201311104/ https://www.old.toolrank.com/tool-blog/News/rare-depression-era-color-photos-of-workers-and-their-tools-201201311104/ Updated with link to all 1616 color photos Do you know what the 30's and 40's looked like in color? Just about everything we see from that period of time is in black and white, and it is hard to picture it any other way. Sure there are movies that depict the era, but how accurate are they to the real thing? The photos in the gallery were taken between 1939 and 1944 by either the U.S. Farm Security Administration or the Office of War Information, and the are now thankfully being preserved by the... ]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:00:00 -0600 1104 2012-01-31 https://www.old.toolrank.com/media/listing/photos/original/dd/01/19/1104_100529raredepressioneraphotosincolor_1327996178.jpg