Tool Calculator

Imagine a concrete column. It holds up your floor. It holds up your roof. But you don’t think about it while going to school or … Read more

There’s a kind of panic that comes over you when your weekend driveway job has grown into a logistical exercise. The subgrade is compacted, the … Read more

So, maybe there’s this wobbly feeling when you step onto it. This tells you something are wrong with the way the concrete cantilever slab is … Read more

Heavy shelving, deck ledgers, and timber framing all require Lag Screws. Think of them as big nails with an added bonus (threads). Why’s that important? … Read more

Winter brings us all to a familiar predicament: purchasing firewood. The confusion usually stems from difference between a face cord and a full cord. We … Read more

That is where this calculator comes in. No more panicking that you won’t have enough polyurethane to fill your mold. No more guessing about how … Read more

Four by eight sheets of three-eighth inch A36 steel weigh more than a small child, and you probably learned the hard way that steel plates … Read more

When you begin a construction project, what do you think about? Steel posts? Timber beams? Not many of us go immediately to the dirt. That … Read more

TAPER is something you’re used to measuring. You can see it drawn and figure out what it looks like by reading a line of numbers … Read more

Nothing designed to shed water is realy flat. Water will always flow downhill and stop where it stops unless something gives. Nothing about flat roofs … Read more

Sometimes the exact taper is critical, such as with a Morse socket or a custom arbor seat. Now, there’s the lathe and you’re standing in … Read more

Have you ever tried to tighten a plumbing joint that was leaking, only to find you could twist the pipe until your arm fell off … Read more

Machinists gets a particular type of frustrated when they know their tool’s out of round but don’t understand why. They’ve tapped it in on a … Read more

All too often a flange won’t lay down flat or a stubborn hub on the wheel won’t cooperate. Bolts aren’t usually the issue. It’s the … Read more