(Used) Tool Time

Your spouse may suspect that every home-improvement project is a pretext for buying a new tool. To soften the financial blow, try the Web for secondhand tools.

Here are a few helpful sites:

*www.toolsource.com

A leader in the sale of electrical and automotive tools, with a classified section on used tools.

*www.toolcribofthenorth.com

Internet specials and factory- reconditioned tools.

*www.thetoolman.com

An inventory of 23,000 hand, power, and stationary tools.

*www.re-tool.com

A retail chain specializing in used tools - check the site

for locations.

Source: Fine Homebuilding, March 1999