Under most circumstances, you wouldn’t go looking for broken things at a yard sale or thrift store. Unless they’re damaged tools from companies like Craftsman. Then you might be able to exchange them ...

Q Your column in the Sunday Seattle Times elicits the usual chuckles from me. Mine come from knowing that the "honey-do" list at my house doesn't always turn out any better at other households. My ...

An old, rusty garden shovel has a massive crack across its metal tip. - REDCHYTS FEDIR/Shutterstock Quality gardening tools can last upward of 30 years, if not an entire lifetime with proper ...

Nobody likes it when their tools break. These can be very costly devices that we hope will last for years and years, but sometimes you encounter things ranging from batteries being unable to charge to ...

Renishaw Inc. has developed a broken-tool detection system that the company says is based on affordable laser technology. Renishaw's TRS1 tool-recognition system uses proprietary toolrecognition ...

A tool breaking in the midst of a CNC machining operation is always a disaster. Not only do you have a broken tool (no small expense), but if the program continues to run there is a good chance it’ll ...

The Italian motorcycle manufacturer Ducati revved up manufacturing efficiencies on its unique high-rpm Desmodromic engines by turning to an automated laser tool monitoring system from Renishaw ...