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Drawers Help You Get Organized

January 15, 2020 | by Kimball Midwest

In the MRO world, one of the biggest challenges many people face is organization. The coffee can holding leftover bits, fasteners and other items is a reliable presence in most shops.

Tags: Organization, Storage Equipment, Efficiency

Get Yourself Clean and Organized in the New Year

January 8, 2020 | by Kimball Midwest

And here we are in 2020. The calendar has officially changed, and you’ve dusted off that bench and your five-year plan to take a look at where you are headed.

Tags: Vendor Managed Inventory, Drill Bits, Storage Equipment, Education, Made in America, Efficiency, New Year

Electrical Safety Starts with Your Equipment

December 30, 2019 | by Kimball Midwest

Even if you don’t perform electrical work, you already know the serious harm electricity can cause if you don’t use the proper safety precautions. According to the National Fire Protection Association, 739 U.S. workers died from electricity exposure between 2012 and 2016. Of those fatalities, 47 percent occurred in construction and extraction occupations and 22 percent in installation, maintenance and repair occupations. In that same time frame 9,760 U.S. workers were injured in electrical accidents.

Tags: Safety, Maintenance, Electrical, Fuse, Technology, Education

You Might Need These by Year's End

December 23, 2019 | by Kimball Midwest

Here we are, the end of the year. The clock is ticking.

Tags: Quality Products, Best Tools for the Job, Education, New Year

Cooking with Kimball Midwest: A Christmas Story

December 20, 2019 | by Kimball Midwest

Disclaimer: This story is for entertainment purposes only. We do not recommend cooking with tools.

It was two days before Christmas, and the elves in Santa’s workshop were frantically working to finish the toys for Christmas Eve. They were so busy they slept in shifts, and none of them stopped working long enough for a proper meal.

Tags: Holiday, Santa's Workshop, Cooking with Kimball Midwest

Use the Right Adapters and Fittings on Your Hydraulic Hoses

December 19, 2019 | by Kimball Midwest

You already know everything you need to know about hydraulic hoses since you undoubtedly read last week's blog post "Hydraulic Hose: What You Need to Know". Now, you are ready to learn about hose fittings and adapters.

Tags: Hydraulics, How To, Hydraulic Systems, Hydraulic Hose, Quality Products, Education, Hose, Fluid Flow

Hydraulic Hose: What You Need to Know

December 9, 2019 | by Kimball Midwest

Hydraulic hoses don’t look like much, but as part of a fluid flow system, they perform incredibly demanding work. They carry fluids under tremendous pressure, providing the power required to drill through rock, move earth, lift heavy loads and enable other complex operations.

Tags: Products, Safety, Maintenance, Hydraulic Hose, Hose, Fluid Flow

Keeping Your Hydraulics Safe

December 5, 2019 | by Kimball Midwest

For those who have worked with hydraulics, it should go without saying how important safe operation is. With such high pressures and high fluid temperatures usually involved, any accident can be catastrophic.

Tags: Safety, Hydraulics, Hydraulic Systems, OSHA

Chuck These in Your Power Drill

November 20, 2019 | by Kimball Midwest

When you think of power drills, drill bits probably come immediately to mind as well. And that’s understandable, considering drill bits are so widely used and extremely versatile. However, if you’re not putting some specialty bits in your drill chuck every so often, you’re not using your power drill to its full potential. These specialty items are often superior to drill bits, depending on the work you’re doing.

Tags: Cutting Tools, Hole Cutters, Taps, Step Reamers

Fixing Your Hydraulics In-House

November 15, 2019 | by Kimball Midwest

When hydraulic hoses break, they need to be fixed right now. There is no time for your machine to be down. You have important work to do, and any downtime can be catastrophic not only to you, but to your customers, too. Not to mention, your bottom line.

Tags: Preparation, Hydraulics, How To, Hydraulic Systems, Demonstrations

Kimball Midwest Tools Make the Scariest Situations a Snap

October 31, 2019 | by Kimball Midwest

The Scenario: You awaken in a strange, dingy room with yellowing walls and a musty smell that’s one part mildew and one part a stench you don’t want to imagine. You have no idea where you are, and the four cinderblock walls have but one steel door and just one window, covered with steel bars, giving no clue as to where you might be. A calendar on the wall shows October with an X over every day except for the 31st; it dawns on you today must be “Halloween.”

Tags: Cutting Tools, Halloween, Escape Room

A Quick History of Cutting Tools

October 18, 2019 | by Kimball Midwest

One day, shortly after fire was harnessed and became a useful tool, a caveman decided trees were necessary to make more fire. After all, you can’t have fire without fuel. After trying to push the tree down, he picked up a stone and tried to knock the tree down with that. (Editor’s note: We’re just assuming here.)

Tags: Cutting Tools, Education, History

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