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A homeowner and a designer discussing a renovation project.
DIY

The One Tool Every Homeowner Needs During a Big Reno

By Sandi Schwartz

Bondo all-purpose putty on a workbench.
DIY

9 Household Repairs You Can Make With All-Purpose Putty

By Tony Carrick

Mother and daughter shopping at hardware store.
DIY

We Asked 5 Renovation Addicts How They Would Spend a $100 Home Depot Gift Card and This Is What They Said

By Sandi Schwartz

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Reviews

The Best Ratchets Based on Our Hands-on Tests

By Glenda Taylor, Tom Scalisi

The Best Dowel Jig Options
DIY

The Best Dowel Jigs for Your Workshop, Tested and Reviewed

By Bob Beacham

The Best Tape Measures Options laid on a table in close-up
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This Tool Is a Must-Have for Every Homeowner

By Glenda Taylor, Andreana Lefton

A man in jeans walks along a lawn using a string trimmer.
DIY

String Trimmer vs. Lawn Edger: What All DIY Landscapers Should Know

By Tony Carrick

Best Wire Cutters Options
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This Simple Tool Is a Must-Have for Electrical Projects

By James Fitzgerald

A group of the 8 best voltage testers together on a workbench before testing.
Reviews

The Best Voltage Testers, According to Our Tests

By Tom Scalisi

A group of the best snow blowers in a snowy ranch setting before testing.
Reviews

We Tested Over a Dozen Snow Blowers and This Ryobi Is a Heavy-Duty Machine in Compact Form

By Zach Lazzari, Timothy Dale, Tom Scalisi

DeWalt FlexVolt 60V MAX Cordless Power Cleaner Review
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I Hated Scrubbing My Patio Furniture Clean—Now I Don’t Need To

By Mark Wolfe

The best roof rake option in action pulling snow off a roof.
Reviews

The Best Roof Rakes to Keep Your Home Safe from Heavy Snow, Tested

By Glenda Taylor, Timothy Dale, Zach Lazzari

DeWalt’s ToughSeries Jack Review Box
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I Love This Dewalt Construction Jack So Much, I Bought Two

By Glenda Taylor

Best Biscuit Joiners close up from all models
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For Clean, Precise Cutting, Our Favorite Biscuit Joiner Ticks All of the Boxes

By Tony Carrick, Tom Scalisi

The Best Electric Snow Shovel Options
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We Cleared More Than 4 Feet Of Snow Testing the Best Electric Snow Shovels and Found 9 Top Options

By Tony Carrick, Zach Lazzari

Best Rolling Tool Boxes close-up
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After Testing 9 Rolling Tool Boxes, The Craftsman Offered Storage for Almost Every Tool

By Glenda Taylor, Tom Scalisi

A collage of tools with a graphic overlay that says New Year, New Skill.
DIY

Realize Your DIY Potential by Learning How to Use These Essential Tools in 2025

By Timothy Dale

The Best Dead Blow Hammer Options
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We Researched More Than 20 Dead Blow Hammers to Find The Best One

By Bob Beacham

Best Whittling Knives close-up
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After 12 Hours of Testing, We Keep Reaching For These Whittling Knives

By Mark Wolfe, Timothy Dale

The Best Cordless Hammer Drill Options
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Our Favorite Cordless Hammer Drill Has a Added Feature We Never Knew We Needed

By Glenda Taylor, Tom Scalisi

The Best Stainable Wood Filler Options
Reviews

The Best Stainable Wood Fillers of 2025 for Repairing Furniture, Decks, and More

By Timothy Dale, Tony Carrick

Dremel Blueprint new releases_portable saw station_multi-tool
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Dremel’s New Products Can Replace Your Portable Circular Saw Setup

By Glenda Taylor

Close-up of male hands cutting trunk with chainsaw
Reviews

The Best Chainsaw Mills for Cutting Lumber

By Bob Beacham

The Best Caulking Guns Options
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This Was the Only Caulking Gun I Could Use One-Handed Comfortably

By Glenda Taylor, Tom Scalisi

A welder using a stick welder to weld a metal project in the garage.
DIY

How to Stick Weld Like a Pro

By Tony Carrick

Gest Rolling Toolbags Group
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After Researching 20+ Rolling Tool Bags, We Tested Our Favorites and Our Top Picks is a Game Changer

By Glenda Taylor, Tom Scalisi

The Best Cordless Glue Guns Options
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After Hours of Crafting, We Have a Clear Favorite Cordless Glue Gun

By Michelle Larson, Carol Benton

The Best Drill Bits for Tile Options
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The Best Drill Bits for Tile, Tested and Reviewed

By Glenda Taylor, Bob Beacham

The Best Benchtop Drill Press Option
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The Best Benchtop Drill Presses Tested in 2025

By Tom Scalisi

Using a drill to cut a screw with flashes of fire.
DIY

How to Cut Screws: 5 Easy and Effective Methods

By Bob Beacham, Reviewed by Bob Vila

Problems You Can Fix With Just Glue
DIY

12 Problems You Can Fix With Just Glue

By Timothy Dale

A DIYer using a belt sander to remove wood from a porch beam with a graphic overlay that says Tool Tutorial.
DIY

How to Use a Belt Sander

By Bob Beacham

A man in jeans using an oscillating tool on an air vent embedded in wooden floors.
DIY

