From the editors of Tool Box Buzz, Home Construction Improvement and A Concord Carpenter
Volume 43
June is already starting off busy. Clearly with this newsletter coming out on a Friday compared to our normal day of Tuesday. What can I say...we're busy guys!
June is going to be a crazy
busy month for our team. Next week Rob, Todd and Jeff will all be out in Milwaukee at the Milwaukee Tools 2016 Media Event. This event seems to grow each year and is certainly one of the highlights of the year for us. We continue to be amazed at the innovation and growth that they have managed over the last few years. We're very excited to see what's new for 2016. We'll have live updates on Facebook and Twitter so be sure to keep an eye out on Wednesday!
Later in the
month Todd, Rob and Mike will be traveling down to Baltimore to visit with the folks from DEWALT. It's been a couple years since we were invited to their headquarters and they are promising something very new, "World's First" product. We don't know what it is yet, but it will be announced live on June 21st!
todd fratzel
Installing Low Voltage LED Landscape Lighting
Landscape lighting can turn a great yard into an AMAZING yard at night. It's amazing what lighting to can to your yard and installing it isn't all that difficult. I recently installed low voltage LED landscape lighting around my pool and wanted to share my thoughts and tips on how to install it. If you're interested in learning more about this type of project be sure to follow the link
below.
Having a great portable table saw like the DEWALT DW745 is key for contractors on the move constantly. Bringing it up and down stairs and into homes make this small saw extremely useful. However, there are times when a larger more stable saw is useful for more precise work. For some contractors that means owning two table saws and lugging them around from job to job.
There is
another solution and that is combining a small portable table saw with an improved stand that expands the capabilities of the saw. That's where the Rousseau PortaMax 2745 Table Saw Stand comes into play. Curious about this cool stand? Follow the link and ready my thoughts on this innovative new product.
Wood counter tops are gorgeous and quite often very expensive. We recently finished a couple of home bars for customers and we ordered wood counter tops for those projects. The wood ended up more expensive than stone tops, but they are were very beautiful.
So when I started building my own home bar I decided to build my own wood tops instead of buying them. I had a local mill source
some hard maple which then planed down for me so that I wouldn't have to run these long wide boards through my own planer.
If you're interested in learning how I built these, including using biscuit joints, staining, and finishing then follow the link below. Not only was it a fun project, but it sure does make quite the conversation piece over drinks.
JET just announced a new 22" scroll saw with a revolutionary blade change mechanism. JET’s exclusive upper blade mechanism combines the clamping and tensioning of the scroll saw blade into one easy step, reducing the amount of time and effort spent getting ready to cut. This innovative feature is only available on the JET Scroll Saw.
Click the following link if you want to learn
more about this new offering from JET.
This month we've teamed up with Bosch Tools to give one lucky winner a new Bosch Glide Miter Saw for Father's Day! Don't miss this great giveaway and reward for one lucky Dad!
