FEATURES
The market is
overflowing
with new and
innovative
tools.
Alpen-Maykestag managing director, Wolfgang Stangassinger, with the new Alpen Sprint
Master and Pro drills.
One can easily regulate clamping pressure with a simple
thumbscrew. Just set your desired pressure by turning the
thumbscrew for more or less pressure. Once the pressure is
set, the clamp maintains consistent clamping pressure with
differing thickness.
Wood Project Clamps are designed to withstand years of
heavy use, thanks to heavy-duty, all-metal construction.
They also have ergonomic padded grips for comfort and
are easy to use.
HAND IN GLOVE FOR PERFECT SANDING
The Tork Craft Sanding Glove must be one of the best
kept secrets in the industry today, when it comes to the
fine touch of sanding, this 17-piece Sanding Glove
accessory kit is the ideal sanding solution for sanding
difficult pieces of equipment, the glove gives you total
control, allows you to get to difficult hard to reach places
and for an even sanding finish which does not happen with
the best of the power sanders.
It’s perfect for working with expensive or antique
furniture where you need the gentle touch and allows ease
of use and control. The glove itself is non-woven fabric of
cowsplit leather double palm with foam padding, 3D mesh
fabric back section with a Velcro front surface for the
sanding units. The PU adjustment offers user great
protection as it’s made from breathable fabric and is
fully washable.
Ideal for sanding, drywalls, all woods, metal, cars and
motorcycles, fine furniture anything that needs a careful
sanding job.
SHORTER DRILLING TIME, LONGER SERVICE
The new Alpen Sprint Master and is a universal twist drill
bit that reduces the drilling time by a third due to
optimised drill bit geometry.
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This is made possible by the special Alpen innovative
cutting edge.
Another plus point is the drill bit offers a three times
longer service life, due to Alpen’s high quality HSS steel
and the tool undergoes a special heat treatment. The Alpen
Sprint Master is particularly suitable for use in hand-held
drills or for machining alloyed and unalloyed steel.
The second twist drill bit innovation, is the Alpen Pro,
besides having a reduced cross-cutting edge and an
optimised drill bit core, it also features a point angle of
135 degrees with a C-shaped point thinning. Due to the
special split point, it is even faster and will last twice as
long as other drill bits.
The Alpen Pro scores highly thanks to narrow tolerances
and high concentricity and are ideally suitable for
machining alloyed and unalloyed steel.
With an export rate of more than 80%, the Alpen
Salzburg company, is one of the industry’s global players.
COMPACT, PORTABLE, VERSATILE,
HEAVY DUTY
The Centipede heavy duty portable workbench or table
base is a compact Portable Work System. It is light weight
easy to handle and sets up in seconds without assembly
and folds down into a compact, lightweight unit for easy
transportation and convenient storage.
Its flexible and durable steel frame supports an
incredible amount of weight, making it perfect for use as
the ultimate sawhorse, to support thin materials without
sagging allowing one to do clean cuts with no breaking.
They include accessories to hold boards in place a two-
person job becomes easy for one, ideal track saw stand,
with its easy set up offers a large level work surface.
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