To most people, there’s two types of screws and screwdrivers: flat heads (slotted) or a Phillips. In reality, there are many different types of screws and screwdrivers, all meant for various jobs and many of them designed to prevent tampering,...
Hex wrenches are one of the most useful tools, from bikes to Ikea furniture and more, at some point in your life you’ll discover you need not just one hex wrench, but a whole set. While there are several good...
Like many other tools, the origin of pliers is shrouded and lost in the mists of the past. It’s literally a tool so old and commonly used that no one knows who invented it. It’s widely believed that the first...
The hammer is probably one of the oldest tools known to man and most everybody has a hammer of some sort at home. Your typical hammer is probably used for a lot of jobs, including ones it wasn’t designed for....
The origin of the screw and the screwdriver is lost to the pages of history, though some believe the first screw-like tool originated around the first century. The first recorded screwdriver, though is thought to have originated sometime in the...
Ratchets are great tools when they work and when you have the ideal angle and space to work with. Ratchets, however, can run into some restrictions pretty quickly when you start running out of space in tight quarters. They can...
If you’re working on a delicate piece of machinery, your standard fare tools just aren’t going to cut it. The screws on jewelry, drones, laptops, notebooks, iPads and watches just won’t stand up to the amount of torque a normal...
Wera tools, and most especially their drivers, have a favored place here at EIO. One of the cooler driver sets is Wera’s Kraftform Kompakt 70 Allround set. What makes this set stand out is that it comes with a good...
When it comes to working with live electrical connections and capacitors, it goes without saying that safety is the most important tool. That’s why at EIO, we carry a wide variety of insulated tools from several manufacturers. For big jobs...
