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New Dremel USB Cordless Rotary Tool – No Frills, Low Price
Dremel has a new cordless rotary tool, 7350-5, that’s powered by a built-in 4V (3.6V) battery. The new Dremel 7350 cordless rotary tool operates at a single speed, 12,000 RPM, and is recharged via USB...
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Home Depot Tool Deals of the Day – 3/7/2022
Home Depot is holding a tool deals of the day event today, 3/7/2022, with a sampling of the selection shown above. Today’s Home Depot special buys feature cordless power tools and bundles by Dewalt,...
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Harbor Freight’s First Hercules Hand Tools – New Tape Measures
Harbor Freight’s Hercules brand has entered the hand tool space with two new tape measures – a 25′ tape and a 25′ tape with magnetic hook. Described as a premium tape in Harbor Freight’s social media...
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Snap-on’s Online Store and Other Websites are Down
A reader wrote in today, concerned about Snap-on’s website being down for a couple of days. Constantin wrote: Wondering if you have any info regarding what’s happening with Snap-On. At present the...
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Flex Brings Pro Modular Tool Boxes to Lowe’s with Stack Pack
Flex recently aired their Flex Faceoff Round 2 video, where they showed how their cordless power tools bested leading competing systems in performance tests. As a part of the show, Flex also gave...
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Tekton Pliers Rack Review
The Tekton pliers rack seems like a convenient way to organize and store pliers. I posted about the pliers rack previously, and decided to try it for myself. The organizer is designed to be used...
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Recall: Olight Warrior Mini & M2R Pro Flashlights
Olight has issued a voluntary recall for all Warrior Mini and M2R Pro LED flashlights. This recall affects ALL Warrior Mini and M2R Pro flashlights. It does not affect newer Warrior Mini 2...
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New Makita 18V Cordless Router Kit Swaps in a 4Ah Battery
Makita has come out with a new cordless router kit, XTR01M8J. Unfortunately, this is just a new kit configuration for their existing 18V router, rather than a new model. I recently posted about the...
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Tekton Announces Stance on USA-Made Tools
Tekton sent out an email to newsletter subscribers today, to discuss their USA-based tool production. 8 years ago, I spoke with a Tekton manager, and they discussing efforts they were taking to turn...
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Five Years Later, Where are Craftsman’s USA-Made Tools?
Five years ago, when Stanley Black & Decker acquired the Craftsman tool brand from Sears, they pledged to focus on USA production. Here is some of what they said at the time, back in 2017: We are...
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Dewalt Expands ToughSystem 2.0 with Full-Size Organizer
Dewalt has quietly expanded their ToughSystem 2.0 lineup of tool storage products with a new clear-lid organizer, model DWST08040. The new Dewalt ToughSystem 2.0 organizer is compatible with other...
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A Warning About Portable Tool Boxes with Drawers
I have tried quite a few portable tool boxes with drawers over the years, and Milwaukee’s Packout is the best so far. I’ve used Dewalt ToughSystem, Bosch L-Boxx, Dewalt Tstak, Festool Sortainer, and...
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Fein Oscillating Blades on Clearance at Home Depot, Replaced by Ryobi
Here’s what the Fein oscillating multi-tool blade selection looks like at one of my local Home Depot stores. As you can see, they have yellow price stickers (usually to indicate a product is on...
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Best Tool Deals, March 2022
I came across a couple of new and interesting tool deals this week, and it seemed like a good ideal to wrap them into a single post. New Tool Deals – Added 3/11/2022 at 10pm ET Amazon Tool Deals Bosch...
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New Kreg MultiPurpose Woodworking Support Pucks
Kreg has come out with new Multipurpose Project Blocks to help woodworkers better support their work, model KFS-Puck. The new Kreg project blocks are puck-shaped work supports, with a twist –...
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New Dewalt Cordless HEPA Stick Vacuum
Dewalt has a new cordless vacuum on the way, model DCV501HB. The new Dewalt 20V Max vacuum has a stick vac-like form factor and ships with a HEPA-rated filter as standard equipment. The Dewalt vac...
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Makita Price Increase Goes into Effect on 4/1/2022
Over at Tool Nut, they’re giving customers the heads-up that a broad Makita price increase is going to go into effect starting April 1st, 2022. Makita’s 2022 price increase is expected to apply to...
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Dewalt ToughSystem 2.0 Tool Bag – First Look
I came across preorder listings for the new Dewalt ToughSystem 2.0 jobsite tool bag, model DWST08350. As with other Dewalt ToughSystem storage products, the tool bag will stack and lock onto the tops...
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Will Milwaukee Respond to New Cordless Power Tool Battery Tech in 2022?
2022 is going to be a pivotal year in the cordless power tool industry. What is Milwaukee Tool going to do, to keep up with competitor advancements? Dewalt PowerStack – a stacked lithium pouch battery...
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Ridgid is Launching Many New 18V Cordless Power Tools in 2022
Ridgid announced quite a few new 18V cordless power tools for 2022, greatly expanding their lineup with modernized tools. The 2022 expansion will focus heavily on Ridgid 18V brushless tool offerings,...
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