Milwaukee Cordless M18 FUEL Sawzall 2720-22

By Robert Robillard

Milwaukee Cordless M18 FUEL Brush-less Reciprocating  Saw  The folks at Milwaukee Tool recently introduced their new Milwaukee Cordless M18 FUEL Sawzall 2720-22 that actually has the power to compete with a corded reciprocating saw.   I know this because I used it with an XC4.0 Ah battery and tested it against a corded reciprocating saw…

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Vampliers VT001 Pliers

By Robert Robillard

VamPLIERS VT-001 Screw Pliers The folks Vamplier asked us to look at their new pliers.  They arrived in the mail a short time later and when I looked them over I thought, nice idea! As I read over the information that came with the packaging I couldn’t help but notice how aggressive the pliers jaws…

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JET and Powermatic Media Event 2013

By Robert Robillard

Tools  And The Community: A Great Message JET and Powermatic hosted web and print editors for an event in Nashville Tennessee. After grabbing breakfast at the hotel we piled onto a shuttle bus and headed out of downtown and made our way to the Wedgewood Houston District, which is an up and coming neighborhood that…

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DEWALT Heated Jackets

By Phil Benevides

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…

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DEWALT MultiTool DWE315K

By Phil Benevides

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…

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DeWalt USB Power Source

By Phil Benevides

DeWalt USB Power Source [DCB090] DeWalt recently announced they’ll be releasing a USB Power Source compatible with their 20V MAX and 12V MAX slide style battery packs, that has the capacity to charge up to two small USB-compatible devices like a cellphone, smart-phone, tablet, or audio device. I love this concept! Not only because as…

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Milwaukee LED Light

By Robert Robillard

Light It Up With the Milwaukee M12 LED Stick Light by Phil Benevides Milwaukee is getting ready to release a new attachment for their ever expanding M12 series, the M12 LED Stick Light, runs on the M12 Lithium Ion battery, currently compatible with over 50 other Milwaukee products, and is attempting to tackle a problem…

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Tapcon Anchors

By Robert Robillard

Large Diameter Tapcon Concrete Anchors ITW is releasing new large diameter Tapcon anchors.  I don’t know about you but I’ve used Tapcon anchors for many concrete fastening tasks over the years and they are my go to when I need some serious holding power in concrete. These new large diameter Tapcon Concrete Screw Anchors are…

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