Category: Tools
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I cut my finger buying the duct for a video about duct. Picked up a six inch elbow, spun it straight the way you do, and it came apart in my hand. Bled on the way to the truck. Took a picture of it because at that point it is either a picture or a…
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You have the list. You know what goes in the bag. What nobody tells you is which one to reach for when you are standing in front of the work. That is a different question and this is the answer to it, sorted by what you are trying to do instead of by what the…
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You need wheels. Day after day, you pull up to the job and grab your tool bag. The years go by and the tool bag gets a little heavier each year. You need more tools, you end up hand carrying things for hundreds of feet, miles all over the jobsite throughout the day. When do…
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As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. These are the simplest ducting tools and the most basic. The tools you will need to install duct are also the hand tools for duct fabrication. The list is simple. If you understand what all of these are, no more reading is necessary. If you still…
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Two different jobs get mixed up on this subject constantly, and I mixed them up myself for a long time. 3-4-5 does not size an offset. 3-4-5 finds square. Those are two separate tools doing two separate things, and most of what you will read online runs them together. So there are two calculators on…
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As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Introducing, the tinner. That’s a sheet metal worker — the dry side ofHVAC. Not gauges, not refrigerant. Metal, screws, and power and hand tools. If that’s the side you’re starting on, this is the bag. Five tools you buy yourfirst week, and five more you’ll want…
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As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. “Where is that tool?” The Short Version Here’s the whole system. You need an afternoon. The rest of this is detail. The last one is the hardest thing you will ever do, maybe. That one is a habit. Organizing tools assumes you already have the right…