“Thanks for making such great tools! I bought a set in 2013 or 14 and have gotten a lot of use out of it since then, mostly taking up particleboard for wood floor installs. The new salvage blade is great. Keep up the good work!”

Trevor Storch
Storch Construction

Mike Ruertin is a contractor and a tool tester. He has been using Artillery Tools for a while now, and he’s written an article in the October issue of JLC Magazine. Read more…

We wanted to share this fabulous story sent in by one of our customers which showcases our tools in action!

“Hello, my name is Jon Holland and I am the general manager of Showcase Cleaning & Restoration in Hanover, MA. We use your Artillery bars on a regular basis for disaster restoration services. I wanted to share a story with you of a situation that happened yesterday. Two of our technicians witnessed a serious car accident in which a vehicle was basically crushed by a large dump truck. Three passengers were trapped inside the vehicle including two small children. No one on the scene had the necessary tools to free the trapped passengers. Our technicians rushed to help, and using an Artillery bar that they had on their truck they were able to pry the crushed doors open and free the small children! The fire dept quickly arrived and then freed the driver. I just thought you’d like to hear about an example of what your products are capable of, outside of the norm for how they are typically used. The Artillery bars are a vital part of the daily services we provide, but we were very thankful to have them available yesterday to assist in literally a life or death situation. Thank you!”

Jon Holland
Showcase Cleaning & Restoration

I just made it back from the Crawford Contractor Connection Show in St. Louis, Missouri.  At the show we collected business cards for a drawing to win a 46″ Artillery Bar.  Congratulations to Megan Paul, from Royal Plus Disaster Kleenup!  Her card was drawn from the full bowl, Royal Plus will be one of the many new companies from this year’s Crawford Show that will find out how much Artillery Tools can help with their tear outs.

Our new Glued Down Flooring Set incorporates some of our newest pieces that have been made over the last few years. The new Scraping Fulcrum creates the 48″ Scraping Bar which will greatly increase the effectiveness when it come to tearing out glued down flooring materials. It also contains the Ultimate Flooring Bar which works extremely well on non glued materials.

Year-End Review
Artillery Tools has had a very busy year. We went into production of two new pieces this year. We made a Scraping Fulcrum and a Right Toe Kick. The new Scraping Fulcrum is a very important piece. It opens up the range of tool function by removing the prying motion. Now you can get lower to the ground and apply much more direct force when scraping glued down flooring, underlayment and tile. The new fulcrum will hold all the full length blades so you will have several options to find the best tool.

We did four tradeshows in the first half of the year and ended up doing five more in the second half. We did two new restoration franchise conventions, the Steamatic Convention on June 26 – 28, in Chicago, Illinois and the 1-800-BoardUp on September 22-23, in Nashville, Tennessee. We also did two shows for homeowners, the OMSI Mini Maker Fair on September 13-14, in Southeast Portland and the Fall Home & Garden Show on October 22-25 at the Portland Expo Center. We wrapped up the year with the JLC Live show for the Northwest contractors on December 4th -5th at the Oregon Convention Center.

We also totally redesigned our website into a much more interactive and informative platform. We have implemented an affiliate program to help get more people and customers talking about our tools.

It was also time to update our product catalog. We added all our new pieces and some of the new bars that can be made now. It truly sums up what we have accomplished over the last 11 years. We now have the ability to make over 120 different demolition tools. We can definitely help anyone looking for a better way to do demolition

Call me for any product questions or to place an order at 503-968-2108.

Andrew T. Mount
CEO / Artillery Tools

Artillery Tools originally designed their Scraping Fulcrum to solve the problem that a Georgia Pacific Plywood Plant was having. They needed a better tool for scraping the glue off of the sides of their glue vats. Our Scraping Fulcrum removed the prying motion by eliminating the two point contact, which is what made our Standard Fulcrum such an effective prying tool. Now we had an effective scraping tool where the fulcrum does not hit anything, allowing the blade to do the scraping. Once I found out how well this new Scraping Fulcrum performed on glued  down flooring materials with some of my customers. I made a production run so all my customers would be able to use them.

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Today we celebrated our 10th Anniversary! Thanks to all of our customers and supporters through the years!

