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Happy spring to you! Who’s ready for building season?  My goodness, based on tool demand, it feels like last year’s building season never stopped  :)

A few quick announcements before you get back to your basketball brackets...

Three Quick Announcements:

-Mafell’s annual price increase will happen April 1st this year.  This is not an April Fools joke!  It will only be a few percentage points in most cases, but many of our customers appreciate knowing these dates in advance.  All Mafell Tools, accessories and parts are effectively on sale for the rest of the month of March, so it’s an excellent time to stock up.

-Timberwolf Tools is taking off Good Friday (April 2nd) as a company.  We will be back in the office on Monday, April 5th to fulfill your orders

Usually we save "Thank-You" newsletters for Christmastime, but we are long overdue for a special shout-out to all our customers, vendors and employees:  you have put us on track for a record-high year at Timberwolf Tools!  Every day I feel like legendary Cubs announcer Harry Caray yelling:   “HOLY COW!!!”  Not at all what we expected when the stay-at-home orders were announced in the spring.  We are so humbled and grateful for your support, especially with so many companies hurting out there.  It took a herculean effort here and everyone stepped up their game, especially the brave folks at FedEx on the front lines.

Everyone who is able to grab a tape gun has to get back to one now  :)  but first we couldn’t resist pointing out that Mafell’s MT55 18M bl Cordless Plunge/Track Saw was recently crowned the winner of the Best Cordless Tracksaw Head-to-Head !  Super impressed by their methodology and attention to detail in this video:

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What a challenging world we live in today!  Timberwolf Tools just had its busiest January and February ever, but the virus threat has certainly changed everyone's perspective for the near future.  Let’s look on the bright side of having some extra time (a precious commodity) and consider how an investment today will pay valuable dividends tomorrow.

March is traditionally a big month of the year to invest in a Mafell Z5Ec 12" Portable Band Saw and we don’t expect a global pandemic to change that.  It’s no secret that this is one of our customers' favorite tools, even with the recent surge of interest in cabinet-making tools.  And every time I think we have this versatile band saw figured out, someone posts a video on Instagram or YouTube with a totally new application.

In the experience of our president David Powell, who has led Timberwolf Tools for over 20 years:

"For carpenters who work with large timbers, we have been told over and over and over again that the Mafell Z5Ec is the

You might think selecting a planer would be “plain and simple” right?  Actually this is one of the hardest decisions to make at Timberwolf Tools because all the options are good!  It’s worth your time to research these tools because a quality portable planer puts a gorgeous finish on rough timbers like no other tool.

Did you know the world’s first portable electric carpentry power tool was a chain mortiser, invented by Mafell in 1926? (Wikipedia)  A little known fact—and yet it makes perfect sense if you have tried to drill and chisel a mortise by hand—it was just a matter of time before an innovator came along and said, “We must automate this process!”

At the end of The Lord of the Rings, Samwise says:  “Do you remember the Shire, Mr. Frodo?  It'll be spring soon, and the orchards will be in blossom.  And the birds will be nesting in the hazel thicket.  And they'll be sowing the summer barley in the lower fields, and eating the first of the strawberries with cream.  Do you remember the taste of strawberries?”

Do you remember warm summers?  It may seem a long way away, but I promise you it's right around the corner!  Maine has some of the best summers if you are ever able to visit—here’s a photo of Andrew and David from last July if you are looking for inspiration:

Writing to you from frosty "Chiberia" where we recently had temps in the -20's and the Windy City lived up to its old nickname.  Thankfully everyone in the office still has 10 fingers and 10 toes at last count  :)  How was the cold in your neck of the woods?

You may have noticed that Mafell released the NEW KSS 60 18M bl Cordless Cross-Cutting System and we now have it in stock!  This brings us up to NINE systems that use Mafell's cross-cutting technology—so it's time that we put together a comprehensive guide that helps you find the best "KSS" saw for your projects.

These are amazing saws and we believe that every carpenter should have one.  Mafell invented the "KSS" cross-cutting saw in 1989 and has been improving it ever since.  Other manufacturers have tried copying the idea once Mafell's patents expired, but "you get what you pay for" in life and these saws are no exception.  Mafell offers a greater selection of cross-cutting systems with more power, portability and precise features.