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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…
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…
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…
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…
Being Safe With A Pneumatic Nailer By Ethan Bickford We all make mistakes. Some are just a little more costly than others. I’m a pretty safety conscious kind of guy. I look where I’m putting my feet on the job site. I wear eye, ear, and lung protection. Heck I even wear gloves a good…
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…
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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