I’ve got a hundred and thirty dollars to blow by Thursday and I’ve got my eyes on three tools in that range, but I’m torn on which one to get. I don’t “have” to have any of the three but any one of the three would definatley get used.
So I leave it up to a jury of my peers. What would you get?
P.S. if you come up with anything else in that range that you think I might like let me know.
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If you hang doors that level will pay for itself.
If It were me I'd go get a money order and send it to someone like myself, but if your going to be selfish and I know you just bought a drill last week(milwaukee) that would leave either the level or the bag, hell you decide,I dont really care.
Edited 6/15/2004 8:56 pm ET by Doug@es
That was a company drill. It stays on my work truck.Who Dares Wins.
OK, I guess you've ruled out the money order thing!
If you dont have a good drill at home than I would go with that, your an electrician, what do you need a level for? As for the organizer bag, hell whats the dash board for!
Doug
I've got a few good drills at home, but could always use another. Especaly a solid light weight one like the Panasonic. I'v got a 15.6V but wouldn't mind having a 12vWho Dares Wins.
21 copies of http://tinyurl.com/2ueve and a 6 pack of bud lite.
"It is as hard for the good to suspect evil, as it is for the bad to suspect good."
-- Marcus Tullius Cicero, statesman, orator, writer (106-43 BCE)
Yea I'm so lacking in that department and your so ahead. Got any more Alzheimers jokes you want to tell at inapropreate times?Who Dares Wins.
Thanks for the tool pack link. Nice for general hauling around. Will it last the rigors of the job site? If you're a carpenter, make a nice tool box and show your wares.
There are better tool manufacturers than Panasonic. (They make radios and irons) It's cheaper in the long run to buy up.
I bought my first Stabila about fifteen years ago. I was sold immediately when I read the sign above a level on display at Smoot Lumber. " This level was thrown 150 times in our parking lot". It was still perfect. I have Stabilas from 9" to 6'6". That's my vote.
"A contented man enjoys the scenery of a detour"
Panasonic is up. They make some bad Azz drills.Who Dares Wins.
You asked.
Just goes to show ya. Some drive a Chevy, some drive a Ford or other, you say Panasonic I say anything but.
Happy shopping.
TKH, have you used a Panasonic drill? Would be curious to know what your complaint about them is, and what cordless drills you do like?
The bag looks pretty sturdy. I'm an electrician and would mainly use it for those tools.Who Dares Wins.
The 'bag' seems OK if you can keep it 'organized', the drill may be the most practical, but the level-set seems more for the 'spoiled'. It sounds like 'spoil' money to me. Good Luck!
One thing I have learned the hard way. The end of today is for organizing for tommorrow. I just had to start taking time and getting all my ducks in a row at the end of the day so I don't start out with a mess the next day.Who Dares Wins.
You're one up on me.
I actually had a short day today, but I still just threw my tools back into my van without putting them away.
I should be outside now organizing but here I am on BT. I think I'm addicted to this place
I got home at 10:30 tonight, When it came time to pick up I chuckled to myself, I almost had to eat my words but I still took the time to put em all back where they belong.Who Dares Wins.
That bag is so some junkie can steal all you good stuff at once.
As the owner of at least a dozen drills, I'd rather have the levels.
Go Yellow, go.
Joe H
Just a few off my personal wish list, you got my e-mail, and I'm registered at amazon.
call it a wedding gift?
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CAG, saw you have the mobile max saw stand on your list. Have you looked at the Ridgid table saw stand? I have had one for about 3 years and would buy another tommorow if anything happened to this one. Not sure what the price is. Worth looking at.
Good luck with your wish list,
Shoe
Have you heard the term. When pigs fly?
Those were pretty good ideas, I've got the angle finder, you definatly need one. That fall arrest thing would be good when I'm drinking too. I could tie off to the bar. Who Dares Wins.
Gunner,
I would buy the Veto Pac. I have drills (you say you do too).
I have levels (granted, not that nice, but they pass the test of flipping it around and showing the same reading. You probably have a level and if you don't, you can get a decent level cheap).
But I still haven't found a good answer for the principle tool bag. And the Veto Pro Pac looks like it might be that bag. (And I haven't found anything close to it that is cheap unless you want to work out of a five gallon bucket)
Rich Beckman
Another day, another tool.
Gunner, tough call - depends on what you have, and do
I've got three of the 12 volt Panasonic drills of various ages and really like them. For $50 more you could get 3.5 amp hour nickle metal hydride batteries in place of the 2 amp hour ni cads http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00006IIO5/qid=1087358491/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_3/103-8175849-6171833?v=glance&s=hi
I have the level set also and it is sweet, can't recall if you had marked the magnetic set or not. I have the magnetic which is real nice when setting doors
one hell of a problem you have for yourself
best of luck
Shoe
I want to stay in the one thirty range.Who Dares Wins.
Gunner
My LONG LOST SON!
Any of those would be perfect gift for me as a father's day present.
I also ready have the 15.2 drill so I don't really need another one. But still the thought counts.
Dad we have to talk. Catch up on 41 years of child support, and I'll buy you a drill. LOLWho Dares Wins.
I'd get this bag... http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0001LQY2Q/qid=1087363877/br=1-13/ref=br_lf_hi_13//103-1169355-9700619?v=glance&s=hi&n=3066811 Great lil bag... lot less money.
Then blow the rest on a really nice steak dinner out, couple bottles good wine... you know!
