A chainsaw is a portable mechanical saw, powered by electricity, compressed air, hydraulic power, or most commonly a two-stroke engine. They can also clear fallen branches after a storm in a fraction of the time you'd spend with a hand saw. ...
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Japan's Sharp booked another huge loss on Tuesday, and unveiled its latest turnaround plan, which includes relying on partnerships with Samsung Electronics and Foxconn Technology Group for business, sacking top management, and expanding ...
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How often do you give your power tools a tune up? I know it is not always easy or convenient, but hopefully you don't wait until something goes terribly wrong before you give your tools the attention they need. To make power tool ...
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To help ensure that you achieve the torque accuracy required of your application, it is important to select a power tool with low scatter and low mean shift. Joint stiffness varies, so it's necessary to make an allowance for it to achieve ...
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The Ixo Gourmet will be available as a limited edition between now and Christmas, and is a follow-up to the purely corkscrew version, the Ixo Vino. Bosch says it will accompany the launch with recipe tips on Facebook and YouTube, taking ...
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Snap-on is ranked among the "Top 100 Franchises for Veterans," and the only mobile tool franchise, in Franchise Business Review's (FBR) special report for 2012. The Snap-on Franchise is recognized in the survey for providing honorably ...
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The cordless drill/driver is by far the most popular portable power tool of all time, and it’s not going to lose that title anytime soon. However, cordless drills are beginning to lose ground to a relatively new type of cordless tool, ...
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Sri Lanka Design Festival's(SLDF)2012 edition is taking shape with an all-encompassing portrayal of the best of Sri Lankan apparel and backward integration industries.The many apparel focused events at the festival bring together the ...
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Nearly 40 jobs could be lost at power tool giant Makita in Telford which is facing a ‘restructuring’ initiative brought in to cope with the impact of the global economy. Under the plans, manufacturing of motors and tools at ...
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IDG News Service-When it comes to analyzing big data,software packages such as Hadoop or the R statistical language come readily to mind.But at least one company,AppNexus,also relies on the Python programming language to help conduct ...
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Robert Bosch Power Tool Corp. and Simpson Strong-Tie Co. have signed an agreement to jointly pursue sales, marketing and product development opportunities in the concrete construction market, according to a joint announcement. The alliance ...
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Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK) said fiscal third-quarter earnings slipped as margins narrowed, triggering the power tool maker to revise its fiscal 2012 forecast. Net earnings attributable to shareholders fell to $115 million or 69 ...
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When cordless power tools started getting good, back around 2006, manufacturers always said a cordless random-orbital sander was out of the question. Too much continuous power draw, they said. The batteries couldn't handle it. The closest ...
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Danaher Corp (DHR.N) and Cooper Industries (CBE.N) will sell their hand and power tools joint venture, Apex Tool Group, to Bain Capital for about $1.6 billion, joining a growing group of U.S. conglomerates that is divesting its non-core ...
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WOODWORKING is a tricky skill to master. Students learn to measure carefully before they reach for a saw, and to cut as true to the design as hand and eye allow. But, even so, precise cutting is a painstaking job, full of pitfalls and ...
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