Most guitarists will already be familiar with this one. It’s perhaps the most obvious solution, and it has been with us the longest. A handful of inventive makers started putting master volume controls on their amps as early as the late ’60s, but this simple knob really came into its own with the Mesa/Boogie Mark I amps of the early ’70s, and then the Marshall Master Model amps—the 2203 and 2204 heads—of the mid-’70s. Soon, it was difficult to find a serious guitar amp that didn’t have a master volume there at the end of the control panel.

DeWalt’s fence locks into points along the fence, reducing the chances of installing it off-square.

Bags don’t just have to be for bikepacking, there are plenty of smaller ones that are just as useful on short gravel or mountain bike rides. Contents will usually amass to tools, tube and maybe a jacket or extra layer depending on the size of the bag.

I ended up following drawn lines freehand, so I could push as hard and as fast as the saws would go while a helper recorded the times.

For our speed test, we took the average speed of cut in 8-inch pine with the bark removed. Unlike our cordless recip saw shootout, wrapping a weight around a chainsaw isn’t an option. I took the times once I had a safe, repeatable cutting method dialed in.

The United Company RUSAL (Moscow; https://rusal.ru), the world’s second largest aluminum company by primary production output, is trying to find new markets for aluminum powder through additive technology development. Many activities are focused on business diversification with aluminum printing. The company has its own facility for aluminum powder production and the best way to commercialize aluminum powder.

German company Palmer kicked off this category in 1989 with the PDI-03 Speaker Simulator, which offers very convincing analog emulations that countless pros have put to use. Smaller modern units like the Mesa Boogie Cab Clone and bigger, like the Rivera Rock Crusher (which also includes an output attenuator to send a reduced signal to a standard guitar cab) have used similar analog technology.

“We’ve adapted the same technology we’ve used in our other kits to this, so it lighter-weight, better-stopping, has more clamping force, and less drag than some of the competitors systems. It’s a nice, tight, integrated package that’s available in hub and spindle-mount,” explains TBM’s Randy Cotteleer.

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This is not the power meter I’m looking for… I was surprised by the announcement today, and for a moment worried that I had made a mistake ordering an Easton PM, but then I read the press… the power meter is going to need to come down an additional $2-300 before being disposable is justifiable. I had assumed this was a DM power meter from the photos, and I guess the crankset is DM, but not how I thought the power meter would work. I know Quarq’s expertise is focused on spider-based PMs, so less surprising in hindsight.

While it’s true that the comfort and feel of a tool are largely subjective, it’s also true that some designs work better than others. The experienced tool user can immediately tell. I believe that thoughtful design intention and execution do come through for the majority of users. For the best battery-powered chainsaw, a balanced feel in your hands and the ability to cut straight without introducing a twisting motion for the user to overcome are both important ergonomic factors.

Though it has a proprietary metric size blade slightly smaller than 6-1/2 inches—among many other unique features—the right blade Festool HKC 55 EB best fits in this category for the sake of bookkeeping.