Hey Guys and Gals think about it a minute and ask yourself, "Whats the most useful tool ( or favorite) tool in my shop?"
Mine is the single post hoist I installed while I was building my home shop. I've used it for everything from a saw horse, welding table, structure to hang parts while being painted, work table, lawn mower repair hoist, anvil, metal brake to
a ceiling to hang air reels from while I'm repairing them.
It also works pretty good for picking up my cars and trucks.
What couldn't you do without?
This time of year, the furnace is the MVP. :thumbup:
One of my specialties at work is electrical troubleshooting and repair on 60's Lincoln convertibles. I'm always working on two or three of them. The tool I use the most is my Power Probe.
Couldn't imagine narrowing it down to one but I would say without the MIG I would be in big trouble. I can get a lot done with the torch, did a lot of work before the MIG but it's damn limited compared to that wire feed.
Couldn't imagine narrowing it down to one but I would say with the MIG I would be in big trouble. I can get a lot done with the torch, did a lot of work before the MIG but it's damn limited compared to that wire feed.
It's like the MIG, I don't know how much you did before you had a compressor but I did a lot of body work without one. Chopped the top on my truck, all with a hack saw and an electric Black and decker jig saw to go across the roof! LOL All the bondo work by hand! LOL we are spoiled now.
Close call mig or plasma cutter But since both cimpressors went down 2 days ago it will shut you down , -.bought 2 new 10 hp back running dead on tech 69.
I'd have to say either my phone...( so I can call someone smarter then me) or my laptop...( so I can jump online and gather the assistance of fellow hotrodders...who are smarter then me) :mwink:
I'd say my wireless headphones...
It's allows me to to work on my junk at odd hours.. down side is use'n hand tools, instead of the air tools.. wish I knew of a way to quite it.. other than an insulated room.. it's in a stand alone shed now.. when I bump the garage wall out..so I'll have a small shop area and place to store the torch/mig/tool box/parts washer/etc.. the compresser will be in that area and I'll insulate it good.. and add a thermo controlled fan..
as a new 2 car garage is out of the question.. been veto'd by the better half....lol
Hey GEARHEADSLIFE...tell her its a new sewing room for her. Tell her you'll sleep out there...whatever it takes! Who am I kinding, my better half has vetoed my garage expansion and I fear that building it anyway may have terrible consequences! No dinner, no clean clothes, no --- ! Guess I'll suffer along with you in limited space and a warm happy home. LOL!
Hey GEARHEADSLIFE...tell her its a new sewing room for her. Tell her you'll sleep out there...whatever it takes! Who am I kinding, my better half has vetoed my garage expansion and I fear that building it anyway may have terrible consequences! No dinner, no clean clothes, no --- ! Guess I'll suffer along with you in limited space and a warm happy home. LOL!
haha we are making the basement 3 rooms sewing/workshop/game/
she already marked out the sewing room area.. the longer I take to get going on it. the bigger it "seams" to get.. lol
Alldata. Use it multiple times a day and could not live without it. #2 is probably the compressor. Mine is broken right now, waiting on the compressor repair guy with parts. you dont realize how much you need air until you dont have it. We actually bought a small one today.
The single most important thing in the shop is YOUR BRAIN!!!!!
However, since I seem to somehow arrive out there without one from time to time (mine is still in bed asleep) , I'd have to say the compressor (now that I have a good one!)
my workbench, both of them
every project ends up on my workbench
big wood one with a huge vise for wood projects
big metal one with a huge vise for car/welding stuff
It might not be in my shop right now but it's always with me, my pocket knife. I've carried the same one for over 23 years and used it for countless things.
Crash, you'll appreciate this: when I flew out to California in October to meet Bad Rat and Dinger, the one thing that I missed the most was not having my pocket knife "ON ME".
I'm surprised that one of you Suthern Boyz haven't mentioned that Shade Tree next to the driveway.
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