Best Gift Ideas for Tool Lovers
Tool Tech: Great gift ideas for the handy person in your life.
With prices ranging from under $10 and climbing to nearly $1000, our gift list features lesser-known and well-known tools that your handy person will love. Watch the video and then check out the links below for more information. Prices may have changed slightly since the recording of this video.
Harbor Freight pull saw
Product number: 62118
Price: $9
Titan Tools mini ratchet
Product number: 11205
Price: $15
Preppin’ Weapon Sanding Block
Product number: P10
Price: $18
Stiletto pry bar
Product number: SSFB15-2
Price: $53
Stanley Block Plane
Product number: 12-920
Price: $35
Veritas Skew Block Plane
Price: $220-$400
Franklin Sensors Stud Finder
Product number: 710
Price: $52
Starrett Combination Square
Product number: 50055
Price: $79
DeWalt Oscillating Multi-Tool
Product number: DWE315K
Price: $143
Bosch Sander
Product number: ROS65VC-5
Price: $220
Makita Cordless Circular Saw
Product number: XSH01
Price: $200 (bare tool); $352 (kit)
Occidental Leather tool belt
Product number: 8089
Price: $259
Festool TS 55 Track Saw
Product number: 575387
Price: $660
For more tool and product content, check out Patrick’s Tool Tech videos at FineHomebuilding.com/tooltech, updated each week. Tool Tech is a member-only digital exclusive, but we’re making this special holiday gift edition available to all FineHomebuilding.com visitors. Consider becoming an online member to watch other Tool Tech videos.
Also whether you’re a member or not, you’ll want to listen to the Nov. 17, 2017, episode of the Fine Homebuilding Podcast, in which the guys talk about even more great tool- and workshop-friendly gift ideas.
Senior editor Patrick McCombe has been testing power tools on behalf of national publications for more than 15 years, and he regularly meets with product manufacturers to try out new introductions. In the Tool Tech series, Patrick reviews the latest tools and materials, discusses building technology, and shows time-tested techniques for better, more-efficient home building. Consider becoming an online member to watch other Tool Tech videos.
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