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    Review: Festool Cordless Angle Grinder AGC 18-125

    Professional Builder’s Tibby Singh Chodha gets to grips with the Festool Cordless Angle Grinder AGC 18-12 ...

    Professional Builder’s Tibby Singh Chodha gets to grips with the Festool Cordless Angle Grinder AGC 18-125. I am a big fan of cordless tools, and they are definitely the way forward, particularly from ...

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    WIN with Makita

    Three lucky readers could be in with the chance of winning one of three amazing prizes, courtesy of Makit ...

    Three lucky readers could be in with the chance of winning one of three amazing prizes, courtesy of Makita. First prize: The LS1019L 260mm slide compound mitre saw is ideal for tradespeople working ac ...

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    Tech Talk: cold cut machines

    In the latest part of our Tech Talk series, Charles Shaw, hire and construction division manager at Makit ...

    In the latest part of our Tech Talk series, Charles Shaw, hire and construction division manager at Makita, explains how the company’s new range of mains and cordless metal cold cut cutting tools are ...

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    HiKOKI Power Tools launches ‘Hi5’ Five Year Warranty

    HiKOKI Power Tools has announced its industry leading Hi5 FIVE year extended warranty on its 18V and 36V ...

    HiKOKI Power Tools has announced its industry leading Hi5 FIVE year extended warranty on its 18V and 36V (Multi Volt) brushless cordless ranges, providing the ultimate peace of mind for power tool use ...

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    Makita's work with disaster response team S.A.R.A.I.D

    Makita has supplied a range of tools to search and rescue charity S.A.R.A.I.D, to assist with its emergen ...

    Makita has supplied a range of tools to search and rescue charity S.A.R.A.I.D, to assist with its emergency disaster response work in the UK and abroad. In the immediate aftermath of a natural disaste ...

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    Handheld petrol saw from Hilti

    Hilti has launched the new DSH 600-X handheld petrol saw. It weighs 9.8 kg and has a redesigned cutting h ...

    Hilti has launched the new DSH 600-X handheld petrol saw. It weighs 9.8 kg and has a redesigned cutting hood and arm allowing the saw to achieve a full 120 mm cut depth with a 300 mm diamond blade, re ...

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    Brushless impact driver from Makita

    Makita has introduced the18V LXT Brushless Impact Driver. The DTD171 18V LXT Brushless Impact Driver deli ...

    Makita has introduced the18V LXT Brushless Impact Driver. The DTD171 18V LXT Brushless Impact Driver delivers high-end performance in a compact and lightweight package. Suitable for use across a numbe ...

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    Review: Bosch Professional GBH 18V-26D

    Tibby Singh Chodha checks out the Bosch Professional GBH 18V-26D. I remember the days when most of my pow ...

    Tibby Singh Chodha checks out the Bosch Professional GBH 18V-26D. I remember the days when most of my power tools used to be corded, but cordless has taken the lead in the building trade and in this d ...

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    The Hikoki College Build Off is here!

    IT’S TIME FOR THE HIKOKI POWER TOOLS COLLEGE BUILD OFF! This is your chance to get building and win power ...

    IT’S TIME FOR THE HIKOKI POWER TOOLS COLLEGE BUILD OFF! This is your chance to get building and win powerful Hikoki 18v kits for your college. The challenge We want you to design a product or tool tha ...

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    Bosch Professional FlexiClick 12V – now with brushless motor

    Bosch Professional has boosted the power of its popular FlexiClick 12V cordless drill driver system by ad ...

    Bosch Professional has boosted the power of its popular FlexiClick 12V cordless drill driver system by adding a brushless motor. The Bosch GSR 12V-35 FC Professional Drill Driver is faster, stronger, ...

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    New Hilti SR 6-A22 cordless reciprocating saw 

    With a 32 mm stroke length and several redesigned features, the new Hilti SR 6-A22 Cordless reciprocating ...

    With a 32 mm stroke length and several redesigned features, the new Hilti SR 6-A22 Cordless reciprocating saw features a patented chuck that has been specifically designed to avoid breaks. Hilti has i ...

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    Random orbit sanders from Bosch

    Bosch has expanded its range with two new direct driven random orbit sanders – the GET 55-125 Professiona ...

    Bosch has expanded its range with two new direct driven random orbit sanders – the GET 55-125 Professional and GET 75-150 Professional. Both tools are equipped with a powerful 550 or 750 watts motor m ...

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    Free for all giveaway July/August 2019

    Every month, Professional Builder magazine contains a bumper ‘Free for all’ giveaway and you can enter ev ...

    Every month, Professional Builder magazine contains a bumper ‘Free for all’ giveaway and you can enter every single competition from the July/August issue simply by filling in your details at the bott ...

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    Power tools from JCB Tools

    JCB Tools has launched a new range of trade-quality power and hand tools. The team at JCB Tools has worke ...

    JCB Tools has launched a new range of trade-quality power and hand tools. The team at JCB Tools has worked closely with the JCB Industrial Design team to produce a range of tools and accessories. The ...

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    Impact Black accessories from Makita

    Makita has launched an accessories range for its impact drivers – Impact Black. Designed for professional ...

    Makita has launched an accessories range for its impact drivers – Impact Black. Designed for professional use, all components can be recognised by a black coating that will prevent rusting and ensure ...

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    How the trades can look after their hands

    Professional Builder has teamed up with Festool to discuss ways to maintain the health of tradespeople. I ...

    Professional Builder has teamed up with Festool to discuss ways to maintain the health of tradespeople. In its second instalment, we discuss the importance of looking after your hands. Recently, a stu ...

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