The Case for Why Every DIYer Needs an Oscillating Tool

By Timothy Dale

The Best Crimping Tool Options
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The Best Crimping Tools For Every Job, Tested and Reviewed

By Bob Beacham, Tom Scalisi

A DIYer using a stud finder to find studs in a wall with a graphic overlay that says Tool Tutorial.
DIY

How to Use a Stud Finder

By Steffani Cameron

All soldering stations
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We Tested the Best Soldering Stations, Here Are Our Top Picks for Seamless Joints and Repairs

By Glenda Taylor, Tom Scalisi

A woman pouring the best septic tank treatment option into a toilet
Reviews

With Help From a Plumbing Expert, These Are the Best Septic Tank Treatments To Keep Your Septic System Healthy

By Timothy Dale

A DIYer using a miter saw in a home workshop for projects and repairs with a graphic overlay that says Tool Tutorial.
DIY

How to Use a Miter Saw to Make Miter and Bevel Cuts

By Tom Scalisi

The Best Socket Sets Options laid out in their cases on a cement sidewalk
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We Tested the Best Socket Sets, and Our Favorite Offers the Most Versatility

By Tony Carrick, Timothy Dale

Best of the Test 2024, Best Outdoor Power Tools
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The 7 Best Outdoor Power Tools We Tested in 2024

By Beth Cranston

Best power tool and DIY essentials for 2024, person using a dewalt miter saw
Reviews

The Best Power Tools and DIY Essentials Tested in 2024

By Beth Cranston

group of several levels laid out on an unfinished wood deck
Reviews

The Best Levels for Construction and Renovation, Tested

By Mark Wolfe, Tom Scalisi

The Best Electric Snow Blower Options
Reviews

Clear Winter Weather With 2025’s Best Electric Snow Blowers, Tested

By Mike Bruton, Tony Carrick, Zach Lazzari

A tool box, tool buck, wrench organizer, tool organizer trays, and a socket organizer on a driveway
Reviews

The Best Tool Box Organizers of 2025 for Garage and Workshop Sanity, Tested

By Mark Wolfe, Bob Beacham

November’s Top Tool and Tech Innovations
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November’s Top Tool and Tech Innovations Will Have You Ready for the Holidays

By Michelle Larson

Cyber Monday deals
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Last Call: 20+ Cyber Week Deals We’re Shopping Until They’re Gone

By Glenda Taylor, Kathleen Corlett

Cyber monday tool deals
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I’m a Contractor, and These Are My Favorite Cyber Monday Tool Deals So Far

By Glenda Taylor

Cyber Monday DeWalt One-off Deal on Green background
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I Found the Best DeWalt Cyber Monday Deal on Amazon–This 4-Piece Tool Kit is a Must-Buy and Under $100

By Glenda Taylor

Cyber Monday ryobi deals
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The Best Ryobi Cyber Monday Deal Is a Starter Set of 6 Power Tools for $199 (Save More Than $370)

By Kathleen Corlett

A group of the best mechanic tool sets option open to show their vast variety of tools
Reviews

The Best Mechanic Tool Sets, Tested and Reviewed

By Timothy Dale, Tony Carrick

The Best Glue Gun Options placed next to each other in a group photo
Reviews

Testing the 10 Best Glue Guns of 2025

By Glenda Taylor, Debbie Wolfe

A group of the best table saw options together next to the side of a house
Reviews

We Put the Top Table Saws to the Test, See Why This DeWalt is Our Favorite

By Tony Carrick, Glenda Taylor, Mark Clement

A group of the best tire inflator options placed together in the back of a car
Reviews

The Best Tire Inflators for Vehicle Maintenance, Tested

By Tom Scalisi

A group of the best scroll saws in a workshop together before testing.
Reviews

The Best Scroll Saws for the Workshop, Tested

By Glenda Taylor, Tom Scalisi

How to Get a Free Tool on Black Friday
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How to Get a Free Tool for Black Friday

By Glenda Taylor

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Our Favorite Deals This Week Include Black Friday Deals on Home Security Cameras and More

By Stephanie Cronk

Best gifts for woodworkers on wood background
Reviews

The 40 Best Gifts for Woodworkers

By Tom Scalisi, Will Briskin

Duck Alpha Wall Tent DIY Review
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Need A Portable Workshop? How I Tested the White Duck Alpha Wall Tent

By Mark Wolfe

Containers of both wood putty and wood filler on a wooden table.
DIY

Wood Putty vs. Wood Filler: What’s the Difference?

By Timothy Dale

A selection of the best cordless ratchets
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We Tested Cordless Ratchets, Our Favorite Is a Makita That Has the Highest RPM We’ve Seen

By Timothy Dale, Tom Scalisi

Grizzly 21-Inch Variable Speed Scroll Saw is recognized as the BobVila.com 2024 DIY Game Changer
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The DIY Game Changer of 2024 Is an Essential Woodworking Tool, Reimagined

By Glenda Taylor

The Best New Hand Tool Options
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The Best New Hand Tools of 2024

By Glenda Taylor

The Best New Hobbyist Tool Options
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The Best Hobbyist Tools of 2024

By Mark Wolfe

A close up of a drill being used to drill into concrete.
DIY

How to Drill Into Concrete

By Steffani Cameron, Bob Vila, Updated by Theresa Clement