Category Archive: 1320 Spotlight, Apex Spotlight, TECH, Tech Stories, Tools, Videos, XL Spotlight

Putting DeWalt’s Highest Torque Ever DCF964 Impact To The Test, Plus Tabless USA Made Batteries!

It’s time for another ultra high power impact wrench test, and this DeWalt promises to be a powerhouse! If you follow any cordless tool testing, then you know that our pal at the Torque Test...

The Best Step Bit Project Farm Ever Tested Destroys A $123 Snap-On Blue Point! Which One Should You Buy?

We love our tool tests around here and one of our favorite tool testing creators is Project Farm. We don’t share all their videos, but we sure to share a lot of them. They are thorough, more...

Our WalMart Gen2 Hyper-Tough Tools Ruining The Torque Test Channel’s Entire Rankings? You Must Watch This!

Cordless tool testing never gets old for me because there is no way I’m able to afford to buy the big name brands most of the time and I like seeing what some of the lower cost options do in...

Metal Fabrication How-To: Build Your Own Lower Control Arms From Scratch At Home!

You can do it! I know that building your own control arms might be an even more daunting task than the average chassiswork, and that already intimidates a lot of folks, but if you do think right you...

The Best Jump Starter Ever Tested? Project Farm Puts A Whole Batch Of Jump Starters To The Test!

With the insane battery technology that has become available in the past few years, jump starters have become smaller and smaller and yet are more powerful than ever. I remember the first time I used...

Tool Review: Weird Or Cool? The Ascend Tools Easy Wheel Ratchet Spins Nuts And Bolts Like A Fishing Reel!

This one is interesting. I can’t tell if it is genius, weird, cool, or what, but it is certainly something I’ve never heard of on a ratchet. Have you? There are certainly interesting and...

Who Makes The Highest Power Impact Tested on YouTube? Harbor Freight? Amazon? Or Ingersoll-Rand? Let’s See!

When it comes to big power impact guns there is nothing bigger and badder than a 1″ impact. These impact wrenches make massive torque for taking off big nuts and bolts on heavy equipment,...

Does This $19 Ratchet Prove That Premium Ratchets are a Waste of Money?! Let’s See.

We’ve talked about it a bunch here on BANGshift.com, and by it I mean cheap tools. I don’t have a big budget so I’m a bang for your buck kind of guy, like most of you out there....

Cordless Impact Drive Testing: The Torque This Delivers Might Shock You! DeWALT’s New Quiet Hydraulic DCF870 vs M18 Surge

These are impact drivers, not impact guns/wrenches. These are the type that most folks would consider at home on a construction site, home DIYers toolbox, and the like. But this new DeWalt might...

Tune Up Your Tuning Skills: You’ll Be Amazed At How Much You Can Learn From A Real Class!

(Words by Jefferson Bryant) Late model engines, particularly GM LS and LT series, require complex tuning to get the most out of them. Even with an aftermarket ECM that has a setup wizard and...

Finally! A Cheap and Accurate Infrared Thermometer! Temp Gun Testing To See How They All Stack Up Against Each Other

Temp Guns, or Infrared Thermometers, are one of those tools that used to be super expensive and then a few years ago you started seeing them at places like Harbor Freight for cheap. And whether you...

Wobbly Socket Shootout! Who Makes The Best Universal Impact Sockets? Snap-On vs Gearwrench, ICON & More!

Universal joint sockets, universal sockets, wobblys, or whatever else you call them, there are times when no other tool will do. And there are some particularities that matter in a universal joint...

Must Know Tech Tips For Sheet Metal Welding From Bodyman Extraordinaire Kevin Tetz. These Tips Can Save You TONS Of Time!

Sometimes you don’t know what you don’t know, and that means what you do know might mean you spend more time doing a job than you actually need to. If you are sufficiently lost by that...

Finally! Lights That Are Brighter Than Advertised! Project Farm Tests Out Headlamps To See Who Makes The Best One

I used to think headlamps were a weird tool to have in the shop, but not anymore! I’ve changed my mind after using them during all the electrical installation in the shop. I love them now! I...