How do you define a good tool? It must
save time, improve accuracy, be reasonably
priced, and nearly indestructible.
When does a good tool become a great
tool? When you can't wait to use the
damn thing.
That's how I've come to feel about
the Proctor wall braces I bought a couple
years ago. There's not much glamour
here, just an 11-foot piece of
square steel tubing with a threaded
insert in one end and a revolving nailing
flange at the other. But when
you're framing walls, this no-nonsense
tool turns the tedious task of line bracing
into a no-brainer.
Time saver. I use these braces on
every house and addition I build to
quickly plumb and line