Delta 1-1/2HP Dust Collector Review

By Robert Robillard

Delta Dust Collector 50-786 Reducing workshop dust can lower health risks, increase safety and overall cleanliness of your workshop environment. Adding a wood-shop dust collector is one way you can address work-shop dust. Buying the correct and properly sized dust collector for your shop is essential to ensuring healthy breathing air while enjoying your projects. All…

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Deck Maintenance

By Robert Robillard

  Deck Inspection and Maintenance Homeowners across the country have slowly migrated from the comfort of their couches to the splendor of the sunshine. What better place to enjoy the outdoors than your deck. But is your deck prepared for the summer season? Deck Maintenance is a huge concern in my world. With more than…

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Kawasaki Motor Recalls Backpack Blowers Due to Fire Hazard

By Robert Robillard

Kawasaki Motor Recalls Backpack Blowers Due to Fire Hazard Name of Product: Gasoline-Powered Backpack Blowers Units: About 3,400 in the United States and 100 in Canada Importer: Kawasaki Motor Corp. U.S. A., of Irvine, Calif. Hazard: The gasoline tank can split and leak fuel, posing a fire hazard to consumers. Incidents/Injuries: No incidents or injuries…

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Milwaukee Rotary Tool

By Robert Robillard

Milwaukee Rotary Tool with Unmatched Power, Performance & Run-time Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation continues to add more and more tools to their M12™ LITHIUM-ION tool line.  this time they are adding a M12™ Rotary Tool.  The Milwaukee M12™ Rotary tool is designed to provide a compact, close quarter portable cut-off and grinding solution. Traditionally cordless tools of this type…

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Caesar Robbins House

By Robert Robillard

Follow The Drinking Gourd I’m happy to report that the Robbins House (circa 1830), built and inhabited by the descendants of Revolutionary War veteran and former Concord slavery survivor Caesar Robbins, was saved from demolition today and will soon be returned close to its original site across from The North Bridge and Old Manse. The Robbins…

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Win A Duo-Fast Cordless Roof Nailer For Father’s Day

By Robert Robillard

Duo-Fast Cordless Roofing Nailer ~ Father’s Day Giveaway For the dads in this country, Father’s Day typically means ties and socks. Once every five years or so, we jump for joy when we see a box big enough to contain something we might actually need around the house. Unfortunately, the wrapping paper often hides within…

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Solar Street Lighting

By Robert Robillard

Solar Street Lighting as a Solution The Town of Concord Massachusetts, my home town, is in the process of removing street lights in an effort to reduce the lighting portion of the Town budget.  Street lighting is funded by the tax payers through the general fund. The plan calls for a 43% budget reduction in…

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O’Keeffe’s Hand Cream

By Robert Robillard

O’Keeffe’s Working Hands offers Guaranteed Relief for Dry, Cracked and Split Hands  The folks at Okeefes Company  recently send me a few samples of their “working Hands” to review and evaluate.  Let’s face it, a carpenter’s most important tool next to his brain is his hands. Working construction outdoors in the winter results in your…

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