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Hand Tools Sharpening Vacuum System Routing Accessories

MAY 2013

The Family Handyman’s Mark Peterson has added the Flat Lying Trammel Set to the “Pro Stuff we love” article

"They take up hardly any room in your toolbox......" read more

Family Handyman

APRIL 2013

The PSS1 Sharpening System gets reviewed by Tom O’Brien, Carpenter and editor from Journal of Light Construction, who deemed it as Idiot Proof.

"A handy item to have in the shop and great for on the jobsite......" read more

Journal of Light Construction

APRIL 2013

Klingspor’s Woodworking Shop is now stocking the CRB7 and all of its accessories.

Klingspor's Woodworking Shop
www.woodworkingshop.com
sales@woodworkingshop.com 
Tel: 1-800-228-0000

Woodpeckers

MARCH 2013

The CRB7 Router Base and Trim Jig accessory is now available at Dictum in Germany.

Dictum Feine Werkzeuge 
Dick/Herdim 
Donaustr. 51
94526 Metten
Germany
Tel: +49-991-9109-100
Fax: +49-991-9109-101 
Email: info@dictum.com

Dictum

JANUARY 2013

M.POWER Tools is now selling direct, please find all our products in our very own store.

Our store

M.POWER Tools

JANUARY 2013

We’re pleased to announce that Elite Tools and KMS Woodworking have starting stocking the CRB7 Router base.

Elite Tools
8860 Boulevard de la Rive Sud
Lévis, QC
G6V 9H1

KMS Tools & Equipment Ltd. 
110 Woolridge St
Coquitlam BC V3K 5V4
Tel: 604-522-5599
Fax: 604-522-8411
E-mail : csr@kmstools.com

CRB7 Router base

JANUARY 2013

Rockler is now stocking the CRB7 and CRB7 Edge Guide.

Rockler
4365 Willow Drive
Medina, MN 55340
Tel: 1-800-279-4441
Fax: 1-763-478-8395
Email: orders@rockler.com

Rockler

DECEMBER 2012

M.POWER Tools is pleased to announce that Woodpeckers is now stocking the CRB7 Router Base plus all accessories and the Flat Lying Trammel Set.

Woodpeckers
11050 Industrial First
North Royalton, Ohio 44133
Tel : 1-800-752-0725
Fax: 440-230-2552
Email: mailroom@woodpeck.com

Woodpeckers

DECEMBER 2012

Eagle America have added the CRB7 router base to their line of tools.

Eagle America
2381 Philmont Ave
Suite #107
Huntington Valley PA 19006

Eagle America

OCTOBER 2012

The CRB7 Router Base delivers many features at an affordable price according to Steve Shanesy at Popular Woodworking

"M-Power Tools offers an aftermarket router base that offers a number of features at the very reasonable price..." read more

Popular Woodworking

JUNE 2012

We would like to give a big welcome to Parts Express to the M.POWER Tools list of distributors.

They’re now a new source for the electronic world.
Parts Express
725 Pleasant Valley Drive
Springboro, OH
45066
Tel: 1-800-338-0531
Email: customerservice@parts-express.com

Parts Express

MAY 2012

M.POWER Tools is pleased to welcome Comercial Pazos as a new Spanish distributor.

Comercial Pazos
c/ Embajadores, 129
28045
Madrid
Tel: 915 279 761
Fax: 915 270 510
Email: comercialpazos@comercialpazos.com

Comercial Pazos

MAY 2012

The Family Handyman gives the PSS1 sharpening system a great review as the Foolproof Sharpener in its June Issue

"My problem is that I can't hold the dang chisel in the same position while sliding It back and forth. I finally found a Jig that even I can use..." read more

Family Handyman

MAY 2012

M Power Tools turns 18 years old today.

So it's legally allowed to buy a pint in a pub, get married without it's parents consent and ride a very fast motorbike that it couldn't afford…

Happy Birthday

APRIL 2012

Infinity Cutting Tools add the Point 2 Point to their range

6089 Johns Rd, Suite #11
Tampa FL 33634
Tel: 1-877-USA-BITS
Fax: 1-813-881-0030
Email : info@infinitytools.com

Infinity Cutting Tools

APRIL 2012

The new CRB7 Router Base is now available at Infinity Cutting Tools, Big Tool Store and Madisound Speaker Components

CRB7

MARCH 2012

M.POWER is proud to announce the launch of "the world's most versatile routing jig".

