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• The Most Unusual Work Light You'll Never Own

  That's not a completely accurate description — most of you will never own this light but some of you will.

• $6 Million Lawsuit for Trench Collapse Death

  Two things stand out about the trench collapse that killed Kenneth Stafford: neither OSHA nor the workers comp system got involved.

• Who Owns What: Ladders and Job Boxes

  What does an extension ladder have in common with a Knaack box?

• Tool Companies by the Numbers: Makita

  My wife told me I'm a dork because I read annual reports (well, that's not the only reason). But really, annual reports contain information that tool manufacturers do not go out of their way to share.

• Can't Get it Here: Cordless Wheelbarrow

  I kid you not. While we've been busting a gut pushing old-fashioned wheelbarrows, the folks in Europe have been strolling across the jobsite behind these. What gives? Where were these things when I was a carpenter?

• A Better Folding Sawhorse

  I've had the same set of folding steel sawhorses since the mid 1990's. They're sturdy and fold up small, but it's a pain to adjust their height.

• Four Over-the-Top Shops

  Here are four of the most remarkable shops I saw this year on YouTube. Screen shots cannot do them justice, so be sure to view them online.

• Universal Dust Collection System

  Several weeks back Michael Springer wrote about the Milwaukee Hammervac. I am as impressed with the product as he is and decided to post a photo that shows how it connects to the hammer and a short video of the tool being used while drilling overhead in concrete.

• Who Cares What Tradesmen Do?

  In the days before video cameras, no one bothered to record what happened on the jobsite. The attitude was: hey, it’s just a bunch of tradesmen out there building things – who cares about that?

• Tool Companies: Who Owns What? (Part 2)

  What does a Baldwin lockset have in common with a Rayovac battery and a George Foreman Grill?