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Tool Handle Beer Mugs Are Perfect For Tipsy DIY Projects

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Beer and DIY home projects: they go together like peanut butter and bread. Toss in accidentally hurting yourself, and you’ve got yourself a peanut butter and banana sandwich! Created by JoyJolt and available on Amazon (affiliate link), these hand tool beer mugs are the perfect accompaniment to any home project.

The 17-ounce mugs are available in multiple tool handle styles, including a screwdriver, hammer, pipe wrench, crescent wrench, and combination wrench, that way, you can match your beer mug to your current project. Tackling a project that involves all five tools? Then you’ve got a lot of beer to drink!


Alternatively, just do what I do when undertaking a home improvement project and invest in a beer helmet. That way, you can drink hands-free and don’t have to take a break to drink; just suck on the straw! Unfortunately, if the quality of my repair jobs is any indication, this is probably not a great idea and might explain why I keep finding my beer helmet hidden in the bottom of the kitchen trash.

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MetMo Driver recreates the ratchet screwdriver in a beautifully stunning and brilliantly satisfying way

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This handsome screwdriver isn’t just an engineering masterpiece, it’s also a tool that helps relieve the stress of work in more ways than one.

Hardware tools aren’t exactly the kind you’d call “fun,” even if you’re the type to be knee-deep in carpentry, engineering, design, or even crafts. Every one of these people will have their favorite tools, but most of them follow a standard design that is stuck from decades or even centuries ago. They get the job done for sure but leave both our minds and our hands tired most of the time. Power tools only alleviate some of the pain but transfer it to others, like our ears and electricity bills. Sometimes, we need to look back to the past to find an answer to our present and future problems, and that is exactly what the MetMo Driver has done to bring the ratchet screwdriver to the 21st century and beyond.

Designer: MetMo

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The first ratchet screwdriver arrived in the 50s, but its design dates back even farther. Regardless of the origin, the tool became a staple in many workers’ toolboxes, but modern renditions ditched much of the spirit and the beauty that the original had in favor of mass-produced plastic and metal versions. It was time to give the ratchet screwdriver an upgrade, and who better to do that than the people who enthrone metalwork in designs that are both aesthetic and functional.

The MetMo Driver isn’t just a replica of the 1950 ratchet screwdriver. It upgrades the materials with an all-metal construction, from hard, anodized aerospace aluminum for the handle, to hard tensile brass for the trigger. The choice of materials doesn’t only make the tool durable, it also makes it long-lasting and environment-friendly. It also gives the screwdriver a sharp and distinctive look that will make you want to always put it on display rather than hidden in a toolbox or drawer.

Made for designers, engineers, and thinkers who want to just take a moment to focus, relieve stress or just play around.

Each component interlocks perfectly so you can enjoy the endless motion of MetMo Driver’s moving parts.

Features Autopilot Tech, you can drive screws in without the need of a pilot hole.

Works in the same way as a manual brace, but pocket-sized.

With its arm lowered into wrench mode, MetMo driver can deliver over 70Nm of torque.

Compatible with all standard removable Hex drive bits.

The upgrades go beyond looks, of course. There is, for example, an arm that can be lowered to provide more torque to each twist, effectively around 76Nm that matches a 1982 Volkswagen Polo. You don’t have to stress your wrist, either, because you can use your own weight to drive the tool rather than forcing your wrist. You can even drill a hole into wood because its magnetic, hardened chuck can fit any standard 1/4 hex drive bits, including those used for drilling.

Beyond its obvious utility, the MetMo Driver also has another role for those times when you need to let your mind wander a bit by keeping your hands busy. The brass trigger that can alternate the direction of the ratchet mechanism with a simple flick also functions as a fidget toy. Even the simple back and forth twisting motion that is accompanied by a satisfying clicking sound can help you get lost in your thoughts and possibly lead to a “Eureka!” moment. All the more reason to keep this tool always at hand, be it on your desk or even in your bag. It probably helps that it looks almost like a mini lightsaber, another tool that is often associated with a familiar and almost hypnotizing whooshing sound.

Beautifully complex yet simply powerful, the MetMo Driver gives a classic tool more than just a facelift. Designed and built to last for generations, this all-metal modern ratchet screwdriver promises to be not only a talented work partner but also a relaxing fidget toy that will have you mindlessly flicking and twisting for minutes or even hours, perhaps thinking of the next project where you’ll be using it to great satisfaction.

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This spinning screwdriver uses centrifugal force to make the job easier and more fun

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Just because you’re screwing something doesn’t have to mean you’d be screwed yourself, too, especially not with this handsome screwdriver kit that will let your fingers breathe a sigh of relief.

