Ah, the days of September. The kids back at school – even if that means their commute is only from their bed to the computer desk in their room. Your friendly neighborhood big-box store has, by now, put all air-conditioners, grills, and lawnmowers on clearance – and replaced them handily with the latest and greatest Halloween decorations. As a matter of fact, on a Home Depot reconnaissance trip earlier today, this Tool News Nirvana writer spotted a new “13 ft. Giant-Sized LED Monster Archway” inflatable! Honestly, it’s probably bigger than some NYC apartments. Thinking ahead to the big night at the end of October – in addition to a killer costume for your kid, it’d probably be good to have some compact, but bright lighting options for all members of the trick-or-treating party. Perhaps something like the new personal flashlights from Milwaukee that we’ll learn about in this installment of Tool News Nirvana? We’ll also hear about a new saw from Ryobi, and electric pressure washer from WORX, chalk reels from Crescent Lufkin, and updated storage options from DEWALT. It’s a stacked deck this week at TNNN – let’s get to it. Read More
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The DeWalt DWE7485 Table Saw – A Saw for Any Site
This post is sponsored by The Home Depot. For the longest time, I’d held off on adding a table saw to the shop arsenal. My past experience has been one of frustration and inconvenience. Good quality table saws require significant space in the shop. To get a good cut you had to sacrifice a massive amount of space – which I don’t have. Portable versions often were too heavy and would get sidelined for the lighter, more versatile circular saw on the job site. So bring on the straightedge and hope for the best. Right? Combining a quality shop saw with mobility seemed flat-out pointless as you’d need to completely redesign both to make one version that met the real demands in the field. Then DeWalt came out with the DWE7485 Table Saw – an attempt to combine the benefits of a high-quality shop saw with the portable site saw. We were sent the DeWalt DWE7485 to review – join us as we detail our experience with it. Read More
