Archives: Safety & Work Wear

Milwaukee Dust Extraction Soultions

Milwaukee Dust Extraction Solutions Tick, tick, tick. That’s the sound of the time marching on towards June 23rd, the date when enforcement of the new OSHA silica exposure rule was supposed to go into effect. Until last week a lot of us contractors have been scrambling to get all of our concrete tools updated with […]

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3rd Hand Little Hand XL

FastCap – 3rd Hand Little Hand XL As a remodeling carpenter, I’ve hung cabinets a lot of different ways. Mostly I would screw a ledger board screwed to the wall. Other times, with help, I ganged cabinets together and installed them as one unit. A few years ago I saw plans for an adjustable, cabinet […]

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Milwaukee 3-in-1 Heated Jacket Review

Milwaukee 3-in-1 Heated Jacket Review Back in June of 2015 we got our first look at the next generation of jobsite heated gear. Milwaukee has been in this game for awhile now, 6 years, and they have more experience than anyone. This experience was very apparent when we got our first look at the 3-in-1 […]

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Keen Durham AT ESD Safety Shoe Review

Keen Durham AT ESD Safety Shoe Review A year is a long time for a work boot or shoe. That’s how long I’ve been wearing the Keen Durham AT ESD Safety Shoe. 5 days a week for a whole year. Mic drop. I’ve been wearing Keen’s on the jobsite for a few years now. I […]

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Timberland PRO® Workwear

Timberland PRO® Workwear Review from Head to Toe Timberland PRO® takes their commitment to quality and innovation from a long history of rugged work boots and shoes to workwear. Their Workwear line was launched just a few short years ago. Already the expansion of this line appears to be influencing the brand as a whole. The Timberland […]

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FESTOOL Dust Extractors

FESTOOL Cleantec HEPA Dust Extractors Festool, the only company that manufactures a vacuum designed especially for their tools is looking to create the perfect tool to vacuum relationship. Some call it a workshop love affair, I call it genius! Below is some information I learned about FESTOOL Dust Extractors. For US and Canada users Festool has four categories […]

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Festool Dust Extractor Review

Festool Dust Extractor CT SYS – 584174 Lately we’ve been writing so much about cutting the cord and going cordless, but not this time! In fact this tool has a 16.5′ long cord attached to it. Festool has recently introduced a compact, portable, HEPA certified dust extractor built into one of their systainer boxes and we […]

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Milwaukee M12 LED Compact Flood Light

Milwaukee M12 Rover Flood Light Review 2364-20 The Milwaukee M12 LED Compact Flood Light  is the missing link in the M12 platform.  Sure Milwaukee had the M12 lantern and stick light, but this one its different. Its designed more box shaped with a lower more stable base and an angled lens bezel. The light measures 5-1/2″ […]

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Ryobi LED Flashlight RFL905

Ryobi LED Flashlight RFL905 Review Since making the Tek4 flashlight I’ve been waiting for Ryobi to make another kick ass flashlight. Recently they designed the Ryobi LED Flashlight RFL905 and once again, caught my attention. The Ryobi RFL905 is the perfect light for shop, garage, home or every day use and carry.  Packed with all the […]

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Oliver 45 Series Work Boot Review

Oliver Safety Boots 45 Series A good day’s work on the job site always starts from the ground up, and for us that means our work boots. We recently took a pair of Oliver 45 Series Work Boots to our job-site for some real on the job testing. We assigned them to our foreman and […]

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