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/reviews/johnson-1805-0025-job-site-power-tape-measure-review-20110322920/ https://www.old.toolrank.com/tool-blog/reviews/johnson-1805-0025-job-site-power-tape-measure-review-20110322920/ The simplest tools are often the hardest to review. How much different can any two tape measures be? They are all basically as simple as a thin piece of metal with lines and numbers. So simple, yet, I have the hardest time finding one that I like. I have used tape measures from all of the major brands and have a good understanding of what I like and need, but none of them on the market fit the bill. Design is what makes or brakes a tape measure. It spends a lot of time in our... ]]> Tue, 22 Mar 2011 08:00:00 -0500 https://www.old.toolrank.com/tool-blog/News/thread-detective-nut-a-bolt-size-gauge-20110118856/ https://www.old.toolrank.com/tool-blog/News/thread-detective-nut-a-bolt-size-gauge-20110118856/ I was pretty rough on Rockler the last time I mentioned them, but they are still one of my favorite tool stores because they still have some of the coolest products; products like the Thread Detective. Unless you have a nut and bolt in every size, or some other type of measuring gauge, you have probably found it difficult to find out the sizes you need when trying to match other nuts and bolts. The Thread Detective offers a simple and very effective way to find out the size you need by giving you a bunch... ]]> Tue, 18 Jan 2011 07:55:32 -0600 https://www.old.toolrank.com/tool-blog/News/woodpeckers-one-time-run-aluminum-t-squares-20101123831/ https://www.old.toolrank.com/tool-blog/News/woodpeckers-one-time-run-aluminum-t-squares-20101123831/ Woodpeckers, makers of precision woodworking tools, has announced that for this week only they will be accepting orders for some pretty cool limited run T-Squares. The squares are machined from solid billet aircraft grade aluminum and can be purchased in both metric and imperial sizes. Each square is machined with precision in mind and features micro-fine 1mm holes that the tip of a pencil can fit through. These holes are spaced 1/32nd of an inch apart for the imperial version, .5mm apart for the metric version and run the length of the the square. Users are... ]]> Tue, 23 Nov 2010 13:40:26 -0600 https://www.old.toolrank.com/tool-blog/News/craftsman-accutrac-laser-measure-20100907777/ https://www.old.toolrank.com/tool-blog/News/craftsman-accutrac-laser-measure-20100907777/ Craftsman has just entered the laser measuring market, which would normally be good news, but in this case, Craftsman has me wondering why they even bothered. It is not as though the new laser measurer is a bad tool, it is just a tool that has too little to offer for its price in today's market. A mispriced tool, as it were. At a price just shy of $100, the Craftsman Accutrac laser measurer can measure distances of up to 100 feet, calculates length, area, volume, does Pythagorean measuring and even has a backlit LCD screen.... ]]> Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:00:00 -0500 https://www.old.toolrank.com/tool-blog/News/two-new-bosch-laser-range-finders-hit-germany-usa-someday-20090815511/ https://www.old.toolrank.com/tool-blog/News/two-new-bosch-laser-range-finders-hit-germany-usa-someday-20090815511/ Bosch is a German company, so as expected Europe gets all the cool Bosch tools before we get them here in the US. Yeah it sucks, but this allows us to get a sneak peak at some of their latest gadgets before, or (the sad part) if they make it to the US market. The latest tools to come out of Bosch Germany are a pair of digital laser ranger-finders, that offer more features and greater measuring distance then their current line of DLR's. As the names suggest, the new GLM150 offers 150 meters(492... ]]> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 22:00:27 -0500