Hand Tool Reviews

Easy to operate. Just put fingers in recessed grips on the sides of both jaws and press down release bars with thumbs. pull jaws open and twist wrists to angle jaws in different directions. Fit jaws to work piece, release thumbs from bars and tighten snug with threaded rod turn handles. To release from the work piece, loosen turn handles slightly and press release bars with thumbs and pull jaws open.

I bought this power cord holder after I saw it in one of those airplane mall magazines. I bought a heavy duty 100' cord and this bucket easily holds it. It is made of sturdy plastic. The only problem is that the bucket moves around when I am winding the cord. I solved this problem by just stepping on the corners with my feet. This is a great gadget.

I personally get more use out of this size than the other ones. Mainly because it is small enough to be handy, yet large enough to clamp even 4x4s to a, for example radial arm saw top. Great for holding a quick stop on a saw top as well. It has the macro length jaws for farther reaching, and the handy size.
The big benefit to these is that you get true mobility out of them. While holding a piece of work, lined up, in one hand, you use these quick grips in the other hand to secure the work. If it slips while clamping, it is still a one handed tool to release it, and reclamp it again. Enables you to maintain a professional flow to your work. I feel awkward when using regular clamps in comparison. They require two hands. You could use a spring clamp to hold it together, then get another clamp to give it a final hold, but the quick grip saves you from having to do that.
Having these clamps in a few different sizes is beneficial as well. Small ones are more frequently used, and don't get in the way. The 33 1/2" is great when you need to hold larger projects together, and you can't effectively use two smaller ones to substitute. Additionally the macro clamps give you deeper jaws for a farther reach, enabling you to use them for securing work, to your radial arm saw table for example. They are fast enough to be used for almost any application. Sometimes I use them to secure work when sanding with a power sander. A couple squeezes and they are on, and one squeeze and they pop off.
After getting the smaller ones, and using them, I immediately order two of the 33 1/2" for larger projects, and for tie downs on equipment, including the drill press, and occasionally the radial arm saw.
Their is a small rubber stopper, which you can readily remove, in order to reverse the end, and make it a spreader as well. Something not needed very often, but difficult to achieve without one of these.
One note is that these have built in rubber pads, that completely cover the metal internal end. That is an advantage when you do not want to mar the wood. That and the fact that you can squeeze these with one hand, creates a mechanism that is easy to use, but not something that you would want to use for strength clamping. As a safety measure, these clamp sufficiently for most operations, but a threaded bar clamp, is stronger. So for those operations where extreme strength is needed, these are not the clamps to use. You sacrifice mountain holding strength for the ease of use. For example if I was using a large bit on the drill press, and drilling into metal, I would clamp it with something more. Even the slightest movement in an operation like that, could cause a snag, sending the piece into movement. If you are using just one of them, at the end of a 24" board, and decide to rout the other end, it will move on you. Securing it with two of them, and it is super tied down. You get my drift.
The big advantage of quick grip clamps, is that they handle wood beautifully, even for glue up operations. Hold workpieces more than securely to do the job in most applications, and are so handy that they deserve more than 5 stars. I would feel lost without them. It is another tool in the must have category.

I use the Total Trolley for everything from trash duty to carrying my 1,600 CDs. We stack our 26 CD cases, weighing about 20 pounds a piece, on the cart and wheel it around with no problems. That's well over 500 pounds! I bought the collapsing cases, too. They are very handy for groceries, small items, etc. The ladder set-up is fast, easy, and very stable. I feel very safe standing on the TOP rung - fully allowed. The versatility is endless. We use it to move furniture, carry several large sacks of dog food, just about every lifting job I used to do manually, I now let the cart do it for me. This cart is well worth the cost, and then some. I have no idea how I managed without it!

This is well constructed, and great for someone like myself who uses it randomly and is always traveling for work. It lacks the RPMS of a corded tool, but that is to be expected of almost any cordless tool. If you work in your garage or shop buy corded, if your on the move alot I recommend this tool.

This was my grand fathers pipe wrench which he had for probly 20 years and ive had it for 10, it still works great, like new but it is a heavy one, and you can easily overtighen a fitting, or snap it compleatly. You might think its way to big but there are many uses for it especially working with big pipe. Its lasted 30 years for me and at least has 100 years left in it.

I like aluminum pipe wrenches because of their light weight. I have a whole collection of Rigid aluminum wrenches for various applications. The job is always easier with the right tools. I use this one for working in sink cabinets where space is tight, but I still need the leverage a 10" handle provides. I suppose there is not a great deal of weight difference between this wrench and a cast iron one, but the aluminum will never rust. This is more a problem if you are working around corrosives like liquid fertilizer, but old habits (buying aluminum) die hard, so it was a natural for me to buy this wrench.

You will get many years of service out of Rigid, the only ones I've ever seen die were severely abused. (See my other Rigid reviews for details.) The jaws are replacable if you would ever wear them out.

After using this bowl gouge on a few projects, I am absolutely impressed by the strength of the tool. There was no in the steel even when deep cutting into an ash bowl. I feel as though this tool will have no problems with the hardest woods or even burls.
Besides being a great tool, the service from Grizzly has been fantastic. I ordered on a Sunday afternoon and had the tool on Tuesday. That's pretty fast. Shipping through Grizzly is a little steep for such a small product, but it was sent out immediately. Needless to say, I am very pleased with what I received

now this is the only pipe cuter that i have in my tool box

The RocSon Innovations RR101 RocRac Heavy Duty Swing Arm Tool Organizer is a well-designed, heavy-duty storage system. The multiple swing arms allow the rack of tools to be folded against the wall to conserve space. The nine RocLoc hooks supplied with the unit are large enough to support several item per hook. The locking device on each hook can be secured thus ensuring each tool is safely latched within the hook system. Another feature is the unit has a unique detent system on each swing arm. The detent allows the arms to be positioned at three convenient positions and prevents the arms from drifting.