The Canadian Tire Flyer is a dud this week as far as tool deals are concerned, but the Home Hardware flyer carries over from last week and there are a few items in it.
There are good deals on work clothes at both Zellers and Mark's Work Wear. Mark's has some nice looking sherpa lined, hooded, cotton duck work shirts at 25% off, as well as some other work wear and several models of work boots on sale. Zellers has a big sale on Dickies brand work wear, including short and long sleeve shirts and hooded insulated shirts. Dickies work pants, jeans, carpenter's jeans and cotton duck bib overalls are also on as are their work belts, socks and boots.
If you are looking for a nice set of cordless power tools I saw a great deal on a 4 piece set of 18 volt lithium Makitas on the Mississauga Hardware website. The kit includes the hammer drill, impact driver, sawzall and skillsaw along with 2 batteries and the charger in a soft case for only $489. The tools are the blue ones with the full sized batteries and not to be confused with the cheaper white compact models. I have used the compacts at work and was disappointed with the run time on the batteries. The full sized tools are still very light and handy compared to the nickle cadmium batteries and their tools that most of us are used to.
The October flyers for House of Tools and KMS Tools should be up later in the week if want to check them out.
Friday, September 26, 2008
Friday, September 19, 2008
Where's The Deals?
Pickings are slim At Canadian Tire this week with only some Mastercraft items on sale. At Home Hardware though, until October 4th, 20oz. Estwing ripping hammers are on sale for $23.99 . Also on are Stanley Fat Max 25' tapes for $19.97, regular $27.99.
TSC, the Tractor Supply Store is the place again this week for deals on workwear. They have a special buy on quilted flannel shirts for only $9.99. At 1/2 price are the quilted flannel shirts with the fleece hoods are only $14.99. There are several styles of work boots on at 25% off and some Tough Duck outerwear on at 20 and 25% off. If you have been thinking about an auto-darkening welding helmet, they also have the Hobart auto-darkening with variable shades on for $149.99. Hobart is owned by Miller and so they should be decent helmets. The 9-12 variable shade will allow you to adjust the tint for different conditions or welding processes - as in lighter for arc welding and darker for MIG welding. If you want the best and are willing to spend $300 plus check out the ones from Miller or Speed Glass at Praxair or at Liquid Air.
TSC, the Tractor Supply Store is the place again this week for deals on workwear. They have a special buy on quilted flannel shirts for only $9.99. At 1/2 price are the quilted flannel shirts with the fleece hoods are only $14.99. There are several styles of work boots on at 25% off and some Tough Duck outerwear on at 20 and 25% off. If you have been thinking about an auto-darkening welding helmet, they also have the Hobart auto-darkening with variable shades on for $149.99. Hobart is owned by Miller and so they should be decent helmets. The 9-12 variable shade will allow you to adjust the tint for different conditions or welding processes - as in lighter for arc welding and darker for MIG welding. If you want the best and are willing to spend $300 plus check out the ones from Miller or Speed Glass at Praxair or at Liquid Air.
Friday, September 12, 2008
Where's The Deals?
There is a large selection of tools on sale in this week's Canadian Tire flyer. Several Stanley toolboxes including the mobile tool chest are on at 25% off, as well as assorted Stanley hammers and Fubars. There is a nice looking 149 piece black chrome Stanley socket set on for $119.99, regular $299.99. Assorted Johnson levels are on for 25% off and Irwin Quick Grip clamps are on for 40% off.
New flyers are out for House Of Tools and KMS Tools and there are items that caught my eye in each. You'll find their web pages in my list of links.
New flyers are out for House Of Tools and KMS Tools and there are items that caught my eye in each. You'll find their web pages in my list of links.
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Where's The Deals?
I'm back up and running with a new and larger power supply thanks to some excellent and speedy work by Island Microtek.
This week Canadian Tire has the genuine versions of two often copied tools on sale. Wiss brand aviation snips are on for 35% off at $11.29. Also on, at 30% off are Picquic multi-bit screwdrivers from $4.89 - $9.39. If you are not familiar with Picquics check out my blog entry from June 27th, 2008.
