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Bosch L-Boxx Storage System Review

Bosch Storage Solutions Bosch recently introduced an entire line-up of storage solutions including their L-Boxx storage containers and the Click & Go system. Research has shown that a large portion of the work day is lost to poor productivity and organization. To help contractors become more productive and ultimately profitable Bosch came up with these […]

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Tool Companies Doing Good In Wake Of Sandy

Tool Companies Doing Good We all have heard the news and seen the images of the destruction Hurricane Sandy caused on the east coast. Within the past week we have learned of a few companies that have donated products to help with the relief efforts and wanted to acknowledge and thank them for their donations. […]

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Bosch and Simpson Strong-Tie Form Alliance

Industry Powerhouses Team Up To Offer Solutions To Concrete Industry This week brings some exciting news from the Robert Bosch Tool Corporation and Simpson Strong-Tie. They are joining forces with a strategic alliance that allows them to work very closely with each other on sales and product development. If you work in the concrete industry […]

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Tools of the Weird: World’s Oldest Multi-Tool?

Swiss Made it Red but Romans Made it First The photo of this tool has been the desktop wallpaper on my laptop for months now, because…well…I’m a geek like that and because this tool contains so much sheer awesome I was hoping some of it might rub off on me. What you’re looking at is an […]

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Milwaukee Tools 2011 Media Event

Milwaukee Tools Last week I was in the great city of Milwaukee attending their 2011 Media/Publishers day. It was a long day filled with hands on demonstrations of all the exciting new tools for this year including some sneak peaks at tools that will likely hit the shelves early next year. I love these events […]

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OSHIT Approved Chop Saw

OSHA Eat Your Heart Out So my friend Bryan has been writing some interesting posts on Tools of the Weird here at TBB so I wanted to share a whopper as well! At work we’re building a large addition for a car dealership and the owner told me about a great chop saw that his […]

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VIDEO: Going All Medieval on The Power Box 360

Can Bosch’s sound system take out an army? Looking for a secret recipe to prove the toughness of your product? Well, a big helping of ancient weapon technology never hurts. Next, stir in a little Bubba humor and a couple of guys who appear to have a fair amount of experience with breaking things. Sprinkle […]

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Cooking with Power Tools?

One night in a garage somewhere in Canada… At first, I thought I’d run across The Concord Carpenter: The Early Years. But that’s impossible. Anyone who knows Rob Robillard knows that he’d never be so irresponsible as to chop lettuce with a recip saw and then forget to wipe the blade off. Then I realized […]

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ToolBoxBuzz Rakes in the Hardware!

New to the scene but already garnering the accolades, ToolBoxBuzz won the Rookie of the Year Award for being the best new tool blog in 2010. Considering Tool-Rank.com was last year’s winner in the category and we really, really like that one, we’re all humbled to receive the nod this year.

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Tools of the Weird: What if Faberge Made Tools?

A Most Egg-celent Drill The ornate wooden device in the photo may look like it was designed as a gift for Russian royalty, but it’s no mere ornament. It is actually a highly functional and surprisingly effective tool. When it was crafted 500 years ago in France, this pump drill was the very height of jobsite technology. […]

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