{"id":1618,"date":"2008-09-26T11:23:08","date_gmt":"2008-09-26T11:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/74.220.207.152\/~hogonice\/?p=1618"},"modified":"2008-09-26T11:23:08","modified_gmt":"2008-09-26T11:23:08","slug":"tools-without-which-you-must-consider-yourself-a-failure-as-a-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/?p=1618","title":{"rendered":"Tools Without Which You Must Consider Yourself a Failure as a Man"},"content":{"rendered":"

Start Buying Them Immediately<\/i><\/p>\n

I have bunch of yard crap to finish up today, and yard crap means tools.<\/p>\n

A reader sent me something interesting. It was a link to one of the craziest tools I’ve ever seen. It’s a motorized comealong. Or a handheld winch. However you want to look at it. It’s called the Pullzall, and you can see it at this link.<\/a><\/p>\n

The cordless version has endless possibilities. Of course, it costs twice as much.<\/p>\n

I can’t believe the junk you can buy, if you just know where to look.<\/p>\n

There are a number of tools I dream about buying, yet somehow resist. This is remarkable, in view of the expensive toys I’ve already bought.<\/p>\n

1. Fein Multimaster. I need this tool…and I think you will agree…because the commercials are so cool. Also, it looks like it would be great for a lot of small sawing jobs that don’t seem to fit any other kind of saw. Oh, wait? Did I say “Multimaster”? No, I need the Fein Supercut. Because it costs twice as much, so it must be way better.<\/p>\n

2. Rotozip. Again, I cite the cool commercials. And you can cut in all sorts of squiggly directions.<\/p>\n

3. Acetylene torch. Sometimes I just want to roast and punish things that have made me mad.<\/p>\n

4. Car lift. Every garage should be built with one of these, ready to use. Mechanics all over America would have to emigrate. Which would be a great blessing to us all. Maybe we could send them to Iran, where their dishonesty and incompetence would wreck the economy.<\/p>\n

5. Bobcat. Do I even need to explain why I need a Bobcat? Are you going to waste my time with stupid questions like that? I sure hope not.<\/p>\n

6. Giant drill press. I was going to buy one, but the energy crunch added a hundred bucks to the price. These are actually useful. There are a lot of things you just can’t do all that well with a drill. I was hoping I’d be able to use it to turn scrap lumber into bird toys. A typical bird toy runs fifteen bucks, and they contain about ten cents’ worth of materials. And they have a short lifespan.<\/p>\n

7. Milling machine. The only reason I won’t buy one of these is that I’m positive I won’t take the time to learn how to use it.<\/p>\n

8. Blasting cabinet. I would use it maybe three times a year, but on those occasions, it would rock. The alternative is to shoot sand all over the yard, and I can’t say I’m uncomfortable with that.<\/p>\n

9. Demolition hammer. When you need a demolition hammer, it’s pretty hard to come up with anything else that will do what you want.<\/p>\n

10. Sawstop table saw.<\/a> They stop instantly when they realize they’re cutting meat, i.e., you. Sadly they cost about a million dollars. Okay, their smallest cabinet saw is almost four grand. Comparable Delta saw: around two grand. Which is still $1700 more than I paid for my table saw. If you’re rich and you use a table saw, you have to be stupid not to have a Sawstop. If you’re not rich, it makes sense to bet a few fingers on your ability to dodge.<\/p>\n

Wow, I managed to stall until 11:22. This was well worth the effort.<\/p>\n

More<\/b><\/p>\n

Bosch and Dremel just launched competitors to the Multimaster. HOORAY. And Proxxon makes a little version for small jobs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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