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Phil is a 28-year old Air Force Veteran who decided to transform his passion for construction and home improvement into a career. Inspired by his Grandfather who built his home from the ground up with his bare hands in Portugal, he received his formal training in Carpentry at the North Bennett Street School in Boston, MA.Phil continues to grow his skills as a carpenter and leader, while exploring new products, methods, and tools!
Stanley Black and Decker 2013 New Product and Media Event On August 21st I woke up at 4:30am to catch a train from Boston to New York City for the annual Stanley Black and Decker New Product Media Event. Held at the Westin New York at Times Square, it featured professional tools from Stanley, Porter-Cable,…
Engaging our youth in the Trades – Advanced Education CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2… Advanced Education doesn’t mean College Education When your son or daughter embarks on a career in the trades, that doesn’t mean they’re never going to be a student again. In fact they’ll begin as a student or apprentice as they embark…
Engaging Our Youth in the Trades – Supply & Demand Economics I’m not an economist by any means, but the fundamental idea of supply and demand is simple enough for even me to understand. Again NOT an economist, but here’s a layman’s explanation; the price of something INCREASES as the supply DECREASES. The more rare…
Engaging our youth in the Trades – Changing our Perceptions A College Education As a parent, I want what’s best for my children, and for the past twenty years a college education has been touted as the way to ensure a well paying job and good quality of life. In 2012 college graduates over…
Milwaukee SHOCKWAVE Expand The Milwaukee SHOCKWAVE Expand series brags that with their products you can “DO MORE and CARRY LESS”. The idea is built around magnetic bit holders that allow you to switch out smaller bits that fit snugly into the holder. With these space and weight saving concepts driving our industry its no wonder…
DEWALT Heated Jackets By Phil Benevides DEWALT announced at the end of July they would be releasing a line of battery powered heated jackets. With the recent release of Milwaukee’s heated hoodies, its safe to say the competition is warming up between these two tool giants. The DEWALT Heated Jackets run off of either the…
DEWALT Launches New Corded Oscillating Multi-Tool – DWE315K The Multi-Tool has become the professional contractor’s go to tool for quick, hard to reach, difficult, or previously impossible cuts. The Multi-Tool is becoming as popular on the job site as the carpenter’s hammer. Since Fein Power Tool’s patent for their oscillating wonder saw expired in October…
NEW Milwaukee Tape Measures By: Phil Benevides Just when you thought “They’ve done it all” and your sure “Nothing can get better than THIS!” Milwaukee unveils some new and innovative features for a tool as old as the trades. Tape measurers are the foundation on which make almost all other tools accurate, without a reliable…
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