Ridgid has announced their next generation of 18-volt lithium-ion cordless tool batteries in 2.0Ah and 4.0Ah, and promise improved performance, longer runs times and other advancements over previous batteries.
People are always looking for ways to save money on tools, and one way is to cut down on the tools you need to own. So why buy a regular circular saw and a track saw, when you can use your circular saw as a track saw with the TrueTrac system?
To help you get ready for spring time lawn and garden work Dremel has come out with the new Dremel 100-LG Lawn and Garden tool sharpening kit. The kit includes everything needed to maintain and sharpen the most common lawn & garden tools.
If you are really into woodworking you might be willing to spend 3 days salary on a really good block plane, but most of us probably won't. We will spend enough to get an OK plane and complain about the cut quality later. LeeValley has a simple way to improve your plane, and that is to use one of their replacement plane blades.
Do you need a trailer that you can just pull up to the job site and get right to work without having to unload all your tools. The problem with most trailers is the limited access to your tools. If you need something in the back, you have to unload everything in front of it.
We have seen circular saws used as table saw replacements with the Eurekazone tracksaw system, and now there is a new system from PUPS (Portable Universal Power Station) that can turn a circular saw to an accurate miter saw.
I have always looked at the Festool MFT (Multi-Function Table) as great little work table, but not practical for jobsite use. I just never liked the idea of having to carry it around on the jobsite along with all of my other tools. But Timothy Wilmots' modified MFTC (Multi-Function Tool Cart) looks like an ideal way to transport both the MFT and your tools.
In an effort to better organize my home workspace I decided that I needed to get some of my non-work tools out of boxes/bags and into places where I could more easily access the ones I use most. My solution was simple, and probably the same solution that many of you use, pegboard. A full sheet of pegboard is cheap, and with the right hooks and attachments, you can organize a good portion of your tools. Next all I needed was pegboard hooks. Lucky for me, my Father had a box full of them that he let me dig...
