Stan Durlacher

Stan has been involved with Design and Construction in the commercial industry since 1975. He is currently the President of Design and Construction for a major St Petersburg, FL developer. Before that, he was a Project Executive for a prominent Boston Construction Manager, building high-rise apartment and office buildings. One of the hallmarks of his career has been innovative problem-solving. As Assistant Secretary of Transportation for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Stan was instrumental in bringing the hydro mill slurry wall machinery and technology to Boston in the 1990s for use on the Central Artery Third Harbor Tunnel Project. Stan has been an avid woodworker since college and brings an innovative point of view to this field. Before Florida, he owned an 1886 farmhouse near Concord, Mass, and his skills and time were never idle for long. His barn and attached spaces serve as his ever-expanding workshop. Stan is a self-avowed tool hound. In 2013, Stan decided to design and build his own CNC router. This machine has become a centerpiece of his woodworking and craft focus. Stan will share many of the ways that this innovative technology has solved many current problems and how CNC will begin to impact the woodworking and home renovation businesses.

All posts by Stan

HILTI 22v Tower Light Review

HILTI SL 10 22 Area Tower Light Review Commercial job sites are benefitting from the cordless revolution. The hallways, corridors, and workspaces are no longer strewn with extension cords and dependent upon ‘temp power.’ The HILTI 22v Tower Light is a new entrant into the construction lighting field, joining Milwaukee, DEWALT, Ryobi, Makita, and others […]

Continue reading »

Milwaukee 48-22-8205 Travel Backpack Review

Milwaukee 48-22-8205 Travel Backpack Perfect Designs are hard to come by Have you ever had a tool that fits your way of doing work so perfectly that you think the designer must have read your mind when creating it? I can think of only a few tools that fit that bill. And the most recent […]

Continue reading »

ANNOYTOOLS 3018 plus CNC Product Review

ANNOYTOOLS 3018 plus CNC Is there a place for the 3018 Plus CNC in my shop? My workshop is more high-tech than most other ones. In addition to a large assortment of the usual woodworking stationery tools, I have two large format CNC machines, three 3D printers, and two laser engravers. My CNC machines can […]

Continue reading »

Milwaukee 21″ Self-Propelled Dual M18 Battery Mower

Milwaukee 21” Self-Propelled Dual Battery Mower 2822HD Review Milwaukee has been paying attention to the market and recognized the demand for an M18 mower to complement its impressive line of OPE. This month, Milwaukee just announced its brand new 21” Self-Propelled Dual Battery M18 mower. Toolbox Buzz is pleased to have the opportunity to review the new […]

Continue reading »

Milwaukee 2828-21 String Trimmer Kit Review

Milwaukee 2828-21 String Trimmer: I was in search of a string trimmer for my small suburban landscape of 6,000 sf +/-. The Milwaukee 2828-21 String Trimmer immediately caught my attention. Why? For the size of the area, I did not need a commercial trimmer such as a Tanaka, Red Max or Stihl gas-powered unit. I […]

Continue reading »

DEWALT XR Reciprocating Saw DCS368 Review

DEWALT XR Reciprocating Saw Recently, we had a chance to put the DEWALT DCS368 XR With Power Detect™ to the test. DEWALT has certainly given this tool and the other four tools with Power Detect™ a lot of press to educate users as to the power increase that this technology produces. I usually run a Milwaukee […]

Continue reading »

Milwaukee MX FUEL 14″ Cut-Off Saw Review

Milwaukee MX FUEL Equipment On My Job (An Ongoing Series) -The 14″ Cut-Off Saw Recently, I got a chance to try out two of the new products on the Milwaukee MX FUEL equipment lineup of light commercial duty tools. The MXF314-2XC  Cut-Off Saw and the MX301-2CP Core Drill Kit recently saved me time and money […]

Continue reading »

Milwaukee MX FUEL Core Drill Review

Milwaukee MX Fuel Equipment on My Job (An Ongoing Series) – CORE DRILLING! Recently, I got a chance to try out two of the products on the Milwaukee MX Fuel lineup of light equipment  — the MXF314-2XC  Cut-Off Saw and the MX301-2CP Core Drill Kit. Simply put, these tools saved me time and money right out […]

Continue reading »

Milwaukee 2357-20 M18 PACKOUT Light/Charger

Milwaukee 2357-20 M18 PACKOUT Light with Built-In Charger Review It must be a fun job to work for Milwaukee and invent neat things to work with their PACKOUT™ systems. Milwaukee introduced a few notable PACKOUT products in 2020, such as the drawer units, the storage crate, and the small toolbox, etc. However, I rate the Milwaukee PACKOUT […]

Continue reading »

HART Tool Storage

HART 36CH4XD and 36MWC5XD Tool Chest Combination Review I used to store tools and equipment in anything I had in the shop – milk crates were my favorite, and mud buckets sat in the #2 spot. The tools really took a beating and I was always wasting time looking in containers for tools. I slowly […]

Continue reading »