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1 - Easy to clean powder coated profileOther mixers that these new products will compete against are the DeWalt DW130V, which is a 9 Amp tool, and the Ridgid R7120, which is a 7.5 Amp tool.
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We are currently offering FREE SHIPPING on all of these Delta items. We'll also throw in a Black & Decker BDL400S CROSSHAIR 90° Auto Level Laser with any order over $599!
Porter Cable's new 390 and 390K Sander thrives through pressure using Porter Cable's new ENDURATECH Technology. This random orbit sander includes a BRUSHLESS MOTOR and a new compact design, which places the user's hand 31% closer to the material when compared to traditional palm sanders (such as the 333 Sander). This means better control for the user!
The ENDURATECH 3.5 Amp brushless motor also features Electronic Load Control which constantly monitors and maintains motor speed, resulting in 42% faster material removal according to Porter Cable engineers.
Because there are also fewer wearing parts (much like the Festool C12 cordless drill), the ENDURATECH motor will provide woodworkers with 5 to 10 times longer life than traditional motors!
We now have the new Porter Cable OMNIJIG set up in our showroom. The new OMNIJIG comes preassembled and calibrated right out of the box. Color coded onboard instructions ensure that it is also easy to use. Router bit depth gauges and template positioning stops combine to offer repeatability across applications. Add innovative details like a router stabilizer bar and variable-spaced fingers, and no other jig even comes close! Now you can make hundreds of joints with just one jig. The OMNIJIG is available in a 24" system - Model 77240, as well as a 16" system - Model 55160. The older Dovetail jigs - Porter Cable 4210 and Porter Cable 4212 - are still available.
We are currently offering Free Shipping on these and other Porter Cable tools!
In addition to those money-saving rebate offers, there are plenty of new products being introduced:
Wow, is Festool ever bringing it now! Three new tools will be introduced on May 1st, 2008: The MFK700 Modular Router, the OF2200 Router, and a new Multifunction Table, the MFT/3. Festool will follow that up with the introduction of the long-awaited Kapex 10” Sliding Compound Miter Saw on July 1st.
All four power tools adhere to Festool’s motto of ‘Faster/Easier/Smarter’. I would add ‘Cleaner’ to the mix, as all four tools will provide shops with plenty on dust-free action when used with one of Festool’s dust extractors. Festool continues to solidify itself as the most innovative power tool company in the world with these introductions. Here are some highlights of each new tool:
MFK700 Modular Router
Despite the price tag ($510), the MFK700 is a cost-saving multipurpose tool: quickly change the router base, rather than reaching for a different power tool, and you’ll be equipped to handle a wide range of routing applications. You are able to attach and remove all of the components of the MFK without using a tool. The MFK, with its 720 Watt motor, will quickly become the most versatile tool in your shop.
OF2200 Router
While it is usually hard to find a router with decent dust collection, the OF2200 router allows you to work cleaner with a retractable, spring-loaded 36-degree dust shroud. The shroud maximizes dust extraction while providing high visibility of the workpiece. The OF2200 also offers tremendous plunge depth capacity. With 3.15” of travel, the plunge depth is among the best in the industry. There is also a micro-adjustment knob to fine tune the plunge depth in increments of 1/256”! The four position depth stop turret provides pre-configurable plunge depths including a 5/64” finishing pass setting. Looking for power and stability? The OF2200 router features a triple bearing design which dampens spindle and bit deflection. With bearings at the top, middle and bottom, the spindle is less likely to wobble. This is particularly important considering the sheer power (2200 Watts!) and the centrifugal forces exerted with spinning large bits at speeds up to 22,000 RPM. One of my favorite features is the ratcheting collet. Press the spindle locking lever to disengage spindle movement, then use a single wrench to ratchet off the unwanted collet.
Kapex Sliding Compound Miter Saw
Festool fanatics have been waiting for this one! Finally a sliding compound miter saw that combines a large cutting capacity with a compact lightweight design that achieves the precision needed for high-quality results and detailed solutions to inspire any professional user. Why not try it for yourself?
You can preorder any of these new tools at BurnsTools.com.
