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Ok, so you win $2,500 with the condition that it can only be spent on tools.
What do you buy?
An m12 propex expander!
Hrmm, its not a crazy amount of cash so you couldn’t really build out a big wood shop for that kind of money, but you could still get some really cool tools. I think I would like to get a nice Tig welder. I took welding classes in High School and it was fun to do maybe I would get into artistic welding or something. And you need to spend a decent amount of cash to get a real welder with a decent duty cycle.
Festool Domino and the Festool Kapex.
ChrisK1970 wrote:
Festool Domino and the Festool Kapex.
I would have to go with the same and I think I would have to kick in $90 to pay for it
I would probably get a Miller mig welder. We have a bunch of the 252 ones in our high school shop class and the only problem we have with them is the trigger goes out on them within 3 or so years. You know they are good when 16-18 year olds can’t break them. DR we have a good sized Miller tig welder in our shop class and it is a lot different and more difficult. You need to have a steady hand and patience for tig welding. If you do get one make sure it has a dial on the gun and not a foot pedal for the amperage. Ours has the pedal and it is a massive pain to deal with.
On man I was pretty dang awesome at tig welding I even did aluminum and stainless steel welding. I could get that nice coin stack look going. I wish I had pictures of this sweet swimming ladder we built in the class for a teacher. The shop was mostly filled with miller machines though so I probably would go with miller also. I just liked the fine control tig welding gives you.
I never could get the coin stack look going. All we use is mild steel here.
A decent metal shear/brake/roll, some m12 fuel tools, small jobsite compressor (rolair?), framing nailer, some channellock and Klein hand tools.
Edit: forgot about a Tracksaw.
That’s kinda ironic. I was looking at a Mac Tig when I decided to ask this question.
Talk about irony huh.
12″ Bosch Axial Glide Mitre Saw
Dewalt Table Saw
Fein 9″ Grinder
Bosch ROS20VS ro sander
Bosch 12″ glide miter saw
Dewalt D735x planer
Dewalt or Makita track saw
I would buy a CNC machine, that way I can build cool things and tools.
I’m thinking a hydraulic tubing bender or a Miller Maxstar 150 S compact stick welder or Festool track saw.
The Miller Maxstar 150 S compact stick welder is a sweat set up. It has save my ass in working in tight spaces.
I was thinking it would also be nice for those “while your here” calls I love so much. It looks small enough to leave on the truck.
Good question, I’d get a nice ridgid tile saw to replace the ghetto one I’ve got, a dewalt portable table saw or track saw, a router table, and a welder would be nice, I would like a mig welder.
Nothing to crazy, maybe a new cordless combo set(still using NiCad), Klein hand tools,fluke multimeter, and a veto pro pac back pack…. but that’s it:)
I would blow the wad on an m12 thermal imager.
I’d buy as much of all that stuff I listed under another topic – suggestions for the upcoming 2014 Tool bag. Mostly I’m foaming at the mouth over an 8″ benchtop helical jointer and a 13″ helical planer. Hopefully Steel City will introduce the jointer I’m looking for this August in Atlanta. The rest of the stuff is pretty much already out there.
I just got a pretty good deal (I think) on a 14″ band saw. Woodcraft was offering Rikon’s model 10-321 for $420 plus $20 shipping plus $55 overweight shipping, plus sales tax. It would have ended up costing me $525 – not too bad, right? But, I called a local tool house specialty store, and they called the manufacturer, and as a result they can have the same saw for me in about ten days for $494 out the door. Keep it local and give the local dealers a chance to compete with the high volume dealers. Most manufacturers will support their reputable smaller local dealers when asked.
Eastwood has a 180 Mig and Plasma combo beal for $1100. I’d probably jump on that, get a decent set of spray guns, and fill out my ASD wrench set and 1/2″ socket sets to 32mm
Probably a big compressor and Proto or IR impact wrenches, 3/8″ and 1/2″.
Or maybe a Bosch 12″ glide saw and jig saw, DeWalt 7.25 circular saw (XXX369), Skil Mag LT worm drive saw, Fein Multimaster, and a drill press.
Still trying to figure out if I could make use of a track saw….
I would go for the festool planer with as many of the accessories as I could get and the domino
Dwain:
That Bosch axial glide set up is way cool but way outside my justifiable budget.
Hmm, Id probably buy a nice air compressor and start building a set of air tools
Highdesert Splintermaker wrote:
Dwain:
That Bosch axial glide set up is way cool but way outside my justifiable budget.
you and me both buddy. I’ve got a Bosch 10″ (non-sliding) that is hard to justify upgrading…
Here is my list….
$220 – WrightGRIP #958 – full polish metric set
$80 – Sunex #1848 – 1/4″ impact master socket set
$65 – Astro Pneumatic #3018 – Digital Tire Inflator
$1000 – JET 354170/JDP-20MF 20″ Floor Drill Press
$260 – John Dow JDI-6EV 6 gallon Fluid Evacuator
$850 – Eastwood TIG 200 Welder
Call me crazy, but I wouldn’t mind having a nice used tire changer, and a balancer to go along with it. Too bad I wouldn’t have anywhere to put it.