Category Archive: Apex Tech Stories, TECH, Tech Stories, Tools, Videos
Best Car Wheel Theft Deterrent Lug Nut? Can Any Wheel Lock Prevent Theft? Let’s find out!
When wheel locks started to become a real thing in the 1970s nobody realized that these devices would in fact be the reason for their own demise. You see within the first week of the first 100 sets...
How-To Build a Metal Shaping POWER HAMMER From Scrap Metal / Pull Max /Nibbler With Karl From Make It Kustom
In this episode of Make It Kustom, Karl gets his fabrication on but this time it is building a tool for the shop, not a part for a car. He’s an expert in metal shaping, spends tons of time...
Tool Testing: Harbor Freight’s New Hercules DRILL is a Big Problem for Milwaukee Gen 3 & 4
Harbor Freight has not been messing around when it comes to new tool offerings over the past couple of years, and we’re not just talking cordless impacts. With their Hercules line of cordless...
Testing TikTok Tool Hacks: Surprisingly Amazing, Or Just Stupid?
If you are like us, you laugh sometimes at the tools you see on TikTok or Facebook, or even YouTube for that matter. Sometimes they are in ads, and other times they pop up as people who are just...
Cordless Impact Gun Tests – Bosch’s New Mid-Torque vs M18: The Most Underrated Impact Ever
The cordless impact battles between brands is a lot like the diesel truck battles that Chevrolet, Ford, and RAM are in. Tool makers are constantly throwing out new models and new specs. When one of...
Who Makes The Best Corded Angle Grinder? Hilti vs Milwaukee, DeWalt, Makita, Ryobi, Ridgid. Let’s Settle This!
So this video right here is going to be interesting for me. To be clear, I love Project Farm videos and I usually watch them before posting them, but I have not watched this one yet. That’s...
DIY Hydraulic Vise Build – You Can Build This Powerful DIY Hydraulic Vise At Home
You all know how much I love DIY shop tools, and this one right here is pretty cool. I would have never thought about building a hydraulic vice, but now that I’ve seen this one I kinda dig it....
How To Rebuild A Holley Carb, Part 2: Reassembly. Let’s Put This Thing Back Together!
Here is Part 2 on how to rebuild your Holley carburetor at home for cheap! While EFI is the hot topic nowadays, and we’re fans of some of the cool stuff it can do for us, there are jillions of cars...
How To Make A No-Sew Mexican Blanket Seat Cover For Your Hot Rod
Mexican blanket seat covers, or upholstery, are super cool in the right hot rod or custom and we dig them. In this cool video from Jefferson at Red Dirt Rodz, he’s going to show us how to make...
Simple Tech: How To Rebuild Drum Brake Wheel Cylinders At Home For Cheap!
I know that disc brake swaps are super common on muscle cars, hot rods, etc, but there are still a ton of them out there running stock rear drum brakes and for good reason. They work. There is...
The Vice Grip Garage NASCAR Truck Gets Electrical, Bumpers, and a BODY! SO MUCH TUBING!
Well, it got the big block and the turbo 400, and now it needs electrical, bumpers, and some kind of body. Man this thing is ugly. I mean ugly. But it does have a big block in it. That’s not what...
RIDGID’s New SubCompact Beats M18?! What About Team Yellow?
More tool tests baby! This Torque Test Channel test shows how badass the new SubCompact Ridgid Impact Wrench is. Since Milwaukee and Ridgid are made by the same company, Ridgid is usually the lower...
Best Rounded Nut Extractor Wrench? Snap On, MichaelPro, Metrinch, Magic Wrench, GearWrench
Stripped nuts and bolts SUCK! And when you don’t have the right tool to remove them you have to resort to things like welding nuts onto them so you can get a wrench or socket on them, but what...
