Shim, Lift, Fix, with a Winbag

For countless years there are countless people trying to lift, hold, position and adjust things. In all this effort, we have invented a handful of aids such as jacks, clamps, pins and shims.

But today, finally, we have a patented improvement.

There are a million customers that could be using this as you read this.

You will love the video.
You will see several practical ideas.
There are a thousand additional uses.

There are a million customers waiting.

Winbag, a new Patent Pending technique. A new tool.

Place. Pump.
A one man job.

From idea to patent, through testing, production and marketing,
Winbag is an innovative product becoming known worldwide.

From Red Horse Manufacturing Company:
The idea of using a soft – yet very strong – air pillow for various holding, pressing, installation, adjusting and lifting applications originated in Denmark when a window installer grew increasingly tired of the hassle of handling large windows, using only wooden or plastic wedges/shims.

Directional escape alarms

ExitPoint from System Sensor draws attention to exit routes in emergency situations.

The tones and intensities coming from directional devices offer easy-to-understand cues for rapidly finding exits.

Pointing the blare?

Article at Directions Magazine...
also posted at One Stop Thought Shop

"100% American Grown" stripper

So many claims are promoted in commerce.

SOY•Gel™ strips stars out of the sky, while you labor elsewhere:

Want a better way to remove paints, urethanes and enamels without the back-breaking work of sanding and chiseling? Made from 100% American Grown Soybeans, SOY•Gel™ does all that and more. Throw out the sand paper and put away the knee pads. Just put some SOY•Gel™ on the coating to be removed, allowing you to work on another project. Let SOY•Gel™ do the work, not you! Within minutes you can see the power of SOY•Gel™ start to lift the coatings, all while you spend time on other tasks. Not sure how many coats need to be removed? SOY•Gel™ doesn't care. One coat, five coats, twenty coats, SOY•Gel™ will remove them all and leave you smiling. In addition Soy Gel goes a long ways, with one gallon giving you up to 200 sq. ft. coverage. That's THREE times the coverage of most traditional strippers!! With SOY•Gel™ you won't have to deal with harsh odors that we all know so well with other strippers. No odor SOY•Gel™ is the perfect helper for anyone wanting to remove paints, urethanes, and enamels.

Not bad!

• Concrete sealers
• Acrylic
• Urethanes
• Lead-based paint
• Latex paint
• Enamel paint
• Two part epoxies and urethanes
(solid count must be lower than 40%)

Honeycomb furniture panels

In manufacturing, less is more - less weight equals more productivity, less shipping costs and less damage. Because the less a piece weighs, the fewer people you need to move it around.

Tricel Honeycomb panels are as strong as particle board but weigh 50 - 80% less. Which means you can cut handling costs on the factory floor while maintaining a quality image on the showroom floor.

Ground loading trailer

TRIPLE-L enclosed trailers give you all the advantages of ground level loading along with the protection and security of a fully enclosed trailer. Take your choice of three models and keep up to 6,000 pounds of your valuable payload safe and secure from the elements year-round.

Exclusive Power Deck® system on TRIPLE-L trailers

Stripper slippers?

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Slip resistant shoes, slip trip falls, ice cleats, safety footwear.

SPIDERZ are effective in water, oil, grease and other slippery surfaces.

Potent hand truck

Portable Lift
-- an economical (! $650 !) hand truck.

Carries up to 750 lbs.,

-- lifts up to 48" from the floor with foot pump.

Let's just wait for anti-gravity tools?

More ergonomic innovations from ALIMED:

Panel mover?

roll along the floor instead of lifting? $50

Nation's Forest Census

The Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service provides the information needed to assess America's forests.

As the Nation's continuous forest census, our program projects how forests are likely to appear 10 to 50 years from now. This enables us to evaluate whether current forest management practices are sustainable in the long run and to assess whether current policies will allow the next generation to enjoy America's forests as we do today.

