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Why you need to upgrade to the new Makita LS1016L

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Designing and building motors since 1915, Makita is still one of the most trusted manufacturers in the industry. After the fall of the radial arm saw in the 1990s, their compound mitre saw started growing enormously in popularity. The LS1016 (the 10-inch version, hence the “10”) and the LS1216 (the 12-inch) are the newest models in Makita’s lineup of mitre saws. The old LS1013 and LS1214 were workhorses that lasted longer than most people hoped. So when the new model came out, almost everyone had large expectations.

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Milwaukee Fuel Series – Part 1: What’s all this talk about brushless motors?

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Over the next couple weeks we’ll be talking about some of the technology used in Milwaukee’s new Fuel line of cordless products.

Our first installment in this series is about their new brushless motors. If you haven’t already been over to Milwaukee’s new Fuel microsite, you should check it out. You can have a look at some of the new products that they have been developing. There is a lot of hype about how Milwaukee’s new Powerstate Brushless motors are lighter, more efficient and more powerful than anything in the industry and hopefully we can better explain what this is all about.

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KMS Cyanoacrylate Adhesives

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KMS Cyanoacrylate Adhesives

Remember the commercial about the guy suspended from a steel girder by his hard hat held on only by Super Glue? Or was it Krazy Glue®? There was another with a car that was hung from a junkyard crane secured only by this fabulous new adhesive? As with many things, cyanoacrylates were discovered accidentally. The year was 1942 and Dr Harry Coover and Fred Joyner of Kodak Laboratories were doing research to develop a transparent plastic suitable for gun sights. Those experiments failed but a new product that could quickly bond together many different materials with great strength. Kodak continued to develop this new adhesive into a product which became known as Eastman 910.

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Trend® Airshield Face Protection System

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In the Face Shield World of vision protection, the emphasis has always been on deflecting particulate matter flying directly at you. While typical industry-standard face shields do a good job at that, often the fine particulate remains airborne, finding its way around the face shield or sometimes through its vents, causing dust and debris between your eyes and the shield.

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Vibration Control Finishing Sanders

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Bosch ROS65VC Vibration Control Sanders

Holding a random orbital sander while you progress through various grades of sandpaper looking for that final finish can be tiresome work. The vibrations transmitted though the tool, into your hand, wrist and forearm can fatigue tendons and muscles and require the taking of more frequent breaks. Thanks to a cool new Bosch-exclusive suspension system isolating the handle from the tool body, vibration transfer to the user is minimized, enhancing handling, user comfort and improving productivity.

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WunderTool – Milwaukee Cordless Hackzall

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Milwaukee Hackzall Cordless Recipro Saws

Definitely one of the coolest, most versatile tools that’s come about in a long time has to be the Milwaukee Hackzall. This somewhat bizarre hybrid of a jigsaw, a recipro saw and a power hacksaw, s versatile as it is unusual.

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