Screws are one of the most common ways to keep two things together, but they are also notorious for being a pain in the posterior that an expletive was made specifically with screwing in mind. Never mind the wide variety of screws in use today, nor the almost uncanny frequency of not having the right screwdriver for the right job just when you need it. Screwing can sometimes be a literally painstaking chore, especially for your fingers and wrists, but they don’t have to be. The Spinner Drive demonstrates how to do more with less, especially with physics at your service, and how to look fine and spiffy while doing so.

Designer: mininch

Click Here to Buy Now: $89 $99 ($10 off). Hurry, sale ends March 20th.

All-in-one screwdriver kits are a dime a dozen these days. Some come with a screwdriver for each time of screw, while others have bits you can swap out for every need. The Spinner Drive Tough Edition Plus that we sell in our shop comes with 20 of these bits to match every single type of screw out there. Each bit is as tough as nails, or screws rather, made from Stainless Steel with Titanium Nitride coating for extra strength.

Precision Drivers. Buttery Smooth Rotation.

The screwdriver itself is a work of minimalist, industrial art. The grooves made by CNC machining give your fingers something better to grip while also preventing the tool from rolling off your workbench. These details alone might already appeal to a lover of minimalist tools, but that’s not all that makes the Spinner Drive special.

Standard. The Good Old Fashioned Way.

Hidden near the top of the screwdriver is a ball bearing that makes twisting the body feel smooth like butter. Resting your index finger on the specially-made dimple on its top lets you hold the screwdriver in a more ergonomic fashion when you need to make fine adjustments. Simply give the Spinner Drive a quick twist to tighten loose screws without straining your fingers.

T-Handle. Maximizing the Torque.

When you need bigger and wider movements, however, you’ll want to slide in the Spinner Wheel. It effectively expands the diameter of the handle, generating more torque with a single spin. The faster you turn, the faster it spins. It easily outclasses a traditional T-Handle screwdriver, especially in terms of comfort of grip, thanks to the grooves on the Spinner Wheel.

The Spinner Drive has you covered even when finger strength is no longer enough. Just as it is easy to remove and attach bits thanks to the use of magnets, it’s also easy to use those same bits with an electric screwdriver by using the removable hexagon bit holder from the barrel. Whether it’s with finger power or with an electric tool, the Spinner Drive has all your screwing needs covered, so you will never have to curse screws ever again.

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This hand-cranked screwdriver’s mechanical action is the most satisfying thing you’ll see today

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With the kind of rotating barrels and clicking pins that you’d find in a finely engineered workshop instrument or even a bolt-action pen, MetMo Driver was designed to turn your versatile, age-old screwdriver into an intriguingly powerful high-torque tool that’s a whole lot of fun to use too. Equipped with a ratchet drive that gives you satisfying tactile and audio feedback as you rotate the screw, MetMo Driver has a nifty way of making manual labor and physical effort fun. Chances are you’d probably pick this little gadget over your power drill just because it’s so engaging!

Designer: MetMo

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Working on a mechanism that’s quite similar to the one found in your bicycle’s wheel, MetMo Driver is actually based on the design of the ‘Ratchet Screwdriver’ an invention patented by Conrad Baumann back in 1949.

Twisting it one way allows you to tighten/loosen a screw, twisting it in the opposite direction creates that familiar clicking sound that you hear when you pedal backward on a bicycle. MetMo Driver’s reinforced ratchet works smoothly no matter how hard the job, and you can easily flip the direction of the mechanism to alternate between the famed ‘rightey tightey, lefty loosey’ adage.

MetMo Driver builds on the 1949 Ratchet Screwdriver design with a few significant upgrades that truly make this tool an absolute beast of versatility. A magnetic hardened chuck sports a standard 1/4 hex drive on the front, letting you mount any regular hex bits you’ve got onto the driver, although where the device really shines is in its ability to mount drill bits too! Turning the rotary action of a screwdriver into the rotary action of a drill, the MetMo lets you easily drill holes into soft woods with your bare hands. The body of MetMo Driver features a flip-out stainless steel grip that turns the screwdriver into a high-torque twisting device, letting you drill woods and even work with incredibly tough/tight screws, lugs, and nuts (like the one on the wheels of your car). In fact, MetMo Driver has a max torque output of 76 Nm… or about as much as the torque on a 1982 Volkswagen Polo.

