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   teachshop | Apr 01, 2008 02:24am | #1

   I don't no how new it is, but I picked up a great caulk gun at the western tool booth. The tajima, http://www.tajimatool.com/shopping/2convoy.htm I haven't had a chance to try it yet.

    

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   JJV | Apr 01, 2008 06:01pm | #2

   I spent a lot of time looking at the new Festools.  That's about as close as I will ever get to them because no matter how advanced it is, I ain't spending a grand for a router  :-)

   I did buy a new Veto bag and a Cadex pinner. 

   It was a great show, though.  It gets bigger each year-they had some guy demonstrating the latest and greatest EZ crown cutting system, and he was basically shoehorned into an alcove with a loading door.  No floor space to be had at all. 

    

   Most nights are crystal clear, but tonight it's like he's stuck between stations.

   
   

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   Edited 4/1/2008 11:02 am ET by JJV

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   MarkH | Apr 02, 2008 10:12pm | #7

   Did you see the new Bostitch nail guns that have a rotating magazine and shoot two sizes of fasteners?

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   JJV | Apr 02, 2008 10:25pm | #8

   No, that one I missed, and I spent time at the Bostich area too-I think I tried every kind of pinner at the show.  I missed the one you're talking about, though. 

   Most nights are crystal clear, but tonight it's like he's stuck between stations.

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   MarkH | Apr 02, 2008 10:52pm | #9

   That was a late april fools joke. There is an inventor here developing a gun like that.

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   JJV | Apr 02, 2008 10:58pm | #10

   D'oh!  You know, after seeing some of the things out there (I mean, a saw that stops the blade when it cuts a hot dog??), a dual nailer didn't seem like much of a stretch!  

   Most nights are crystal clear, but tonight it's like he's stuck between stations.

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   fingers | Apr 01, 2008 08:32pm | #3

   Yeah!  Some nice things. 

   The guys I went with were complaining that it seems to be turning into a deck show.  How many different kinds of synthetic decking can one look at in one day.

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   reinvent | Apr 02, 2008 03:31pm | #4

   You ever go to a home show? It's all replacement windows and jacuzies.

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   MikeHennessy | Apr 02, 2008 04:48pm | #5

   "You ever go to a home show? It's all replacement windows and jacuzies."

   And furnaces/boilers.

   I go to them just to watch the guys selling knives, dusters, sweepers, pots, pans, etc. Now THAT's entertainment!

   Mike HennessyPittsburgh, PA

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   USAnigel | Apr 09, 2008 05:56am | #11

   I went to the Philly home show and besides the tubs and windows ONE company was pushing solar power!

   Disappointing to say the least!

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   VTNorm | Apr 02, 2008 10:02pm | #6

   I had the same thought; the number of decking companies was up there but I think the railing guys beat them out this year.

   -Norm