Out of season bargains

I just got done putting a bunch of winter wear items on clearance on our site, and I was pretty amazed by what prices we put on them to move them out of our warehouse. I don't normally try to "pimp" merchandise so directly in my blog, but well, we need to make some room and I really like these products. So, if you have room in your winter clothes closet or like doing your Christmas shopping way in advance, you might want to consider some of these items. Most of these items are limited to stock we have on hand.

First off, almost every glove we carry is on sale for what ToolBarn employees pay. This is a substantial savings over even our usual low prices. Many of these gloves are from Revco / Black Stallion, and include their great and versatile Tool Handz series of gloves (you can read my write up on the 99PRO-BLK gloves). Browse our glove selection and I'd imagine you'd be surprised with the wide variety of gloves we carry.

Secondly, we have every product we carry by Justin Original Workwear on sale. Justin is best known for boots, but after we got these in last fall, I'd say Justin could definitely give Carhartt a run for their money when it comes to winter coveralls and work coats. Unfortunately, it seems, that the lack of name recognition hurts Justin's sales.

Justin makes insulated work clothes like coveralls now just $97, bib overalls now $72.75, chore coats now $60 and hooded jackets for just $55. They actually implemented some really nice features that my much more expensive coveralls definitely didn't have. The jackets and coveralls have interior pockets, one of which is designed to hold your cell phone. Sure, you could put it any number of other pockets, but the pocket design should accommodate most cells and keep them easy to get to. The bib overalls have elastic knit sides that should keep you warm without limiting your range of motion. Directly below are some nice drawings from Justin illustrating the other nice features.

Milwaukee's Pneumatic Nailers and Staplers

Please note: I intended to publish this about a month ago, but with our move into our new facility and other issues, that goal obviously slipped. Still good info even though this is no longer a preview of an upcoming tool, but of a tool that should be available now.

I got the opportunity to get a little hands-on preview of Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation's newest addition to their product line: pneumatic nail guns and a staple gun. Dave N, our Milwaukee rep stopped in with his demo units of almost all of their new tools, and in exchange for our knowledge on air tools, he let me get some photos of many of the nice features on these tools.

I'm going to write up articles on each major family of these tools, i.e. roofing nailer, framing nailers, finish nailers and brad nailer. The article on Milwaukee's coil roofing nailer, the 7120-21 is already up. I will link to them all here and at the end of this entry. In the mean time, this article will cover common features to all the tools and otherwise be a reference about what Milwaukee hopes to achieve with these air guns. They have issued a press release about the tools, which I will comment on here as well.

Milwaukee Tool is promising that the tools are going to be tough, or as every tool company under the sun likes to say "heavy-duty." The also promise that the pneumatics are going to meet the needs of the contractors that use them, whether they are roofers, framers, finish carpenters or remodelers. Of course, I'm guessing that we'll see a fair share end up in the hands of the high-end do-it-yourself crowd, after all why should professionals have all the fun?

All the tools features some common features and traits. A quick rundown of those features are magnesium housings, tool-free depth-of-drive adjustment, selectable triggers providing contact actuation or single sequential actuation modes, built-in self-cleaning air filter, tool-free adjustable exhaust with muffler, internal piston catch to keep the piston at optimum firing power, and rubber over-molded handle and trigger. One other feature to mentions is they are all covered under Milwaukee's 5 Year Warranty. I'll have more specifics on these features in some of the write ups I do.

The tools in the line up are:

Coil Roofing Nailer, Milwaukee's model 7120-21 • Hands On Review • ToolBarn product page
3-1/2" Clipped Head Framing Nailer, Milwaukee's model 7110-20
• ToolBarn product page
3-1/2" Round Head Framing Nailer, Milwaukee's model 7100-20
• ToolBarn product page
18 gauge Brad Nailer, Milwaukee's model 7150-21
• ToolBarn product page
16 gauge Straight Finish Nailer, Milwaukee's model 7145-21
• ToolBarn product page
15 gauge Angled Finish Nailer, Milwaukee's model 7140-21
• ToolBarn product page
18 gauge Narrow Crown Stapler, Milwaukee's model 7155-21
• ToolBarn product page