Joist Hanger nailer

Bostitch StrapShot

Exposed tip places the nail point directly into connector holes.

10-1/2" tall / 50% lighter

Fits 12" centers

Epoxy prep guide

Surface Preparation and Priming:
This Page will give a step by step overview on proper surface preparation and priming for Epoxy related jobs. Epoxies are formulated for application over a variety of substances provided that proper procedures are followed in preparation.

Power stacked slide out

Joey Bed, the easy rollout cargo drawer.

200 to 2,000 pound load capacities.

New Motorized Unit.

Stackable

Useful ratings & discussion

ShortCuts is a woodworking/do-it-yourself site and a column in The Halifax Daily News, Canadian Woodworking, Contractors Desk and shop tips in Family Handyman based on Graham McCulloch's 50+ years experience in the woodworking business. Sincere, but a navigation nightmare.

Better duct tape

Having trouble “sticking” to the job with regular duct tape?
Try 400 MPH Tape – the high performance tape.

Up to 50% stronger, thicker and more adhesive, and weather resistant. Peel Adhesion @ 70oz/in. Tensile Strength @ 40 lb/in

DrillSpotter

DrillSpotter® can locate the exact entry and exit points for a hole in a wall or other structure up to 40 inches thick.

Electricians can quickly identify hidden metal in walls and ceilings by placing the tool's transmitter directly over the area to be drilled. A continuous tone will indicate the presence of iron beams, metal cables, or pipes. Product of the Year

DrillSpotter®'s primary function is to precisely align the receiver with the transmitter, through the use of a magnetic field, optical and acoustical signals. Once you have aligned the receiver, on one side of a wall, ceiling or other structure, with the transmitter on the other, you have identified the exact entry and exit points for drilling a hole. At the same time, the DrillSpotter measures the distance between the transmitter and receiver. This makes the choice of drill bit length easy.

"waterjet" cutting

Picture shows what can be accomplished with waterjet cutting and regular floor tile.

A "waterjet" cutting system utilizes a narrow stream of water under extremely high pressure to "erode" a precise and narrow path through material to be cut. A cutting table located over a capture/recycling tank holds the workpiece in place while a cutting nozzle directs a water stream which impacts material at speeds faster than the speed of sound. The entire cutting assembly travels along a CNC (Computer Numerical Controlled) track which is controlled by various CAD (Computer Aided Design) software. Nonmetals and relatively soft materials can be cut using pure water. For harder materials such as metals and stone, a garnet abrasive is added to the water to augment it's cutting ability.

A kerf (thickness of a cut) of as little as 0.010 inches and cut accuracy of ±0.005 inches enables waterjet cutting systems to cut extremely intricate designs accurately and with little or no filing or finishing.

courtesy Wonder-Cutting

Dolly box

Sullivan’s Treadbrite Aluminum 5’ Upright Dolly Box

Upright dolly box is made of durable diamond treadbrite [diamond plate] aluminum to create a lightweight box with a scratch resistant surface.

It is designed with all of the same features as the 5’ Galvanized Upright Dolly Box (below). Includes two sliding drawers made of Galvanized Steel. $795.00 OUCH.



Or mount your own field kit on pneumatic wheels.

Foams for building

The conversion to “cleaner” blowing agents in the polyurethane foam business is largely done, and now much effort is being directed toward optimizing formulations to deliver better foams that are also easier to process and lower in cost. The latter goal is particularly challenging at a time when industry has been bombarded with un-precedented increases in materials and energy prices. The replacement blowing agents also have their own performance problems to solve in areas such as system compatibility, flowability, insulation value, and dimensional stability.

Deck rail safety

DECKLOK provides a bolted connection between the guard railing post and the floor joists of the deck.

IRC 2000 now requires the guard rail post to resist a force of 500lbs at a point 36" above the surface of the deck. DECKLOK does this!