I looked at those and I don't really want another tool pouch. I want a small bag that isn't too much to tote around, but still have all my tools lined up so I can pluck them right out. I have one made by CLC and it's O.k. but the sides flop over if you put tools in the side slots. I'll get the Veto pac I just can't decide if I want it this time. Who Dares Wins.
Leave the $130 in the bank for now. Don't spend it until you don't have to ask. That way you'll get some tool you really need and want. In the mean time, you could even add more money to the "next tool" account.
Usually it's the other way around, we know what we want, we just don't have the cash. Look at this as an opportunity to be prepared.
-- J.S.
finding loose change in the couch again eh?
or was it in an ATM ya switched out?
get the drill
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Repairs, Remodeling, Restorations.
Nope it's all on the up and up. LOL I just decided that I want to blow a little money on me this week.Who Dares Wins.
I'm in the mood to spend. Call it mad money, I want it gone bu tommorrow.Who Dares Wins.
24 pack of heinken and a hooker
Darkworksite4:
El americano pasado hacia fuera ase la bandera
I ran this by my buddy today. He just grinned kicked back and said. "Get a hooker." So that's two votes for hookers.Who Dares Wins.
I would blow it all on some Bessey K-body clamps. Some long-bar ones, capable of going to at least 40 inches.
Can't ever have enough clamps. You ought to get 4 to stay in your budget.
That's a thought. I'm seriously lacking in the clamp department.Who Dares Wins.
you could send me that buck and half finally you'd break even after interest..:>)
Darkworksite4:
El americano pasado hacia fuera ase la bandera
You didn't get that check yet?????????? UH I'll send it again.Who Dares Wins.
I'd say get the levels ...
but ...
I have the set with the magnets ...
That's part of the magic ... sticking the tall one to the hinges on a prehung.
What's the mag one run?
How much you gonna have to add to the budget.
Not sure if I'd even buy the non-mag after using the magnetic one so much ...
Then again ... I like to do basements and bulkheads outta steel ...
so they do double duty.
Jeff
Buck Construction, llc Pittsburgh,PA
Artistry in Carpentry
Okay that's it....
Send me the money and I'll buy the tools and you get nothing...
End of delema....
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming.... WOW!!! What a Ride!
The magnets are about fifty bucks more. I don't want to spend that much.Who Dares Wins.
I've come to a decision. I going to get the tool case.I'm going to wait on the Stabila until I can get the magnetic ones. The drill I've got enough to hold me over, and I've been thinking more about the tool case then the other three today so it's official. Besides from the sound of it I'll be the inovator here since no one else seems to have one.
Another decision I came to today I'm going to stock one tool bag full of junk tools for helpers. I had three with me today and I'm getting tired of having to borrow back my own tools. Their all pretty good about taking care of them.(have a reputation about being very nasty to anyone that abuses them or doesn't bring them back.) But I want my tools when I want them.
Anyway that's what I'm getting wish me luck guys.
Who Dares Wins.
good luck"there's enough for everyone"
good luck.
good luck
Too bad you only have $130, I always thought you wanted one of these...maybe if you pasted the $130 to your forehead.
http://img42.photobucket.com/albums/v130/Qtrmeg/help.jpg
Where's OSHA?
Shouldn't she have some kind of safety equipment installed.........
Joe H
safety equip? that's what the tape on the hammer handle is for..
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Repairs, Remodeling, Restorations.
What hammer would that be?????
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming.... WOW!!! What a Ride!
See what I'm saying? That's been up since 1:03 this afternoon and nobody has bothered it. See how long it lasts after I post it. Starting now!Who Dares Wins.
Err, I changed the name and linked it offsite?
I was born at night, but it wasn't last night.
They must all be at a convention mine just set a record for being up.Who Dares Wins.
Guy, that was a straightline for I lost track of how many jokes.
Straightline? Isn't that what you use those glassbubble in a stick things for?
O.K. I changed my mind again. I was looking the kitchen over this morning before I left for work, and decided to spruce it up a little. The wife is going to Syracuse weekend after this for a week and I was planning on gutting the bathroom and redoing it while she was gone. (I like to suprprise her when she comes home from a trip). But I decided to do the kitchen instead. So I'm going to take the money and buy a nice new ceiling light, and maybe some rope lighting for the toekicks. A new vinyl floor is a definate. But I decided to kick in my own mad money since I really do want a nice fixture for the ceiling.
Sorry guys sometimes ya just got to think like a chick.
Who Dares Wins.
since yer thinking like a chick ...
how about a day at the spa?
ahh ha ha ha ....
JeffBuck Construction, llc Pittsburgh,PA
Artistry in Carpentry
Massage, beauty pack.... Get yur nails done...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming.... WOW!!! What a Ride!
Ohh another funny man. I aught to start keeping a list. Hee Hee HeeWho Dares Wins.
Funny man.Who Dares Wins.
So YOU are going to pick the LIGHT for the KITCHEN and surprise her?
In your house it must be the kitchen and not her kitchen.
heh heh Could be a surprise alright. All I can say is...
Good Luck.
"go down gambling..."
I'm in charge of illumination at our house. I always pick pretty good stuff so she's happy.Who Dares Wins.
lol..I'll have to ask my wife who is "in charge of illumination" at our house...
I am guessin it's her..cuz she always is telling me to turn off the lights and go to bed..
so is the one issueing the order in charge, or the ordered one?
Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
Repairs, Remodeling, Restorations.
If you look at it like that, then I guess I'm second in command. Remember the National Lampoon movie Christmas vacation with Chevy Chase? After Chevy lit up the house he made the remark to his son that one day he would pass down the power of illumination to his son. That's always been a joke betweem my father and I. I love that line.Who Dares Wins.