By Todd Fratzel
JET Tools & Powermatic Introduce New Products for 2013 Several weeks ago I had the pleasure of traveling down to Nashville, TN to visit the folks at JET Tools and Powermatic. They were kind enough to host us at a very unique site in downtown Nashville called Fort Houston. Fort Houston is a 10,000 sq. […]
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By Todd Fratzel
HollowCore™ Nut Drivers Feature New-to-World Thread-Thru Design MILWAUKEE, WI- Milwaukee Tool continues to deliver game-changing solutions with the introduction of HollowCore™ Magnetic Nut Drivers on their growing Hand Tool line. Featuring a new-to-world thread-thru design, the new tools are able to fasten at an unlimited depth in both threaded rod and long bolt applications, while […]
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By Philip Benevides
Stanley Black and Decker 2013 New Product Media Event This year’s New Product Media Event, held at the Westin New York at Times Square, featured Stanley Black and Decker’s professional and prosumer tool lines from your classic Stanley products to the premier DEWALT tools. Spanning two days, construction and woodworking professionals from writers and editors […]
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By Todd Fratzel
Two weeks ago we announced a new heated jacket from Bosch Power Tools. Here’s the official press release along with some additional facts. Mt. Prospect, Ill., August 8, 2013 – Bosch Power Tools is heating up jobsites this fall with the launch of the company’s first 12V Max heated jacket and battery holster/controller USB power […]
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By Todd Fratzel
New Cordless Compact Worksite Radio with Multi-PortTM Interface Earlier this week DEWALT announced the launch of a new compact worksite radio featuring their new Multi-PortTM interface. We’ve been playing with this new radio secretly for a few weeks so we could bring your our thoughts as soon as the radio was announced publicly. Before I […]
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By Todd Fratzel
Powermatic’s New PM1000 Cabinetmakers Table Saw Reflects Gold Standard of Fully Featured Saw LaVergne, TN ─ Woodworkers, remodelers and do-it-yourselfers in the market for a new saw may want to take a good look at Powermatic’s latest gold standard addition, the PM1000 Table Saw. The PM1000 evolves from the superior line of PM2000 and PM3000 […]
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By Todd Fratzel
DEWALT® Launches New Compact 18V/20V MAX* Corded and Cordless Portable Wet/Dry Vacuums With all the advances lately in batteries and the ever increasing offering of cordless tools it’s not surprising that cordless vacuums are being added to the lineup. DEWALT just announced the introduction of two new portable/cordless wet/dry vacuums with their DCV580 (cordless only) […]
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By Jeff Williams
Like I mentioned in the RYOBI article with a similar name I recently had the opportunity to sit down with a brand insider from TTI. TTI owns RYOBI and designs and manufactures RIDGID. RIDGID is owned by Emerson Professional Tools but they typically stick to the plumbing side (the more reddish orange tools) and have […]
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By Jeff Williams
A couple weeks ago I sat down over dinner with an executive of Techtronic Industries to talk about the new tools for 2013 from both RIDGID and RYOBI. This is the second time I’ve done this and it is always enlightening to hear about the tool industry from a brand insider. Besides chatting about the […]
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By Todd Fratzel
DEWALT® Launches New Line of 20V MAX*/12V MAX** Heated Jackets Today’s announcement by DEWALT wasn’t a surprise to folks in the tool industry. We’ve all been waiting for the other big brands to follow Milwaukee’s extremely popular heated jackets. Bosch also announced a heated jacket today as well so it looks like all you “brand […]
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