Can anyone recommend some organizations that do testing of tools for industry. Thanks.

Instead of carving a shape with a scroll saw what hand tools could i use instead.
Any besides a knife?
Instead of boring out a half circle in a piece of wood with a router what hand tool could i use?
Any besides a gouge chisel?

General guides are preferred, or a good series name.

I’d prefer that it be something that I could manage to pick up at the library or buy from a major bookstore.

I’m not very picky, but I do want something that gives me a little bit more than just a general overview of each tool.

I have an electric torsion spring winding tool and a truss setting hand tool, that I have patent pendings on and I am looking for a company to purchase the patent rights from me.

I am doing some remodeling in rooms with old plaster walls. I am looking for a hand saw or other tool that makes gutting the rooms easier. I do not want to use a sawzall or rotozip if there is a hand tool out there.

And what is your favorite hand tool?

For me, it’s my dremel rotery tool and my 48 inch level.

Almost all of my recent Craftsman purchases have resulted in catastrophic failure of the tools. My drill LITERALLY burst into a cloud of smoke, my router locked up tight, my corner clamp broke (and they wouldn’t replace the clamp saying it wasn’t a “hand tool”, it had only been about 6 weeks), and my regular clamps’ grips came off.

Seems like Craftsman has really gone WAAAAYYYY downhill lately. I won’t make any more Craftsman purchases. I recently bought a Ryobi 18v drill, but then I heard that Ryobi makes some of Craftman’s stuff. Is it true? Did I essentially purchase another crappy product?

I want to buy my partner a tool kit for our home but he is very fussy when it comes to quality. He works in the construction industry so they would have to be of a proffessional quality rather than home DIY (even though they are for use in the house). I can’t ask him because he’ll guess what he’s getting for christmas hehe!

I had an obsession with tools growing up and now i have like 30 k in tools and want to use them to make money, but don’t know how to get started this is what i have.

6000-psi pressure washer
3800-watt generator
Tree chipper
Table saw with dado
Miter saw
Router with almost every tip out there
Router table
1000 set ratchet set
Wire feed welder
mig welder
Setaline torch
Plasma cuter
Pipe benders
3 drills
Handsaws
Drill press
Spray guns
Almost every hand tool out there like wire cutters and drivers
19 high power cords
8 hooligan lights
3 led tripod lights
80 gal air compressor
30 set air compressor tool kit
40 set power tool set
All of these tools are in my garage and I don’t get to use them as much
As I want to, and I don’t make money from them I also know how to use all of them and they are not brands that are cheep I have craftsmen to Makita, snap on and dwelt I’m broke and want to make some money
But don’t really know were to get started, I have worked in carpentry, construction and automobile fields if that helps on any thing. Can any one give me an idea?