"It's 7 core functions takes the average router to a different level of performance. Confirming it as the most versatile power tool money can buy..." read more

CRB7

DECEMBER 2011

Journal of Light Construction mentions M.POWER Tools Combination 3D Try Square in their "Toolbits" online.

"The maker of the Combination-3D try square claims that it can do the work of a saddle square, a marking gauge, a bevel gauge, and a combination square — with no loss of accuracy..." read more

JLC

NOVEMBER 2011

Hard Hat Magazine gets "To the Point" with the Point 2 Point.

"M.Power's Point-2-Point layout measuring tool makes easy work of setting out a row of screws or dowels. Just extend it fully and bring the mechanism down to the required size..." read more

HardHat

NOVEMBER 2011

M.POWER Tools Profile Scriber is coming to the big screen, due to appear Thanksgiving week-end on DIY Network's Cool Tools.

Stay tuned for the PSS1 Sharpening System, Combination 3D Square and Flat Lying Trammel Set to make another appearance that same week-end.

Cool Tools

OCTOBER 2011

The Point-2-Point is referred to as "this clever gadget" down under in the Woodsmith Magazine

"The Point 2 Point device has taken all the mathematics out of the equation. This clever expanding gadget..." read more

australian woodsmith

OCTOBER 2011

The Combination 3D Square is put through the ringers at Online Tool Reviews and comes out a winner

"I am a self-confessed power tool junkie, I will happily admit... However, I can also appreciate a good, manual, non-electric hand tool when I see, or more importantly, use one..." read more

Online Tool Reviews

OCTOBER 2011

Doug Mahoney at Tools of the Trade Magazine has titled the Profile Scriber – Perfect Butt the “Easy Scriber”

"Most carpenters scribe with a compass or a small block of wood. That works fine but requires a practiced hand..." read more

Tools of the Trade

OCTOBER 2011

M.POWER Tools products are making it to the big screen in Canada

DIY Networks' Cool Tools are now showing episodes of the PSS1 Sharpening System, Combination 3D Try Square and the Flat Lying Trammel Set read more

DIY Network

OCTOBER 2011

Elite Tools have added the Profile Scriber to their M.POWER Tools collection

Elite Tools
50, rue Delisle, Levis Quebec, G6V 6K2
click here

Elite Tools

SEPTEMBER 2011

M.POWER Tools Flat Lying Trammel Set gets a mention from the Tool Snob

“M.Power, the makers of the inventive and effective little scribing tool that we reviewed a bit ago, have a new trammel set that can be used for more than just marking circles and arcs...” read more

Toolsnob

AUGUST 2011

Toolmonger thinks the Combination 3D Try Square looks like a serious tool to have tucked away all the time.

“First and foremost, this product from M-Power looks like a pretty serious try square...” read more

Toolmonger

AUGUST 2011

The Perfect Butt – Profile Scriber is the scribe tool to have for the average DIYer as well as the avid Carpenter as per Doug Mahoney at Tool Snob

“There are a couple of ways to scribe something. Most people seem to use dividers, but we gave those up years ago...” read more

Toolsnob

AUGUST 2011

M.POWER Tools Combination 3D Square is voted MVP of 2011 by the publishers at Hanley Wood

“To have one of our tools voted for and recognized by such esteemed professionals is a real honour...” read more

TMVP award

AUGUST 2011

The PSS Sharpening jig had Daniel and Lance from This Old Workshop sharpening everyone's chisels from their neighbors to their fathers.

