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It’s always good to be skeptical about what you buy online. The internet is a great tool for businesses and homeowners alike to save money on tools and equipment, but it also makes it easy for scammers to trick people into buying counterfeit tools. Major manufacturers like Bosch, DeWalt, Makita and Milwaukee are falsely marketed to unsuspecting buyers, which is deceiving because these are reputable brands. However, these tools can be dangerous and poor quality due to lack of legitimate standard and safety testing. If what you’re looking for seems too good to be true, it probably is. Here are some useful...

What Kind of Concrete are you Cutting? Green Concrete or Asphalt These are in the same category because they both have very abrasive qualities. To combat this abrasion and resist premature wear, the blade make-up, also known as the “bond” is designed to resist this wear. Oddly enough, once the concrete is considered “cured”, this abrasive quality is minimized. However, asphalt is always very abrasive at any age.  Cured Concrete – Any Concrete over 48 Hours Old There are blades that are considered “Combo Blades” that work with any of these materials. These are for the contractor that switched often...

On February 4, 2020, OSHA published an updated National Emphasis Program (NEP) regarding Respirable Crystalline Silica (RCS)  OSHA studied over 10 years of data and tens of thousands of air samples for silica. The results were shocking. 14.1% of personal air samples from at-risk work areas registered above the acceptable Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL). After a revised silica rule introduced in October of 2017, OSHA conducted a follow up 1-year study and found that the silica exposure rate for that year was even higher with 17.6% of samples registering above PEL. This increasing rate of non-compliance with existing silica rule...

We are excited to offer our customers Karbon Bar! Karbon Bar is almost 4 times lighter than comparable diameter steel rebar for easier and safer transport, loading and installation.   It’s also much stronger than steel rebar making it great for slab curling and flexing. Tougher material is more resistant to alkalis, acids and rust! We are proud to offer both the 12mm and 10mm bar. This bar has a longer working lifespan, lower delivery, handling and installation costs (due to its light weight). Other benefits include: Stable pricing No thermal conductivity No electromagnetic interference

Rolair has been engineering and producing the finest compressors in the industry for 60 years! Located in the heart of Wisconsin, they have built quite the reputation for themselves providing professional contractors with compressors of utmost quality and craftmanship.  At Arco, we offer the FC2002 Double Tank Compressor and the JC10PLUS Single Tank Compressor. In this blog post we will go over some of the specifications of these two models and how to choose between a single and double tank compressor. Single Tank Compressors Single-tank air compressors generally have smaller storage capacities than double-tank compressors, which makes them a more...