In today’s Tool News Nirvana, we mention three contests that will fetch you new tools (and one with a prize that includes a trip to somewhere you very likely have never been!), an improved EPA-friendly HEPA designation for Festool vacs, and three new products from Milwaukee. We also help you decipher the acronym STAFDA. Let’s get to it! [click to continue…]
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Earlier this year we reviewed the Makita 18v Vac and found it to be a very handy cleanup tool, particularly if you already own a few other Makita 18v tools. But what if you like to tidy up and are more a Milwaukee loyalist? It turns out Milwaukee has you covered with an M18 vacuum that not only sucks, it blows too. Normally things that suck and blow are bad. Well, now that I think about it, sometimes blow . . . uh, never mind. The point here is that we mean suck and blow in the mechanical, non x-rated sense, and not in the “Dude, that like totally blows” sense either. Now that our semantics are crystal clear, we’d share our impressions of the 0880-20 wet/dry vacuum Milwaukee sent us to review here. [click to continue…]
This edition of Tool News Nirvana might as well be considered a mega-edition. That’s partly due to a lot of new tool news, but mostly due to me not publishing Tool News Nirvana as often as I probably should. We’ve got news from every corner of the tool world, so read on! [click to continue…]
Yesterday afternoon the power went out here in our nook of San Diego. Just as I started to investigate what the cause was, my wife called me from her work about 20 miles north of here. It turned out her power was out too. It quickly became apparent that a massive power outage had occurred effecting millions of people in the Southwest. What followed was a multi-hour grid-locked traffic jam as people struggled to get home while all traffic signals were out. My wife’s 30 minute commute to pick-up our daughter and head home turned into a four hour saga. Props to AT&T for being one of the few cell services still functioning. Props to Milwaukee’s 12v Power Port for keeping my only connection to the outside world alive. [click to continue…]
In this issue of Tool News Nirvana we’re bringing you Milwaukee Tool news so hot, it’s just 60 seconds short of breaking a non-disclosure agreement we signed. Thanks to Irwin, some tradesmen are ringing the opening bell at the NYSE today. No word yet on whether they will do an impromptu remodel of the trading floor while they’re there. Add in a dash of special deals from our sponsor Tyler Tool, a toasty giveaway from Twin Star International, and some news from Powermatic and DeWalt and we’ve got a packed news schedule today! [click to continue…]