“If you are like me, you have several chisels in a rack, ... except for one problem. They are as dull as a piece of spaghetti ... The thought of trying to hold them against the grinder at the right angle and then not letting them get overheated is daunting to say the least ... then the Precision Sharpening System (PSS1) ... is a gift from above...” read more

This Old Workshop

JULY 2011

M.POWER Tool's R1 Tape Measure makes it into the pages of American Woodworker

“90% of the population are right handed yet most are using left-handed tape measures when marking - why? M.POWER's R1 tape measure is the right way round...” read more

American Woodworker

JULY 2011

Ebuild.com includes an article of M.POWER Tool's PSS Sharpener

“The Precision sharpening system takes the guesswork out of sharpening chisels and plane blades...” read more

Scrollsaw.com

SPRING 2011

Bob Duncan thinks that M.POWER Tool's R1 Tape Measure definitely makes the mark

“The R1 tape measure is a simple solution that makes measuring and marking user-friendly for right-handed woodworkers....” read more

Scrollsaw.com

MAY/JUNE 2011

Infinity Cutting Tools adds the Precision Sharpening System to it's range

Infinity Cutting Tools
6089 Johns Rd
Suite #11
Tampa FL
33634
Tel: 1-877-USA-BITS
Fax: 1-813-881-0030
Email : info@infinitytools.com

Infinity Cutting Tools

MAY 2011

M.POWER Tools is pleased to welcome Elite Tools to their Canadian distributors

Elite Tools
50, rue Delisle
Levis Quebec
G6V 6K2

Elite Tools

MAY 2011

We're pleased to announce that we have a new distributor of M.POWER Tools in Ireland

Woodworkers & Hobbies Supply Center Ltd.
1-10 Mount Tallant Avenue
Terenure, Dublin
6W
Ireland

Woodworkers

APRIL 2011

M.POWER Tool's R1 Tape Measure gets reviewed by Toolguyd.com

“M.Power’s R1 tape measure is designed for right-handed users and features a blade that reads from right to left. This allows a user to hold the tape measure with their left hand while placing marks with their right hand....” read more

Toolguyd.com

MARCH 2011

Woodpeckers adds the M.POWER Tools Point 2 Point to their collection

Woodpeckers
11050 Industrial First
North Royalton, Ohio 44133
Tel : 1-800-752-0725
Fax: 440-230-2552
Email: mailroom@woodpeck.com

Woodpeckers

FEBRUARY 2011

Toolmonger.com gives the Point-2-Point a try and thinks that it makes equal spacing easy

“Spacing markings equidistantly can be tedious and prone to error; it's easy to make mistakes calculating the distance between the marks. The Point-2-Point from M-Power makes spacing marks equidistantly almost as easy as pulling out a tape measure...” read more

Toolmonger

NOVEMBER 2010

Some M.POWER woodworking tools make it to the big screen

The following will be featured on Cool Tools DIY Network:

PSS Sharpening System grand debut is November 25th, 2010
Combination 3D Try Square grand debut is November 26th, 2010
Flat Lying Trammel Set grand debut is December 8th, 2010

Cool Tools

NOVEMBER 2010

Fleetwood Innovator and MERC Pro chisels are reviewed by Christopher Schwarz

“When it comes to powered machinery, I'm a fan of using carbide inserts in the cutterhead instead of traditional straight knives. The cutters last longer, they do a better job on figured woods and they make the machine quieter...” read more

Cool Tools

NOVEMBER 2010

American Woodworker deems the Combination 3D Square to be a clever tool

“SQUARING A LINE AROUND AN EDGE is no easy task. It takes a bright light, good eyes and a steady hand – or a clever device...” read more

American Woodworker

NOVEMBER 2010

Bob Duncan from Scrollsaw Woodworking Crafts has whole heartedly recommended the Combination 3D Square for every woodworker

“ M Power's clever new tool combines a highly accuate traditional square with a saddle square and a small bevel square...” read more

ScrollSaw

OCTOBER 2010

M.POWER Tools is pleased to announce that Woodpeckers has joined our growing list of distributors

Woodpeckers
11050 Industrial First
North Royalton, Ohio 44133
Tel : 1-800-752-0725
Fax: 440-230-2552
Email: mailroom@woodpeck.com

Woodpeckers

OCTOBER 2010

France woodworking editor has concluded that the Combination 3D Square is a great tool that should be in every workshop

“ L'équerre, vous connaissez ! Elle sert principalement à tracer des traits perpendiculaires à un chant, et quelquefois à vérifier des équerrages. Rien de plus normal puisqu'elle est faite pour cela! ...” read more

