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Plumbing In Cold Walls: I live and work in the Northeast, metro Boston area. When remodeling or building construction we take measures to design and install all plumbing lines inside interior walls and avoid the exterior wall due to the reality of them freezing. I don’t care how well you wrap a pipe and surround…
The Bostitch Light Gauge Steel Sheathing Nailer SF150C is a 5.8 pound, 1-1/2″ steel frame sheathing nailer that delivers 430 inch pounds of impact energy, and can replace time consuming screws. The SF150C can drive fasteners easily through exterior gypsum sheathing, or wood sheathing and into light gauge steel studs. The new Bostitch sheathing nailer uses…
BORA T-bevel Provides Angle Measurement Versatility BORA®, a product division of Affinity Tool Works, introduces its new Adjustable Sliding T-bevel hand tool. Featuring a smooth sliding blade, the T-bevel can be accurately set to any angle from 0- to 180-degrees to measure new or duplicate existing angles. Making accurate woodworking and carpentry layouts, framing cuts…
Bosch Jig Saws Now Have Precision Control II Technology Bosch Debuts Two, New jig saws the JS572E Top-Handle Jig Saw and JS572EB Barrel-Grip Jig Saw. I had the opportunity to use these saws at bosch’s recent media event. The accuracy, power [7.2 amp], comfort of these jig-saws was impressive. As a finish carpenter I use a jigsaw…
New Bosch Tools For 2012: The folks at Bosch are focusing on end users that work with Concrete, Woodworking, General Construction & measurement. I just got back from the 2012 Bosch Media Event and have a few favorites to share with you. Near and dear to my heart is any tool that allows me to travel…
Milwaukee Heavy Duty Router Review: The folks at Milwaukee recently send me their Milwaukee 2-1/4 EVS Router to review. I recently took this router to the job site as well as used it it the workshop to see how she fared. What attracted me to this router was the versatility of the 2 1/4 horsepower motor, it…
DEWALT Dual Batter Charger Supports Battery Platforms: The folks at DEWALT must have heard me swearing at the jobsite the otherday. I was rummaging trough my tool trailer trying to find a charger for my 12 volt drill. I found the 20Volt and 14.4 Volt charger, but couldn’t find the 12 volt. All of my…
Window Flashing Tape 8067: For a long time now I have been using a self-adhesive rubber brand called Vycor on windows as flashing tape. The product works amazingly well but did have some limitations, such as it did not adhere well to cold, damp surfaces. Recently when buying supplies for a window installation I was…
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