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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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    HiKOKI introduces 36V slide compound mitre saw

    HiKOKI Power Tools has launched a 36V slide compound mitre saw.  HiKOKI Power Tools has introduced the co ...

    HiKOKI Power Tools has launched a 36V slide compound mitre saw.  HiKOKI Power Tools has introduced the cordless C3607DRA 36V slide compound mitre saw (185mm blade) and the C3610DRA 36V slide compound ...

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    HiKOKI hack: build your own hover trolley

    Fed up of lugging stuff around on site? How about building your own hover trolley to take the load off? N ...

    Fed up of lugging stuff around on site? How about building your own hover trolley to take the load off? Nick Chan at HiKOKI Power Tools shows you how. Materials you'll need: 1 sheet of ¾-inch plywood ...

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    Review: GMC power tools

    Tibby Singh takes a couple of GMC power tools for a ride to see how they handle. Global Machinery Company ...

    Tibby Singh takes a couple of GMC power tools for a ride to see how they handle. Global Machinery Company (GMC) is becoming more popular. If you’re wondering where in the globe it has come from, it wa ...

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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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