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The best tools of the trade
When it comes to timber construction, the market is overflowing with new and innovative tools. Here are some tools that are taking the market by storm.
By Ntsako Khosa | Images courtesy of Vermont Sales
SawStop is the world safest table saw.
NO MORE CUTTING, NICKING OR LOSING A FINGER
Hobbyists, contractors, cabinet makers, DIY’ ers, celebrities and educators choose SawStop every day. It’ s the nocompromise SawStop engineering that makes them choose these saws. The safety comes first, and is followed by unmatched quality, precision and meticulous engineering. SawStop saws are built to last, built to cut and built to protect.
Table saws cause tens of thousands of serious injuries every year. In fact, there is a table saw accident in the United States every nine minutes and 10 amputations every single day. SawStop minimises the chance of such injuries by stopping the blade within five milliseconds of contact. That is 10 times faster than a car’ s airbag, 10 times faster than your reflexes can respond to danger.
When SawStop appeared on the market in 2005, the saws took the industry by storm. SawStop addressed a problem that seemed unsolvable, and that most had accepted as the norm. Media large and small, from
Time Magazine to bloggers across the internet lauded this amazing marriage of innovation and quality.
QUICK, CONVENIENT CLAMPING
Kregs new Automaxx clamp range make clamping tasks fast and fool proof. They automatically adjust to match the thickness of your material whether it’ s thick or thin or inbetween. Just set the clamping pressure you want once and Automaxx technology will do the rest. The clamps are available in Face, Bench and Bar Clamp models with several size options.
Automaxx Auto-Adjust Technology, Wood Project Clamps adjust to match material thickness automatically with a simple squeeze of handles, you can clamp a 2x4 block and a piece of plywood without ever readjusting the clamp. It also allows you to use one hand when clamping and unclamping.
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