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July 23, 2026

Buying Guides

What does it do? Makita 12V Max CXT Reciprocating Saw & Speaker Kit

What does it do? Makita 12V Max CXT Reciprocating Saw & Speaker Kit Welcome to the first entry of “What does it do?” A series where we look at all sorts of products from Acme Tools and break them down for you! Read More
DEWALT Tags:

April 6, 2026

Deal Alerts

Are These The Best DEWALT Discounts Of The Spring Season?

Are These The Best DEWALT Discounts Of The Spring Season? Let's have a little real talk before we get to the goods. If you’re running a crew, framing houses, or just trying to keep your own property from falling apart, you know the painful reality of buying new equipment. The sticker shock is enough to make any hardworking American contractor or serious DIYer sick to their stomach. You need the premium yellow-and-black gear to get the job done right, but you also need to keep enough cash in your pocket to turn a profit this month. We hear you loud and clear, and we’re stepping in to fix it. Read More
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March 27, 2026

Buying Guides

Makita 18V LXT Lawn Care Combo Kits: Complete Cordless Mower & Blower Solutions for Homeowners & Pros

Makita 18V LXT Lawn Care Combo Kits: Complete Cordless Mower & Blower Solutions for Homeowners & Pros Ditch the predictable Saturday morning struggle of ripping a pull cord until your shoulder aches. The era of smelling like mixed gas and dealing with flooded carburetors is officially over. Today's job sites and sprawling home properties demand instant, relentless power without the massive maintenance headaches. Makita has completely rewritten the rules for outdoor power equipment, and its 18V LXT ecosystem is engineered to turn a grueling weekend chore into an absolute masterclass in efficiency. Read More
Bosch Tags:

March 21, 2026

New Products

Bosch's NEW GCB18v-5 5" Band Saw Showcase | Here's What You NEED To Know!

Bosch's NEW GCB18v-5 5" Band Saw Showcase | Here's What You NEED To Know! Listen up. There is a very specific type of misery reserved for the guy who must drag a corded dinosaur across a crowded job site to hack through thick conduit. If you are still throwing a massive shower of hot sparks every time you need to cut a pipe, you are doing it completely wrong and wasting valuable time. It is time to cut the cord and bring some serious, spark-free efficiency to your daily grind. Read More
DEWALT Tags:

March 21, 2026

Product Guides

DEWALT 20V MAX XR 1/4 Inch Quiet Hydraulic Impact Driver

DEWALT 20V MAX XR 1/4 Inch Quiet Hydraulic Impact Driver Let's be completely honest for a second. Absolutely nobody wants to be the guy on the crew who sounds like he is operating a heavy machine gun inside a finished kitchen at seven in the morning. If you are handling finish carpentry, hanging custom cabinetry, or working in an occupied residential space, rattling your client's teeth out of their skull is a fantastic way never to get another referral. You need serious fastening power, but you also need to read the room. That is exactly where this specific impact driver steps onto the scene and completely changes the way you ... Read More
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March 20, 2026

Product Guides

Makita LXT Combo Kits Compared: Which 2-Piece Set Actually Fits Your Work?

Makita LXT Combo Kits Compared: Which 2-Piece Set Actually Fits Your Work? You've got three hundred bucks burning a hole in your pocket, and you need a drill-driver combo that won't quit halfway through a job. Makita's got three LXT options sitting in that price range, and they're different enough that picking the wrong one actually matters. The XT296ST runs $359 with beefy 5.0Ah batteries, the CX203SYB undercuts everyone at $249 with sub-compact tools, and the XT296SMR splits the difference at $299. Let's figure out which one makes sense. Read More
Milwaukee Tags:

March 10, 2026

New Products

New Milwaukee M18 Driver Models: Compact Power for Jobsite Tight Spots

New Milwaukee M18 Driver Models: Compact Power for Jobsite Tight Spots When you're wrestling with a stubborn fastener between floor joists or trying to drill a clean hole inside a cramped cabinet, the sheer size of your tool can quickly become your biggest obstacle. That's exactly the frustration Milwaukee is targeting with its newly released M18 Compact Brushless 1/2-Inch Drill Driver (3601-21CT) and 1/4-Inch Hex Impact Driver (3650-21CT). These drivers are designed to shave down their footprint without sacrificing the performance you expect on the jobsite. Read More
Makita Tags:

March 6, 2026

Industry News

Makita's "I Build Because" Series Shows You Why the Work Matters

Makita's "I Build Because" Series Shows You Why the Work Matters Most tool companies want to sell you on horsepower specs and battery runtime. Makita decided to do something different with their "I Build Because" series. Instead of another product demo video, they're profiling the actual people behind the work, asking a simple question that gets complicated answers fast: Why do you build? Read More
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March 3, 2026

Industry News

Are Festool Tools Worth The Hype? A Deep Dive For Precision Pros

Are Festool Tools Worth The Hype? A Deep Dive For Precision Pros Let’s address the massive, green-and-black elephant in the room. You walk onto a high-end American job site or scroll through custom cabinetry builds online, and suddenly, everything is Festool. Then you look up the price tag, and your jaw hits the floor. It is the ultimate flex in the woodworking and contractor world, but it immediately begs the ultimate question: Is Festool worth it? We are cutting past the shiny marketing and the tool snobbery to see if these German-engineered absolute units deliver enough precision and durability to justify draining your wallet. Read More
Acme Tools Tags:

