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Tool News- At Work: Tool Designers, Makers In Short Supply, And Employers Are Looking
- Despite steady cutbacks in the ranks of manufacturing workers in Connecticut, there is an unmet need for two crucial cogs in the factory work force: tool designers and tool makers. In past years, tool designers — who draw blueprin...
- Power Tools: Choosing the Right Ones
- If your idea of being a handyman is nailing a frame to the wall (albeit slightly crooked), then before you take on any sizeable project, you'll want to ensure that you have the right power tools to get the job done. Your hammer and roll ...
- Ergonomic hand tools are tops when gardening
- It occurred to me this past week, as we were putting our gardens to bed for the winter, that in the past year Nancy and I, unintentionally, set aside virtually all of the hand tools we had in the shed for the relatively new line of garde...
- Doing it Yourself? Get the Proper Tools
- In these uncertain times, many people are cutting back on expenses by eliminating certain purchases or services they feel are less than vital. While no one, of course, would ever drop their newspaper subscription, they might buy a fewer ...
- CS Unitec Introduces Non-Sparking, Non-Magnetic Safety Tools For Hazardous Zones Requiring A High Level Of Protection
- CS Unitec's new Non-sparking, Non-magnetic Hand Tools are manufactured from special Aluminum-Bronze or Copper-Beryllium alloys that meet ATEX regulations for safe use in Ex areas where hazardous, flammable or combustible vapors, liquids,...
- Reid Supply Introduces Lifetime Warranty on New Line of Hand Tools B2B
- Reid Supply Company's President, John Carrier announced today the addition of a new line of lifetime warranty hand tools featuring a new line of GRIPSTRIP(TM) technology sockets and socket sets. These integrated color-coded and non-slip ...
- Help for Weekend Gardeners
- Our daily lives can be very hectic with jobs, appointments, volunteering, and with other duties. We may get to enjoy a few relaxing moments in the garden or admiring a pretty view during the week. But when the weekend comes, we become we...
- Are You Baffled by Ergonomic Tools?
- Tools used to be so easy. Shovel, rake, hoe—they all had nice straight handles. Then the ergonomic revolution came along and swept that all away. Now everything has got some crazy bend to it. It's easy to get blown away by the opti...
- Automatic Adjustable Wrench: Power Tool meets Hand Tool
- If there is one thing that I can’t stand, it is using a crescent wrench on bolts where you can’t go in from the side. I was putting together a bed the other day, and I found that turning a bolt in a “pinch” positi...
- The Importance of Choosing the Right Tools
- For some jobs, Vice-grips and duct tape just won’t hack it!. This revelation struck me in the forehead like the preverbal ball-peen hammer just last week when I took my SUV in to my repair shop to have its power steering ...
- Texas Instruments showcases latest innovations at Digital Power Forum 2008
- DALLAS, Sept 11, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Continuing to build on its commitment to providing the broadest range of solutions for digital power applications, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (TXN:TXN News, chart, profi...
- TRUMPF Power Tools
- Powerful Sales Growth for TRUMPF Corporate Group Announces Preliminary Figures The TRUMPF Group once again achieved considerable sales growth in the 2007/2008 fiscal year. Compared to the previous year, the company's sales increased by...
- New power tool store
- Specialist power tool business Toolstation has opened its doors to tradesmen and DIY enthusiasts in Reading. The new branch is located in Deacon Way, Tilehurst, and offers a one-stop-shop for home maintenance. The 7,000 sq ft shop ca...
- Power Tool Theft On the Rise
- A slight increase in thefts this time of year leads police to put out a word of warning to business owners, or anyone who owns power tools. Law enforcement agents have noticed a slight increase in the theft of power tools, ranging from h...
- Neanderthal Man Used Flint Hand Tools
- Posted by administrator in Science, Technology (Wednesday August 27, 2008 at 9:54 am) Dallas, Texas-For many years there has existed the stereotype that ancient Neanderthal man was dumb, and that our ancient ancestors were slow wi...
- Products to increase machine tool productivity
- Ovation Engineering has entered into a distribution agreement with UK-based AJD Controls Engineering, who will offer their products and services for increasing machine tool productivity Ovation Engineering has entered a sales, installat...
- US March machine tool demand up from Feb, year ago
- WASHINGTON, May 13 (Reuters) - U.S. March machine tool demand rose strongly from February and also increased from a year ago, two trade groups said in a report released on Sunday. The American Machine Tool Distributors' Association (A...
- Eaton sells Vickers machine tool controls to Siemens
- The Eaton Corporation has sold the machine tool controls business of its Vickers Electronic Systems (VES) division to Siemens Energy and Automation, for an undisclosed amount. In addition to the 450 staff at VES` headquarters in the US...
- Cableless tool setting for machine tools
- Renishaw has introduced a twin probe system offering users automated on-machine tool setting, tool breakage detection, part set-up and part verification capability. Renishaw's twin probe optical signal transmission system uses a single ...
- China's Sany Heavy to buy stake in Shenyang Machine Tool - report
- BEIJING (XFN-ASIA) - Chinese machinery company Sany Heavy Industry Co Ltd (SHA 600031) and US fund Jana Partners may buy a combined 30 pct stake in Shenyang Machine Tool Group, China's largest lathe maker, the 21st Century Business Heral...