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Study: 95% of Green-Marketed Products Are Not That Green Study: 95% of Green-Marketed Products Are Not That Green According to TerraChoice only 5% of the 5,300 products they examined were truly Green. GreenWashing TerraChoices’ 2010 report called “Sins of Greenwashing” found some form of greenwashing in more than 95% of consumer products labeled as “green.”…
WINNER of the Duo-Fast Giveaway . . . Hi guys 98 people entered the Duo-Fast Construction Framing Nailer Giveaway for a total of 212 entries. The winner of the giveaway is Richard Hicks from Winston Salem NC. Rich wins a new Duo-Fast Construction 20º Round Head Framing Nailer, Model DF350S which is one of most…
Looking for an awesome Holiday Gift? My friend Todd at Home Construction Improvement is hosting a very cool giveaway.` He is giving away a Paslode CF-325 cordless framing nailer. The CF-325 is a fully portable/cordless framing nailer that does not require a compressor, hoses or power. The nailer works with a rechargeable battery pack and…
Energy Saving Appliance Most homes have a refrigerator water heater and a furnace or boiler to supply heat or cooling. As far as using energy goes these three appliances account for most of the energy used in a home. Many times replacing an older appliance that is still working properly with an Energy Star rated,…
Duo-Fast Framing Nailer Giveaway [Ends 11/27/2010 at midnight] It’s easy to enter, here’s all you have to do: 1. Follow Duo-Fast Construction of Facebook [Don’t have facebook? Enter anyway and maybe we’ll consider allowing your entry] 2. Fill out my entry form. For complete information see my earlier post Win A Duo-Fast Nailer
What is Bullying? Bullying can be many things; calling names, saying or writing nasty things about someone, leaving someone out of activities, not talking to them, threatening them, making the person feel uncomfortable or scared, taking or damaging their property, hitting or kicking them, or making them do things they don’t want to do. Bascially…
Setting Up The Delta 18-Inch Drill Press, Model 18-900L The folks at Delta recently shipped out their new 18″ Delta 18-900L drill press with lasers to evaluate. The Delta 18-900 laser, drill press has a slew of very cool features, such as, sixteen speeds for drilling a variety woods, plastics, and metals. A rack-and-pinion table allows…
Milwaukee® M12 Copper Tubing Cutter The folks at Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation sent me their M12 Copper tubing Cutter, Model # 2471-22 to evaluate. The M12 Copper Tubing Cutter, specifically designed for cutting copper with the speed and versatility that plumbers, mechanical contractors and re modelers require.We brought it into the shop to play with then…
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