Bois+

SEPTEMBER 2010

MERC Pro and Fleetwood Innovator Chisels are launching at M.POWER Tools
"Over 3 years of development and testing has resulted in the Worlds first range of bevel edged chisels with replaceable ready sharpened HSS tips - Keeping you at the job not back at the grind stone."read more

All Cutters

MERCPRO chisel set
MERCPRO Chisels available from Eagle America
Fleetwood Innovator chisel set
Fleetwood Innovator Chisels available from Garrett Wade

AUGUST 2010

BM Online in Germany has reviewed the Profile Scriber to be accurate scribing tool for virtually any profile

“With the profile scriber, Canadian company M.Power Tools has come up with a clever tool for accurately copying almost any workpiece contours. The new scriber makes parallel scribing much easier and more accurate than the usual makeshift tool often used for this task ...” read more

Big Tool Store

JUL 2010

"Easy Scribed Joints" is what American Woodworker titled their review on the Perfect Butt-Profile Scriber

"DON'T LAUGH - we're fascinated by a new tool called the Perfect Butt. That's butt as in "butt joint," and this new scribing tool truly is darned near perfect...." read more

American Woodworker

JUL 2010

Tools of The Trade Magazine qualifies the Combination 3D Square as a hands on tool

"M.Power's Combination 3D Square ($50) is a try square, marking gauge, and saddle square all in one. The pencil-holding marking gauge is easily removable, so it can be attached to a longer straightedge to use as a giant compass..." read more

Tools of The Trade

JUL 23rd 2010

Big Tool Store has become a full stockist for M.POWER Tools

Big Tool Store
4640 E. 63rd St South,
Derby, KS 67037
Tel: 316 788 6500
Toll Free: 1 800 788 6505
Fax: 316 788 7571
e-Mail: info@bigtoolstore.com
http://www.bigtoolstore.com

Big Tool Store

JUL 16th 2010

M.POWER Tools R1 Tape Measure now available from Klingspor's Woodworking Shop

Klingspor's Woodworking Shop
856 21st. St. Dr. S.E.
Hickory, NC 28602
Tel: 1-800-228-0000
Fax: 1-800-872-2005

Klingspor's

JUL 16th 2010

The new M.POWER R1 Tape Measure is made specifically for right-handed people according to Glen Huey and Megan Fitzpatrick at Popular Woodworking

“Though statistics vary, it seems on average that 10 percent of the population is left-handed. So here's a little experiment for all you right-handers...” read more

Popular Woodworking

JUN 26th 2010

The Combination 3D Square's list of features and many functions makes this a tool to have according to Daniel from This Old Workshop

“Someone once said "why reinvent the wheel", well if M-Power has anything to do with it then their new 3DC combination square is the reinvented wheel and this is a well designed tool. The list of features and functions make this a tool to have...” read more

This Old Workshop

JUN 2010

M.POWER Tools is pleased to welcome Infinity Cutting Tools as a distributor

Infinity Cutting Tools
6089 Johns Rd, Suite #11, Tampa FL, 33634
1-877-USA-BITS
info@infinitytools.com
http://www.infinitytools.com

Infinity Cutting Tools

MAY 7 2010

Contractor Supply Magazine reviews the Perfect Butt Profile Scriber

“Originally designed for kitchen layout crews in the UK, the Perfect Butt Profile Scriber takes the guess work out of accurately profile scribing countertops, saving considerable time in the process...” read more

contractor supply

MAY 6 2010

The M.POWER Tools Combination 3D Square makes it into the American Woodworker news

“M.POWER Tools recently announced their Combination 3D Square (C3D). The C3D (available in stores June 1) is a precision hybrid, a genuine alternative that covers the functions of combination or try-square, saddle square, deep range marking gauge, bevel gauge, and rule...” read more

American Woodworker

APR 21 2010

Online Tool Review gives examples of how the Perfect Butt is a good profile scribing tool

“If you have ever done any kind of home renovation or trim work, and you are a bit of a perfectionist, chances are you cringe at the sight of gaps between two surfaces. Whether these present between trim and drywall or between cupboards and out of square walls for example, the fact remains that these gaps are unsightly and can be difficult to fill or hide. The best solution is to prevent the gaps from being created int he first place, and this is where a good profile scribing tool comes into play...” read more

onlinetoolsreview

APR 17 2010

Contract Supply Magazine tells how the Combination 3D Square indicates a perfect scribe line in 3D