Those heavy-duty high-torque chops are all courtesy MetMo’s all-metal design. The screwdriver uses a predominantly aluminum body for a lightweight design, but relies on grade 440 hardened martensitic stainless steel and tool steel for the parts of the screwdriver that see the most action. The ratchet pin is made from brass and comes with a knurled grip that can be adjusted as and when needed, and moves up and down quite like the pin on a bolt-action pen while you rotate the screwdriver.

MetMo Driver is both a powerful and versatile tool and amazingly fun to fiddle with.

Each component interlocks perfectly so you can enjoy the endless motion of MetMo Driver’s moving parts.

Features Autopilot Tech, you can drive screws in without the need of a pilot hole.

Works in the same way as a manual brace, but pocket-sized.

With its arm lowered into wrench mode, MetMo driver can deliver over 70Nm of torque.

Compatible with all standard removable Hex drive bits.

Just from a ‘good design’ point of view, MetMo Driver really ticks all the boxes. It’s compact, versatile, powerful, intuitive, and rugged to an absolute fault. As an added bonus, it has the aesthetic of a Dr. Who sonic screwdriver, and it’s immensely fun to use as the screwdriver’s ratchet action engages your eyes, ears, and your hands, giving you an almost fidget-like experience as you work with your tools!

MetMo Driver weighs 0.7 lbs (320 grams), quite respectable for an all-metal instrument, and measures 6.5 inches vertically. Designed with a steampunk-ish aesthetic, the high-torque screwdriver comes with a black anodized aluminum body as well as a metallic finish. If you’ve got a bit of cash to spare, there’s a 24-carat gold-plated version too, although that’s clearly for social flexing and not muscular flexing! The standard MetMo Driver goes for £99 ($129) which isn’t unusual for a device that’s engineered the way it is. MetMo Driver ships globally, and for an extra $30, you can even snag yourself a leather sleeve to safely store and carry your MetMo Driver in.

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This minimal modern tool kit for urban users ditches traditional design to improve safety of use

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Got bored with the same old hand tools in your cabinet? Then you need to consider the uber-cool TYR hand tools designed for modern users who crave style, safety, and simplicity of use.

Hand tools are household accessories that are essentials a dwelling always has handy somewhere in the cabinets or the garage. Most of us have a briefcase with Bosch tools, or if you’re lucky, have your own tool cabinet to rescue for a number of situations – be it using brute force to undo a stuck door or building a treehouse in the backyard as a weekend project. Over the years, these tools have not seen much design evolution in terms of functionality and ease of use. ZEN MOKE wants to change that with a refreshing set of hand tools that can be categorized more as an EDC owning to their compact nature.

The core idea with the TYR Household hand tool kit is to make the modern tools aesthetically pleasing while being safer than the traditional design which at times can be sharp at places not needed. Take for example the screwdriver, pliers, cutter, or the good old hammer. Another consideration for the design of the hand tools here is the tactical shape which requires less energy to do more. A perfect use-case scenario for the urban users who like everything they own to be simple, good-looking, and very easy to put into use.

The designer draws inspiration for the new line of hand tools from the contoured shape of common objects such as a bar of soap, PC mouse, headphones, and wireless earbuds. The notion here is to ditch the acute-angled triangular shapes for a rounded overall shape to prevent injuries when novice users are at work. The result, a collection of basic handyman tools that you would actually want to carry around as an EDC.

To lend the TYR Household hand tool kit a stylish element, the designer crafts them in a brushed metal housing, proposed to come in cool color options including – black, white, grey, and multi-color hues.

Designer: ZEN MOKE

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The swappable bits of this EDC screwdriver rescues you in any situation, big or small!

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You’re stuck in a situation where a screwdriver would bail you out, but who carries screwdrivers in their pockets? Even EDC’s can be too bulky to consider carrying around in your pocket all the time. Move over-complicated EDC items, as James Brand is yet again finding that valued space in the pocket of your jeans in the form of a compact screwdriver. Yes, it’s a screwdriver cleverly disguised to look like a pen or a penlight at first glance.

Sure there are multi-tools that have screwdriver, knives, and a whole lot more, but do they have the screwdriver bits in case the only one available doesn’t fit the screw head? Most probably not. That’s where a compact screwdriver (no bigger than a pen) with multiple bits is really useful – instantly fixing your broken bike light or changing the batteries of an RC car in a jiffy. James Brand’s Cache River is a screw and bit driver on a bearing that comes in a set of 3 bits – Phillips #2 bit, a Torx T6 bit, and a Wiha slotted 4.5 bit – which should get you through any precarious situation. The tool is CNC-machined using an aerospace-grade aluminum billet, and then black-anodized for super durability. The bits attach to the driver seamlessly – after all, they have magnetic attachments and made out of chrome-vanadium molybdenum tool steel. The two bits that aren’t used at any given time rest inside the body of the tool.

