So when is Shimano due for a big announcement and improvements? Surely their power meter units need the next revisions released after their first stab?

Just seeing simple text “on/off” or “forward/reverse” is much nicer. But it probably wasn’t sexy enough looking for the product manager.

Yes. Because there are maybe a few ones who haven’t — and again, as I said, the normal — aftermarket is one event. The customers are normally insisting on quarterly or biannual contracts. There could be contracts still to go for price adjusted. But the majority is — have affected already quarter 1, yes.

The FABRICATOR is North America’s leading magazine for the metal forming and fabricating industry. The magazine delivers the news, technical articles, and case histories that enable fabricators to do their jobs more efficiently. The FABRICATOR has served the industry since 1971.

Honda announced Thursday that its Performance Development wing now sells race-ready versions of its Civic Type R hot hatchback to North American customers.

Singers most recent creation is an absolute masterpiece. Called the Singer Vehicle Design DLS (DLS stands for “Dynamics and Lightweighting Study”), it is a 1990 Porsche 964 whose owner requested Singer and Williams restore and modify his car. The long hood of the Porsche 911 classic replaces the shorter hood of the Porsche 964. Price point is a cool $1.8 million.

And in the new technology, total spend that is SEK 13 million in Q1 where SEK 9 million has been capitalized development cost and SEK 4 million is in the P&L.

Several engineers have designed roughly similar systems that provide an alternative master volume of sorts by regulating the internal voltages within a guitar amplifier to naturally "dial down" the overall output level. These are internal solutions that are either built into an amp to begin with or that can be added to an existing circuit by a qualified tech.

Special thanks goes out to The Home Depot for supplying the materials for this shootout. Pros know that materials drive up the cost of any project and it was no small amount of wood that we cut up getting these results for you. So if our testing helps you decide which of these if the best cordless circular saw for you, remember that The Home Depot made it happen, and visit your local store for purchase.

Cons: Low powered—slow cutting; only saw in test without motor brake; tied for shallowest depth of cut; only saw in test that can’t cut through 2-by lumber at 45° bevel angle; very thin stamped steel shoe; delicate depth adjustment mechanism

Deep Cutting Ability: Very Good – fast cutter but could be stalledPower/Speed (fastest cut 2” deep across 4-feet of OSB): 8.27 secondsMax. Cut Speed (in 2” of OSB): 5.806 inches/second, 4th in speed

European trailer builds are on declining numbers and it’s — the outlook is softer for 2019. But keep in mind, we had a good year of 2018 where we have growth numbers on the trailer build.