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If you had $1000 to spend on tools, what would you buy?
Man that’s a tough one 1000’s dollars can get you a lot of cheaper stuff or one very expensive item. Right now I would like to round out my M12 and M18 line of tools get an sds or portaband saw. I would like to have a nice welder but I don’t know how much I would end up using it.
I would get a plasma cutter !!!
Round Out my sockets and M18 line!!
$1000 is a lot. I would do a lot of thinking. Do you have a good table saw? Everyone needs a tablesaw. You could use part of that money on materials. Your going to need a bit for your remodel. Of course Anything from Milwaukee. :). You could wait for those new FUEL’s to come out. What about storage for your tools.
If my computer hadn’t crapped out and cost $1100 to replace, I would’ve bought a Hobart Airforce 250i plasma cutter 🙁 I guess shit happens
What happened to the computer?
I was going to ask the same question.
Mother board went out on my MacBook Pro. $700-$800 for the part plus whatever labor. It was about as cheap to get a new one so I did.
That suck’s it happened to my MacBook i got a iMac insted
How old was it? for the price a Macbook costs I would expect to get at least 5 years out of it. Apple products are one thing where buying the extended warranty is worth it.
It was a little over 4 years old, but it did have a rough life. It was transported to and from work everyday, been on dozens of flights, dropped and stepped on more times than you can imagine, etc. It never shut off either. Between work and home I’d guess it got 10-12 hours of use per dad between my and the wife.
Stepped on. Ouch. Sounds like you need one of those tough laptops.
Nothing is safe at my house. My kids could tear up an anvil with a rubber mallet.
Lol
That sucks. My computer just went out yesterday. I don’t even know why. It just turns on, but the screen stays black and then just beeps
That sucks. Everyone’s computers are breaking.
Eric J wrote:
That sucks. My computer just went out yesterday. I don’t even know why. It just turns on, but the screen stays black and then just beeps
That’s the same thing mine did. It was the motherboard and the part was $700-$800. The other thing the said can cause that is the ram being unseated. That’s free and takes 5 minutes to click it back in. I wasn’t that lucky though.
Hey Eric, you should enlist Dan to fix your computer. 🙂
I am going to get dan to fix it, but 700 or 800 bucks is a lot. Hopefully it is just the ram. Not my day, now my tv went out. Go news is it was the cable box and that is free, bad news no tv tonight.
Man the electronic gods are not happy with Eric at the moment.
Tell me about it. The cable box came, so that’s fixed, but my computer is still crapped out.
It’s amazing how shitty 1 night with no TV is isn’t it?
Yes specialy if your computer is dead !
Jeth wrote:
Yes specialy if your computer is dead !
Sheww, that is a double whammy 🙁
Yeah I couldn’t believe how much I rely on TV at night to settle down. I wasn’t sure what to do with myself and no tv. My thoughts started to scare me.
Your thoughts ? Like stealing Dan’s tv !!! Lol
Eric J wrote:
Yeah I couldn’t believe how much I rely on TV at night to settle down. I wasn’t sure what to do with myself and no tv. My thoughts started to scare me.
You sound exactly like me. My nightly routine is to lay down, watch King of the Hill and Family Guy, and go to sleep. Any deviation from that just screws me up.
Would probably get me a dust extractor from makita or dewalt, m18 fuel circular saw, m18 7/8″ Sds rotary hammer