It’s hard to tell what leaves Joe Holtz at Milwaukee Plumbing more impressed about the Close Quarters tubing cutter from Milwaukee Tool — the way it makes cutting copper pipes in tight spaces so easy or the way the company uses customer feedback to ensure a well-designed product.
Either way, Holtz — whose father, Al Holtz, owns the suburban-Milwaukee company Milwaukee Plumbing — says the Milwaukee Tool tubing cutters feature many small enhancements that subtly boost on-the-job productivity. In short, it’s the little things that count, such as the large black arrow on one side of the bright-red crescent-shaped tools that