Mounting the brackets to the base of the rail post, or to the deck board, creates a solid mounting surface. Testing confirms that the DECKLOK System increases guard rail lateral load capacity by 4 times over common methods.

Hold multiple panels

CLAMP-LOK® is a new, specialized temporary fastener for heavy-duty assembly applications.

It is used to either hold multiple layers of panels and structures or to mount tooling against these surfaces for drilling or machining operations. Installation hole diameters range from 1/4" up to 1", in 1/16" increments. This high-tension fastener has a grip length available from 1 1/4" to 8" depending on diameter size.

Carbon fiber toilet seat

Carbon fiber.

It's light, ten times stronger than steel, and is now used to strengthen your favorite washroom. "You know how fast a little fiber can make you go," claims the manufacturer. "Finally, a high performance, race ready composite toilet seat." Can you say, "pimp my ride"?

The seat is hand-layered carbon fiber molded around a foam core using 550,000 psi tensile carbon fiber, and fits standard household toilets.

via truckBlog

Drawer tool box

Made right and is still affordably priced. Made of heavy-gauge aluminum construction designed to last a lifetime.

The drawer system consists of ten precision-injected commercial grade plastic drawers. These drawers glide smoothly on high quality zinc-plated metal sliders equipped with stainless steel ball bearings. The bottom three drawers have removable dividers making it easy to configure the drawers so the contents can be stored as needed. Mounting hardware is included in order to provide for sturdy mounting on trucks, vans, trailers, workbenches or just about anywhere they are needed. Available in either Powder Coat or Bright Tread Plate finishes.

United Welding Service

Women in Construction

The National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) originally began as Women in Construction of Fort Worth, Texas. It was founded in 1953 by 16 women working in the construction industry.

Knowing that women represented only a small fraction of the construction industry, the founders organized NAWIC to create a support network. Women in Construction of Fort Worth was so successful that it gained its national charter in 1955 and became the National Association of Women in Construction. NAWIC's core purpose is to enhance the success of women in the construction industry.

Panel Grips

Sturdy lightweight alu-construction with self adjusting clamp system.

For the transport of wood and ply sheets, metal sheets, insulating sheets, plaster boards, laminates, partitions, building elements, doors, windows etc.

DR Gold

Options Blowing in the Wind

Wind Energy Goes Mainstream
New Residential Small Wind Generator

Skystream 3.7 uses new technology to help homeowners take control of skyrocketing energy costs with clean, renewable energy.

designed specifically for the grid-connected residential market.

Timber!

In case you missed it, in the last issue (May/June 2006) of the Sawmill & Woodlot Magazine, there is a fantastic article on felling trees by Irwin Post.

As a forest owner, this information is really important! Great Job of writing, Irwin.
As a wood manufacturer, the method he describes is very valuable.

I used to fell trees with the big front notch, then a back cut. As the tree starts to slowly lean, then the notch closes and the tree breaks off.... a lot of damage is done to the butt log. A logger never realizes how much splitting has occured when using this method - much of the damage doesn't show in the fresh cut log. When you sawmill the logs into lumber and then kiln dry the boards - then you see all the splits and breaks that happened when the tree was felled with the old standard method.

Once I learned the small open face notch and bore cut method of felling, my lumber quality improved significantly. This is good business!

Thanks to Irwin and the SawmillMag staff for this one!

"notch and bore method"at Grounds Mag

Free Fox Foiler

New & Improved!

Bad Coon Brand
Chicken Coop Door Timer

Automatic timer closes your chicken door at night
so you can go to the show & not worry about the little dears. (usually works)

Woodlot links

Timbering & Lumber Production links at the Survival & Self-Reliance Studies Institute

Safer splitting with an axe.

Splitting wood on a chopping block can be painful with wood flying and hitting you, or the chance of the axe hitting you in the leg. Here is a safe way to split wood.

