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Power Tools You Need: Saws
Unless you are super-retro (think Noah), you probably don’t want to spend all your home improvement time and energy laboriously gnawing through lumber with a handsaw. Here’s a rundown of the most useful power saws for working on your house or tackling other woodworking projects.
Power Tools You Need: Drills
There is perhaps no power tool more essential or basic in concept than the power drill. It’s a motor with a handle and a switch, and a place—the chuck—to insert whatever it is that you want the motor to rotate. Like the power saw, it’s one of those tools that I cannot imagine living without. I picture carpenters of yore using a brace-and-bit to drill through massive beams and wonder how anything ever got built in the olden days and how people survived more than a couple years in the trades.
Dad Stuff: Best Made American Felling Axe
Do I need a $250 axe? Probably not, but I'm not sure I need an axe at all. Need's got nothing to do with it.
Why You Need a Tool Belt
There are very few accessories that are particularly manly. An attaché case? Perhaps. A sidearm? Definitely. A murse? Not so much. But one piece of wearable gear that’s unquestionably masculine is a classic, well-appointed tool belt.
Are You Using the Wrong Fire Extinguisher?
For some reason—I’m not exactly sure why—I've become obsessed with safety around the house. Maybe this feeling comes with getting older and the growing awareness that I am no longer the invincible, 35-year-old beast I used to think I was.