If you find yourself looking at the Wiss snips and are unsure which pair to buy I'll give you a couple of tips. If you are buying snips for steel stud work, ignore the right hand vs. left hand designations on the packaging. They are correct for how you would use them in other applications, but exactly opposite for steel stud work. If you are right handed you will be best served with green snips and if you are left handed you will be best served with red snips. Many guys get caught up with what is on the package and learn to make do with the opposite pair and thus you will see an awful lot of red snips in use with right handed guys who would be better of with greens. As for the yellows, there are a lot of guys who use them, and there are other uses they are good for, but in my opinion yellows are not a good choice for interior systems work. If I have the time I will try to upload some pictures to demonstrate why the one works better than the other. If you already have the wrong pair and are kicking yourself, don't worry, you really need both. There are some applications like shadow wall mold where you have to make cuts from both directions. The difference is the amount of use you will put on the "off" pairs. In over 20 years of use I am only on my 3rd pair of reds, but have likely gone through 10 times that in greens. Wiss makes 2 other types of snips that are very good for some parts of interior system work. The first type is bull dog or notching snips. They feature heavy short blades for cutting thick materials. The other type are the Wiss Multi-masters with the long blades. They work great for cutting expanded wire lath. My last tips are to carry at least 2 pair in your tool box and a replacement spring. This way you can save your newest pair for finish work like t-bar ceilings and vinyl and metal trims, while using the older pair for framing. With a replacement spring you'll be back up and running when you inevitably break a spring
It's a good week to buy work cloths at the Tractor Supply Store, a.k.a. TSC. On sale are Dickies unlined cotton duck overalls for 25% off at $33.49. At 40% off, are Dickies work socks. Several styles of workboots are on for 20% off and Riggs denim and their cotton rip-stop carpenters pants are on for $23.99 at 40% off. For the girls, at 30% and 50% off respectively are Dickies' women's hooded flannel shirts and Dickies' women's work pants.
This week Canadian Tire has the genuine versions of two often copied tools on sale. Wiss brand aviation snips are on for 35% off at $11.29. Also on, at 30% off are Picquic multi-bit screwdrivers from $4.89 - $9.39. If you are not familiar with Picquics check out my blog entry from June 27th, 2008.
If you find yourself looking at the Wiss snips and are unsure which pair to buy I'll give you a couple of tips. If you are buying snips for steel stud work, ignore the right hand vs. left hand designations on the packaging. They are correct for how you would use them in other applications, but exactly opposite for steel stud work. If you are right handed you will be best served with green snips and if you are left handed you will be best served with red snips. Many guys get caught up with what is on the package and learn to make do with the opposite pair and thus you will see an awful lot of red snips in use with right handed guys who would be better of with greens. As for the yellows, there are a lot of guys who use them, and there are other uses they are good for, but in my opinion yellows are not a good choice for interior systems work. If I have the time I will try to upload some pictures to demonstrate why the one works better than the other. If you already have the wrong pair and are kicking yourself, don't worry, you really need both. There are some applications like shadow wall mold where you have to make cuts from both directions. The difference is the amount of use you will put on the "off" pairs. In over 20 years of use I am only on my 3rd pair of reds, but have likely gone through 10 times that in greens. Wiss makes 2 other types of snips that are very good for some parts of interior system work. The first type is bull dog or notching snips. They feature heavy short blades for cutting thick materials. The other type are the Wiss Multi-masters with the long blades. They work great for cutting expanded wire lath. My last tips are to carry at least 2 pair in your tool box and a replacement spring. This way you can save your newest pair for finish work like t-bar ceilings and vinyl and metal trims, while using the older pair for framing. With a replacement spring you'll be back up and running when you inevitably break a spring
It's a good week to buy work cloths at the Tractor Supply Store, a.k.a. TSC. On sale are Dickies unlined cotton duck overalls for 25% off at $33.49. At 40% off, are Dickies work socks. Several styles of workboots are on for 20% off and Riggs denim and their cotton rip-stop carpenters pants are on for $23.99 at 40% off. For the girls, at 30% and 50% off respectively are Dickies' women's hooded flannel shirts and Dickies' women's work pants.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Technical Difficulties
Sorry guys, I'm suffering major technical difficulties (my power supply burned out in the heat wave) and will not likely be able to do the "Where's The Deals?" entry this week.
Hope to have my own computer back up and running soon.
Hope to have my own computer back up and running soon.
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