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  • stroker

    Jan. 11, 2009 10:22 p.m. stroker New Reader

    Many years ago (at least 10) either Popular Hot Rodding or Hot Rod had an article about the three power tools you MUST have. I believe (IIRC) they were a drill press, a welder and a grinder (which in their case they created using a belt sander mounted vertically to the ground on a steel pipe held vertical by an old steel wheel). They claimed that it worked well for cleaning up edges of steel cut with a hacksaw, that sort of thing.

    The welder might have been a bandsaw, now that I think about it.

    Anyway, I wanted some opinions. What three or four power tools would you regard as essential?

  • Keith

    Jan. 11, 2009 10:58 p.m. Keith SuperDork

    Welder, grinder and a drill. Hard to get away from that. Maybe add a Sawzall, it makes a good bandsaw substitute.

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