This week I took a…  Maker Break… so to speak… and handed the tools over to our own Sarah Lee. And she used the time to try a bunch of new techniques, AND, we hit 50k subscribers! HART TOOLS wants to help us celebrate, with a huge tool giveaway! Stick with us to find out how to win! Plus we get to meet a new Maker from Colorado, and we’ll share a few of our favorite Maker videos of the week, but first It’s time for a Maker Break! Project of The Week First off, this is Glen. His channel, DIY CREATORS is one of my all time favorites. I love his projects. So when I decided I wanted to buil ..read more

DeWALT has more new tool news and we hit 50,000 subscribers this week, so we’re giving away a TON of cool prizes! This is your Power tool week in review. Welcome back power tool fans. It’s October 2nd, 2020, and this week, we hit 50,000 subscribers here at Belts and Boxes. To celebrate we’re giving away a ton of new tools from EGO, SKIL, Milwaukee and a $250 gift card to Ohio Power Tool.com! We’ll tell you how to enter in a moment. But first, your Power Tool News. World Of Concrete Every major tool show that we attend each year, was cancelled in 2020 due to the Pandemic, and now one of the b ..read more

This week I finally got to use the HART rotary tool to carve details into my IKEA Hack table! Plus, we get to meet Ben from Virginia Home Improvements, and we’ll share a few of our favorite Maker videos of the week, but first It’s time for a Maker Break! This week I tried something new with our HART rotary tool! I got some carving bits, and carved a design into a new circular table top for my IKEA end table. Project of the Week My wife bought this IKEA end table a couple years ago, and immediately asked me to make a round wood top for it, to which I replied. “Sure, as soon as I figure out how ..read more

Home Depot springs a Milwaukee Leak, DeWALT surprises us with 4 new tools with new DeWALT tech and more! Coming up next on your Power Tool Week In Review! New From Milwaukee – Milwaukee Top-Off We’re still 3 weeks away from Episode 3 of Milwaukee’s PIPELINE, their online new product symposium, and the new tools we’ll see are anyone’s guess. Home Depot had a guess this week, and leaked all the details.  This is the all new Milwaukee TOP-OFF. Home Depot accidentally posted it to it’s website for a few brief hours, and reportedly emailed the details in some customized customer emails. All b ..read more

Hey guys, I am Sarah. Every week I comb through hundreds of DIY videos preparing projects for our weekly Maker show, Maker Break. Along the way, I find some good projects… and some GREAT ones, And right now, I’m going to share them with you! This is Sarah’s Top 5 DIY End Tables.  #5 is Tru Furniture Brittany was needing a new bed side table and found one she liked online, but decided to make her own version of it using only 2×4’s which she assembled using pocket holes and a nail gun. She was going for a rustic design with these little farmhouse style night stands, and they turned ou ..read more

This week I used our new crosscut sled to make my first mortise and tenon joints and the results were awesome! Plus, we’ll share a few of our favorite Maker videos of the week, but first It’s time for a Maker Break! Project of the Week After building the crosscut sled last week, I was anxious to use it for a project. So when my wife showed me this plant stand on Pinterest, I knew it’d be the perfect opportunity to make my first mortice and tenon joint.  So I gathered all of my parts. The sled, the plant, a scrap 1 by 2, a knife, a square, a basic set of chisels, my Hart brushless drill ..read more

Welcome back power tool fans, this week the Makita 40v impact isn’t here yet, but it is elsewhere and Bosch has a new mini bandsaw you’re all gonna want. This… is your Power Tool Week In Review! Tools and Stuff – Makita 40V Max Brushless Impact Driver Makita still has yet to bring their new 40V power tools to the States, but they’re finally showing up overseas. Fortunately Tools & Stuff got their hands on several, and decided to see how they hold up against Big Red. That’s the new Makita XGT 40V Max Brushless Impact Driver, challenging the formidable Makita XDT16, and Milwaukee’s own M18 ..read more

Hey guys, I am Sarah. Every week I comb through hundreds of DIY videos preparing projects for our weekly Maker show, Maker Break. Along the way, I find some good projects… and some GREAT ones, And right now, I’m going to share them with you! This is Sarah’s Top 5 DIY Crosscut Sleds. And these 5 only scratch the surface. #5 is Wood Work Life If you are like us, and are using a jobsite table saw for most of your projects you have probably thought about making life easier by building your own cross cut sled. Which you should! They do make life easier! This one particularly caught my eye bec ..read more

This week, we build the first thing anyone should make when they get a table saw, a Cross Cut Sled! Plus, we’ll share a few of our favorite Maker Videos of the week. But first, it’s time for a Maker Break! This week Rob made a cross cut sled! There are many complex designs out there, and he didn’t choose any of them. He instead aimed for the very basics for our very first one. This Week’s Project – A Simple Cross Cut Sled Now I’ve wanted a crosscut sled ever since I finished our Table Saw Workbench. The theory is with a square back fence, connected to a sled that runs on rails in the miter sl ..read more

Pipeline episode 2 is over, but it brought with it a ton of new Packout stuff. We also take a look at a Makita planer, And a Hitachi-koki-tabo! This… is your Power tool week in review. Welcome back power tool fans. It’s September 11th, 2020, and today we have some power tool news, and all the tool videos you won’t want to miss. Let’s get to it… Milwaukee PIPELINE PACKOUT Clearly the event of the week, was the 2nd Milwaukee PIPELINE episodes that aired yesterday. The focus this time was on PACKOUT, and Milwaukee’s first push into the Laser Level space.  Several new PACKOUT products were a ..read more