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We love projects, well who doesn’t.  OK let’s be honest we love them when they go right, but only when they go as planned.  In this section, you can stay up-to-date on Tools in Action projects.   These are ideas and jobs we are working on or are following other people working on.  Do you have a project you are working on?  If so you can share it in the Power Tool Forum with the Tools in Action Crew.  Do you have a project that is worthy of being on the Tools in Action homepage?  If so contact us with the information. We love sharing projects from the crew members.  After all, this is about the community and helping each other. Share your ideas, your passion and your work with the work.  We would love to show the world what you have created or follow you through the whole project step by step.  Check out some of the projects below.

Wood Burning Fireplaces – A Guide

Now I would like to say we created the perfect Fireplace Guide, but I know we didn't.  There truly is a lot to fireplaces....
Elf on the Shelf Activities - paint ornaments

Meet Toolz! He’s Here to Share Elf on the Shelf Activities for Winter Break!

Look at who showed up at the TIA workshop. It's Toolz, our Elf on the Shelf, or Elf on the workbench in our case!...

Ford F150 EcoBoost Review – Our First Review

If you are in the trades, we rely on our trucks to make a living.  We need to carry, haul and just get from...

Action Items and Maintenance of a Wood Burning Fireplace

Okay you installed your wood burning fireplace and you are set to have your first fire.  Before you have your first fire we should probably...

Craftsman AssureLink Internet Connected DC Belt Drive Garage Door Opener

Wow, what a world we live in.  Not only do we have personal communicators like they did in Star Trek, but we now have...

BlendMount – 2011 F150 Ecoboost Radar Detector Install

Let me start by saying I am not a speeder.  I try to avoid speeding and come to complete stops at stop signs and...

Weathertech No Drill Mud Flaps- Ford F150 EcoBoost Project

You get a new vehicle drive through a mud puddle and wham! The entire side of your truck is caked with mud splattered up...
Hanging Planter with Chalkboard

Hanging Planter with Chalkboard Tutorial

For our first tutorial in the Mothers Day Series, we are going to start with a fresh take on a DIY planter. When I...

Kolpin UTV Windshield and Rear shield – Kawasaki Mule 610 XC Project

With the cold weather approaching fast we need to gear up the Mule for winter.  Next on the the list was a windshield, it...

Blaze King – DuraVent Install Overview

When I first started this fireplace project, I have to admit I was really ignorant.  I thought I would just buy a wood burning...
Mother's Day Wood Wall Art

How to Build Wood Wall Art

For our next project in the Mother's Day Series, we are going to do something totally different. There is something about art that in...

MIG Welding Basics 101 – Part 2 – Safety

The process of welding is heating metal so hot that it fuses with another metal.  This takes some serious heat and power.  It emits...

Crown Boiler Revisit

Replacing a furnace or boiler is a huge investment, so I wanted to do a revisit of the Crown Boiler we installed over a...

JENSEN Mini Radio and Wireless Headphones Kit with Weather Band JHD910BTK- Review

For our Kawasaki Mule 610 project I decided to go looking for a more application specific type stereo.  I wanted something that was fully...

MIG Welding Basics 101 – Part 1 – Eric from Tools In Action Learns...

Welding seems very intimidating to the average Joe, we are going to prove that even a tool like Eric can learn how to weld...

Basement Project – DuraShield Review

Our basement project has turned out to engulf us a little more than we thought, but doesn't that always happen?  We have a pretty...