Best Construction Boards
Metal.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"It turned empty wall space into useful storage space, freeing up some cabinets and eliminating clutter."
"These pegboards are very high quality, and very easy to install."
"I have used these in both my garage and kitchen."
"I just wish it was obvious which set of pegs go with this peg board."
"I'm a bike mechanic and use these everyday, just make sure to use the large plastic hooks."
"We used these stacked in our kitchen to hang pots and pans, we had a small wall area between the kitchen cabinets and a sliding glass door and came up with this idea after searching online for a better way to store pots and pans in your kitchen."
"I used Wall Control to organize my carpentry tools."
Magnetic metal panel prevents pegboard holes from fraying and wearing out over time.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"It turned empty wall space into useful storage space, freeing up some cabinets and eliminating clutter."
"These pegboards are very high quality, and very easy to install."
"I have used these in both my garage and kitchen."
"I just wish it was obvious which set of pegs go with this peg board."
"I'm a bike mechanic and use these everyday, just make sure to use the large plastic hooks."
"We used these stacked in our kitchen to hang pots and pans, we had a small wall area between the kitchen cabinets and a sliding glass door and came up with this idea after searching online for a better way to store pots and pans in your kitchen."
"I used Wall Control to organize my carpentry tools."
Panels accept slotted, stable, and more secure hooks--as well as brackets, shelves, and pegs.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"It turned empty wall space into useful storage space, freeing up some cabinets and eliminating clutter."
"These pegboards are very high quality, and very easy to install."
"I have used these in both my garage and kitchen."
"I just wish it was obvious which set of pegs go with this peg board."
"I'm a bike mechanic and use these everyday, just make sure to use the large plastic hooks."
"We used these stacked in our kitchen to hang pots and pans, we had a small wall area between the kitchen cabinets and a sliding glass door and came up with this idea after searching online for a better way to store pots and pans in your kitchen."
"I used Wall Control to organize my carpentry tools."
Best Retail Shelving & Wall Displays
30-P-3232 B Color: Black Features: -Includes screws and sheet rock anchors. Strong 20 gauge steel with a baked-on rust and scratch resistant black finish. Kit includes: (2) black metal pegboard panels 32" x 16", overall size: 32" tall x 32" wide x 3/4” deep mounting hardware and instructions made in the usa. Metal.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"It turned empty wall space into useful storage space, freeing up some cabinets and eliminating clutter."
"These pegboards are very high quality, and very easy to install."
"I have used these in both my garage and kitchen."
"I just wish it was obvious which set of pegs go with this peg board."
"I'm a bike mechanic and use these everyday, just make sure to use the large plastic hooks."
"We used these stacked in our kitchen to hang pots and pans, we had a small wall area between the kitchen cabinets and a sliding glass door and came up with this idea after searching online for a better way to store pots and pans in your kitchen."
"I used Wall Control to organize my carpentry tools."
Best Concrete
Easy to do; fill mold with concrete mix, smooth surface and remove mold. Enter your model number to make sure this fits.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"THEN I plan on mixing up a huge load of mortar (leave it white, the stones will be blue-gray) and pour it on and squeegee it into all of the stone cracks - YES even into the imperfections on the surface. I want this to look just like a genuine Italian high-class stone and mortar old world finish."
"First time concrete-er and decided to use this mold to create about a 50 foot front walkway to my house. The main disadvantage to the dual-width method, besides the extra work, is added difficulty making it "turn". The form actually takes a little less than one 60 pound bag of correctly mixed quickrete, even after packing it in very tightly. I was mixing the concrete by hand, then spending a solid 15-20 minutes per mold packing the conrete into every nook and cranny, then cleaning up. So I found it nearly impossible to push down at all onto a previous mold, let alone not having it end up looking crumbly and messy."
"I get to write the review...my husband did all the work though ;) A lot of people said that they sprayed the form with Pam spray before each use and he did do that the first time but it really didn't make a difference, just spray it with water before and in-between each setting and you'll have no problem. My husband only waited about 5 minutes before lifting the form just to make sure that it was set."
"My only experience with this sort of thing is being a plaster hod carrier in my youth, so I'm a rookie. Spraying the form with Pam helps for a smoother finish and releases easier. Maybe my age and tendency towards laziness and being anal about the finished product (bad combination), I missed the fun and easy part. A cement mixer would be nice instead of mixing in a wheel barrel. Anyway, as I sit here waiting for the Aleve to kick in, I'm as happy with the finished product as I am with the fact it's done."
Best Mortar Mix
Blend of masonry cement and graded sand to make a long lasting, strong bonding mortar for laying brick, block, or stone for walls, columns, etc. Enter your model number to make sure this fits.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Somewhere is the description it said 60lbs., but I pretty much knew that couldn't be, because shipping would have been much higher."
