IWS Member Badge
Call 774-987-9399

J and J Small Engine Blog

RSS Grab J&J Small Engine Clinic Blog Feed

Get e-mail notifications of new blog posts! Enter email address below.


Delivered by FeedBurner

Bob Villa Recommends Some Power Tools

Joseph Coupal - Friday, February 03, 2012

Everyone has a hammer and a screw driver, but think of what you can do with power tools. Put a new tool in the hands of some people and they become giddy at the prospect of all the jobs they can now do. Power tools may be more expensive than a hammer, but when you own them, there is one less excuse to blow off a project. And, power tools they pay for themselves.

The very basic set of tools is perfect for installing shelves or a shower heads. But are there other tools, power tools, that would inspire someone to take on the bigger home projects.

Bob Villa says that what you need is a set of aspirational tools. These tools lean heavily on the power tools category.

Nevertheless,when you own the right power tools, you can take on projects that, had you paid a carpenter, would have cost much more than buying all of those power tools.

The first item on my list of new tools was an 18-volt cordless drill.  It is advisable to get one with a spare battery, so you don’t have to worry about losing power midway through a project.

A battery-powered circular saw is another good thing to have, “especially if you’re outside working on a fence or up on a roof, where you don’t want to drag a cord.”

A reciprocating saw, or Sawzall, is good for demolition and for cutting through walls. It’s the greatest tool in America, and, keep in mind, second only to chainsaws as the most dangerous.

The top tool recommendation is a multipiece drilling-and-driving set, which expands the utility of a cordless drill. For any job, no matter what you need to do, this tool has it.

A 80-piece drill-and-drive set includes nut-setters, roughly 20 drill bits and more than 50 screw-driving tips. For those with more specialized woodworking needs, Ryobi sells a 90-piece drill-and-drive set that includes tools for boring and circular cuts.

When you embark on home projects, you make a mess and need a way to clean up. The recommendation: a wet-dry vacuum or Shop-Vac. They suck up stuff that would destroy a typical vacuum and you don’t think of it as a tool but you get addicted to it.

Another tool that Mr. Vila suggests is an auger for unclogging toilets or drains. Plumbers charge such enormous amounts that when you buy a three-foot Ridgid toilet auger it pays for itself in the time it would take a plumber to walk from his truck to your front door.
 
Are you in the market to add some power tools to your workspace? Contact J&J Small Engine Clinic.

Original article - NYTimes

Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0) | Permalink

1

Recent Posts

Tags

zero emission lawn mowers, MA lawn mower maintenance, ma power tools maintenance, MA sprocket nose bar small engines, MA yard tool service, MA yard equipment won't start, MA snowblower tune-up new power equipment, MA Small Engine chainsaws chain saw FAQs WRIGHT snow blowers push mower, MA snow blowers, MA, RI leaf blower lawn equipment, MA engine won't start small snow blowers, MA, RI edging, MA ethanol free gasoline snow throwers circular saw, MA mower tune up, MA small engine problems, MA backpack blowers string trimming, MA engines idles wrong spark plugs wood boring drill leaf blower service, MA two cycle engine repairs, MA STIHL wet dry vac lawn mowers vacuum STIHL backpack blowers wet dry vac choke power lawn mowers electric snow blowers, MA, RI sales and service of power tools cordless drill, MA two cycle engines, MA edgers, MA ethanol free gas ethanol-free gas single-stage snowblower new power tools, Ma fuel for engines electric lawn mowers two-stroke engines gas lawn mowers small engine service, MA power tools sales, MA small engine tune up, MA power tool repair, MA lawn mower, MA annual maintenance, MA hedge trimmers small engine tools string trimmers, MA wet vac lawn mower blade sharpening, MA Stihl TORO Stihl Dealer prune trees engine dies generators leaf blower maintenance, MA snow removal fuel-related problems two-stage snow blower Recycler series power lawn mowers ethanol-free gasoline air filter Attleboro, MA standing lawn mowers plug in lawn mowers filters snowblower snow blowers, MA small air cooled engine J&J Small Engine Clinic power tool service, MA Local small engine repair zero turn lawn mowers, MA engine overheating wet dry vacuum electric chain saw toro snow blowers Massachusetts STIHL leaf blowers two-stage snow blowers small engine oil preventative maintenance small engine maintenance, MA power tool engine parts, MA Toro lawn mowers economical snow blowers, MA, RI gasoline STIHL drills chain saws yard equipment, MA STIHL chain saw lawn mower engine parts, MA power equipment 2 stage snow blowers power tool parts, MA holiday shopping string trimmers new lawn mower, MA sharpen mower blades, MA STIHL hedge trimmers leaking head gasket preparing your lawnmower, ma chain saws, MA Attleboro small engine repair, MA leaf blower parts, MA small gas engines fall cleanup magneto, MA carburetor kits power tool repair ethanol free gas, MA Torro lawn mowers, MA black friday STIHL auger power tool maintenance small engine parts wet-dry vac small machines STIHL extended reach hedge trimmers commercial lawn mowers small engine repair shops, MA wet-dry vacuum power outages small engine repairs common small engine problems flywheel, MA Local small engine repair, MA smoking small engine lawn care, MA lawn equipment engine problems, MA regular maintenance power tools service, MA portable generators small engine repair lawn mower carburetor, ma order small engine parts trimmers, MA battery powered lawn mowers regular maintenance, MA Wright lawn mowers solid nose bar EPA standards problems with lawn equipment, MA green lawn mowers electric lawn mowers, MA backpack leaf blowers outdoor equipment bar and chain lawn mower maintenance lawn mower repairs, ma lawn mower carburetor mower blades, MA power tool repairs, MA new lawn equipment, MA small engine repair sales services north attleboro power tools won't start, MA power tool service power tools, MA compact two-stage blower engine oil leaf blowers fuel containers outdoor power equipment tighten the chain North Attleboro small engines power tool storage Toro snow blowers, MA, RI sales and service of small engine equipment drought lawn care, MA two-cycle engines lawn mowers, MA zere turn mowers snow blower storage pursh zero turn mowers trenchers Toro Stihl Wrigth North Attleboro MA lawn mower engine problems, MA power tools residential generators lawn mower tune up, MA small engine tune-up, MA chain saw sawzall, MA leaf blowers, MA lawnmowers, MA shop-vac two stage snow blowers new snowblower

Archive