This post is sponsored by The Home Depot. I’ve always whipped out a hack saw or angle grinder and abrasive disc when I wanted to cut some metal. Or, for thin sheet stock, the trusty old tin snips. A few years ago I got my first carbide-toothed metal-cutting miter saw blade. We’ve all heard about how fragile carbide teeth are, so it might be a surprise that such a thing even exists. Yet here we are; cutting steel with the Diablo Steel Demon cermet carbide-toothed blade. On a circular saw, no less! For a new favorite way to cut mild and stainless steel, we reverently say “hell-o” to this heavenly red devil! Read More
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Tool News Nirvana – New Cool IRWIN Marples Saw Blades – Makita 2-For-1 Deal and More
We’ve got news of some new tools from IRWIN Marples that are not only high quality and well designed, but the saw blades they’re now turning out will give you a new corner on cool, as they will be imported from Italy, thank you very much. Be sure to mention this fact, oh so casually, to every visitor to your shop – you will see the envy in their eyes – kind of like if you just bought a sleek Italian sports car… OK, that’s crap but it’s kind of cool to have high precision tools from the land of romance, right? And, we bring you news of a buy-1-get-1-free deal from Makita. Check it out and take advantage of it before Labor Day. Also, check out the savings from Hitachi with their build-your-own finish nailer kit that can save you between 20% and 40%. Channellock is doing some crazy “re-shoring” with their Code Blue plier line relaunch. Keen has more Utility boots that make your granpa’s old work boots like like flip-flops. Finally, we share the details of the new General Tools & Instruments MMD7NP – sounds like an engine model, right? But it’s a cool pinless moisture meter that takes the technology of checking for H2O up to a new level. Read More