“The clue’s in the name – It indicates a perfect scribe line in 3D, both width and thickness simultaneously.
The C3D is a precision hybrid, a genuine alternative that covers the functions of: combination or try-square, saddle square, deep range marking gauge, bevel gauge and rule — all in one tool...” read more

contractor supply

APR 16 2010

M.POWER Tools is pleased to announce the new Combination 3D Square as an upgrade to the M3 Square

"The 3D Revolution: Is everything being made in 3D today?"
Well not the traditional combination square or tri square.
They remain solidly 2D;
and what of the new Combination3D Square from M.POWER?
The clue’s in the name – It indicates a perfect scribe line in 3D, both width and thickness simultaneously...” read more

C3D

MAR 16 2010

Woodworkers in Finland can now find M.POWER Tools at Plektra Trading

We’d like to welcome a new distributor:
Plektra Trading
Ruusankatu 8
00250 Helsinki, Finland
Tel: +358-10-3878500
Fax: +358-10-3878501
Email: plektratrading@googlemail.com
http://www.plektratrading.com

Plektra Trading

MAR 15 2010

M.POWER Tool favorites make it into the car audio installation world through Select Products

We’d like to welcome a new distributor:
Select Products
6851 W Sunrise Blvd. Ste: 140
Plantation, FL 33313
Phone: +1 800 458 6063
Fax: +1 954 797 6598

http://www.selectproducts.com

Select Products

FEB/MAR 2010

5* rating from Canadian Woodworker's Vic Tesolin for M.POWER Tools Flat Lying Trammel Set

“Trammel points are a great tool for marking circles of all sizes but they normally have one flaw. In order to ensure that the circle is a perfect radius you really have to focus on keeping the points perpendicular to the surface that you are marking. The Flat Lying Trammel Set (FLTS) has remedied this problem...” read more

Canadian Woodworking

FEB 03 2010

The Carpentry Store has become the only Irish outlet for M.POWER Tools fine hand tools

We’d like to welcome a new distributor:
The Carpentry Store
Unit D4
M7 Business Park
Newhall, Naas
Kildare
Tel: +353 45 883088
Fax: +353 45 883188
Email: sales@thecarpentrystore.com

http://www.thecarpentrystore.com

Carpentry Store

JAN 07 2010

M.POWER Tools latest press release: The Perfect Butt – desirable or essential find out by using the Profile Scriber

“A difficult question to pose and depending on who you ask a tricky answer to publish.
Fortunately I refer to M.POWER’s “Perfect Butt” Profile Scriber rather than any anatomical preference.
Originally designed for kitchen fitters in the UK. The Perfect Butt takes the guess work out of accurately profile scribing worktops into their locale, saving considerable time in the process...” read more

profile scriber

DEC 2009 / JAN 2010

An American Woodworker editor refers to M.POWER Tools Flat Lying Trammel Set as the "Handy Drafter"

“The Flat Lying Trammel Set from M.Power Tools is a simple design that’s quite useful for layouts. It’s comprised of two heads that attach to any standard metal ruler or square. The ruler stays in a horizontal position, making it easier to draw circles and straight lines...” read more

American Woodworker

NOV 24 2009

KMS Tools has become a new distributor for M.POWER Tools in the West Coast

Update: KMS Tools now carry most M.POWER Tools products in Canada.
110 Woolridge Street
Coquitlam, BC V3K 5V4
Tel: 604-522-5599
Fax: 604-522-0638
Email: Coquitlam@kmstools.com

http://www.kmstools.com/

KMS

NOV 2009

According to Robert Lang from Popular Woodworker "if you need to draw a circle, you need to have this tool" which is the Flat Lying Trammel Set from M.POWER Tools.

