Tools we all need.
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Re: Tools we all need.
That band saw is on my wish list now . Looked up that thing and the bench top mount . Come on lottery show me the money ..
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Re: Tools we all need.
That's a good list Bob. Regarding number 2, about 2 months ago I realized I'm missing a big pipe wrench every time I need to use one. Started to keep an eye on the marketplace and scored a set of vintage ones at a reality good price. They are also useful for everything you said.
About number 3, I so have a portable band saw but don't have the room to bench mount it. Very useful indeed!
About number 3, I so have a portable band saw but don't have the room to bench mount it. Very useful indeed!
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Re: Tools we all need.
I picked up a Sears old school vertical bandsaw quite some time ago. I made a angle iron steel stand for it and put locking casters on it. I use it mostly for cutting wood. I also found a cheap horizontal bandsaw that needed some tlc. Got it running and put a metal cutting blade on it. I use it for cutting metal and it is handy. Then at a garage sale last summer I found a porta-band saw, for $20 and I put it in my tool cabinet and have not looked at it since. I guess I should dig it out and see how it cuts. Harry
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I can only speak for myself, but I was really excited when I found an old Craftsman 18" dual-speed bandsaw a few years back. In high speed it cuts wood, in low speed it does metal. And it's a really nice, big saw. I've resawed a couple small logs with it, and I use it any time I have to cut a large format metal object. Like when I cut the trunions out of a big piece of 1/2" plate for my quick-attach bucket adapter on the loader build. That 3' by 2' sheet of 1/2" plate was just too big to get on my portaband. It hits the rear support after only 5 or 6 inches, and I needed to make 24" long cuts. So I rolled out the big bandsaw and it did the job just fine. And so that big bandsaw is an important tool. And so is the tablesaw, etc.Harry wrote: ↑Fri Feb 24, 2023 4:37 pm I picked up a Sears old school vertical bandsaw quite some time ago. I made a angle iron steel stand for it and put locking casters on it. I use it mostly for cutting wood. I also found a cheap horizontal bandsaw that needed some tlc. Got it running and put a metal cutting blade on it. I use it for cutting metal and it is handy. Then at a garage sale last summer I found a porta-band saw, for $20 and I put it in my tool cabinet and have not looked at it since. I guess I should dig it out and see how it cuts. Harry
BUT.
There are just countless times that I'm working at the bench, and I just need "a six inch piece of pipe" or "a 12" long 2x4" or "to trim an inch off of this end" and I just spin around and stick it (whatever it is) into that handy little bandsaw.
Now that I know, I can't live without it.
Bob
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Re: Tools we all need.
I used another "newish to me" tool this morning and thought of this post.
I got one of these a year or so ago, and I use it all the time.
https://www.amazon.com/Nut-Thread-Check ... B09LH877TB
For folks who buy their hardware and parts primarily retail, it's probably not as useful. But for anyone who saves/repurposes/scrounges hardware and parts, this tool is invaluable. It instantly tell the difference between the variety of metric/imperial coarse thread/fine thread fasteners, both male and female.
I find myself using it all the time.
Bob
I got one of these a year or so ago, and I use it all the time.
https://www.amazon.com/Nut-Thread-Check ... B09LH877TB
For folks who buy their hardware and parts primarily retail, it's probably not as useful. But for anyone who saves/repurposes/scrounges hardware and parts, this tool is invaluable. It instantly tell the difference between the variety of metric/imperial coarse thread/fine thread fasteners, both male and female.
I find myself using it all the time.
Bob
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Re: Tools we all need.
Thanks Bob... that is now in my Amazon shopping cart list.thebuildist wrote:I used another "newish to me" tool this morning and thought of this post.
I got one of these a year or so ago, and I use it all the time.
https://www.amazon.com/Nut-Thread-Check ... B09LH877TB
For folks who buy their hardware and parts primarily retail, it's probably not as useful. But for anyone who saves/repurposes/scrounges hardware and parts, this tool is invaluable. It instantly tell the difference between the variety of metric/imperial coarse thread/fine thread fasteners, both male and female.
I find myself using it all the time.
Bob
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Nicethebuildist wrote: ↑Sat Feb 25, 2023 10:20 am I used another "newish to me" tool this morning and thought of this post.
I got one of these a year or so ago, and I use it all the time.
https://www.amazon.com/Nut-Thread-Check ... B09LH877TB
For folks who buy their hardware and parts primarily retail, it's probably not as useful. But for anyone who saves/repurposes/scrounges hardware and parts, this tool is invaluable. It instantly tell the difference between the variety of metric/imperial coarse thread/fine thread fasteners, both male and female.
I find myself using it all the time.
Bob
Other than thread pitch gauges I have these to . For the same purpose as you . Plus it helps little man learn sizes .
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Re: Tools we all need.
Looks like a great tool, thanks for posting Bob. Harry
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Re: Tools we all need.
This doesn’t qualify as a tool but something I use constantly is old pill bottles. You guys probably already do this but I use them on almost every project to hold small parts. Easy to mark whats in it and put a lid on it. I found a bucket of them when we started going through my dads stuff. I know that’s why he saved them.