Kreg is offering a $20 mail-in rebate for anyone who purchases a new Kreg Jig® K3 Master System (Item# K3MS), the ultimate package for pocket hole joinery from “The Pocket Hole Professionals”.
The K3 Kreg Jig is packed with loads of innovative new features. The first of these new features is a three drill guide block that can now be used in two separate tool bodies. Slide the block into the benchtop base and drill pocket holes on your workbench, or remove the drill guide block and quickly place it into the smaller, portable base for use on the job site. The face of the drill guide block now features a metal insert that will produce years of clean-cut pocket holes. In addition, the benchtop base features patent pending front side clamping that places the clamp handle on the same side as you drill - No more reaching around the workpiece to clamp! Are you tired of having to clean up wood chips after a day of drilling pocket holes? The benchtop base also accepts a snap-on dust collection shroud that can be easily connected to a shop-vac for chip free drilling! We’ve also built-in more height adjustment into the drill guide block, allowing you to center a screw in materials from 1/2” to 1-1/2” thick in 1/8” increments. Another new addition to the K3 model is the Material Support Stop. This innovative feature allows you to place pocket holes in exactly the same location on multiple workpieces for true production style pocket hole drilling. The stop is hinged so it can be easily moved out of the way when drilling panels. Quite simply, the Kreg Jig K3 Master System is the most feature packed pocket hole tool on the market, from the legendary leader in pocket hole technology. The Kreg Jig K3 Master System contains: (1) K3 Drill Guide Block, Benchtop Base, Portable Base, Dust Collection Shroud, Material Support Stop, Premium Face Clamp, 3/8” Step Drill Bit (KJD), 6” - #2 Driver Bit, 3” - #2 Driver Bit, Depth Collar, 1/8” Allen Wrench, SPS-C1 screws, SML-F125 screws, SML-C125 screws, SML-C150 screws, SML-C2 screws, SML-C250W screws. Carrying Case and Detailed Instruction Manual.
This document, written by Burns Tools' founder J.J. Burns in 1973, was just found when we recently moved our offices. The most interesting part is J.J. talking about hitching up his ox team with his grandfather as they went out lumberjacking in Nova Scotia:
"Striving is Our Objective"
My one great objective from the time I became associated and familiar with the ecology of saws related to their use in the cutting of things which have become too numerous to mention. I embarked into the field of saws, their use and functions. The act of cutting tools is an old one. Down through the ages of time more things have had to be cut. Some brought about by nature, more by the genius and efforts of man.
Way back in 1895 my Grandfather had a 'One-Man, One-Saw' up and down sawmill that ran from a water wheel. This mill was located on a small water brook in Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada. The foot or board sawing capacity of the mill was 1,000 feet per 11 hour day for 6 days a week, Monday to Saturday. Sunday being a church day, Grandfather would close down the gates of the wagon shed so as to store a pool of water for the next 6 days' sawing.
I recall as though it was only yesterday my Grandfather would hitch up the old ox team on a pair of front lumber wheels, then call out to me at 6:00 a.m., "Come Johnny let's get going!"
Off we went, oxen, carts, bag of hay, 6 quarts of corn meal for the oxen, a red bandana hanky with 4 hard-boilded eggs in the shell, a good sized onion, 4 or 5 homemade biscuits, salt and pepper, tea, a kettle, a fork and knife, and matches to build a fire to make dinner. This we did together day after day.
As time went on I grew up to be a young Lumber Jack, went to Maine into the woods as a Swamper, next a Yard Tender, from there to a Tree Lapper or Head Chopper, then a Foreman. As soon as the ice broke up in the rivers and lakes we would drive the logs down the rivers to the sawmill ponds where these logs were sawed into finishing material, such as boards, planks and other dimensions.
I worked from job to job in the sawmills meanwhile acquiring experience in all phases of operations.
My experience gained, by and large, started with my Grandfather in his one-man water wheel mill. Even today at this age of 80 I can survey the footage of standing timber to within 5%, plus or minus.
-J.J. Burns, 1973
We just set up two new pages at BurnsTools.com for your woodworking convenience: Kreg Tool and Rockler Woodworking & Hardware.
