DIY & Tools reviews

4.6 out of 5 stars·18 reviews

At the top end of the router market sit the machines that professional joiners, kitchen fitters, and furniture makers reach for every day. These are not lightweight trim routers...

4.6 out of 5 stars·18 reviews

Every woodworking or decorating project eventually arrives at the moment where the big tools have done their work and what remains are the details. The corners where two pieces of...

4.8 out of 5 stars·17 reviews

Some sanding jobs are too large, too rough, or too urgent for an orbital sander. Stripping old varnish from a solid wood door, levelling a glued-up worktop joint, removing deep...

4.3 out of 5 stars·19 reviews

When the job calls for drilling into reinforced concrete, solid stone, or dense masonry, a standard drill bit simply will not do. You need something built to withstand punishing...

4.1 out of 5 stars·20 reviews

When a professional woodworker needs one router to handle the full range of workshop and on-site tasks — from fine hinge recessing to deep joinery in hardwoods — the tool must...

4.1 out of 5 stars·20 reviews

There is something deeply satisfying about taking a tarnished, dull piece of metal or a rough, unremarkable stone and transforming it into something that gleams. Whether you make...

4.0 out of 5 stars·20 reviews

Whether you are cutting through a rusty exhaust pipe under your car, trimming a paving slab to fit a garden path, or smoothing a rough weld on a metal gate, some jobs demand more...

4.0 out of 5 stars·20 reviews

Stripping layers of old paint from a door frame, softening putty on a draughty window, thawing a frozen outdoor pipe in the middle of winter, or welding a torn plastic bumper —...

4.7 out of 5 stars·17 reviews

Demolition, pruning, and rough cutting are the jobs that separate capable power tools from the ones that gather dust. When a circular saw is too precise and a hand saw is too slow...

4.9 out of 5 stars·16 reviews

When the job moves from drilling holes to breaking walls down entirely, the tool class changes. Standard SDS-Plus rotary hammers top out at around 28 mm and 3 to 4 joules — enough...

4.0 out of 5 stars·19 reviews

When precision and finesse are not the priority — when a wall needs to come down, a tree branch needs to be removed, or a rusted pipe needs to be cut out of a tight corner — you...

4.0 out of 5 stars·19 reviews

When you are in the middle of a renovation, flooring installation, or detailed woodworking project, one of the biggest frustrations is making clean, precise cuts in tight spaces...

4.0 out of 5 stars·19 reviews

When a 1/2-inch impact wrench hits a bolt it cannot shift, you have two choices: reach for a longer breaker bar and a length of scaffold pipe, or step up to a 3/4-inch drive...

4.7 out of 5 stars·16 reviews

Installing a solid hardwood floor is one of the most satisfying home improvement projects you can tackle, but it comes with a challenge that separates a professional-looking...

4.4 out of 5 stars·17 reviews

When the hole size climbs past 40 mm in structural concrete, the bit itself becomes a serious piece of engineering. At this diameter, the volume of material being pulverised per...

4.1 out of 5 stars·18 reviews

When the timber you are joining is structural rather than decorative, the fasteners need to match. Thin brad nails that disappear beautifully into skirting board are not the right...

4.1 out of 5 stars·18 reviews

For decades, professional nailing on construction sites meant one thing: an air compressor, a tangled air hose snaking across the floor, and the constant background drone of the...

3.9 out of 5 stars·19 reviews

Trim carpentry is where the quality of a build becomes visible. Skirting boards, architraves, crown moulding, door casings, and wainscoting — these are the details that turn a...

3.9 out of 5 stars·19 reviews

A full-size table saw is essential for a professional workshop, but it is massive, expensive, and completely impractical for the kind of small-scale work that happens on a kitchen...

4.3 out of 5 stars·17 reviews

When a fastener has been exposed to decades of heat, corrosion, and over-torquing, no amount of leverage from a breaker bar will budge it. On heavy commercial vehicles,...