James Brand puts a lot of thought into designing their EDC tools and this one is no different. Not only does it look good, but the ultimate purpose is also solved without a doubt. And yes, since it is so compact, they’ve been cheeky enough to fit a lanyard loophole for the keychain on the end-cap of this 3.9-inch compact screwdriver that weighs just 36 grams.

Designer: James Brand

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This folding screwdriver focuses on making the classic tool more portable and usable

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The ‘More Uses’ screwdriver approaches simple problems with simple solutions. It’s multipurpose, foldable, and can mount the screw-bits in two separate ways to give you either a traditional experience or a high-torque one. Designed by the students of the Beijing Institute of Technology, the More Uses takes the traditional screwdriver and upgrades its performance and portability.

The driver comes in a metal capsule-shaped container. Open the container and you’ve got two parts on the inside. The base of the stem, and the magnetic screw-bits (in flat-head and Phillips-head variants). The base comes out, and can get attached one of two ways, creating either a linear screwdriver for regular applications, or a T-shaped screwdriver for tighter screws that need more force to remove or insert. When you’re done, the parts fit back inside the slick metal capsule which can easily be placed in your drawers (occupying a fraction of the space of a lengthy screwdriver) or even in your pocket, without worrying about the driver’s sharp tip hurting you or tearing your clothes!

The More Uses Screwdriver is a winner of the K-Design Award for the year 2020.

Designers: Qiu Qi, Yu Hong, Jin Hao, Ma Lyuting, Li Zhengkai

A perfect multitool for the season!

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If you’re struggling to pick a great gift for a DIY enthusiast, or perhaps for secret Santa, the HexFlex MultiTool is just about the best way to go. It fits 14 incredibly useful tools into its small frame, and comes with a keyring attachment so you’ve always got it on you. Made from stainless steel, this incredibly season-appropriate multitool comes with two Phillips screwdrivers, a flathead screwdriver, three hex drivers, a box-cutter, a bottle opener, and six different wrenches cleverly integrated into its snowflake-shaped design. Originally designed to be a snowboard tool (hence the snowflake theme), the HexFlex actually lends itself to a lot of regular daily use too. It fastens right to your keychain, allowing you to carry it around wherever you go, and gives you the power to open stuff from bottles to boxes, and tighten or loosen screws, and bolts. Now that’s quite chill isn’t it?!

Designer: HexFlex

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A perfect multitool for the season!

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If you’re struggling to pick a great gift for a DIY enthusiast, or perhaps for secret Santa, the HexFlex MultiTool is just about the best way to go. It fits 14 incredibly useful tools into its small frame, and comes with a keyring attachment so you’ve always got it on you. Made from stainless steel, this incredibly season-appropriate multitool comes with two Phillips screwdrivers, a flathead screwdriver, three hex drivers, a box-cutter, a bottle opener, and six different wrenches cleverly integrated into its snowflake-shaped design. Originally designed to be a snowboard tool (hence the snowflake theme), the HexFlex actually lends itself to a lot of regular daily use too. It fastens right to your keychain, allowing you to carry it around wherever you go, and gives you the power to open stuff from bottles to boxes, and tighten or loosen screws, and bolts. Now that’s quite chill isn’t it?!

Designer: HexFlex

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HRP-5P Humanoid Robot Now Has Screwdriver Capabilities

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We haven’t heard anything about AIST Japan’s HRP humanoid robot line for a while. The new version, the very industrial-looking HRP-5P has some cool skills. It looks a lot like Boston Dynamics’ ATLAS, which sports a similar framework body. That’s good for us humans, because if we need to kill it, all of its sensors, motors, and electronics are exposed. That’s what I call forward thinking.

This version of the robot has some impressive tricks up its robo-sleeves. The ‘bot can walk over to a table, pick up a piece of drywall, and screw it to the wall thanks to its built-in electric screwdriver. The demo video below is basically the company saying, “Hello contractors. You will soon be out of business once our robot is mass produced, and doing a bunch of Bob Villa work inside homes.”

The robot weighs about 222-pounds, which is light enough to work in environments designed for humans to navigate without special accommodations needed for the robot’s heft. And hey, at least if this robot is fixing stuff in my house, I’m not likely to see his butt-crack as he’s bending over and fixing a pipe. Seriously, why don’t those guys cover up?

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