Bosch continues to impress me with their ever growing line of cutting and drilling accessories. While most companies only focus on power tools or cutting accessories; Bosch continues to be innovative while making both.

Bosch's new diamond hole saw, like all diamond hole saws is designed for cutting through stone, tile and glass. However the AutoStart accessory is something found in all wood cutting hole saws, that is not found on other diamond hole saws, a centering bit. The AutoStart centering bit should help prevent unwanted skip, drift, and opps marks on your materials surface. That last thing you want is to ruin an expensive stone counter top because of something as simple as a slip of the bit. The AutoStart centering bit doesn't actually drill through the material, instead it creates a small indent. The spring-loaded retractable AutoStart centering bit uses this indent to stay aligned during the drilling process.

The diamond hole saws feature segmented edge that allows water to reach the cutting surface and should reduce heat build up. The diamond hole saws will be available in sizes ranging from 3/16" to 4-1/8" and will feature Bosch's Quick Change System, but the magic is in the AutoStart.

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Remember the Makita 10-inch miter saw we talked about back in April. I thought it was unique and offered a nice compact design. Because of its 2 pairs of sliding rails, it allows the saw more travel while requiring less space. Jay over at CopTool seems to have liked it, and has a great review for your reading pleasure. This season, 10-inch is the new 12-inch... next season, 7-1/4 inch miter saws with 6 rails.

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Say hello to the SawGear. New Bedford Tool & Gauge Co. has introduced a brand new automated miter saw accessory that should eliminate some of those costly measuring errors. Sure, they say measure twice, cut once. But that doesn't work, if you misread your tape measure both times.

The SawGear is basically an automated material stop for your miter saw. You simply enter your material measurement into the control panel, and the SawGear will automatically move the material stop to the correct location. By entering the width of your material, the SawGear can compensate for cutting outside miters even though you have entered the inside dimension. If you use the SawGear in conjunction with your Bosch laser range finder, you should have even greater accuracy.

The part I really like, is the fact that it can be mounted on just about any miter stand, and can be used on either the right or left side of the saw, depending on preference. The SawGear comes in both an 8-foot or 12-foot kit. SawGear is offering an AWFS special price of just under $2500 for the 8-foot kit, and $2700 for the 12-foot kit. After July 31the prices will go up to $3000 and $3200.  Video After the Read More.

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The much awaited, much anticipated (at least by me and my coworkers) Bosch pneumatic tools are coming out this month. Bosch had a couple of the framing nailers out since June, but now the rest of the guns are on their way to the store shelves.

I also found out that my local tool store will be having some type of Bosch sales event this Saturday. This leads me to believe that the Bosch reps will be there demoing the new line and getting the word out.

If you have a chance to check out the new line, be sure to let us know what you think.

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