New home sales in the United States plunged 14.7 percent in December 2008 to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 331,000 units, the lowest level on record, the Commerce Department reported on Thursday, January 29th 2009.
Makita LXT Impact Driver Review – BTD141
This is a review of the Makita Impact Driver model number BTD141 that came in the kit. The Makita Impact Driver is built with a 4-pole maximum torque motor that delivers 1330 in. lbs. of torque. It has a convenient one-touch 1/4′ chuck for simple bit installation. The Impact Driver
Read More…
Makita LXT Circular Saw Review – BSS611
The Circular saw is always a fun tool to use, and Makita’s cordless version here is no different. The Makita Circular saw model number is BSS611 and came in the tool kit. It is built with a D35 high torque motor that delivers maximum power for cutting 2x
Read More…
Lumber Demand to Take a Dip
It has recently been forecasted by the Western Wood Products Association that U. S. demand for lumber will drop almost 14.4% in 2009 from last year’s demand. This forecast is based on the expectation that housing starts in 2009 will total just 803,000, the lowest level since WW2. Home building
Read More…
Dewalt TrackSaw Review – Model Number DWS520K
We just finished our review of the Dewalt TrackSaw. Wow, what an amazing product. We are just wondering why Dewalt didn’t introduce it to the states earlier. Actually, this saw was being sold in Europe for awhile, but now it is being sold in the U.S. If you are trying
Read More…
Construction Materials Prices Drop
Yes, as construction continues to slow in most all areas of the economy, materials prices also continue to fall. They were down 2.5% in the month of December 2008 from the previous month according to the Jan. 15th PPI report. This represents the third straight month that construction prices have
Read More…
Makita LXT Grinder Review – BGA452
This is a review of the Makita Grinder model number BGA452 that came in the kit LXT702. The Makita Grinder is built well. The motor delivers 10,000 RPMs and subsequently produces fast and effective grinding. Like all Makita tools in this cordless kit, it is very compact in design.
Read More…
Power and Hand Tool Industry News
Power and hand tool demand in the U.S. is forecast to increase 3.3 percent anually through 2012, reaching $14.5 billion! The U.S. construction industry is expected to recover by the year 2012, creating more demand back from the professional sector. Until then, consumer demand will benefit from the continued interest
Read More…
Nuts and Bolts – Made in America
We always receive a lot of emails asking which American manufacturers to buy, and which company is American owned or what tools are manufactured in the states. Well, we are sorry to say that there are very few power tool companies in the U.S. anymore. One exception is Dewalt, which is
Read More…
Western Plow Pro Plus Review
We have been receiving a lot of email this year about plows and what we would recommend. To be quite honest we don’t have a lot of experience with plows, but lucky for us we live in Chicago. Chicago has some of the biggest snow plow service companies in the
Read More…
