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Johnson has come out with a couple of new torpedo levels designed to meet the specific needs of tradesmen. These 6-inch and 9-inch levels are not your typical plastic torpedo levels but instead are machined out of solid aluminum and offer other professional features.

The World of Concrete trade show is going on right now in Vegas and all of the major brands are there showing off their new 4.0Ah 18-volt batteries. Well, not all of the brands. Makita seems to be taking a pass on 4.0Ah and thinks 6.0Ah is the answer.

The Milwaukee M12 HammerVac is a dust extractor that collects the dust that your rotary hammer makes while drilling, but unlike other cordless rotary hammer vacuums, the HammerVac works on other brand's drills too.

Can't find the tool that you need because it is lost somewhere inside of a tangled mess, inside of a drawer? That is where Francis Wall was before he designed the ToolHanger, his hanging tool organization system.

A couple of years ago Johnson Level first introduced their bamboo levels. Bamboo is advantageous to use for a number of reasons including strength and sustainability, so is it any wonder that they have decided to introduce a line of T-Bevels and Try-Squares that use the fast growing grass?

Makita has been making a real effort to offer dust collection accessory options for many of their new tools, which is something I really like, but until now they have been without an actual dust extractor of their own. So what does Makita and their new Xtraxt Vac (VC4710) have to offer?

Milwaukee Tool has been really targeting and capturing the speciality tool market with their cordless line over the last few years. While most of their speciality tools fall under their M12 line, the newly announced Milwaukee cordless grease gun will indeed be powered by 18-volts.

While Veto Pro Pac has been making mostly messenger style bags since they first started, at the AHR (Air Conditioning, Heating, Refrigeration) Expo they announced that their first backpack style tool bag will be arriving this summer. Veto is not only a leader in tool bags, but they are also the brand that everyone dreams of owning, so I have a feeling their new backpack will be well accepted.

Have you been waiting, hoping that the money you have saved will be enough to find yourself with a shiny new Festool Product? Well you better spend that money fast, because a price increase is heading to Festool products at the beginning of next month.

It looks like Rockwell Tools is bringing the 14.4V cordless class back from the dead. With 18V tools becoming more powerful than ever and 12V tools becoming smaller than ever, Rockwell is looking to fill the gap.