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Read moreMilwaukee Now Lets You Customize Power Tool Settings by Using a Smartphone App
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Milwaukee Tool has had a busy year in 2015. They’ve expanded many of the M18 Fuel Power Tool lines to drilling and driving products, released an industry first cordless breaking grinder, released a new 3-in-1 heated ripstop jacket, and released the start of their powerful new tool reporting and customizing application One-Key. Milwaukee has already released phase one of One-Key, the inventory management portion (which you can learn more about here) and have released a set of One-Key enabled crimpers that allow tool reporting, which is phase 2.
Read moreCool Tools: DeWalt to Release Their First Cordless Full Size Band Saw
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As battery power continues to get more and more efficient and powerful, contractors are getting closer to becoming fully cordless. In January of 2016, DeWalt will add another cordless tool to their large catalogue: a full sized deep cut band saw.
Read morePut Overboots on Over Your Work Boots So Much Easier with the Simple Trick
Sometimes the way to do something doesn’t have to be the toughest way. Slipping overboots on over your work boots seems less like “slipping” and more like “jamming” and “forcing” some times.
Read moreThe “Hard Hat of the Future” Partners with Topcon to Make Augmented Reality a Reality in Construction
Way back in June, we introduced you to a developing technology that could eventually replace the standard hard hats we all know and love today. Hard hats have served their purpose, to save lives and reduce head injuries in dangerous areas, but, if you think about it, they’re using up valuable real estate on a construction worker without any added benefits. That’s why DAQRI decided to turn a traditional hard hat into a fully interactive, augmented reality head set which could unleash the true potential of a job site and its workers.
Read more4 Tape Measure Tricks You May Not Have Known
Everybody has a tape measure and, chances are, you’ve been using one since you were a small child, helping your parents out with things around the house. Sometimes, when instruments are so familiar, we never stop to think why exactly they’re designed the way they are.
Read more{UPDATING} Cyber Monday Tool Deals 2015
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Read moreVideo of Excavator Allows You to Rotate View 360 Degrees in Real Time
Up until recently, Youtube videos were 2 dimensional. What you see is what you get. Now, new camera technology and a Youtube upgrade will allow users to manipulate the view that they see while watching videos. So, instead of only looking straight ahead at the video, you can look in ANY direction to see a different view, just like you would if you were there in real life and turned your head.
Read moreThe Ultimate Construction Holiday Gift Guide 2015
The Holiday season is upon us, as Thanksgiving and Black Friday are just days away. Now's the time to start thinking of the special people in your lives that deserve to be treated with a special gift. We put together a variety of construction related gift ideas below, including tools, clothes, accessories, stocking stuffers, and even some stuff for the kids to help you find that perfect gift.
Read moreWhich Batteries Will the New DeWalt 18V to 20V Battery Adapter be Compatible With?
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Back in September, Dewalt announced a pending release of a battery adapter that would allow users of the older, but still functional, 18V line of tools with 20V batteries. Originally set to release in October, it will now be available for purchase some time in December, but, although a lot of eager 18V tool users excitement, it hasn't been very clear which 20V batteries will work with it.
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