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 of duct tape ...
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 gardening tools pu...
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 lattes each w...
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, dusts or res...
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 sockets are a...
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 weekend warrior...
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 options.CableOrga...
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” position caused the...
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 pump replaced. Mik...
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, profile, more Last...
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 about 10 per...
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 carries everyth...
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 hand drills an...
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, installation and suppo...
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 (AMTDA) and the...
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, the company...
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 optical recei...
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 Herald reported, c...
Foreign manufacturers of industrial safety products, including Germany''s UVEX, the U.S.-based KAPPIER and Canada''s BW, are shipping their products to China to fill a gap in the market which has been costing lives. China is improving industrial sa...
Red Hat and Exadel have a strategic partnership that will add mature, Eclipse-based developer tools for building service-oriented architecture (SOA) and rich, Web 2.0 applications to Red Hat's integrated platform, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux a...