April 26, 2015 — John M. Buol Jr.
KBC Tools and Machinery Inc., originally known as “Kabaco Tools” was started in 1965 by Karel Bass in Detroit, Michigan, aka, The Motor City. KBC began as a catalog house selling surplus and English tools to the metalworking industry at competitive rates and is now celebrating 50 years in business. KBC’s original home was 1,000 square feet of rental space on Eight Mile Road. For the next three years, Karel commuted back and forth from London, England to Detroit, Michigan. In 1968 with the business steadily growing, he hired John Earles as Vice-President and decided that it was time to move to the Motor City permanently with his wife Sheila and daughter Paula. Shortly thereafter, KBC moved further up Eight Mile Road to more spacious and glamorous digs. After adding onto the building several times, KBC outgrew its home on Eight Mile Road and moved up in the world to Eighteen Mile Road in Sterling Heights, Michigan – its current headquarters.
KBC’s huge product lineup has been keeping North America working since Paula’s father and KBC founder Karel Bass established the company’s first location in 1965. With a Master Catalog featuring over 100,000 items, KBC has long been a one-stop shop for metalworking professionals in North America. Thanks to the new website, access to top notch tooling and machinery at the best possible prices gets even easier. As Paula Bass says playfully, “Our toolbox is bigger than yours- but we’d like to help you change that!” Indeed, the company is ready to do just that. In conjunction with the new website launch, KBC will begin a competition to see which customer really does have the biggest toolbox, with KBC Kash prizes to be awarded for toolbox size, organization, and inventiveness, money which can be spent on… you guessed it… more tools!
After 50 years of selling tools and MRO supplies to tens of thousands of industrial users, KBC is still a family-owned and operated business built on the simple principle that it will not allow a customer to go away unsatisfied. When you visit the new website, you’ll see the 100% KBC SATISFACTION GUARANTEED logo prominently displayed, assuring clients that if for any reason they’re not happy with a product, they can return the unused item within 30 days of delivery to receive a full credit or refund.
April 20, 2015 — John M. Buol Jr.
Standard operating procedures and selling points on these classic self defense firearms.
April 15, 2015 — John M. Buol Jr.
Installing a recoil pad on modern synthetic stocks can place a real demand on your skills. The job becomes even more involved if a stock needs to be cut off.
April 10, 2015 — John M. Buol Jr.
While small, one-man shops may have all the business they can handle, some of us need more customers. Here’s how to make that happen.
April 5, 2015 — John M. Buol Jr.
Especially when working with old, out-of-production guns, creative problem solving is key in good gunsmithing.
April 2, 2015 — John M. Buol Jr.
Gary Behr has authored a comprehensive compendium of firearms lore called Firearm Fundamentals.