Whats your favorite All Purpose POWER TOOL! Ohgrr Ohrr!

Cashmoney995

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Whats your favorite All purpose power tool? Like, Those miracle ones that can cut through anything, like the RotoZip, or the Sharky extreme?
 

notfred

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There are very few "all-purpose" products that are very good.

A dremel is not all-purpose. It's a cutting tool, for small objects. It's a really lousy tablesaw, and an even worse drill press.

Edit: Ok, it might work as a drill press for drilling a 1/4" hole in wood, but you'd have some difficulty putting a 1" hole through a half inch of steel with it.
 

Armitage

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The right tool for the job. "All Purpose" tools ussually do nothing particularly well.

The best I can think of would be a drill. Drills holes, can be fitted with a sanding or grinding disk and do OK, drives screws, put a mixer on it and stir paint, mortar, etc, saw a water pump the other day that you chuck into a drill. You could probably chuck one of those rotozip bits into it and do a passable job on drywall.
 

Nitemare

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Originally posted by: MrsSkoorb
My powered screw driver. :)

I'm so tempted to make a remark about MrSkoorb & BabySkoorb.... :eek:


I vote for the high speed cordless drill
 

slag

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Definitely a 4 inch electric grinding wheel. It grinds, sharpens, cuts off, cuts through anything, is basically the do all tool
 

notfred

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Originally posted by: Armitage
If the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail :D

Go back to the software forum, I'm trying to fix your <pre> problems :p
 

Mr N8

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Originally posted by: Squisher
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That's a brand, not a tool.

My most useful tools are either my Milwaukee Sawzall or my Dewalt Circular Saw.

I don't like all-purpose tools. I would rather own the right tool for the job than a tool that kind of does every job.
 

Armitage

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Originally posted by: notfred
Originally posted by: Armitage
If the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail :D

Go back to the software forum, I'm trying to fix your <pre> problems :p

Yea, talk about the wrong tool for the job ... sometimes I feel using html is like trying to kill a grizzly bear with a frying pan :D
 
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Originally posted by: Armitage
Originally posted by: notfred
Originally posted by: Armitage
If the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail :D

Go back to the software forum, I'm trying to fix your <pre> problems :p

Yea, talk about the wrong tool for the job ... sometimes I feel using html is like trying to kill a grizzly bear with a frying pan :D

LOL!
 

Doggiedog

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Originally posted by: MrsSkoorb
My powered screw driver. :)

I always knew Skoorb was a tool! ;)

My vote goes to my 18V Dewalt cordless drill.

I can't believe I lived without one.