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Never Underestimate The Quality Of Your Clamps
Wood and metal working clamps tend to be some of the most underrated tools in a workshop, but they serve a crucial role. Having low-quality clamps not only causes user frustrations but all your hours of hard work could be undone when your finished piece is not square because the steel of your clamp bent during the setting phase or wood bite leaves you with an ugly finish. Well-trained, professional craftsmen know just how important a set of quality clamps...
STABILA Tools – IP Rating Explanation
An IP rating is a way of showing how effective an item is at blocking out foreign bodies. It's how STABILA ensures your tools are as durable as you need them to be.
How To Anchor Into Masonry
When it comes to fixing an anchor into masonry it is typically used to infill load-bearing walls in conjunction with reinforced concrete columns or as internal partitioning. Masonry is everywhere and Jobsite professionals need to know how to go about anchoring into it to ensure a solid and secure hold that will stand the test of time. Masonry structures contribute a large portion to the building and construction industry in South Africa. Masonry walls are made up of individual blocks (brick,...
Safety Taken Seriously
Milwaukee Tools is committed to delivering solutions that not only meet users’ needs and overcome frustrations, but help users stay safe while working on the Jobsite. Milwaukee tools is more than just a power tool company, it’s a solutions provider and the launch of the new Milwaukee Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) ensures users remain safe and productive. Milwaukee’s range of gloves, safety glasses, high visibility safety vests, tool lanyards, hearing protection, and accessories have been...
Track, Control & Manage Your Tools With ONE-KEY
When working on any jobsite there’s always the risk of things, like tools and consumables going missing, and a lost tool not only causes your productivity levels to drop but if it isn’t found will cost money to replace. Another challenge when working on a construction site is tools being damaged because users operate the tool for a given application using the incorrect settings causing tool damage and cost to fix or replace a tool. As a power tool supplier...
Improve Your Woodworking Output With BESSEY Clamps
High-quality clamps are a necessity that every woodworking workshop should have. For no other reason than consistently delivering high-quality wooden pieces. Today we want to share some reasons why BESSEY’s range of clamps allows you to deliver more output, faster by looking at the clamp materials used to manufacture BESSEY clamps.
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Plastic Versus Nylon Wall Plugs
Plastic Versus Nylon Wall Plugs is a question everyone should ask themselves before purchasing wall plugs. The most widely used method of securing an item to a brick, concrete, hollow block, and other structural building materials is by a plug and a screw inserted into the plug and tightened to expand in the base material. As is the case with different building materials requiring different fixing technologies, it is important to note that while a wall plug may look the...
LAX 600 – One Laser For Every Application
Just imagine only needing one tool to get all your alignment, layout, and installation work done. STABILA’s innovative new 12V battery-powered LAX 600 multiline laser has three 360° laser line functionality making all your indoor measurements and layout work fast and accurate. The LAX 600 allows you to work over three planes across 360° for efficient levelling in the horizontal and vertical positions at the same time, while...
Clamps – How To Find Your Fix
Bessey clamps have been manufactured using the highest quality steel, meaning they do not buckle and bend, and due to their clamping force users can rest assured that there will be no slipping or movement issues on their workpiece. Let us help you decide on your fix.
