Besides being a commercial for Festool products, in the video below, Gary Katz does a really good job showcasing and explaining the new Bessey Auto-Adjust Toggle Clamps. These are the clamps I showed you a while back that appear to use the same or similar technology as my favorite LockJaw Auto-Adjusting Clamps. When I first posted about these clamps back in July, I also posted a video from Bessey that showcases the clamps, but what I like about the Gary Katz video is that he shows us how, as a woodworker or as a finish carpenter, you can use these clamps in your everyday work flow.

At only $20 per clamp, they seem well worth the price. Add these to my wish list.

Bessey Tools

Finally we have a solution for getting marks or lines in really narrow places. Countless numbers of times I find that I need to mark layout holes for brackets, but the small holes combined with the thickness of the brackets make it impossible to get the tip of a pen or pencil through.

Bleispitz has a new product that is specifically designed to reach into narrow places and make marking a simple task again. What they have is a marker with a tip that is almost a full inch in length (25mm). The tip is made of stainless steel, so we don't have to worry about it being weak, and the marker has been specially designed to not slip into the narrow stainless steel shaft under pressure. Bleispitz is a German company, so if stereotypes are correct, their products should be well engineered. The Bleispitz marker is more expensive than your average marker, but its time saving features might be worth its $8 sticker.

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Garrett Wade

Are you ready to throw out your hex-wrenches and go tool free? After I just finished my review of both Bosch multi-tools, Dremel comes out with news of their new tool-less MM40. This lack of a tool-less feature is one of complaints with the current Bosch offerings, but not because they require tools, only because they require tools that can easily be lost.

The new MM40 from Dremel also gets a power boost up to 2.5 amps from 1.5amps. This puts the power rating up with the big boys, and offers a variable speed range of 10,000 to 21,000. The MM40 also feature a new fan cooling system that is designed to overcome some of the heats issues of the past model. I still don't understand why Bosch allows Dremel to compete with them, especially since they are in the same price range, but the new Dremel offering is indeed impressive and only leads me to believe that the next Bosch offering will be even better.

Dremel also announced a second new Multi-Max called MM20, but it doesn't have the tool-less blade change feature and it has less power at 2.3 amps, so it lost our interest. With these announcements also comes news that Dremel is expanding their accessory line, offering blades in more sizes that work with the new Quick Fit tool-less system and still work with the existing Multi-Max.

The MM20 is suggested to retail for $99.99, and the MM40 for $139.99. The should hot store shelves in September and November, respectively.

Bosch sent me out their Cordless PS50 Multi-X a few months back, as well as their Corded MX25E Multi-X. Since I got them both around the same time, and have used them both on the jobsite, I figured it would be best to do a single article that reviews and compares both models together.

Oddly, Bosch's introduction into the oscillation tool market was done with the 10.8/12-volt cordless PS50, while other manufacturers and even their own tool subsidiary, Dremel, all introduced corded models. But even though the PS50 is a few years old, it is still a very relevant tool today. As long as you look at the PS50 as a cordless tool and purchase it knowing it will have its limitations compared to corded models, you quickly realize what a great tool it is.