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Tools + Equipment

Tool Review: Cordless Bosch GLI-18V-10000C Floodlight

Wood flooring pros Amber and Sean Dodson review the performance of the Cordless Bosch GLI-18V-10000C Floodlight for the wood flooring job site.

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2021 Wood Flooring Software and Technology Product Focus

Software and technology are an essential part of running a wood floor business today. The products featured in this annual Product Focus aim to help make the job easier. Does your company have a product that should be featured here? Send it to us at [email protected].

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Tool Review: Makita LXT Cordless Backpack Dry Vacuum

Wood flooring pro and vacuum aficionado David Merrill tries the Makita LXT Cordless Backpack Dry Vacuum on his job sites and shares his thoughts.

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Do You Have an Old Tool You Just Can’t Get Rid Of?

Wood flooring pros show us which tools they've held onto for many years.

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Sponsored Advertorial: Streamline Your Workflow with Shaper Origin

From inlays to Dutchman patches and more, here are some ways Shaper Origin can streamline your workflow.

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Sponsored Blog: How to Check Your Moisture Meter’s Calibration in Three Easy Steps

It's important to periodically check the calibration on your moisture meter to make sure you're getting accurate readings—here's how to do that.

It's important to periodically check the accuracy of your moisture meter's readings.

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Sponsored: A Portable CNC Machine: ‘This Was the Problem Solver!’

This company found that the hand-held Origin portable CNC machine filled a need that nothing else could.

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Sponsored: Hand-Held Precision CNC Cutting on the Job Site

How high-end wood flooring pro Mark Scheller pulled off an otherwise nearly impossible job with the help of the Shaper Origin hand-held CNC machine.

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Sponsored Blog: How to Manually Make Species Corrections for Wood

Moisture meter expert Tom Laurenzi explains how to accurately adjust for the wood species when taking moisture meter readings of wood flooring.

Make sure you know if your meter has a built-in species correction, like this J-2000 from Delmhorst Instrument Co., or if you have to manually correct the moisture meter reading.

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Wood Flooring Q&A: Which Compressor Should I Buy for my Nailer?

Wood flooring pro Stephen Diggins explains some factors to consider when pairing up a compressor with a pneumatic wood flooring nailer.

When in doubt, check with the nailer manufacturer to make sure your compressor is right for your nailer.

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Wood Flooring Trick of the Trade: Is the Square Square?

Wood flooring pro Joe Clarke of Joe Clarke Hardwood Services shares a traditional method for knowing if your carpenters square is really square, and how to adjust it if it isn't.

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Ask and Ye Shall Receive: Videos of a Floor Grooving Jig

Joseph Statti grooves flooring as his father did before him, and his grandfather before him ... see the videos he shared for grooving wood flooring using a specialty tool and jig.

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