Artillery Tools has added another Restoration Convention to its schedule this year. We will be at booth #32 in Hollywood, FLA July 17-19. We look forward to helping the PuroClean franchises learn how the Artillery Pry Bar System can help make their tear outs go faster and easier.

The Artillery Pry Bar System was a big hit at this year’s Crawford Contractor Connection Show in San Antonio, TX. This was our biggest show of the year and we were able to help a lot of restoration companies cut their demolition costs. We want to thank everyone that stopped by our booth.

2013 Artillery Tools National Restoration Tradeshow Schedule
Artillery Tools will be going to three big disaster restoration shows this year. The first one will be The Experience Show in Clearwater Beach, Florida on April 18th-20th. This will be the first time we are at this show.   The second show will be the Crawford Contractor Connection in San Antonio, Texas on may 21st-22nd and is the biggest restoration show and our first time exhibiting. The third one will be The Experience Show in Las Vegas on September 4th-6th. We are looking forward to having a good year helping the disaster restoration industry be more productive with their demolition.

2013 Artillery Tools Local Tradeshow News
Artillery Tools just finished up the Home and Garden show at the Portland Expo Center and it turned out to be a very good show.  We will also be exhibiting at the Fourth Annual Northwest Real Estate Investors Association Vendor Fair at Oaks Park, April 4th from 4:00-8:00pm and this event is free to the public.  Also look for us at the Tacoma Fall Home and Garden Show in October. We hope to see you there.

Artillery Tools will be going to three big disaster restoration shows this year. The first one will be The Experience Show in Clearwater Beach, Florida on April 18th-20th. This will be the first time we are at this show. The second show will be the Crawford Contractor Connection in San Antonio, Texas on may 21st-22nd and is the biggest restoration show and our first time exhibiting. The third one will be The Experience Show in Las Vegas on September 4th-6th.  We are looking  forward to having a good year helping the disaster restoration industry  be more productive with their demolition.

Artillery Tools Local Tradeshow News
Artillery Tools just finished up the Home and Garden show at the Portland Expo Center and it turned out to be a very good show. We will also be exhibiting at the Fourth Annual Northwest Real Estate Investors Association Vendor Fair at Oaks Park, April 4th from 4:00-8:00pm and this event is free to the public.  Also look for us at the Tacoma Fall Home and Garden Show in October. We hope to see you there!

Artillery Tools will be exhibiting at two major disaster restoration shows this year. This will be the first year that we will be exhibiting at the Crawford Contractor Connection in Nashville, TN (June 20th-21st). We also be exhibiting at the Connections Show in Las Vegas, NV (September 5th-7th). Last year’s Connections Show was our debut to the Restoration Industry. We are planning to add another great show to our schedule!

Artillery Tools has just released its first batch of new Salvage Blades. The angle, profile and side cutting capabilities of the Salvage Blade has been optimized to promote easier and deeper penetration under materials being removed. This translates into less damage to the remaining material. The Salvage Blade is extremely effective on trim, siding flooring, chipboard, molding, trim and more. This blade is 100% made in the USA.

Artillery Tools will be exhibiting at the CONNECTIONS Convention and Trade Show in Las Vegas (September 7-10, 2011). The show will be held at the Hilton Hotel Convention Center, and we will be in booth #833 over by the Flood House. We look forward to expanding our customer base in the Disaster Restoration Industry. If you can make it to the show, be sure to stop by.

The Artillery Tools Pry Bar Set was used by the DIY Network in I Hate My Kitchen! Episode 205 – LaBonne. The scheduled premiere date and time of this show is: 8/9/11 (9:30p EDT/PDT).

Please note that these times are subject to change and this show is likely to air multiple times. Please check your local listings.

Artillery Tools is working with Grainger to make a custom scraping fulcrum for a Georgia Pacific plant in Texas. This new fulcrum will increase the scraping angles available. We are making a small number of these custom fulcrums in our prototype shop, and they should be available by April 11th. We were chosen, because the Texas plant was impressed with the quality and function of the Artillery Pry Bar System. Call us at (866) 968-2108 if you want to find out more about this new scraping fulcrum.

Artillery Tools will be exhibiting at this year’s ServiceMaster Clean Convention in Memphis (July 12th-14th). As a ServiceMaster Clean preferred vendor, we will be displaying many of our tools including our ServiceMaster Disaster Restoration Set. All of these products will help Service Master franchises substantially cut their demolition time on the tear out jobs. We are looking forward to a great turn out and meeting more franchise owners. See you there!

