Diamond Products/Cutting Equipment


Red Ten Delivers On Diamond! The DART Red Ten range of diamond blades and cores is a highly respected brand, known in the market for quality and performance. The range offers a blade for every user application; whether cutting through


hard, medium or soft materials. From the Concrete/Universal Blades which can be used to cut through hard materials, natural stone, clay, engineering bricks and metal to ceramic or Tile cutting blades for porcelain, ceramic tiles, granite and marble, Red Ten has it covered. New additions to the range are the


Abrasive Blade for cutting abrasive materials, concrete and asphalt and also a specialised Asphalt Blade for extremely abrasive materials, including cement screed and lignacite blocks. Included in this range is also


the popular and unique Mini Diamond Porcelain Drill which has a proven record of high speed, continuous multiple hole- cutting. The drill requires no guiding, minimal coolant, and fast easy waste ejection, with a very high grade exposed diamond to allow for the fast, smooth cutting. It can handle cutting through very hard tiles, porcelain, ceramic, granite, marble, glass, slate and stone. If it’s Dry Core Bits you need for drilling through masonry, brick and concrete,


DART Red Ten offers over twenty sizes, ranging from 22mm up to 200mm. The spiral barrel design draws dust away from the cutting edge, increasing speed and life of the diamond tip, while the V Groove Tip increases the bite and cutting speed of the core. The DCD/Spiro cores also come in a 5 piece kit, which includes five sizes of cores, a Hex and SDS Adaptors, taper drill, drift key and all in a heavy duty case


For more information, visit: www.darttoolgroup.com Telephone +44 (0)1592 652900 Email: suzie.dempsey@darttoolgroup.com


Ben Dyer – Technology


Lots of things are changing all around us on the technology front. Smartphones, which have seen the fastest ever adoption of any technology in the world’s history, are the most obvious. Benjamin Dyer of Powered Now looks at what this will mean for trade businesses. It’s all still to play for The arrival of smartphones is finishing what the internet started. The music,


newspaper and magazine industries have already been devastated. It’s early days yet but it’s already clear where some things will change for trade businesses. That’s why it’s sensible for people working in the


trade to take a look. Being slightly ahead of the game could put you well ahead of the competition. General impact on trades The “connected home” with everything


communicating with the web will probably have the biggest impact on sparkies, but all sorts of other trades will be impacted in some way. Things will change from alarms to electric gates to plumbing and gas installations. For instance, water flow can be monitored and cut off when there are leaks. Homes can be kept warm at a much lower cost. This will all be based on ever cheaper sensors and controls connected to


smartphones, it’s the way everything is going. The technology is evolving rapidly and I believe this will be good for trade


businesses. Helping with the paperwork issue As a rule, people who run trade businesses hate paperwork. In business you


should focus on your strengths and delegate tasks where you are less good. Smartphones can help, they provide the opportunity to delegate some of the heavy lifting to a computer! Most business owners understand the reasons for investing in good tools but investing in solutions to help with paperwork is less instinctive.


12 ToolBUSINESS+HIRE This isn’t entirely logical. The benefits of an app include simple and quicker


invoicing; invoicing straight from the job means it’s easier to remember the details; you are also less likely to ignore small extras and will get paid faster. Your customer will be psychologically more willing to pay immediately after


completion as they have less time to have second thoughts. Another benefit is automated reminders to customers. For instance gutter cleaning, annual servicing and more. Quicker quoting means winning more business with less effort. The nitty gritty My company, Powered Now, is just one of several


providing smartphone based solutions. While all the benefits listed above might sound impressive, much more detail is needed. Here is how it can work: You can do everything with less effort. Create


customer details based on your contact list and postcode lookup, then re-use customer details with one click after that; create quotes and invoices while sitting in your van; base invoices on quotes with no copying, pasting or rekeying. Calculate VAT and totals automatically; keep running totals for a project, based on accepted quotes, invoices and payments.


You can sell with more professional looking quotes created on the go. This


means customers get them quicker. You get notified when quotes are opened and customers can accept or reject the quote online. You can run your team better. That’s with a central diary of appointments


connected to customers; tracking every team member to see their proximity to appointments; sharing a company chat facility that enables quicker and easier communication and problem solving. Tomorrow is already here The connected home is definitely arriving. But if anything it’s running behind


easy to use solutions to the paperwork problem. It’s my wish that there are some helpful thoughts in this article. So all of the


best with your business. www.toolbusiness.co.uk


Marcrist launch the


ultimate toolbox hero Marcrist International, the Doncaster based Diamond Tool experts are launching their latest line of high quality trade tools. The MM850 is a multi-material drill piece, purposely designed for the materials


which are predominantly drilled by fitters, plumbers, builders, tilers and electricians. Karl Lycett, Product Manager for Marcrist International said “The drill piece has


been designed to save the tradesman time and money and still produce the Marcrist Quality. The piece can easily drill into Brick, Stone, Plaster Board, Concrete, Wood, Breeze Block, Aluminium and PVC plastic common materials tradesmen encounter, without the need to keep changing machines and drill pieces” With exceptional performance the MM850 will be the leading multi-material


drill on the market at a competitive price, the drill piece benefits from a self- centring tip to reduce any slippage on the material during drilling as well as producing a precision hole at speed. Part of the Marcrist AkkuMAX range, the drill piece is designed for corded and


cordless drills, with or without percussion, preventing the need to change not only drill pieces for different materials but also the machine. The double shank supports conventional chucks with its Rounded shank as well as a Hex shank to reduce slipping in the chuck during drilling. Karl said “we recognised the need for the local tradesman to have a single drill


piece that would drill multiple material. Tradesmen may very well have to drill several materials during jobs at the same time, instead of having to replace drill pieces for each material the MM850 alone will do just the job. That’s why we are calling this the Ultimate Toolbox Hero.” The MM850 is available now in a range of sizes


from Ø5mm to Ø14mm and also available in a five-piece multipack. For more information, visit:


www.marcrist.com Tel:+44 (0)1302 890888 Email: matthew.mann@marcrist.com


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