By Rob Robillard
Coast LED Lantern Awhile back the folks at Coast sent me the Coast Emergency Area Light to review. To be completely honest I was used to using their super bright, high quality flashlights and felt the lantern was a gimmick or gadget. That is until Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast and we lost power […]
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By Todd Fratzel
Tool Gift Guides – By Pro’s Who Know Today is one of the biggest shopping days of the year and it’s the perfect time to buy a gift for someone that’s a contractor, carpenter, DIY’er or professional tradesman. Every year I create a great holiday Gift Guide to help you pick the best tools and […]
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By Todd Fratzel
Tools For Everyone This Year Each year we create a fun Holiday Gift Guide that shows off some of our favorite tools and suggestions for gifts. The guide covers everything from simple DIY’er type tools all the way up to very expensive must have tools for contractors. This year’s guide offers up a wide selection […]
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By Jeff Williams
Rockler giving out gift cards for Black Friday The Rockler Woodworking and Hardware flyer for their after Thanksgiving sale arrived in the mail the other day and has some pretty decent deals. Featured prominently on the cover was a little box describing that the first 75 people in line would receive a gift card up to $250. Each store […]
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By Todd Fratzel
New 15-Inch Powermatic PM1500 Bandsaw Blends Top Cutting Capacity with Innovative Features Lavergne, TN – Powermatic® engineers didn’t skimp when they designed the new PM1500, 15” Bandsaw as the little brother of the popular PM1800, 18” model, which is the gold standard in commercial woodworking shops across the country. Just like its elite 18” sibling, […]
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By Jeff Williams
Tool Companies Doing Good We all have heard the news and seen the images of the destruction Hurricane Sandy caused on the east coast. Within the past week we have learned of a few companies that have donated products to help with the relief efforts and wanted to acknowledge and thank them for their donations. […]
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By Rob Robillard
Snap-on® LED Hybrid 16 LED Work Light The folks at Snap-on® just introduced a 16 build LED Hybrid work light and flashlight that is water resistant. The beauty of using LED’s bulbs vs. incandescent bulbs is that they run cooler, are cool to the touch and less likely to break or damage from a drop. […]
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By Rob Robillard
Milwaukee M4 Screwdriver Line Milwaukee has a new player on the block. It’s the super compact M4™ 2-Speed cordless, screwdriver that runs off their redlithium 2.0 battery technology and RedLink™ Intelligence electronics, both technologies increase the tool’s power and run-time . . . and oh yeah it’s less than a pound in weight! This screw driver is going to […]
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By Rob Robillard
Milwaukee® Announces Double Duty Upgrade™ Milwaukee Double Duty Upgrade Sawzall Blades . . . boy that’s a mouthful. What does it mean? The folks who brought us the Sawzall reciprocating saw have recently upped the ante on their reciprocating blades. Called the Double Duty Upgrade™ these new blades promise to deliver 2X more life […]
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By Jeff Williams
Milwaukee® Launches M12™ FUEL Drills and Impacts Previously announced but soon to market Todd told us about the coming of FUEL to the M12 line and updated batteries but now we got our hands on the specifications. Read on below for the press release and specs on the Drill/Drivers and Impacts. Get your wallets ready! […]
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