Due to accelerating customer demand and just in time for the rainy season, Artillery Tools has released its new Disaster Restoration Set. This set contains five more pieces than the Contractor Set, and comes with everything that the Disaster Restoration Contractors need to remove water soaked, windblown and fire damaged materials.

This set has enough components to allow you to simultaneously assemble 3 different working pry bar configurations. Altogether, this sets allows you to assemble over 40 different tool configurations, which gives you have an extremely effective arsenal of demolition tools.

The Artillery Pry Bar System was a big hit at this year’s ServiceMaster convention in Boston. We had an amazing show, the response was overwhelming, so we are becoming an official ServiceMaster vendor!

We want to thank all the ServiceMaster franchises that stopped by the booth to check out our demolition system. A special thanks to everyone that took the opportunity to order a set at the show!

The Artillery Pry Bar System was recently mentioned in Contractor’s Tool Source Magazine in their What’s New in Hand Tools section under the topic New Tools do More with Less Effort. 

In the coming months, Artillery Tools will be exhibiting at the following very important tradeshows:

• The Service Master Tradeshow, August 17th-19th (Boston, MA)
• The Oregon State Fair, August 27th through September 6th (Salem, OR)
• STAFDA, November 8th-9th (Phoenix, AZ)

Anybody that is planning to make it to one of these shows should stop by our booth.

13″ Fiberglass Handle is Available
Artillery Tools is proud to announce the release of the 13″ Fiberglass Handle, 100% made and assembled in America. This comfortable grip enables the Artillery Pry Bar System to reach into even tighter spaces. Making it even more versatile on every job site. Check out all the other specialty items on the products page to make sure you have the tools you need to be more productive.

Artillery Tools Adds New Footage to Video
It has been too long since our demonstration video has been updated. To see the new footage of the rebar bender, buried nail head and more, click here…

Artillery® Pry Bar System Included in New Disaster Kit
Our 46″ Artillery Bar is now being used to outfit the new D.E.R.K. Disaster and Emergency Response Kit, from Square One Safety. Our 46″ bar with the 3″ blade will be providing the leverage the prying needs in case an emergency or disaster happens. Square One Safety is located in Reno Nevada. 

Artillery Tools Customers Have Spoken
The customer satisfaction surveys have been returned and the results are clear: Customers are happy with the Artillery Tools demolition system! The tools are both meeting their expectations and are functioning well. 90% of the respondents felt like the tool system had more than paid for themselves already and many have added several Specialty Items to their arsenals. Plus, Artillery Tools customers are not losing the pieces because the all-in-one case keeps everything where it belongs.

To sum up the results of the survey, the people that are using the Artillery Pry Bar System are satisfied customers and they are recommending it to others. For more customer feedback, check out our testimonials page. Thanks again for all of your feedback.

Artillery Tools Retailer List is Growing
Artillery Tool products have expanded into 38 retailer locations throughout the US. We are working with more stores every week. To see a full list go to our Retailer page and find the store nearest you.

Four New Items Are Ready Now
The Deck Blade, Deck Fulcrum, Finished Nail & Staple Blade and the 8″ Blade are finally ready to add to your sets. All four of these new items do fit in the contractor case. Thank you for your patience.

Artillery Tools Shows Concrete Industry What We Are Made Of
We just finished the Huge World of Concrete Show in the Las Vegas convention center. It was a very busy show and a whole new industry got to see what the Artillery Pry Bar System could do for them. We also got some unexpected exposure to other countries. Thanks to everyone that stopped by our booth.

Two New Parts Arrive
The Ball Grip and the Rebar Head have arrived and are in stock awaiting and ready to ship out to fill orders as they come in. Now its time to put your order in.

Lightweight Fiberglass Handle Is Now Available
Artillery Tools can now add a 25″ fiberglass handle to any order or substitute a fiberglass for the 25″ steel handle in any case. This first production run is made 100% in the USA and there is absolutely nothing else like this.

Bricon Tools AS Is Setup In Norway
Bricon Tools AS is successfully distributing in Norway now. Bricon Tools is working to get sales opportunities going in Sweden next.