power tools

As a kid, you probably came up with a lot of terrible ideas your parents wisely stopped you from carrying out;…

There’s always one annoying dude at the table screaming, “no spinning!” whenever you’re playing foosball. But when…

This is a really neat woodworking project from Matthias Wandel: turning a single piece of wood into a chain just by…

The garage door opener is one of those forgotten devices in your home that’s only ever noticed when it breaks. But…

The worst thing about working with handheld power tools is the constant and intense vibrations from oscillating…

We've known for months now that Bosch would be the first power tool company to offer inductive batteries and…

The new Troy-Bilt Flex modular outdoor power equipment system is kind of like a Transformer for your yard. In just…

Slingshot psycho Joerg Sprave has done some of his best work with rubber, but there's more to slingin' than…

You'd be unlikely to see many Amish folks at CES or MWC or any other technology expo—because, for a start, many of…

You can take great pride in your vehicle even if you don't have a clue how to fix it. And if you do know what…

To create the new iMac, Apple's thinnest desktop yet, the designers used friction-stir welding to join the aluminum…

Zip Disks were at one time a tiny miracle. In 1996, 100 MB of storage sounded endless. Well, the name is back, but…

No kitchen drawer should go without a little power screwdriver. any of the four in our recent test will do. But even…

There's a lot to like about shopping for power tools online—good deals, 24/7 convenience, copious reviews, and the…

It usually takes a pretty hefty tool to knock out a brick wall, demolish a concrete staircase, or pulverize a tile…

When cordless power tools started getting good, back around 2006, manufacturers always said a cordless…

When the first MakerBot appeared in 2009, the idea of 3D printing was a bit foreign to all but the most advanced…

The guys at Re-Char, a small startup that makes carbon-negative products, were faced with a problem. They wanted…

You want to give the handyman/woman thing a shot, but you don't want to invest in an entire toolbox worth of gear in…

A cordless drill used to be a poor choice as a power tool—too heavy to take up a ladder and too weak to do the…