"It's a 10 lbs bag of ready mix."
"Great to have a small bag to do little odd jobs."
"Arrived in a very small box in which the contents were scattered."
Best Bricks & Blocks
Castle Gate thin brick is made from genuine kiln fired clay brick that is cut thin. ft. Cuts easily with a tile saw or angle grinder using a masonry disc.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Exactly what I was hoping for."
"I love this brick I still have to order 2 more boxes it looks great."
"We ordered three boxes of this brick, all at separate times because of some design changes. Among all three boxes we only had ONE broken brick, which is truly amazing!"
"Exactly what I expected."
"Great brick veneer."
"Absolutely gorgeous thin brick."
"This brick looks exactly like the picture."
"These came quicker than what they said they would."
Best Plywood
Style: Birch Plywood |. Size: 1/8 x 12 x 24". Revell Inc. 887681 Birch Plywood 3mm 1/8 x 12 x 24" (6), 887681.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"It was slightly warped along the short dimension, but fine for my use case."
"Item as described."
"Good plywood for beginner scroll saw practice and projects."
"Plywood sheets were okay."
"Work great!"
"exactly what I wanted thanks ED."
"The second pack was completely bowed and made my project difficult, but not impossible."
"The ad says 6 pieces are in the offer."
Best Veneers
Just the right size for marquetry, inlay repair, accents on furniture and any other small job around the shop. Sheet Size: 5.5" - 7.5" x 12".
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Item was shipped USPS without any special packaging but arrived without any major breakage (just one piece right on top was broken)."
"One piece of walnut burl in my package is a bit wavy and has some minor voids, but on par with other walnut burl I have purchased and with the intense figuring a perfect piece is probably rare."
"I needed a decent amount of varied veneer for a marquetry project, and this was a perfect solution."
"Amazing variety!"
"One complaint is the samples are not labeled so it is a lot of guessing as to which wood is which."
"I thought there would be more matching pieces."
"Product was just as advertised."
Best Rebar
Bright color for good visability. Enter your model number to make sure this fits.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"An excellent quality product that does just as it should."
"These are the most reasonably priced rebar safety caps I could find."
"Extremely stout and fit nicely snug."
"Exactly what I expected and needed."
"These worked really good for our construction project."
"But had to return."
"Great price and a very good product."
Best Glass Building Material
Round glass table tops available in many sizes including: 12", 14", 16", 18", 20", 22", 23", 24", 25", 26", 27", 28", 29", 30", 31", 32", 33", 34", 36", 37", 38", 39", 40", 42", 44", 46", 48", 54", 56", 60", 72". Glass table tops to be used as glass tops or glass covers for existing table or base.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Heavy duty glass."
"Pencil edge is a great finish."
"It's of excellent quality; packaging was outstandingly protective; it looks great over the tablecloth on my round bedside table."
"This is a great piece of glass."
"Needed to complete odd shaped live edge wood table."
"I bought two of them and I'm very happy with my purchase."
Best Siding Building Material
Using the handy siding gauge, one person can install siding quickly while ensuring each course stays level. Enter your model number to make sure this fits.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Working from bottom to top, you simply slide these under the previous course of clapboards, lock them in place by raising the lever upwards, then sit the next course of siding in the notch in the gauges...it sets the reveal perfectly and holds them so you can nail down the clapboard."
"Have the other guy be cut man on the ground, and keep sending you up pieces that you set perfectly each time without having to re-measure. Sometimes they can sit in an angle, and that 1/8th inch on 1 board can get out of hand in a couple rows if you aren't paying attention. The locking handle moves super easy, doesn't take hard wrenching or anything that could be problematic on a really high ladder. Still an excellent tool for holding a plank in place, even if I had to fudge a board 1/4"-1/2" or so to adjust my layout."
"Just finished building my 1000 sq ft garage with Hardie Plank siding and these tools are essential to a speedy and easy installation."
"I bought these for to help install 5/16" Hardi board siding on a garage size building."
"If you are going to hang cement siding by yourself these gauges are a must have."
"If used properly, the need to check the level is less often because the gauges space the siding perfect."
"Made installing fibre cement siding by myself a manageable task."
"Clamps are not as long as the plastic once, these don't have many adjustment options and you have to lift the board by hand to get the tool to slide in."
Best Raw Lumber
This pack of pen blanks contains the following species: Purple Heart, Zebrawood, Sapele, Walnut, Padauk.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Nice pen blank sampling."
"Very nice quality and perfect for pens."
"As advertised quick service."
"Wood turned great on lathe and made beautiful pens."
"Wood is wood."
"A very nice selection of blanks although somewhat lacking in grain qualities with the exception of the Zebrawood blanks."