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Makita 12V CXT Cordless Power Tool Launch Lineup
Thanks to a comment from Dominic van Lievenoogen in our recent post about Makita’s 12V Max CXT drill and impact driver combo, we now know that the new Makita 12V Max CXT cordless power tool platform...
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Ridgid 18V Gen5X Jobsite Blower
This here is the new Ridgid 18V Gen5X “jobsite blower.” That’s right, it’s not a leaf blower, it’s not a lawn & garden tool, it’s not a clippings pusher out of the wayer. It’s a jobsite blower....
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New Veto Zippered Parts Bags
Veto Pro Pac, well-known for their heavy duty tool bags, has come out with new zippered parts bag, which are perfect for storing small tools, parts, and supplies at hand. The new parts bags, PB4, are...
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New Klein Holemaking Drill Bits, Step Bits, and Hole Saws
As you might have noticed from our sidebar ad (if you’re browsing from a laptop or desktop computer), Klein has come out with a new line of holemaking tools – namely drill bits and hole saws. The new...
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New Bosch Mobile Battery Bank Powers Your Corded Tools & Equipment
There has been a lot of cordless power tool innovations in recent years. 6.0Ah battery packs, a new Milwaukee M18 High Demand 9.0Ah battery, 36V and 40V Max lawn and garden outdoor power tools, a...
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Is This a New Bosch 12V Max Brushless Cut-Off Tool or Angle Grinder?
Over in this video, by Winfried Heber, there’s some demonstration footage of a new tool I have never seen before – a Bosch 12V Max (or 10.8V everywhere else) brushless cut-off tool. It might even be...
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New Dewalt Shear Attachment Works with Your Drill or Impact Driver
Metal shear attachments are appealing to some because they are powered by an ordinary drill, which you probably already own, saving money and space in your tool bag. That’s not to say that corded or...
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Ooh, a Bosch 12V Max Auto DC Power Port Adapter?
Thanks to a video by HIGW65, discovered by SerShe on the awesome Mastercity forum, we caught glimpse of what looks to be a Bosch 12V Max (10.8V outside North America) DC auto power port adapter. In...
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New Dewalt and Irwin Impact-Rated Masonry Drill Bits
I’ve been meaning to write about Irwin’s impact-rated masonry drill bits for some time now. They’re currently available at Amazon and presumably elsewhere – I haven’t checked – and seem like a great...
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New Craftsman Auto-Loading Ratcheting Screwdriver
Craftsman makes an Autoloading screwdriver, or at least they used to. It had a nice grip and was a step up from the Autoloader and auto-loading screwdrivers that the same OEM company made for other...
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FLIR T1K (1020) Thermal Imaging Camera is Amazing but Obscenely Expensive
The new Flir T1K thermal imaging camera is the latest and greatest model on the market. It could quite possibly be the most sophisticated handheld thermal imaging camera on the market. Let me start...
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New FLIR Imaging Moisture Meter
You can guess what a moisture meter is for, right? Or do you think you know what they’re for? Until now, I always thought of moisture meters as devices advanced woodworkers use for determining whether...
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Flir CM55 and CM57 Flexible Current Clamp Meters
Flir has come out with 2 new flexible current clamp meters, C55 and C57. The only difference between the two is how the CM55 meter has a 10″ loop that can fit a max conductor diameter of 2.4″, while...
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Flir UltraMax is an Amazing Thermal Imaging Camera Resolution Enhancement...
Flir has come out with a new thermal imaging camera technology that can deliver imagery at a higher resolution than a sensor is natively able to produce. For instance, the 1024 x 768 px sensor in...
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Coming Soon: Ridgid 18V Brushless Drill
Over on Twitter, Tom Ellison asked about Ridgid’s new 18V brushless drill. Or is it a brushless hammer drill? Either way, there’s a new brushless drill coming to market, and it’s got Ridgid’s name on...
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The Flir MR77 Moisture Meter Has Hidden Talents
We briefly mentioned the Flir MR77 moisture meter when the brand, which is well known for their thermal imaging products, entered the test and measurement space in early 2014. Extech, which is owned...
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New Metabo BS18 18V Drill Driver
Metabo came out with some new brushless cordless drills last year, and I figured now was a good time to see if anything new has come out since. Not much has happened in the Metabo drill/driver world,...
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Festool’s New Sander Dust Extraction Hose Costs $250 – Wait, What?!
Fred wrote in about Festool’s new sleeved dust extraction hoses, which will be launching alongside their new EC brushless sanders. The cheaper of the two, a 3.5 meter (11.5 foot) combo, is priced at...
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New Dremel Diamond Grinding Wheel
Dremel regularly comes out with new rotary tool accessories. This time, they’ve come out with a new multi-material diamond grinding wheel, model 547GR. You can use this 1-1/2″ grinding wheel for...
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New Dewalt ToughSystem Tool Tote
Earlier this month, thanks to a tip from Pat, we wrote about the new Dewalt ToughSystem organizer that’s soon coming out. Pat also mentioned having seen that a new tool tote was coming out, but I...
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