By Jeff Williams
Milwaukee New Product Symposium 2016 Highlights After most media events we try and post an article with an aggregation of highlights curated from our social media feeds. Many of you are too busy building, remodeling, and fixing to be able to follow these updates in real-time so we want to put them all in one […]
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By Rob Robillard
Fiskars IsoCore 10 lb Sledge Hammer Review Sledgehammers have been around for a log time and are a must tool in my remodeling arsenal. There are many times where I find myself fetching the “Beg Hammer” from my trailer. A few of the situations that I rely on a sledgehammer for are: Concrete Slab Removal: […]
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By Todd Fratzel
Milwaukee ONE-KEY™ – Digital Jobsite Last year at the Milwaukee Media Event they unveiled the ONE-KEY™ platform with serious fanfare and excitement. The presentation left me with a feeling that cordless power tools are about to blast off into another galaxy that users have yet to explore. After months of waiting our team finally has […]
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By Rob Robillard
Table Saw Stand My crew and I are all about efficiency and portability. The table saw is the cornerstone of our mobile carpentry work-site set up, and we wanted better safety and performance from our table saw. Portable, Durable and Accurate – Does it exist? We wanted something that would allow us to be portable, […]
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By Rob Robillard
DEWALT DW089LG Green Line Laser Review Growing up when the first Star Wars movie was shown in the movie theaters, lasers were something a kid would dream of. Today, light sabers and laser guns have lost their allure to real construction lasers. From make grading and excavating measurements, such as determining a site’s area or […]
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By Rob Robillard
Milwaukee M18 FUEL 16 GA Angled Nail Finish 2742-21CT Review There’s a lot of conversation among tradesmen these days whether battery operated cordless finish nailers can compete with the Paslode gas nailer or even pneumatic nailers. As a fan of the Paslode nailer I will say that until recently, I was a complete skeptic of […]
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By Jeff Williams
JET Introduces New 22in Scrollsaw with Innovative Blade Change For Immediate Release May 25, 2016 NEW JET 22-INCH SCROLL SAW CHARTS NEW GROUND WITH REVOLUTIONARY BLADE CHANGE PROCESS LaVergne, TN – JET’s new 22-in. Scroll Saw delivers on the brand’s commitment to bring innovation to woodworkers. This scroll saw is thoughtfully designed to make setup […]
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By Todd Fratzel
Editorial – Cordless Finish Nailers Editors Note: Rob and I are dedicated to bringing unbiased opinions, evaluations, and reviews to our readers. Both of us spend our days on real job sites with men and women that use tools to make a living. Unlike many of the publications that publish tool reviews we are in […]
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By Jeff Williams
Recently the folks at Milwaukee sent us the brand new Fastback Compact Flip Utility Knife. It was designed to keep all the core features that people have come to love about the Fastback but in a smaller, lighter form factor. It still tucks into the pocket, still deploys quickly, and it is still easy to […]
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By Todd Fratzel
Bosch GBM9-16 Drill-Mixer Does Double Duty on the Jobsite Powerful Drilling and Efficient Material Mixing Mt. Prospect, IL – Everyone needs a handy two-in-one tool on the jobsite. A tool like the Bosch GBM9-16 Drill-Mixer – a professional-grade, heavy-duty drill that doubles as a material mixer. Its variable speed control allows for both forward and […]
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