Drill Doctor Review

Posted on March 30, 2009 by Eric J | 0 Comments

About the Drill Doctor With over 2 million Drill Doctors sold, you have probably heard about this sharpening system before.  Just in case you haven’t, the name implies what this tool will do.  It is a Doctor for your drill…

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Irwin One Handed Bar Clamp – XP Quick Grip

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Eric J | 0 Comments

Irwin is showing off their new XP Quick Grip.  Basically what Irwin did is upgrade their older model.  The New XP Quick Grip is now a one handed bar clamp.  Besides being one handed Irwin made some other improvements on…

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Milwaukee M12 Hackzall Review

Posted on March 22, 2009 by Eric J | 1 Comments

  Milwaukee M12 Hackzall If your not familiar with the Milwaukee M12, you should be.  This is a Lithium 12V line Milwaukee introduced for professionals as well as home owners.  The HackZall is a reciprocating saw.  This is a little different…

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Festool EHL 65E One Handed Planer

Posted on March 22, 2009 by Eric J | 0 Comments

Festool came out with a new planer.  If you are familiar with Festool, you already know it must be great.  The new EHL 65E is a one handed planer.  This is designed for tight areas, hence a one handed planer. …

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2009 Construction Outlook

Posted on March 20, 2009 by Eric J | 0 Comments

Well do you remember 2008 work, expect more of the same in 2009 with some exceptions.  Both residential and non residential is expected to remain weak.  With non residential not sliding as much. Now no one is sure, but some…

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Milwaukee M18 Cordless Cut Off Grinder – 2680-22

Posted on March 19, 2009 by Eric J | 0 Comments

Milwaukee launched their new Milwaukee M18 line and it didn’t take them long to add new tools to this line.  One recent addition is the Milwaukee grinder model number 2680-22.  This grinder is built with a Milwaukee 4-pole motor.  This…

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U. S. Housing Starts Surge

Posted on March 19, 2009 by Dan M | 0 Comments

Good news at last! New housing starts and permits unexpectedly rebounded in February! The Commerce Dept. said housing starts leaped 22.2% to a seasonally adjusted rate of 583,000 units from 477,000 units in January. This was the biggest percentage rise…

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Milwaukee’s M12 Tool Give Away

Posted on March 17, 2009 by Eric J | 0 Comments

Milwaukee is having a tool give away for their M12 line of power tools.  If you buy 1 of their 5 lines of M12 tools, you get either a free battery or a free work light.  If you buy three m12…

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Milwaukee’s New M18 Jig Saw – 2645-22

Posted on March 16, 2009 by Eric J | 0 Comments

Milwaukee announced their new arrival of their Milwaukee 2645-22 M18 Jig Saw Kit.  You can also pick up other M18 tools at tylertool.com.  We haven’t tested this saw yet, but it looks pretty cool.  Milwaukee added some nice features to…

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Punch List

Posted on March 14, 2009 by Eric J | 2 Comments

Now we know the economy and business is slow, but now is the time to get things rolling.  We have two choices, we can sit around and complain or we can prepare for tomorrow.  Here are a couple ideas we…

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Milwaukee Deep Cut Band Saw

Posted on March 14, 2009 by Eric J | 1 Comments

Milwaukee introduces four new deep cut band saws.  Now if you have used their previous models, you know how good they are.  Milwaukee redesigned this band saw to include some new and improve features.  The main handle has been redesigned…

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Milwaukee Small Angle Grinders

Posted on March 13, 2009 by Eric J | 1 Comments

Milwaukee launched their new line of small angle Grinders. They introduced 8 new models. These grinders feature a 12 amp 1290 Max Watt Out motor. One nice feature is the constant power technology which keeps the grinding wheel at a…

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Case CX130B LC Excavator

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Dan M | 1 Comments

We thought it would be neat to highlight recent construction news above and beyond just economics. So from time to time we will highlight the latest in the different areas of construction. This time we wanted to talk about equipment….

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Ridgid Micro CG-100 Combustible Gas Sniffer

Posted on March 10, 2009 by Eric J | 0 Comments

Ridgid just announced their new Micro CG-100TM Combustible Gas Sniffer.  This will quickly and accurately detect low levels of methane, natural gas, propane, butane, ammonia and other combustible gases.  Because this detects so many types of gas it makes it…

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Makita LXT Battery and Charger Review

Posted on March 9, 2009 by Eric J | 1 Comments

    Included in Makita’s LXT702 tool kit is the LXT Rapid Optimum Battery Charger and two LXT Lithium-Ion 3.0Ah batteries. The charger comes with a good cooling fan to allow for quicker recharge when the batteries are low. The…

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