Ah, yes. The ubiquitous five inch orbital sander. Lots of folks own them, and almost all the sanders have cords. Sensing that handy people everywhere might want the same freedom from cords they’ve come to expect on most other power tools, Makita recently released their LXOB01 five inch, eight hole, cordless sander. I was recently working on an upstairs window restoration and found myself without a convenient power outlet and working overhead, two ideal conditions to give this new cordless sander a whirl. Read More
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Contests Galore – Massive Stihl Recall – New Tools from Milwaukee and Makita
This latest episode of Tool News Nirvana is chock full of contests from Bosch, Festool and our buddies at OneProjectCloser. It also has a hint of danger with a massive recall of certain Stihl gas-powered yard products. And, of course, more new tool news from Milwaukee, Makita, DeWalt. Plus a new Porter Cable compressor you can almost fit in your back pocket. Check out all the tool-sational details! Read More