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Buy a Select Bosch 18V Tool Kit, Get a FREE Wireless 2.0Ah Battery Charging...
Over at Amazon, there’s a new summer promo where you can buy a select Bosch 18V tool kit and get a free bonus battery offer. You have a choice between a free 5.0Ah battery pack, or a 2.0Ah wireless...
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Leatherman Tread – Day 1 Review
In case you missed the original post, the Leatherman Tread is a new wearable multi-tool, available in stainless steel or with a black DLC finish, and there will also be a watch option. Basically, the...
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More Thoughts, Reader Criticisms, and Sham Allegations About the Knife Edge...
Early on Sunday, I received a phone call from a reader (please, please don’t call me, emails are preferred) who wanted to talk more about the Knife Edge screwdriver bits and its Kickstarter campaign....
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New Milwaukee M18 LED Tripod Worklight and Other New M12 and M18 LED Lighting...
At the recent Milwaukee new tool media event, one of the products that really awed me is their new M18 Stand Light, which is a collapsible tripod-based LED worklight with extending head. The new...
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New Milwaukee Ripstop and Womens Heated Jackets for 2015/2016
Milwaukee, the first power tool brand to come out with professional use heated jackets is further expanding their lineup with a couple of new M12 jackets, a vest, and sweatshirt refresh. Yes, again....
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Here’s a Peek at Even More New Milwaukee Hand Tools for 2016
Yes, I know that this is starting to look like “Milwaukee week” (again), but there’s good reason for it. I really just want to wrap up my product coverage from their media event. I tried to do it all...
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Deal: Buy a Select Milwaukee M12 Cordless Tool Kit, Get FREE STUFF!
Over at Home Depot, there’s a new “buy some tools, get more stuff for free” promo deal. Buy a select M12 cordless kit or combo kit, and you get a free bonus tool or spare battery. That image above...
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Poll: What Style of Screwdriver Bits Do You Use in a Drill or Impact Driver?
I’m taking a break from prepping the rest of my Milwaukee 2015 new product symposium coverage, and wanted to ask everyone a question. Well, not “everyone,” but anyone who uses screwdrivers bits in a...
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Heads up: Makita Coffee Maker Now Available in the USA
In case you missed it, Makita came out with a cordless coffee maker last year, but like a lot of things, it wasn’t available in the USA. I guess they forgot that Americans drink a lot of coffee, or...
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New Milwaukee Next Generation Shockwave Screwdriver Bits, RedHelix Drill...
At their recent 2015 new tool media event, Milwaukee revealed a whole new generation of Shockwave screwdriver bits, as well as impact-rated drill bits. Does that make these second generation or third...
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Hitachi and Lowes Announce an Exclusive Partnership
In a joint press release last week, Hitachi and Lowes announced their new partnership, where Lowes will exclusively offer Hitachi power tools nationally. There seems to be an emphasis on Hitachi’s...
View ArticleDIY Tool Storage Stands, Racks, and Holders?
I just watched an interesting Tested video, where they take a thorough look at Adam Savage’s (from MythBusters) homemade tool storage stands. He emptied out a stack of ball bearing storage chests and...
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Rite in the Rain Says Their Mechanical Pencil is the Last You’ll Ever Need
Rite in the Rain, whose claim to fame is their all-weather notepads, somewhat recently (last year) came out with a new mechanical pencil that they say is the last pencil you will ever need. Going by...
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New Milwaukee Force Logic 6T Knockout Punch Tool, Cutter, Crimper, ProPEX
At the recent Milwaukee 2014 new tool media event, see all of our tool preview coverage here, they showed off several new M18 Force Logic tools, including a smaller knockout punch tool, a cable...
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New Milwaukee “7.8KP” Thermal Imaging Camera
At the recent Milwaukee 2015 media event, one of the products they showed off was a new M12 thermal imaging camera with “7.8KP” imaging sensor. It features a lower resolution sensor than the current...
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Milwaukee M18 Cordless Planer
At Milwaukee’s recent 2015 new tool media event (check out all of our coverage here), there were so many new products on display that they couldn’t fit all of the demos in the convention center. This...
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Knipex X-Cut Diagonal Cutters
There are quite a few different styles of higher leverage diagonal cutters on the market, with the main goal being lower effort wire cutting. While looking into some other Knipex pliers, I came...
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“Joe Knows Electronics” Pre-Organized Resistor Assortments for the...
Years ago, I bought a resistor assortment from Radio Shack for my electronics prototyping projects. They came connected in strips, but weren’t labeled at all, so I had to read the color codes each...
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Kicking the Tires of Milwaukee’s Ball Bearing Tool Storage Combo
Over at Milwaukee’s recent media event, they had their new ball bearing tool storage combo on display. (Check out the rest of my Milwaukee media event new tool previews here.) I don’t have the space...
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Bosch 18V Multi-Spread LED Worklight
This is the Bosch GLI VariLED, an LED worklight that can be used with their 18V or 14.4V Li-ion battery packs. It’s slim and has a neat feature that I think would be particularly useful. Too bad it’s...
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