With products ranging from $7,499 down to $13, Kreg offers a full-line of pocket hole tools to fit every budget and production schedule. Three manual tools; the Mini Kreg Jig, Rocket Jig, and K3 Kreg Jig offer inexpensive solutions for individuals looking to get started with pocket hole joinery, while the semi-automatic Foreman machine and the fully-automatic Pro Series machines offer larger shops the speed and durability needed to produce production pocket holes. Kreg's newest line of Precision Measuring products are premium accessory upgrades to make the woodworking machines in your shop more accurate and easy to use.
The Rockler name speaks for itself, as it is a name that is synonomous with woodworking. For the first time, woodworkers, contractors and hobbyists will be able to stop in at Burns Tools in Fall River, Massachusetts to complete their woodworking projects. Burns Tools will be stocking hinges, knobs & pulls, drawyer slides, cabinet doors and drawyers, in addition to the machinery, power tools and tool accessories that we've been stocking for over 70 years!
You can go to the BurnsTools.com Rockler page to order your Rockler catalog now.
Heavy, Precise, and High Performance – Those are the key elements that Delta and Porter-Cable are stressing going forward when producing their power tools and machinery.
When somebody thinks of ‘woodworking’, the Delta Porter-Cable brand should be the first to jump to mind.
The way they are doing this is with quality, look, and ease of use. For example, the new OMNIJIG comes with a Norm Abram CD and is very easy to use. The are merchandizing better with a new look and more information on the tool’s box.
Delta is going to a silver and black look with a gloss finish. A blue accent will give the Delta Woodworking Machinery a visual pop.
As for products, the Delta Midi Lathe will have better castings. Delta will be promoted as “The Measure of Precision”.
The Porter-Cable brand is upping their warranty to match DeWalt’s 3-Year Warranty / 1-Year Free Service / 90-Day Guarantee.
Delta is also coming out with new products, led by a new Hybrid Table Saw with a 50” Biesemeyer fence system and the premium 36-946 miter gauge. The model number of this saw will be 36-750B.
Delta has 3 new drill presses out, the 20-950, 17-959LX, and 17-950L. All currently have special pricing. Porter-Cable 890 Router has major upgrades, including a newly designed plunge base with dust collection.
Upcoming launched include the replacing of the 31-255X drum sander by a redesigned 31-260X. There will be a new 22-790X 15” Planer with a 5-year warranty sometime in the first quarter of 2008. The AP400 dust collector will be redesigned and launched under the new model number 50-720/CT. It has a nice new look and is 1-micron. You can expect Porter-Cable’s OmniJig sometime in the late first quarter, also.
Porter-Cable has redesigned their nailers. The BN125 Brad Nailer will be replaced by model number BN138. The BN200A Brad Nailer will be replaced by the BN200B. The NS100A Narrow-Crown Stapler will be replaced by the NS100B, and the NS150A replaced by the NS150B. All will have rear-exhaust and be oil-free to keep contaminents away from your wood. The nailguns will carry a new 3-year warranty, come in a nice new case, and include safety glasses. You can expect these changes around March of 2008.
In February of 2008, they plan to launch new 3/8” drills, ½” drills, and new stud and joist drills.
A Dynabrade Tools page has been added to BurnsTools.com. This page will have value to shops that run pneumatic tools off of compressors. Dynabrade is a leader in the air tool manufacturing industry, and their Spirit and Supreme random orbit sanders are among the most popular among professionals.
Since 1969, Dynabrade has earned a reputation of excellence and a position of leadership in the innovative design and manufacturing of unique, portable, abrasive power tools and related accessories. With over six hundred quality tools in their product line, they are able to meet the specific needs of industrial and automotive aftermarkets. Dynabrade's products and accessories are used in grinding, deburring, filing, sanding and polishing applications on materials such as metal, wood, plastic, glass, rubber, stone and composites.
One of our saw blade suppliers, Amana Tool, received the prestigious Top Value Seal for 2 Amana Saw Blades that no woodworker should be without.
Wood Magazine put 28 leading general purpose saw blades to the test and 2 blades that stood out from the rest were our very own Amana PR1040 & TB10400
#PR1040 - The Blade that Does it All!
