By Todd Fratzel
10″ Dual-Bevel Glide Miter Saw The crew here at ToolBoxBuzz.com recently got our hands on the all new Bosch CM10GD 10″ Glide Miter Saw and this is our detailed review of this exciting new product. The CM10GD is the little brother to the previously released GCM12SD 12″ Glide Miter saw that I’ve been using for […]
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By Rob Robillard
Track Saws From DEWALT, Festool & Makita Rob and some of his crew took a hard look at the major Track Saw models on the market and see how they “lined up”. With hours in the shop and critical analysis of each saw’s features and performance we are providing readers with a comprehensive look at […]
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By Rob Robillard
Magnesium Worm Drive SKILSAW Model # MAG77LT In the world of residential and commercial remodeling the SkilSaw has enjoyed a very long reputation of quality, rugged durability and exceptional performance. The reputation has been so long running that people today often refer to any brand circular saw as a “SkilSaw.” If you ask me, that’s […]
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By Philip Benevides
Bostitch 8.5 Amp Orbital Reciprocating Saw Kit [BTE360K] Review Reciprocating Saws may not be precise tools, but they are often precisely what you need to get the job done in almost any trade on almost any job-site. There are few rough cutting applications that the Reciprocating Saw CAN’T handle, so having a reliable, portable, and […]
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By Jeff Williams
RIDGID 18v Grinder Review Model R86040B In the summer of 2013 I had the opportunity to sit down with an executive from TTI the maker of RIDGID power tools and he told me about all of their upcoming innovative tools for the year that we summarized back in this article. One of those tools was […]
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By Todd Fratzel
Festool Plunge Cut Track Saw – When Quality Matters The all new Festool TS 55 REQ Plunge Cut Track Saw has created quite a stir in the renovation/remodel/woodworking communities. This new model is an update to the ever popular Festool TS 55 EQ. We recently had a chance to test it out on several jobsites […]
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By Todd Fratzel
Multi-Tool Kit with Tool-Free QUICK CHANGETM System DEWALT certainly is late to the game with their first oscillating tool, however they certainly have brought their “A” game with the DWE315K. From the very first look at this new multi-tool you get the impression that it was built for heavy duty use in the field. The […]
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By Todd Fratzel
DEWALT 7 1/4″ Lightweight Circular Saw – Model DWE575 DEWALT has a number of circular saws on the market and their latest happens to be the DWE575, 7-1/4″ Lightweight Circular Saw. The new saw claims to be one of the lightest in it’s class and we agree weighing in at just 8.8 lbs. They sent […]
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By Jeff Williams
RIDGID Drill Press Review Model DP1550 For the past 3 months I’ve had the 15″ stationary RIDGID Drill Press in my shop and it has made a huge difference in the quality and accuracy of holes I’ve needed to drill. Like many people I relied on my cordless drill and my eye for a long time […]
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By Jeff Williams
Shop Made Tools: Router Table Fence In the first post in this series I described how to build a router table into the RIDGID R4512 Table Saw. This post is about how I built a fence for this setup but the fence can be used with any router table. After the last post I used […]
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