The web edition of Tools of the Trade magazine delivers professional construction tool users with up to date tool industry news, tool technology breakthroughs, and results from our field tests of the latest new power, cordless, pneumatic, and hand tools.
The online edition of TOOLS of the TRADE magazine delivers hands-on tool test results and reviews of professional power tools, pneumatic tools, hand tools, and construction equipment, plus continuous coverage of the tool industry, tool technology, and tool design trends.
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Drilling and Breaking

Compact & Subcompact Drill/Drivers
Cordless drill/drivers have come a long way since the first one I purchased more than 20 years ago. ...

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Fastening and Nailing

Framing Nailers
About 30 years ago, when I made the decision to start using framing nailers and their expensive collated ...

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Cutting and Sawing

10-Inch Tile Saws
We lined up seven wet saws representing six brands and tested them mostly on tough porcelain tiles, ...

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Shaping and Surfacing

3+ Horsepower Plunge Routers
The largest, most powerful routers you can buy are in the 3- to 3-1/4-hp class. If the motors were ...

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Leveling and Measuring

Laser Distance Meters
I can't count the number of times I've needed the dimensions, square footage, or volume of a room quickly ...

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Hand Tools

Pry Bars
Some bars are bred for wrecking, scraping, demolishing, stripping, razing, and smashing (my favorite ...

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Compressors, Generators, Vacs

Lightweight Air Compressors
My life changed 30 years ago when my boss showed up on our jobsite with a used 2-gallon, 1-horse ...

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Other

Portable Miter Saw Stands
The miter saws weren't the only tools on the spot. We tested saw stands of the lightweight, folding-leg, ...

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