Obtain an old ATV tire and cut out the center cord on one side to make a larger opening. On the other side, cut the center cord out just inside the tire. Slit the tire out from the center in four locations; this will produce tabs that will allow the tire to be screwed to your cutting block.

This setup prevents wood from flying and hitting you or anyone else. Just pick out the wood and put it into a wheelbarrow to move to your wood pile.

via The SawBuck

Links

Firewood Information Wood heat This is an excellent site for information about heating with wood. Burn It Smart An excellent government information site about heating with wood. Firewood Ratings and Info Firewood Information Magazines of interest Small Farm Canada - The magazine for Canadians who take small-scale farming seriously. Sawmill and Woodlot Excellent articles for anyone working with trees or wanting to start a woodlot business. Industry Information Forest Industry Network Excellent site to find just about anything related to forestry. Forest Net Magazine Canadian's Forest Network Fuel and wood supplies Four Season Fuels Chainsaw Information: Oregon Chain This site has an excellent manual you can download about maintaining your chain and proper use. Husqvarna Saw use article From log home builders. Tools and equipment The following companies sell logging tools and accessories Bailey's Online supplier of quality forestry supplies. Forestry Supplies Granberg International Chainsaw mill to make your own lumber. Logrite Tools Woodworking Tools

Zero Energy Housing

All Canadian Homes to be Zero-Energy Homes by 2030?

In Canada, a group of homebuilders and renewable energy enthusiasts, The Net-Zero Energy Home Coalition, have been working on and discussing these ideas for several years. They've concluded that Canada has the potential to become a world leader in the design and construction of NZEHs, and they're serious about it: in a presentation to the Toronto Green Building Festival in October, 2005, the Net-Zero Energy Home Coalition predicted that by 2030 all new homes built in Canada would meet a net-zero energy standard.

So how are they going to do it? Starting this year, in May, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation began accepting Expressions of Interest from builder and developer teams to participate in what they are now calling the “Net Zero Energy Healthy Housing” initiative (NZEHH).

via treehugger

IKEA's flatpak houses

BokLok space-saving, functional homes offering good quality at a price which enables as many people as possible to afford a comfortable home. The BoKlok concept is based on customers’ real needs and wishes: a safe environment, roominess and access to green space. BoKlok homes have a flexible open-plan layout, high ceilings and large windows, giving the apartments a light, airy and contemporary feel.


...the technologically liberated field of prefab architecture, overview at PSFK

Recent and ongoing developments in manufacturing and materials coupled with the innovative talents of a vast array of architects, designers and interested visionaries may be leading to a prefab revolution, the roots of which are already spanning the globe. Recent players in the prefab market include unlikely companies such as IKEA and Target.

Container City

Container City is an innovative and highly versatile system that provides stylish and affordable accommodation for a range of uses.

Devised by Urban Space Management Ltd, the Container City™ system uses shipping containers linked together to provide high strength, prefabricated steel modules that can be combined to create a wide variety of building shapes and adapted to suit most planning or end user needs.

This modular technology enables construction times and cost to be reduced by up to half that of traditional building techniques while remaining significantly more environmentally friendly.

Read this twice

Mounted on automobiles and light trucks, StreetVac™ Road Pollution Filters have the potential to capture more contaminates than your car emits.

See this GrimeTech site.

Suburbs should freeze well

...there have been few serious, thoughtful accounts of what it was like to grow up in a suburb's symbolically potent, if resolutely bland, landscape.

"Scaring the living daylights out of us wasn't what our parents had in mind when they staked out their claim to the American Dream during California's suburban boom of the 1950s and '60s.

"Like their neighbors, they had left the Midwest, or the South, or the East Coast in search of brand new lives in brand new towns. "We never looked at a used house," Beers' father remembers. "A used house simply did not interest us."

"In the suburbs, refugees from the working class found a place without history. In those quiet, orderly, homogenous settlements, nothing unusual or unsettling was ever supposed to happen: change isn't needed in a place that's already perfect.

