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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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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Clouded headlights can result in reduced transfer of the light from your headlights to the road in front of you. Several things can cause this, such as: oxidization, rock/sand pitting and more. Chances are, if you own a mid to late 90’s vehicle, and even some millennium models, with plastic headlight lenses, right about now you could be dealing with clouded headlights. This can mean, even if you have the hottest, whitest lights money can buy, you can be losing 30% -60% or more of light.
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Whether curving just a slight crown on a roof or rounding a reinforcement groove, the English Wheel has been a tool of choice by tradespeople for years. There is no other machine out there with the flexibility to do compound curves and grooves in sheet metal quite like it.
Despite this years weather, we had another great Show & Shine. Tons of cars showed up and everyone has a great time. We’d like to thank all of our show participants for “weathering” the rain…no pun intended…well, maybe a little.
Here are some pics we took of the event. Enjoy.
Howard Leight is primarily a hearing protection company and is a subsidiary of the world leader in safety equipment, Honeywell Safety Products. For over 30 years Howard Leight has turned the noise down and listened to what their customers really need. Today, they lead the industry by having the most choices of in-ear hearing protection while offering the latest innovations. As a leader in hearing protection, Howard Leight is committed to moving forward by taking comfort and protection to a new level. They promise to pursue the prevention of occupational hearing loss by offering the best in performance and comfort.
At KMS Tools we are always pretty excited to get our hands on a tool that makes almost everyone say “that’s pretty cool” when they first see it. That’s why it was great to have the Prazi Beam Cutter hit our shelves! It is an amazing product for cutting large stock with your circular saw that even some of you Pro’s and tool nuts might not have seen yet.
Torque wrenches need to be accurate. Period. When a wrench tightens a bolt the rotational force -the torque – causes the bolt to stretch as the threads seat tightly against one another. The trick of the torque wrench is to put enough force on the threads the bolt won’t work loose, however not too much that it risks cracking the metal. This tolerance range can be quite narrow, and staying within it may be the difference between a smooth running machine and one stopped dead in its tracks. And, even in some cases it can be a matter of life or death.
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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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Proto is known around the world as a juggernaut manufacturer of professional quality hand tools and accessories. Within the last 100 years Proto has evolved a great deal as a business but has kept its original vision of excellence. It is a fascinating story of business success through holding on to a commitment of innovation and quality even in the hard times.
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