Archives: Editorial

Engaging Young Minds in the Trades

Inspiring Young Builders As a father of two young children I often wonder where life’s path will take them when they fall into a career some day. I also think back to my own childhood and remember watching my dad (a carpenter) work countless hours trying to make ends meet. He would constantly instill in […]

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Cyber Monday Tool Gift Guides

Tool Gift Guides – By Pro’s Who Know Today is one of the biggest shopping days of the year and it’s the perfect time to buy a gift for someone that’s a contractor, carpenter, DIY’er or professional tradesman. Every year I create a great holiday Gift Guide to help you pick the best tools and […]

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2012 Holiday Gift Guide

Tools For Everyone This Year Each year we create a fun Holiday Gift Guide that shows off some of our favorite tools and suggestions for gifts. The guide covers everything from simple DIY’er type tools all the way up to very expensive must have tools for contractors. This year’s guide offers up a wide selection […]

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CHANNELLOCK – American Made and Proud Of It

CHANNELLOCK – Founded in 1886 and Still Making US Made Pliers 126 Years Later Occasionally I get the good fortune of experiencing something that makes me feel really great. Things like walking through an airport and thanking a member of the military, volunteering for a great cause, or reading about a successful start up company. […]

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SawStop Inches Closer to Reality – California’s Liberal Mandate

California’s Table-Saw Safety Bill Here we go again folks. I hate to say it but we are on the brink of total disaster when it comes to making free choices about the tools we use on a day to day basis. Steven Gass is at  it again and instead of waiting on the US Government […]

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Porter-Cable 18 Volt Oscillating Multi-Tool Giveaway

Father’s Day Giveaway by Porter-Cable Father’s Day is just around the corner next weekend. To celebrate we’ve teamed up with the folks at Porter-Cable to offer one lucky reader a brand new Porter-Cable 18 Volt Oscillating Multi-Tool (PCCK510LA). This exciting new tool is just now hitting the stores so this is a great chance to […]

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SawStop Destroying America – The Colbert Report

Regular readers here at Tool Box Buzz know how I feel about SawStop and it’s inventor Steve Gass. Check out the latest Colbert Report and find out why he thinks SawStop is Destroying America. We all need to get on board and stop this legislative disaster! Before the video check this out: Message from the […]

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Delta Is Back – Returns To Focus On Woodworkers

Delta Power Equipment – Delta Is Reborn For almost a century woodworkers have associated the name of Delta to quality woodworking machinery and equipment. Back in 2005 Delta Machinery was sold to Black & Decker and many long time users felt the company was standing on the edge of a cliff waiting to fall off […]

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If You Want an Affordable Table Saw You Better Buy It Soon

Table Saw Safety Standards About To Get Ridiculous Apparently our Government has decided that table saws are too dangerous and therefore must be built with more safety features than a modern day car or passenger jet. Poor decisions by drivers of automobiles must be acceptable yet poor decisions by untrained people using table saws is […]

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Manufacturer Competition Helps All Of Us

Competition Sparks Constant Stream of New Tool Technology Over the past two weeks I had the pleasure of visiting the folks at DEWALT and Bosch for their annual Media Events. The thing that really resonated with me after flying home was the amazing pressure on manufacturers to push their research and development activities to keep […]

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