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    New 18-volt rotary hammer from Bosch

    Bosch Professional has introduced a new 18-volt rotary hammer. Promising more efficient drilling, hammer ...

    Bosch Professional has introduced a new 18-volt rotary hammer. Promising more efficient drilling, hammer drilling and chiselling, Bosch Professional is extending its 18-volt product range with the lau ...

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    HiKOKI teams up with Rainy Day Trust

    HiKOKI Power Tools has teamed up with the Rainy Day Trust to provide support for tradespeople who have ha ...

    HiKOKI Power Tools has teamed up with the Rainy Day Trust to provide support for tradespeople who have had their tools stolen. Nick Chan, marketing manager, explains why. Tool theft has reached epidem ...

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    How multi-tools can help on conservation projects

    A medieval barn is being reborn as a wedding venue, and a very modern tool from Festool is proving a perf ...

    A medieval barn is being reborn as a wedding venue, and a very modern tool from Festool is proving a perfect partner. In the restoration of an ancient structure there is often an element of detective ...

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    Festool Roadshow starts in June

    Next month Festool will be kicking off a tour of the UK and Ireland, starting on 12th June in Sittingbour ...

    Next month Festool will be kicking off a tour of the UK and Ireland, starting on 12th June in Sittingbourne. The roadshow will be the first time Festool has demonstrated its new table saw with SawStop ...

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    Review: Flexvolt XR plunge saw

    Roger Bisby tries out the cordless plunge saw from DeWalt. I have tried a number of cordless plunge saws ...

    Roger Bisby tries out the cordless plunge saw from DeWalt. I have tried a number of cordless plunge saws (or tracksaws) over the past 12 months from every manufacturer selling in the UK and this DeWal ...

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    #TradesTalk discusses the future of power tools

    Love power tools? Then you'll want to check out the highlights from this week's #TradesTalk Twitter chat, ...

    Love power tools? Then you'll want to check out the highlights from this week's #TradesTalk Twitter chat, with guest co-host HiKOKI. Here's our round-up of the best bits, but do search the hashtag on ...

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    Take the HiKOKI Birdhouse Challenge at Toolfair Exeter

    Spring is in the air and, to celebrate its official name change, HiKOKI Power Tools has a very special ac ...

    Spring is in the air and, to celebrate its official name change, HiKOKI Power Tools has a very special activity taking place at Toolfair Exeter. Are you coming to ELEX and Toolfair in Exeter on April ...

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    New brushless angle grinder from Makita

    Makita’s new heavy duty 230mm DGA901ZUX2 18Vx2 brushless angle grinder LXT has the benefit of advanced te ...

    Makita’s new heavy duty 230mm DGA901ZUX2 18Vx2 brushless angle grinder LXT has the benefit of advanced technology allowing connection via Bluetooth to compatible dust extractors. This new model is pow ...

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    Festool's Vecturo OSC 18 cordless oscillator

    Maximum flexibility in your everyday work thanks to StarlockMax. The new Vecturo OSC 18 from Festool is e ...

    Maximum flexibility in your everyday work thanks to StarlockMax. The new Vecturo OSC 18 from Festool is equipped with the innovative StarlockMax tool holder system, which enables the user to change th ...

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    Review: Milwaukee Table Saw

    Roger Bisby tries out another tool/machine designed for use with the Milwaukee 12 Ah High Output range. L ...

    Roger Bisby tries out another tool/machine designed for use with the Milwaukee 12 Ah High Output range. Last year we introduced the Milwaukee 18 volt 12Ah High Output Battery and used it in the manufa ...

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    Portable tools for city-based tradespeople

    If you live and work in a city like London, you might feel as if you spend half your working week stuck i ...

    If you live and work in a city like London, you might feel as if you spend half your working week stuck in traffic. This is why Milwaukee introduced the M12 range and Packout system, which tradespeopl ...

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    Tool talk with Festool: post-purchase care

    Daryl Townsend, Service Manager at Festool, looks at the importance of having a strong service plan in pl ...

    Daryl Townsend, Service Manager at Festool, looks at the importance of having a strong service plan in place, to reduce on site disruption when power tools malfunction. festool.co.uk ...

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    Make your own deck chair with HiKOKI

    It might not be sunbathing weather quite yet, but Nick Chan of HiKOKI Power Tools is planning ahead with ...

    It might not be sunbathing weather quite yet, but Nick Chan of HiKOKI Power Tools is planning ahead with this deck chair for those sunny days out on site! What better use of some scrap timber around t ...

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    Draper Tools celebrates 100 years

    Congratulations to Draper Tools for reaching 100 years in business Established in 1919 by Bert Draper, Dr ...

    Congratulations to Draper Tools for reaching 100 years in business Established in 1919 by Bert Draper, Draper Tools is run today by the fourth generation of the family. It has a well-established reput ...

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    Review: Panasonic 28.8V SDS drill

    Roger Bisby tests out Panasonic’s 28.8V SDS drill. I am a fan of Panasonic drills. You don't see a huge n ...

    Roger Bisby tests out Panasonic’s 28.8V SDS drill. I am a fan of Panasonic drills. You don't see a huge number around, maybe they are not as obvious as the brighter coloured brands; however when I do ...

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    Review: Bosch ProCore batteries

    Roger Bisby tries the 18V Bosch ProCore battery. When Bosch first introduced its EneRacer battery to me I ...

    Roger Bisby tries the 18V Bosch ProCore battery. When Bosch first introduced its EneRacer battery to me I visibly winced, not at the technology, but the name. It might have meant something to someone ...

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