So chuffed to receive such feedback from the Big Chief Editor @ Popular Woodworking Magazine. read more

Popular Woodworking

NOV 2009

M.POWER Tools Tri-Scribe trammel heads step up to the plate according to Shop Notes editor

“When it comes to drawing large arcs and circles, a traditional beam compass or trammel can be a little awkward to set up and use. As you draw the arc, it has a tendency to tip, making it difficult to get a consistent arc or circle. The new Tri-Scribe trammel heads shown in the photos above by M-Power Tools step up to the plate with some unique and innovative features...” read more

Shop Notes

OCT 2009

Daniel from This Old Workshop has quoted the Perfect Butt/Profile Scriber as "quite ingenious"

“"The Perfect Butt" TM Profile Scriber from the people at M-Power have another tool we found quite ingenious. Their Profile Scriber is perfect for copying the contours of walls, mantles, kitchen tops or any where you have uneven profiles and cannot get the material under the edge...” read more

This Old Workshop

OCT 2009

Dean Bielanowski from Online Tool Reviews says that the PSS Sharpening System is ideal because it is one of the quickest and simplest ways to touch up an edge

“Sharpening chisels and plane blades has to be one of the more mundane tasks in the workshop. At least it is without some good sharpening gear anyway. But the joy of using a sharp chisel or hand plane seems to make that mundane tasks almost enjoyable... almost. But with some decent sharpening tools, the boredom that is blade sharpening seems to disappear...” read more

onlinetoolsreview

FEB 03 2010

M.POWER Tools is pleased to welcome The Tool Store. Ca as a new Canadian distributor

We’d like to welcome a new distributor:
The Tool Store.ca
114 Erie St N.
Leamington,ON,Canada
N8H 3A2
Tel : 1-888-768-8370
E-mail : info@thetoolstore.ca

http://www.thetoolstore.ca

ToolStore CA

SEP 2009

Flat Lying Trammel Set is This Old Workshop's "Cool Tool" for September

“A Trammel Set is a clip on compass for drawing circles. This Set manufactured by M Power is a "Flat lying" set for drawing and cutting circles. Simply clip the set onto your metal rule to lay out any size circle...” read more

This Old Workshop

AUG 2009

Woodcarving Illustrated says that the M.POWER Tools Flat Lying Trammel Set "makes marking your carving a snap"

“M Power’s flat lying trammel set (FLTS) makes marking your carving a snap. The locking trammels securely hold a pencil and attach to any ruler, making it easy to go from drawing centerlines on a carving to marking in a chip carving grid...” read more

Woodcarving Illustrated

JUL 2009

Big Tool Store becomes a new distributor for M.POWER's woodworking tools

We’d like to welcome a new distributor:
Big Tool Store
4640 E. 63rd St South,
Derby, KS 67037
Tel: 316 788 6500
Toll Free: 1 800 788 6505
Fax: 316 788 7571
e-Mail: info@bigtoolstore.com

http://www.bigtoolstore.com

Big Tool Store

JUN 2009

M.POWER Tools is proud to welcome another distributor for our marking and measuring tools in France in Gaignard-Millon

We’d like to welcome a new distributor:
Gaignard Millon
24 ru Jules Valles
75011 PARIS
Tel: +33 (0) 1 43 71 28 96
Fax : +33 (0) 1 43 71 51 35
Email: contact@gaignard-millon.com

http://www.gaignard-millon.com

Gaignard Millon

JUN 2009

The Tri-Scribe gets a face lift and is now called M.POWER Tools Flat Lying Trammel Set

“What is it in the 21st century that allows a pair of calliper compasses or Trammel heads to be so bad at drawing circles? That is, after all, they’re one and only purpose...” read more

FLTS

FEB 2009

Canadian Woodworking ENewsletter lets fellow woodworkers know where the PSS Sharpening System is available from in Canada

“The M.Power sharpening jig, which uses a lateral sharpening stroke, rather than the conventional figure eight motion on a bench stone, is now available...” read more

Canadian Woodworking

JAN 2009

Woodworkers "down under" can now get M.POWER Tool woodworking products from MacWood International

We’d like to welcome a new distributor:
Macwood International
32 Magill Road
NORWOOD South Australia
5067
Tel:+618 8363 4666

http://www.macwood.com.au

Macwood International
UK
M.POWER Tools Ltd - Tel: +44 (0)1980 629 526 - Fax: +44 (0)1980 629 526