When you are searching for the right tools to get the job done, you are often going to be left wondering what to look for. You have to be able to figure out what makes a handheld tool good and what makes it great. You want only the best-performing tools […]
You’re probably familiar with an all-purpose hammer or a claw hammer. It’s a simple striking tool with a head featuring a flat face for driving nails and spikes. Specialized hammers may have a claw on the head opposite the striking face that can be used to pry out nails once […]
Anyone who’s worked in the roofing industry, specifically the metal roofing industry, knows how frustrating of a task it can be to make try and quality cuts time after time. Roofers often disagree over which tool is best for each particular portion of the job, but one thing that everyone […]
Soldering is a very useful skill to have in roofing whenever you need to fuse together sheet metal, pipes, or anything else. Before you can get very far in soldering, you need to know about the material itself: solder bars. You need to know which type of solder bar you want to […]
While all sheet metal cutting tools cut sheet metal. Not all cutting tools are created equal. In fact, even metal cutting tools that are ostensibly very similar may vary significantly. Here are some of the main types of sheet metal cutting tools out there, how they vary and where they […]
