Sometimes you just have to use what you’ve got. Like when Charlie Slagle’s Katrina mission trip needed to cut a water melon:

Yes, that’s the DeWalt DC385K 18-Volt Ni-Cad Cordless Reciprocating Saw you see there slicing melon.

Later that evening Charlie and his crew filmed their first episode of “Cooking with Power Tools.”

Which fits very nicely with the video Adam found of high school kids using power tools to carve out hundreds of pumpkins.

Anyone else have images or video of using power tools to chop fruit or vegetables? Not that we promote these kinds of things or anything

Why not? Why not I ask you?

(for many many many reasons…)

Oh well, it’s funny for a minute or two:

“Maximize your tools!” must be pinned up on the shop walls of thousands of DIYers around the world.

It’s a good and noble goal… BUT… one thing I learned from finding answers for a recent ToolCrib.com question is that efficiency must NEVER come at the expense of SAFETY.

Here’s the question that started my most recent visit to my favorite woodworking forums:

Does anyone make a table to mount and hold a circular saw inverted so it could be used as a temporary table saw?

This is a perfectly reasonable question. The guy wants to maximize the usage of his circular saw.

Here are the responses this question got in Family Woodworking.

Here’s what some of the Woodnetters had to say

For the adventurous and well-insured here’s a link to DIY plans for building a table that converts your circular saw into a table saw.

There are manufactured tables available but it seems like they’re only available outside of the US. The bottom line is that a rigged-out circular saw is seldom going to be your best choice for cutting wood. If you need the portability it might be a good solution. Otherwise, STAY CLEAR!

And DEFINITELY go and read the circular saw as table saw discussions in FamilyWoodworking.org and WoodNet.net. There’s great discussions going on there and some funny commentary

I know it’s no where close to Halloween but I wanted to get this out to you guys because it is awesome.

Bookmark this post for next October because I guarantee you will be looking for it come All Hallows Eve.

If you come across any cool videos leave us links in the comments section and we will post them on ToolCrib TV for all to enjoy.

Do you love hand tools? Do you long for the days before NiCad? Well check this out…

Cian answered a question in the WoodNet forum and his signature there includes a link to The Index of Fossil-Fuel-Friendly Woodworking Knowledge. In other words, Hand Tools.

That link above will send you to a long page with hundreds of links to hundreds of resources organized into sections with guides to buying used hand tools, cleaning wooden tools, restoring old tools and MUCH MORE.

The vastness of this page (aka The Neanderthal Braintrust) is impossible for me to describe. Let’s just say it’s Hand Tool heaven and call it a day

$99.99 puts this factory perfect reconditioned DeWalt 1/2-Inch Drill/Driver Kit in your workshop TODAY.

With only 3 LEFT though your chance to save $80 off of retail price is limited.

That $99.99 price gives you a savings of 44.7% off of the retail price of $179.99.

$99.99 puts $80 off of retail in your pocket. Or better yet, spend it on dinner for you and the love of your life.

You’re saving $80 on this DeWalt DC980KAR Heavy-Duty 12-Volt Ni-Cad 1/2-Inch Cordless Drill/Driver Kit because it broke and someone sent it back to DeWalt.

Then DeWalt fixed it back to factory perfect quality and put a one year warranty on it.

Saving $80 on a $179.99 drill with free shipping sounds pretty factory perfect to me… Yes folks, this is why they say that reconditioned is better than new.

A reader asked us recently about the best quality router table top, fence and lifter.

Hello, I need a router table top, fence and lifter. The Freud top and fence system look like a good value. Will the Rousseau lifter fit the opening in the Freud top?

I posted his questions in Woodnet and FamilyWoodworking to start getting some feedback.

Check them out as they should help you out in making decisions about router tables!

If you smell smoke right now RELAX. It’s NOT your biscuits burning…

It’s this SMOKING HOT DEAL on the Factory-Reconditioned DeWalt DW715R Heavy-Duty 15 Amp 12-Inch Single Bevel Compound Miter saw.

Get this factory-reconditioned beauty for $228.46. That’s 62% off new.

That puts $365.54 back in YOUR POCKET.

You’d better run like it WAS your biscuits burning to pick up this DeWalt chop saw though cause there are only TWO of these beauties left in stock at the blazing hot price of $228.46.

For the mathematicians out there - YES you CAN buy TWO of these saws for less than it would cost to buy one at store cost. And there’s free shipping. And a one-year warranty.

Read reviews on the DeWalt DW715R Heavy-Duty 15 Amp 12-Inch Single Bevel Compound Miter saw page (click Product Reviews there).

And please know that though there may be SCORCH MARKS ON THE BOX that was only due to the sizzling sticker price and will in no way affect the durability and quality of this tool

This video really seems to capture the sense and essence of the Races.
Did anyone get a change to attend? If so, tell us what it was like.

Other Power Tool Race Videos Here

Let us know if you find any cool power tool related videos and we will post them here.
Leave links in the comments.

Two DeWalt Cordless Trim Saws left at 74% OFF OF RETAIL PRICE OF $352.

One at $89.99… Two at $89.99… GONE!

Let’s do some math here. The retail price is $352.00. Your price is $89.99.

Yes, that’s 74% off. And they have a FULL ONE YEAR WARRANTY.

They’re factory reconditioned, so DeWalt fixed whatever scrape or disconnected wire that caused someone to send it back in the first place, and fixed it up to “like-new.”

Like-new except at 74% of new cost… but only for TWO fast-acting guys who flex their dang hustle-muscle and order the DeWalt DC390KR 18-Volt Ni-Cad 6 1/2-Inch Cordless Trim Saw NOW!