DeWalt’s Tool Connect uses Bluetooth technology to track, control and assess batteries on the jobsite. It’s another innovation that exemplifies how manufacturers are integrating wireless technology into their cordless tools.
Category: Power Tools
Milwaukee’s One-Key Adds Bluetooth Technology to Cordless Tools
With lithium ion batteries and brushless motors now widely available from many cordless tool manufacturers, this year we are seeing innovations that go beyond the realms of lighter, faster and more powerful. In 2016, cordless tools are getting smarter.
Milwaukee is leading the way with their One-Key enabled drills, hammer drills, impact drivers and impact wrenches. Essentially, One-Key tools are Bluetooth-equipped versions of Milwaukee’s top-of-the-line second generation M18 Fuel series. They connect wirelessly to your smartphone with the One-Key app, which lets you track and manage your tool inventory, compile usage reports, and fine-tune speed and torque settings for any One-Key enabled tool.
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Oscillating Tools: Why You Need One
What’s an Oscillating Tool?
Basically, an oscillating tool is the jackknife of power tools. Oscillating tools can handle a ton of tasks—cutting, grinding, scraping, sanding, sawing—and deliver clean results in tight quarters. Oscillating tools are popular with carpenters, contractors, tradespeople, flooring and cabinet installers, and serious hobbyists. Regardless of the job, professionals love these tools.
Festool introduces the New CMS Router Tables
Festool is introducing the CMS Precision routing table to the North American market. The German based company is highly regarded in the woodworking industry, creating speculations among festool-freaks (it’s okay, I am one too) for a number of years about the look and features of a Festool brand routing table.
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Festool Domino XL DF 700 Can Save Up To 500% Of Your Time
The wait is finally over. It is time for the Festool Domino XL DF 700 to come to Canada; and it was worth the wait!
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Makita LXT218 Combo Kit – Increased Battery Life
The Makita LXT218 has been an extraordinarily popular 2 piece combo kit and trusted for doing almost any professional construction job.
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Makita FS4200 Drywall Screwdriver
When it comes to durability it is still hard to look past Makita’s rugged lineup of tools. Makita knows how to make a quality tool; they have designed and manufactured motors for over 90 years. With their armatures balanced to twice the industry standard, it is no surprise Makita has one of the finest balanced motors available. The Makita FS4200 drywall screwdriver is yet another example of their quality.
A Feature Guide to the Jobsite Radio
Ever since the advent of the job site, there have been trades-people trying to put a jobsite radio on them. With the way technologies rapid changes and grows, the way most people listen to music changes every couple of years. CD’s, cassette tapes and even in many ways the radio are no longer. The main way the modern trades-person listens to music is with an mp3 player. The innovators at our favorite power tool companies have done a great job to keep up with technology trends.
Milwaukee Fuel Series – Part 2: Red-Link Plus Intelligence
The Milwaukee Fuel series is finally here. With all the hype around unparalleled performance and revolutionary design, Milwaukee Fuel has yet to disappoint.
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DeWalt D24000
When the DeWalt D24000 came out, it made tile users everywhere switch their brand of saw and try out the new DeWalt—often characterized as one of the best wet saws under $5,000. So what makes this tile saw an instant classic?
The Tool Corner 