March 3, 2026

Buying Guides

Green Tools For A Greener Job-Site: Battery Tech Meets Sustainability

Green Tools For A Greener Job-Site: Battery Tech Meets Sustainability You already know the smell of a two-stroke engine running at sunrise. It wakes up the whole neighborhood, chokes out the workspace, and practically guarantees a headache by noon. The times are changing on the American job site. We are officially trading the heavy gas cans and broken pull cords for massive lithium-ion battery platforms that get the heavy lifting done. Sustainability is no longer just some corporate buzzword thrown around in boardrooms; it is about working smarter, moving faster, and keeping the noise complaints to an absolute minimum while you stack cash. Read More
Acme Tools Tags:

March 2, 2026

Press

Acme Tools Rochester Packed the House for Rochester Area Builders Networking Night

Acme Tools Rochester Packed the House for Rochester Area Builders Networking Night Sometimes the best way to test if you built something right is to fill it with people who know exactly what they're looking at. That's what happened when Acme Tools hosted the Rochester Area Builders Networking Night at our new Rochester location, drawing one of the strongest turnouts in recent years. Read More
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February 28, 2026

Deal Alerts

The $200 Tool Kits That'll Make Your Expensive Friends Jealous

The $200 Tool Kits That'll Make Your Expensive Friends Jealous Here's a fun conversation starter for your next job site coffee break: tell the guy with the $800 tool kit that you got basically the same performance for under $200. Watch his face do that thing where he's trying to figure out if you're messing with him or if he just got played by his own brand loyalty. Read More
Makita Tags:

February 27, 2026

Product Guides

The Makita LXT Impact Driver That Ruined All Other Tools For Us: A Year In Review

The Makita LXT Impact Driver That Ruined All Other Tools For Us: A Year In Review Let’s be honest for a second. Do you remember what you were doing in the spring of 2025? You were probably up on a ladder, fighting a stripped screw, sweating through your shirt, and wondering why your old drill sounded like it was coughing up its transmission. Right around that time, Makita quietly dropped a bombshell on the job site with the XDT20 series, which completely flipped the script for contractors and tradesmen across the country. Read More
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February 18, 2026

Product Guides

Comparing Power Tools: Why The Cordless Vs Corded Debate Matters For Your Next Job

Comparing Power Tools: Why The Cordless Vs Corded Debate Matters For Your Next Job Here's something nobody tells you when you're staring at a wall of drills at the hardware store: the difference between cordless and corded isn't just about having a battery or not. It's about whether you'll finish that basement before your kid's graduation or still be halfway done when they bring their own kids over to visit. Read More
Milwaukee Tags:

February 17, 2026

New Products

The Heavy Hitters Have Arrived: Meet The New Milwaukee M18 Rotary Hammers

The Heavy Hitters Have Arrived: Meet The New Milwaukee M18 Rotary Hammers You know the feeling. You’re halfway up a ladder or deep in a basement, and you’re fighting with a cord that seems to have a personal vendetta against you. It gets snagged, it’s too short, or you trip over the thing. It is arguably the most annoying part of the job site. Well, the folks over in Wisconsin clearly heard our collective groans because they just dropped some serious news that is going to change the concrete game for good. Read More
DEWALT Tags:

February 16, 2026

New Products

Remember When Cable Hanging Sucked? DEWALT's New Hangers Changed That

Remember When Cable Hanging Sucked? DEWALT's New Hangers Changed That Look, if you've been in the trades long enough, you remember the dark days. The days when hanging cable meant fighting with your wire cutters, fumbling with janky locking mechanisms that wouldn't lock, and basically adding an extra hour to every job because some engineer who'd never stepped foot on a jobsite designed your hardware. Read More
Acme Tools Tags:

February 15, 2026

Press

Looking Back At The New Acme Tools Store In Eagan, Minnesota, Grand Opening

Looking Back At The New Acme Tools Store In Eagan, Minnesota, Grand Opening Let’s take a trip down memory lane to July 2025. The sun was blazing, the humidity was typical for the Midwest, and we were busy making history. If you were anywhere near Town Centre Drive, you know exactly what went down. We finally planted our flag with the new Acme Tools store in Eagan, Minnesota, and looking back at the footage, the energy was electric. Read More
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February 12, 2026

Press

Acme Tools: The Family-Owned Powerhouse That's Been Outfitting America's Tradesmen for Over 75 Years

Acme Tools: The Family-Owned Powerhouse That's Been Outfitting America's Tradesmen for Over 75 Years Look, we get it. You've got a million options when it comes to buying tools these days. Big box stores on every corner, online marketplaces that promise the world, and sketchy websites that may or may not ship what you ordered. But here's the thing: we've been doing this for over 75 years, and we didn't get here by cutting corners or treating our customers like transaction numbers. Read More
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February 6, 2026

New Products

What's New? Our August 2025 Tool Haul Featuring Milwaukee, DEWALT & More!

What's New? Our August 2025 Tool Haul Featuring Milwaukee, DEWALT & More! Let’s be honest for a second. Most months in the tool world are pretty standard. You get a new battery, maybe a slightly different shade of yellow or red, and you keep moving, but looking back at August 2025? That was different. That was the month the big dogs, Milwaukee, DeWalt, Makita, and Festool, decided to collectively empty our wallets by dropping some of the most essential gear we’ve seen in years. Read More
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January 21, 2026

Deal Alerts

Stop Settling For Junk: The Makita Flash Sale Is Your 24-Hour Ticket To The Big Leagues

Stop Settling For Junk: The Makita Flash Sale Is Your 24-Hour Ticket To The Big Leagues Look, we need to have a serious conversation about your toolbox. If you’re still dragging around that rattling, underpowered drill you bought during a midlife crisis five years ago, you’re not just hurting your productivity, you’re hurting your reputation. Nobody wants to be the guy on the job site whose battery dies while everyone else is getting stuff done. It’s embarrassing, and frankly, you’re better than that. Read More

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