"The suburbs not only had no past -- they anticipated no real future."

From a Salon article: 'The generation that came of age in the midst of the American Dream still has nightmares about it.'

Lightest backpack?

The biggest luxury is lightweight; and no framed pack is lighter.

The LuxuryLite® Modular Frame Pack is the first ultralight long-haul backpack that is also legal carry-on airline luggage. Wear it boarding the plane, stow it in the overhead bin... hike through the airport and then across the wilderness. By capturing the best features of internal and external frame packs, the pack is comfortable hiking down the Appalachian Trail or up an LAX escalator.

Well over $300.

Found via Kevin Kelly

grab-a-ray®

Panels begin to penetrate retail.

Sunsei photovoltaic panels protect against natural battery discharge and electronic drain in boats, RVs, trucks and tractors; trickle-charge when exposed to daylight, even on cloudy days; Plug’n’Play® [?]; multiple panels in seconds without tools.

Wait. There's more.
ICP Solar


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Desparate? Do still.

The Amphora Society has designed and built a continuous fuel ethanol still capable of producing 40-50 gallons of fuel ethanol a day. Fed with regular fermented wash, it produced 95% fuel ethanol in a steady stream.

There is nothing new in the use of alcohol as a motor fuel. In 1872, when Nikolaus Otto invented the internal combustion engine, gasoline was not available. Ethyl alcohol at 180-190 proof was the specified fuel. The model "T" Ford was designed to run on the available crude gasolines, alcohol, or any combination of the two. Alcohols in general and ethanol, in particular, make excellent motor fuels. The reason alcohol fuel has not been fully exploited is that, up until now, gasoline has been cheap, available, and easy to produce.

Use a supply of sugar cane, sugar beets, fruit (fresh or dried), citrus molasses, cane sorghum, whey and skim milk, corn, grain sorghum, barley, wheat, potatoes, sweet potatoes, jerusalem artichokes, cacti, manioc, arrowroot... weeds... animal excrement or products that are left over from agriculture....

Instant bench

"The world's simplest and most useful workstation ever conceived. Not just a table but a work saver and project maker! Easy setup, take down and storage that is unlike any other work surface or organizer."

The Shelving Option is designed to utilize your lumber to allow for a very fast shelving system set up and provides easy installation hardware for system assembly.

BossMate $90

Lighter precast walls

Although precast concrete is an outstanding architectural material, its heavy weight can limit
where and how it's used. A recently completed project demonstrates how a relatively new type of
lighter-weight hybrid wall system combining cold-formed metal studs and precast concrete can expand opportunities to apply precast technologies.

... full story continues at Architecture Week

Magnet tape

Magnet tape instantly creates a magnetic backing on photos, mementos, shopping lists, notepads and more! Now you can make anything "stick" with this revolutionary flexible, magnetized adhesive tape that comes in its own easy-to-use roll dispenser. Reusable tape won't leave marks; adheres to refrigerator, cabinets and other metal surfaces. Approximately 30 ft. roll of 3/4" W tape.

via bookofjoe

Custom laser cutting

Laser cut products such as this entry casement.

Fireplace screens to your custom design or logo.

Intricate, fast.

A division of Harsh International, Colorado.

RatRunners

Ratrunners are designed to allow you to set trusses virtually hands free! This product is ideal for room additions, garages etc…wherever a crane is not used.

Ratrunners unique design spaces and securely braces the trusses accurately on 24" centers without measuring. Ratrunners are reusable or they can be installed permanently. They are easily cut with tin snips to fit any size and allow you to set trusses anywhere along their length. Ratrunners are made out of 24 gauge galvanized metal. They are 10 feet long and come in bundles of 10 for your convenience.

At Frame E-Z

Insulation Cutting Tool

When cutting fiberglass insulation, the most effective way is to compress it on a solid surface and slice it with a utility knife, otherwise the knife will tear the insulation which results in tiny glass fibers being released into the air, which are harmful if breathed into the lungs and can irritate the skin.

