Introduction: The Truth about Cutting Corners on a Tool Belt Professional framing is not an office job. You are on your feet for 8 to 12 hours a day with 30 to 50 pounds of tools and fasteners in your back climbing, bending and hammering in every weather condition imaginable. A tool bag that sags, … Read more
You know the truth, if you have ever worked a day in framing a two-story house. The sun is blazing down, there is sawdust everywhere and you are carrying a 24-ounce framing hammer, a speed square, chalk reels, 16d nails enough to stock a hardware store. A single slip, the dropping of your pouch during … Read more
Go into any hardware store now and you will see shelves of tool belts that are under 30 dollars, sewn of synthetic nylon, held together by plastic clips, and are bound to rip at the seams after another couple of hard-working months. Then just go and interview any old carpenter or electrician who has worked … Read more