'Tool Hound' Blog - Fine Homebuilding

Fine Homebuilding Magazine

Shop for Books, DVDs, & more Shop for Books, DVDs and more

member page

showing 1 - 10 of 76 posts
1 2 3 Next > Last

Sort By:

Subscribe to RSS feed

Gas shut-off valves for seismic areas

Justin Fink, Senior Editor | September 1st, 2010

Gas + Earthquakes = Trouble. These dirt-simple valves automatically cut off the gas supply to your house in the event of an earthquake.

view details

AZEK now in Home Depot

Justin Fink, Senior Editor | August 30th, 20103 comments

I went to Natick, MA the weekend before last to help my brother do some work on his kitchen. We took the obligatory drive to the local Home Depot to pick up a little of this and a little of that, and...

view details

Lenox Releases Uber-Recip Blades (and a really cool website)

Justin Fink, Senior Editor | August 6th, 20102 comments

To be honest, I was going to write a blog post about the new double-tang cast-iron cutting blade that Lenox recently released, but when I navigated to the company website I was immediately distracted...

view details

Return of Some Classic Hand Tools

Justin Fink, Senior Editor | July 13th, 20104 comments

Just like a old leather tool belt or worn pair of double-knee Carhartts, there's a certain romance to classic hand tools. I was flipping through the latest Garrett Wade catalog and decided it would...

view details

Senco's New Hoseless Trim Nailer is a Game Changer

Justin Fink, Senior Editor | July 9th, 20104 comments

With no gas cartridge to change, and no mechanical flywheel to wait for, this fast and portable trim gun is well worth its premium price.

view details

Is your vac compliant with EPA lead regs? (hint: who knows...)

Justin Fink, Senior Editor | July 7th, 20103 comments

So, by now we all know about the strict lead regulations being handed down by the EPA (if you don't know, you aren't visiting www.finehomebuilding.com nearly as often as most doctor's would...

view details

Handy little nailset

Justin Fink, Senior Editor | July 1st, 20102 comments

This review was emailed to me by a long-time Fine Homebuilding tipster Don Mathis: Any old fool can drive nails under good conditions, but in hard to reach places (like hardwood tongue & groove...

view details

Reader Email: Bargain bin flooring nailer?

Justin Fink, Senior Editor | June 28th, 20105 comments

I got an email this weekend from a reader that had a question about the off-brand flooring nailer pictured in last issue's What's the Difference? on flooring fasteners. Here's the...

view details

Dewalt's slim, balanced approach to 12v

Justin Fink, Senior Editor | June 25th, 2010

DeWalt may be late to the game as far as 12v Li-ion tools are concerned, but their new entries appear to be solid competition for the current market leaders.

view details