The EZ Holder^TM is a tool that secures and stabilizes this flexible material for cutting with a simple single step.

Ultimate Work Truck

Hanley-Wood's Tools of the Trade, along with Ford, Porter-Cable, Delta, and A.R.E. Inc., built the Site Commander.

Ford 350 Lariat LE

Quad leather captain's chairs

Heated front seats

Cab steps with lights

Premium AM/FM cassette/CD player

Power telescopic mirrors

Electronic shift on the fly

16" aluminum styled wheels

Front and rear seat console

Lighted diamond plate running boards

Privacy glass (rear doors) and sliding back light

Trailer-towing attachments

Main site here.

Decades in crafting

Lindsay Books, which publishes reprints of turn-of-the-century engineering and popular science articles in addition to classics like their Gingery guides to building machine shops out of scrap metal, makes it clear how much of a community built up around these self-same hobbyist communities (automobile nuts, bicycle enthusiasts, all the steam engine cranks and rail-hounds and radio freaks and jet engine-obsessed gearheads and photography junkies of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries) back when the technologies were young and vital. If there was a performance tweak to be made, a patent to be filed, a letter bragging about one's accomplishment to the appropriate fanzine to be written, and a quick buck to be regretted when it didn't appear, it happened. via snarkout

Conduit frame joints

Purchasing angle kits and then purchasing 1” electrical conduit at a local hardware store is the most economical approach to constructing an internal frame for canvas or poly structures.

Conduit frames are not as strong as regular steel tube, but they'll beat PVC! A 24 foot frame costs over $200.

KWIK KAMP & HUNTER FIXED ANGLE JOINT KITS

Affordable San Francisco House

For $12,500 they'll ship you a 10 foot by 10 foot fully-equipped cabana in a flat pack that "do-it-yourselfers using basic tools" can put up.

While other builders are exploring ways to incorporate green building materials and techniques into big mainstream projects, Casper Mork-Ulnes and Nick Damner are thinking smaller.

Much smaller.

Their Bay Area-based business, Modern Cabana, sells little prefab structures that are made of sustainable, Earth-friendly materials. Even the insulation in the walls is made from cotton recycled from old denim jeans. Shipped in a flat pack, the cabanas are designed to be put together by do-it-yourselfers using basic tools on a simple post-and-pier foundation. via bookofjoe

new socket idea

PLUG-IN addresses the difficulty the elderly can have with electrical outlets.

While the market is full of countless flush outlets and child-protection units, none address the unique limitations of the elderly.

The PLUG-IN’s upward-angled faceplate allows users to better orient themselves and a cord’s prongs before bending over or reaching behind furniture. This creates a direct sightline from the human eye to the faceplate and minimizes the distance necessary for a person to extend. It also provides additional leverage when removing of a difficult plug. The PLUG-IN fits onto current outlet standards and is easily installed by the user.

via bookofjoe

New extension design

The E-Rope Modular Power Strip is a 2006 Idea Award winner designed by Chul Min Kand and Sung Hun Lim.

Though still in design phase, the Modular Strip is a winner in the making.

Its blue lights glow to indicate power flow, and if you rotate the socket 90 degrees it turns off the power. Additionally, its modular design allows you to add more outlets as needed.

via MobilitySite

New connector by 3M

Very small and able to fit into tight spaces, the 3M T/Y+ has an incredibly broad wire range accommodating from two #22 awg copper wires to three #12 awg solid copper wires. A skirt provides protection from over stripped wires.

* Incredible wire range
* One connector replaces four (yellow, orange, grey and blue)

Portable tensile buildings

Soft clinic™ is a fully integrated mobile tensile structure.

Designed to maximize the covered area and carrying capacity. The central core of the clinic is used for transportation and storage of: equipment, utilities and the tensile enclosure. Minimal cost and ease of fabrication were the principal design criteria.

