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Safety knives: why the self-retracting blade mattersA cutter left open on the pallet is a cut waiting to happen. I explain how safety knives work, what to read on the da...
Utility knives, scissors and snips: a crooked cut comes down to the choiceA blade that tears instead of cutting is usually the wrong blade or one kept too long. How to choose box cutters, wor...
Pliers are not a spanner: how to choose jaws, cutting edges and insulationUniversal, half-round nose, locking, pipe wrench: every pair of pliers has a specific job. How to choose them and whi...
Do your abrasives last ten minutes? You are skipping grits, or you are pushing too hardThe grit sequence is not a textbook recommendation: skipping one costs you double in discs and leaves marks. How to c...
Multi-norm clothing is not "a more expensive jacket": it is the only garment you can keep on near an arcFlame retardant, antistatic, electric arc, high visibility: four different standards on a single garment. Find out wh...
When it pays to switch from a piston to a screw compressor (and when it is just an expense)A screw compressor is not a bigger piston compressor: it is a machine built never to stop. The hours threshold above ...
Metal drill bits that last a day: the problem is the speed, not the bitBurning out drill bits on stainless steel? Almost always you are going too fast and pushing too little. The rule for ...
Do you take your gloves off to do fine work? Then they are the wrong glovesIf you have to take your glove off to drive a screw, that glove is not protecting you: it is just taking up space in ...
The plug that pulled out: the problem was not in the wall, it was the holeWhen a fixing fails, the hole is to blame far more often than the plug. Cleaning, depth, edge distance: three things ...
The generator starts but the tool doesn’t: how to really size a generator setThe sum of the watts on the rating plate does not work, and I explain why. Motor starting surge, cos φ and AVR, with ...
Safety shoes that hurt are not the wrong shoes: they are the wrong sizeI hear it every day: “too tight at the toe”, “my feet sweat”, “they rub my heel”. Almost always it is not the model, ...
Is your piston compressor letting you down? Almost always it is not the compressorNinety per cent of the compressors that reach my workshop as "not delivering any more" have nothing broken. Here is w...
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Safety knives: why the self-retracting blade mattersA cutter left open on the pallet is a cut waiting to happen. I explain how safety knives work, what to read on the da...
Utility knives, scissors and snips: a crooked cut comes down to the choiceA blade that tears instead of cutting is usually the wrong blade or one kept too long. How to choose box cutters, wor...
Pliers are not a spanner: how to choose jaws, cutting edges and insulationUniversal, half-round nose, locking, pipe wrench: every pair of pliers has a specific job. How to choose them and whi...
Do your abrasives last ten minutes? You are skipping grits, or you are pushing too hardThe grit sequence is not a textbook recommendation: skipping one costs you double in discs and leaves marks. How to c...
Multi-norm clothing is not "a more expensive jacket": it is the only garment you can keep on near an arcFlame retardant, antistatic, electric arc, high visibility: four different standards on a single garment. Find out wh...
When it pays to switch from a piston to a screw compressor (and when it is just an expense)A screw compressor is not a bigger piston compressor: it is a machine built never to stop. The hours threshold above ...
Metal drill bits that last a day: the problem is the speed, not the bitBurning out drill bits on stainless steel? Almost always you are going too fast and pushing too little. The rule for ...
Do you take your gloves off to do fine work? Then they are the wrong glovesIf you have to take your glove off to drive a screw, that glove is not protecting you: it is just taking up space in ...
The plug that pulled out: the problem was not in the wall, it was the holeWhen a fixing fails, the hole is to blame far more often than the plug. Cleaning, depth, edge distance: three things ...
The generator starts but the tool doesn’t: how to really size a generator setThe sum of the watts on the rating plate does not work, and I explain why. Motor starting surge, cos φ and AVR, with ...
Safety shoes that hurt are not the wrong shoes: they are the wrong sizeI hear it every day: “too tight at the toe”, “my feet sweat”, “they rub my heel”. Almost always it is not the model, ...
Is your piston compressor letting you down? Almost always it is not the compressorNinety per cent of the compressors that reach my workshop as "not delivering any more" have nothing broken. Here is w...
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