Power Tools reviews

3.9 out of 5 stars·10 reviews

Stripping layers of old paint from a Victorian door, bending PVC conduit around a corner, thawing a frozen pipe in the middle of winter, or shrinking heat-shrink tubing onto...

4.7 out of 5 stars·8 reviews

Assembling a solid wood tabletop from individual boards, joining two worktop sections at a mitre, or building cabinet carcasses that stay square for decades — these are the...

4.8 out of 5 stars·8 reviews

Two significant innovations in angle grinder design — tool-free disc changes and cordless operation — have largely existed in separate products. You could have the convenience of...

4.7 out of 5 stars·8 reviews

Achieving a deep, mirror-like finish on a car's paintwork — or restoring weathered metal, wood, and plastic surfaces to their original condition — requires more than elbow grease...

4.6 out of 5 stars·8 reviews

Not all cutting, grinding, and surface-preparation jobs are created equal. When you move beyond occasional DIY tinkering into regular metal fabrication, heavy renovation work, or...

4.6 out of 5 stars·8 reviews

Whether you are cutting through rusted bolts, smoothing out a rough weld, or shaping stone for a garden path, some jobs demand more than elbow grease and a hand file. A powered...

4.6 out of 5 stars·8 reviews

Achieving a flawless, mirror-like paint finish is the holy grail of car detailing, and anyone who has spent a weekend chasing swirl marks with an entry-level polisher knows the...

3.6 out of 5 stars·10 reviews

Trim carpentry rewards precision, but it also demands speed when you are running metres of skirting, fixing architraves around every door in a house, or cladding a feature wall in...

3.9 out of 5 stars·9 reviews

The cordless tool revolution has reached routers, and for woodworkers already invested in a major battery platform, a bare-tool router that shares the same batteries is a natural...

4.4 out of 5 stars·8 reviews

Standard angle grinders are brilliant tools, but they share a frustrating limitation: the gear head housing flares out just behind the disc, so you can never quite grind flush...

5.0 out of 5 stars·7 reviews

When you open a brand-new hot air gun box and find only the bare tool inside, the first thing you do — after the brief satisfaction of unboxing — is reach for your wallet again. A...

4.3 out of 5 stars·8 reviews

Not every woodworking project demands a heavy, high-powered router that costs as much as a table saw. Sometimes you just need to round over a sharp edge on a shelf, cut a clean...

4.2 out of 5 stars·8 reviews

Few power tools bridge the gap between straight-line precision and freehand creativity quite like a jigsaw. Where a circular saw locks you into dead-straight cuts and a handsaw...

4.8 out of 5 stars·7 reviews

In Makita's comprehensive router lineup, the RP1111C occupies the upper mid-range — more powerful and refined than the entry-level models, but more compact and manoeuvrable than...

4.8 out of 5 stars·7 reviews

There comes a point in many renovation and construction projects where a standard rotary hammer simply is not enough. When you need to break up a concrete path, demolish a brick...

4.1 out of 5 stars·8 reviews

When a standard 115 mm or 125 mm angle grinder runs out of steam — the disc bogs down in thick steel, the motor overheats on a long grinding pass, or the cutting depth simply is...

4.5 out of 5 stars·7 reviews

When you are renovating a house, building an extension, or landscaping a garden, you do not need a drill that does a bit of everything — you need a tool that does one thing...

3.9 out of 5 stars·8 reviews

Not every job calls for the biggest, most powerful tool on the shelf. Sometimes the task is delicate — trimming a sliver off the bottom of a kitchen plinth, sanding a detailed...

5.0 out of 5 stars·6 reviews

Over time, even the most carefully looked-after vehicle will show the effects of sun, rain, road grime, and the countless tiny scratches that come from washing and daily use....

5.0 out of 5 stars·6 reviews

A plunge router is one of the most transformative tools a woodworker can own. Unlike a fixed-base router that starts cutting from the edge of the workpiece, a plunge router can be...