Offered by the Bakery Group

Updating the yurt

These beautiful structures can be used as vacation homes, meditation spaces, saunas, exhibition spaces, backcountry camps, festival booths, hostels, base camps and much more. The Yurta is an ideal temporary or extended dwelling for the wild or urban setting.

Made to travel, the Yurta is a true portable building. Our complete structure is deployable by two people in less than 20 minutes, without the use of tools or extra hardware. The main structure is opened much like a giant umbrella onto which the door, dome and covers are attached.

The Yurta is freestanding and can be setup directly on the ground or on a constructed platform. The circular plan and cross member wall system provide an inherently strong and stable construction in all types of climatic conditions provided it receives proper maintenance during winter months*.

The quality of interior space and attention to detail makes the Yurta not only a beautiful private dwelling but also a durable commercial outfit. Offered by the Bakery Group

Robertson ’square drive’ screw

The original Robertson ’square drive’ screw was revolutionary in 1908 and is [may still be] the best design today.

Amongst their many attributes, Robertson screws are durable, self aligning, and because they tend to stay on the driver, can be easily screwed with one hand and in tight places.

More from Aardvaark:
Not many people in other parts of the world know about the Robertson screw. Well, stand back....

(If you don't want to hear a frothing diatribe on comparative screwdriver design, go here.)

If you want to read a bunch of Canadians grousing about the Robertson's lack of recognition and calling Bob Vila a "bearded ex-ice-cream salesman", you can go here:

For an American view see: the "square-drive" screw

For a (not so clear) profile of the Robertson screw and screwdriver, go to the Robertson web site:

The advantages of the Robertson screwdriver and screw are:

1) The driver doesn't strip the screw. You can re-use the screws several times if you want.

2) Because the screwdriver is so deep-seated, it delivers massive torque and security (you're not likely to have the driver escape and spear your hand.)

3) You can drive the screw with a power drill, and the fully set screw simply stops the drill dead. It doesn't skip like a Phillips (annoying, since most drywall screws are Phillips), and

4) You can actually hold the screwdriver (with the screw on the tip) in one hand, leaving the other hand free to hold the wood or whatever. You can even hold the driver and screw upside down and the screw doesn't fall. Try that with a Phillips!

You can assume that the Phillips does the opposite of all of the above.

Tie an improvement

Maybe the best way to organize
cables,
extension cords,
hose,
tools,
camping gear,
sports equipment -- bongo ties

Solar powered dehumidifier

The Solarventi Green Dehumidifier. Solar powered dehumidifier has zero running costs. Ideal for holiday homes, garages or cellars where power can’t be guaranteed. Also gets rid of that nasty musty damp smell that comes from leaving the dog too long without a bath. Priced from £323.00 for the smallest panel.

SolarVenti is the most exciting, logical ‘green’ solution to problems of dampness and humidity in confined spaces. We recognise these problems by the stale and musty atmosphere. SolarVenti eradicates those symptoms and the running cost is ZERO! Using only the power of the sun it ventilates, warms and dehumidifies holiday cottages, summer houses, static caravans, cellars, attics, boats, houses and kitchen areas.

via the red ferret

Magic Plug

37 degrees Celsius = 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit

A rubber sink & bath plug. Ideal for kitchens too!
Magic Plug mysteriously starts to change colour at 37C once you run the hot water.

A great gift for ‘kids’ of all ages - makes the washing up fun for once. via the red ferret

Price: $10.66

Comfort & Safety Products

working comfort

promoting safety, productivity and mobility without stress

Work shouldn't hurt
Safeworker.com

Soft Knees • Tear Mender • Working Hands • MiraCool
swopper® Ergonomic Work Chair • Pak a Ladder pads
Standing Mats • Kneeling Mats • barely noticeable knee pads

Lumberyard Math

A collection of javascript links providing some handy tools & calculators from Wickes Lumber.