SkywayTools.com owner Doug Gillis has been collecting hood ornaments since he was in his twenties and now has an impressive collection of almost 100 hood ornaments. In fact, one of the jokes in the Gillis family all through the years was Doug telling our daughter,... Continue reading
There is a lot of talk these days about “sustainable” products and that got me thinking the other night about the sustainability of quality tools versus throwaway tools. Unlike many other segments of society, tools were made to be sustainable before the concept of sustainability... Continue reading
SkywayTools.com has been carrying V8 Tools since before the launching of our online tool store in 1995, because we carried the V8 Tools line in our regular brick-and-mortar store for many years before the internet. We are impressed with the V8 Tools line because we... Continue reading
SkywayTools.com owner Sherry Gillis attended the Medco Tool Customer Show September 19 and 20, 2014 and loved the CTA Tools booth, manned by President Michael Borghard. Gillis interviewed Borghard to find out more about his company and his opinions about automotive specialty tool trends for now and... Continue reading
SkywayTools.com owner Doug Gillis demonstrates the V8 3826 Mighty Worm in the video below. This flexible and magnetic pick up tool can reach into the most difficult and weird places, because it will bend according to how you need it to bend and will pick... Continue reading
We get phone calls every day asking whether we carry certain tool items in our brick and mortar store. The other day someone called and asked if we had lawn mowers in stock. We don’t carry lawn mowers, but we do carry a nice line... Continue reading
Skyway Tools was founded by owner Doug Gillis in December, 1986 and the business sold tools right from the time the doors opened. In 1989 Gillis expanded into a new building, then met me, his wife Sherry, later that year.. In October, 1994 we had... Continue reading