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My answer is wood oriented, but I think the table saw is one of the most versatile tools.
Table saw
Jigsaw
Router
Impact driver (can drill and drive with this)
Not really sure for the 5th, maybe a sander?Difficult to just pick 5 tools.
Table Saw
Band Saw
Floor Model Drill Press
Lathe
RouterFunny, Ive never even tried 3 of your 5… never touched a band saw, drill press, or lathe…
I see the Mark V on kijiji sometimes, I’ve wondered about the usefulness of ALL the machines on there. My list of 5 is pretty much my only 5 POWER tools, so far…LOL
mitre saw
makita 1612 router
jigsaw
drill/driver
ROtex+Ct36I am willing to accept donations! 🙂
#1= My mind
#2= A health Body
#3= Reliable transportation
#4= 7¼” Skil saw
#5= PowerBoxx 360This man is on another ‘plane’ from the rest of us! 😉
Now that I think about it, if I could only have five power tools I would take up another pursuit.
It’s like if you could only have five items of food. It ain’t gonna happen!
Now that I think about it, if I could only have five power tools I would take up another pursuit.
It’s like if you could only have five items of food. It ain’t gonna happen!
have you never heard of Spam? What else could you possibly need? lol
BE the change you want to see.
Even if you can’t Be The Pro… Be The Poster you’d want to read.Difficult to just pick 5 tools.
Table Saw
Band Saw
Floor Model Drill Press
Lathe
RouterFunny, Ive never even tried 3 of your 5… never touched a band saw, drill press, or lathe…
Eric, you need to get out there and live a little. LOL
I am willing to accept donations!
I have an inexpensive 4″ planer.. 🙂
#1= My mind
#2= A health Body
#3= Reliable transportation
#4= 7¼” Skil saw
#5= PowerBoxx 360As we age I think the first two would be a necessity. 🙂
Dirty, #3 Don’t you mean reliable as in “Never stolen” 😉
“If you don’t pass on the knowledge you have to others, it Dies with you”
— Glenn Botting#1= My mind
#2= A health Body
#3= Reliable transportation
#4= 7¼” Skil saw
#5= PowerBoxx 360Sounds totally like something somebody from Hawaii would say…
BTW, what’s a 4″ planer? Is it like Bosch’s 3 1/4″ power planer PLH181BL, only 4″ wide?
Now that I think about it, if I could only have five power tools I would take up another pursuit.
It’s like if you could only have five items of food. It ain’t gonna happen!
have you never heard of Spam? What else could you possibly need? lol
Funny you mention Spam. My wife and I both rediscovered this as a quick snack item we both ate as kids. I actually went and bought a whole bunch of different brands and we took notes of which brands we liked best. The best tasting ones were actually the cheapo no name ones. We found that in the ingredient list if it listed chicken as the first ingredient before pork they tasted better.
Now that I think about it, if I could only have five power tools I would take up another pursuit.
It’s like if you could only have five items of food. It ain’t gonna happen!
have you never heard of Spam? What else could you possibly need? lol
Funny you mention Spam. My wife and I both rediscovered this as a quick snack item we both ate as kids. I actually went and bought a whole bunch of different brands and we took notes of which brands we liked best. The best tasting ones were actually the cheapo no name ones. We found that in the ingredient list if it listed chicken as the first ingredient before pork they tasted better.
I loved SPAM when I was a kid, still enjoy it once in a while but try to stay away from it, my body doesn’t burn fat as fast as it used to.
If I could have a Wish List of 5 tools that I don’t have:
Mafell P1cc jigsaw
Mafell 55 or Festo TS75 Track saw
Festo Domino XL + seneca adapters
Festo t18 drill + accessories
router, preferably a OF2200 or mfk700Well I reread my original post and actually it is pretty much the same. However, if I had to swap one tool out I would replace the track saw with a bandsaw. It is more versatile overall. I use mine for any repetitive rips and other cuts. A well-tuned bandsaw is surprisingly accurate and it can take a piece of rough stock and with the right blade and set-up you can get straight and square stock without the need for jointing or planing.
Orange County, CA
(1) 7 1/4″ Skill Saw
(2) Impact Driver
(2.5) Drill Driver
(3) Sawzall
(4) Miter Saw
(5) Table SawIsn’t #1 and #5 redundant?
(1) 7 1/4″ Skill Saw
(2) Impact Driver
(2.5) Drill Driver
(3) Sawzall
(4) Miter Saw
(5) Table SawIsn’t #1 and #5 redundant?
I suppose to an extent, yes. Choosing only 5 tools is tough. I could more easily choose only 5 tools to bring to an any given job, but to choose only 5 for all jobs is just not realistic.
I will say that the skill saw, impact, and the sawzall come off the truck all the time. So those three tools are essential for the work I find myself doing on a regular basis. But after that it could be any assortment of other tools.
Well I reread my original post and actually it is pretty much the same. However, if I had to swap one tool out I would replace the track saw with a bandsaw. It is more versatile overall. I use mine for any repetitive rips and other cuts. A well-tuned bandsaw is surprisingly accurate and it can take a piece of rough stock and with the right blade and set-up you can get straight and square stock without the need for jointing or planing.
That requires an amazing bandsaw, and amazing bandsaw skills! I have neither, but I do agree it’s a must!
Well I reread my original post and actually it is pretty much the same. However, if I had to swap one tool out I would replace the track saw with a bandsaw. It is more versatile overall. I use mine for any repetitive rips and other cuts. A well-tuned bandsaw is surprisingly accurate and it can take a piece of rough stock and with the right blade and set-up you can get straight and square stock without the need for jointing or planing.
That requires an amazing bandsaw, and amazing bandsaw skills! I have neither, but I do agree it’s a must!
A lot of tasks the bandsaw does you can do with a good jigsaw.
Well I reread my original post and actually it is pretty much the same. However, if I had to swap one tool out I would replace the track saw with a bandsaw. It is more versatile overall. I use mine for any repetitive rips and other cuts. A well-tuned bandsaw is surprisingly accurate and it can take a piece of rough stock and with the right blade and set-up you can get straight and square stock without the need for jointing or planing.
That requires an amazing bandsaw, and amazing bandsaw skills! I have neither, but I do agree it’s a must!
A lot of tasks the bandsaw does you can do with a good jigsaw.
That is true, bbut when it comes to resawing nothing beats a bandsaw in my opinion. I love my jigsaws too. Each has their place. Gary Rogowski is a well known woodworker from Portland, OR and in an article in FWW magazine he said that he could build just about anything with just three tools – a bandsaw, a router and a chisel. When you think about it, he is right. The only tool I would add to that list would be a good smoothing plane or a sander to aid getting a fine finish. But, you can size stock with the bandsaw. You can joint, shape and thickness with the router, cut joinery with the router and with the bandsaw and fine tune things with the chisel, drill with the router and the list goes on. Not that this is the most efficient by any means, but it is an exercise in maximizing a tools functionality.
Orange County, CA
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