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Milwaukee M18 Fuel Surge – a Brushless Hydraulic Impact Driver (Quiet Pulse...
The other day, when we posted about the new Ryobi Quiet Strike cordless pulse driver, Noah asked in a comment: So when does the Milwaukee version come out? Just because Ridgid came out with a Stealth...
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New Dewalt DS450 ToughSystem Wheeled Tool Box
Over in the ToolGuyd forum, Szymon surprised me with a post about this new Dewalt ToughSystem DS450 wheeled tool box. Just the other day someone asked about whether the Ridgid Pro rolling tool box was...
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New Hitachi Compact 18V 3.0Ah Li-ion Battery Pack
Hitachi has come out with a new compact 18V 3.0Ah Li-ion battery pack. I believe this is the first professional cordless power tool brand to come out with a compact pack of this size. Most other...
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Teaser: New Dewalt Ball Bearing Tool Storage – a Cart, Narrow Combo, Huge...
About a year ago, Dewalt came out with a new heavy duty ball bearing tool storage combo, and it’s pretty darned good. It’s sturdy, it’s well-built, and I’m pretty pleased with the configuration. Like...
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New Husky 60-inch 10-Drawer Mega Mobile Workbench
Home Depot and Husky have come out with what I can only describe as a MEGA mobile workbench. It’s got a 60-inch worktop, 10 drawers, and heavy duty construction all around. I had an opportunity to...
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New Wiha UltraDriver 26-in-1 Multi-Bit Screwdriver
Meet the Wiha Ultradriver, a 26-in-1 multi-bit screwdriver. It features an interesting bit storage magazine that looks to make bit selection quicker and easier than with other multi-bit screwdrivers...
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New Makita 18V Drywall Cut-Out Saw
If I hadn’t told you that this was Makita’s new 18V cordless drywall cut-out saw (XDS01Z), would you be able to identify its function? Well, aside from how the blade says “drywall” on it? Makita has...
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A New Itty Bitty Makita 12V CXT Jobsite Radio
Andrew recently sent in a heads-up about some new Makita tools, including their new USB power adapter. Here, we’ll talk a little about the new Makita RM02 12V Max CXT compact jobsite radio. From the...
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The Shaper Origin — a New Kind of Handheld CNC
Imagine using a router to cut a pattern on a sheet of plywood and cutting it out perfectly, freehand, even if you stray from the line. Sounds impossible? The Shaper Origin is a new handheld CNC router...
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Bosch Reaxx Table Saw Review Part 1: First Impression
I received a test sample of the new Bosch Reaxx table saw GTS1041A, which features flesh-detection and injury-mitigation technology, and recently started putting it to the test. I actually received...
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Milwaukee Thinks Outside the Toolbox with new M18 LED Search Light
We previously posted about some of the new Milwaukee LED products for this year. Most notably, there’s the new M18 Radius wide-area worklight, the “Rover,” a clamping M12 flood light (mentioned about...
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New Dewalt DCD777 20V Max Brushless Drill Looks Budget-Friendly
Meet the new Dewalt DCD777 cordless brushless drill, which will be coming out in Fall 2016, just before the holiday season. It will be available as part of a 2-battery kit (DCD777C2), and a drill and...
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More Bosch Reaxx Table Saw Hesitations
As you might have recently read, my first impression with the Bosch Reaxx portable table saw was a mixed bag, filled with positives notes but also disappointment. I have yet to put in more time with...
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New Porter Cable Brushless Drill KIT, for $99
Yesterday I talked about a new Dewalt compact cordless brushless drill kit, DCD777C2, which looks like it could be this year’s new heavily promoted holiday cordless drill model. That’s not a bad...
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Worx Pegasus Folding Work Table has Clamps and a Sawhorse Mode
The market is full of weak, wobbly, and crappy folding work tables. There are some good ones too. The new Worx Pegasus folding work table doesn’t look revolutionary, but it does look smartly...
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New Stanley FatMax Locking Pliers with Adjustment Bolt Loop and Secondary Lock
Stanley has come out with several new locking pliers that offer some new features. One of the new features, which Stanley describes as “innovative,” seems to have been inspired by Milwaukee’s design,...
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New Porter Cable Brushless Drill and Impact Drivers Coming Soon
Back in June, Stuart and I went to the Dewalt 2016 media event. Stuart had to leave after the Dewalt portion, but I stayed for the second day at Black and Decker University. While there, I had the...
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Irwin Parallel Clamps Review: They Look Great But Perform Terribly
I purchased a pair of Bessey Revo 51″ parallel bar clamps a few months ago, and meant to order a bunch of smaller sizes when they were on sale at Home Depot, but I didn’t. I also own a pair of 24″...
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New Dewalt Single-Battery 20V Max Impact Driver Kit
Dewalt’s DCF885 cordless impact driver has been around as long as the 20V Max line has existed, being in the first wave of tools. It’s a decent impact driver, too. It might come to you as a surprise,...
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Porter Cable Restorer, a Multi-Surface Restoration Tool & Sander
This is the new Porter Cable Restorer, described as a multi-surface restoration tool. It’s kind of like a belt sander, if you shortened the tool and only had one roller. Or you could think of it as a...
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