#TB10400 - Thin Kerf General Pupose Blade
To see the testing method in action, view the video for free at
http://www.woodmagazine.com/videos
Biscuit joining is the process of lining up and joining two workpieces. One of the most important, and challenging, jobs during the building of a piece of furniture is the lining-up, gluing, and clamping of two workpieces. The biscuit joiner makes this job simple.
A biscuit joiner is used to cut a circular slot into each workpiece that will be joined. Lamello biscuit joiners use a 6-tooth carbide-tipped blade that, when plunged into the workpiece, precisely cuts this circular slot out. This slot is created by the woodworker on both workpieces. The location of the slots are determined by where the woodworker wants the workpieces joined. After the slots are cut, wood glue is appied into the slots. The woodworker then takes a biscuit, which is a small football-shaped joining piece, and joins the two workpieces with it. Because the glue must dry before moving to the next step of the process, clamps are used to hold the pieces in place until the glue is dry. How long this takes depends on the type of wood glue that is being used. There are quick-set wood glues that can be used. The biscuits come in different sizes (#0 biscuits, #10 biscuits, #20 biscuits) so the user has options based on the size of the workpiece and the strength of hold that is needed.
Festool’s C12 12V Cordless Drill is the most imaginitive cordless tool you’ll find anywhere. With 5 different chucks, all of which lock into the drill with the turn of a wrist, this drill is a 5 cordless tools in one! There are chucks that turn it from a regular straight cordless drill, to a right angle cordless drill, to an offset cordless drill, to a drywall cordless screwgun, to a quick-change bit system!
The C12 is a lightweight, compact cordless drill with superb ergonomics. It is the first cordless drill with a brushless motor. This means no wearing parts! Which leads to extreme durability and long life.
The chuck that I find myself reaching for most often is the Centrotec Chuck. The Centrotec Chuck, which can also be bought as a starter set, is not just another quick change accessory. It actually replaces the straight chuck, which means there’s no extra length and no extra wobble. The Centrotec is light, about a half pound lighter that conventional chucks – which makes a difference on a big job. The bits simply snap in and out, which also saves you a lot of time. Pop a drill bit in, drill a hole, then release the drill bit and pop a screw bit in...all within seconds.
For anyone working inside cabinets, making drawyer carriages, or doing any assembly work in tight, cramped areas, the Right Angle Chuck and the Eccentric Chuck are invaluable. The Right Angle chuck lets you take one less drill to work...you might as well sell your old electric right angle drill on ebay! The Eccentric chuck offsets the bit to the side of the chuck. This lets you drill and drive fasteners straight, even right up against a wall!
The Depth Stop Chuck allows for precise depth setting regardless of material. Think of a high-quality drywall screwgun, but with more torque for more applications...but without a cord! An additional plus is the fact that most drywall screwguns require 2 hands, whereas using this chuck with the C12 drill can be done one-handed. Installing a bit is easy: take a standard 1" bit, grab the depth clutch in your left hand and twist the silver bit lock counterclockwise a quarter turn. Setting the depth is just as easy, as you turn the depth clutch on way or the other to raise or lower the set. Like I said, you can drive a screw with one hand, so this comes in extremely handy if you are holding up a sheet of drywall with the other hand. If you need to remove a screw for any reason, you can remove it by holding the green Quick Out ring to the left and reversing your drill. Because of the toque that the C12 delivers, you can also drive 3” deck screws with ease! Also consider how easy installing something like two layers of sub-floor would be with the C12 and Depth Stop Chuck!
Some people will balk at the price of the chucks added to the drill kit, but within a few uses you’ve got your money back in time saved and projects done. The C12 has the advantage of having quick release chucks. You don't have to carry around multiple drills (most with cords), and the C12 comes with a 30-day guarantee and 3-year warranty! If you want the best, the lightest, and the most innovative, you owe it to yourself to give the drill a try.
Woodworkers, Solid Surface Fabricators, and Auto Body Shops can all make their jobs a little easier by investing in a Festool Rotex Sander. The sander has dual-mode capability which makes heavy removal, fine finishing, and even polishing a snap!
Contractors and woodworkers can bring a rough, raw piece of wood to a glorious fine-finish shine within minutes with the RO150FEQ 6” Rotex Sander and the RO125FEQ 5” Rotex Sander. The steps go something like this:
