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Sights, Sounds, and More Tool News From Las Vegas

July 16th, 2009 in blogs     
GEide Gina Eide, web producer
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The splinter... a car made out of wood was featured at one of the displays at the AWFS show. Check it out in a video clip by The Wood Whisperer.
A sneak peek of Makitas new plunge saw in a video snippet below.
The Wood Whisperers is reporting from the floor of the AWFS show in Las Vegas.
The splinter... a car made out of wood was featured at one of the displays at the AWFS show. Check it out in a video clip by The Wood Whisperer.

The splinter... a car made out of wood was featured at one of the displays at the AWFS show. Check it out in a video clip by The Wood Whisperer.

Photo: Courtesy of The Wood Whisperer
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For more reporting from the AWFS tool show… we’re turning to the Wood Whisperer Marc Spagnuolo… he’s been uploading short clips to YouTube to bring folks at home closer to the action on the convention-room floor.

First, check out Makita's new plunge saw (sorry, you don't get to see the saw in action):

Bench cookies... scope out this handy and inexpensive new tool. For more information read a post by FWW editor Asa Christiana.

See what Spagnuolo calls the cheapest Festool sander ever:

Whoa... a wooden car:

Cool... watch a demonstration of someone turning a baseball bat on the show floor:

For more video snippets… check out the video widget on the Wood Whisperer's site.


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Comments (3)

GEide writes: Toolhunter: Which company are you talking about? Posted: 1:45 pm on July 24th
toolhunter126 writes: Since I wasn't there I have been searching the magazine blog sites for as much info as possible. I noticed that one tool company launched approx 20 new tools to the market. Was looking for comments but found none here. Did I miss it? Posted: 6:30 pm on July 21st
MBerger writes: Love the festool sanding block! Fits all those sticky-backed sanding discs I have laying around. Posted: 2:24 pm on July 16th
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