What tools should I buy?

[jimmy101]

A micrometer?

$50 from http://www.amazon.com/Grizzly-G9786-Cal ... B0000DD0RW

[gwoloshyn]

I have a Dremel with tons of attachments, scroll saw (for barrel/tank supports), drill, glue gun, all types of hand tools, miter box, 2 vises, 2 workbenches and 2 full toolboxes. I need a nice tap set but they are pricey.

[Brian the brain]

The 1/4" tap it truely priceless..I have to make due with a 1/8" tap, because ...well..the 1/4" is not only priceless...it's pricey too!!

But you are getting nowhere without a vice and some ( big) wrenches.

[Hotwired]

A micrometer?

$50 from http://www.amazon.com/Grizzly-G9786-Cal ... B0000DD0RW

A ruler or tape measure is more likely

I'm thinking of bagging a digital vernier for just under £10 at my local Maplin

[noob of noobs]

I'd deffinitly recomend a bench vice, but that's obviously already been stated...
Do you have a Menards close by? Instead of getting a real dremel, I got some red "rotary tool" there. It works great, is cheaper, and is compatible with all dremel bits. It does have a cumbersome cord, but I don't mind it.
Also, I also got some mini saw there that was labled as a "dovetail saw" made by Erwin. It's short, very light, the blade is flexible, and it cuts insanely fast. It takes about one and a half strokes with an 8 inch blade to get through a 1/2 inch dowel. It's probably not best for precision cutting, but it's good for average cutting. I don't think you can resharpen it though, but it's lasted me 2 years.
By the way, has anyone tried using one of those pipe cutters? They look like a C clamp, but have a blade that's supposed to cut pipe very cleanly.
Do they work well?
Other things you might want to get are:
A vaccum (for cleaning up)
A torch (if you're going to be welding)
Vice grips (...for gripping stuff...)
By the way, how do you turn a drill into a lathe?

[pat123]

thanks alot everyone I am probably going to get a bench and vice and go from there.

By the way, how do you turn a drill into a lathe?

I was wondering the same thing

[jrrdw]

Lock it in the vise, lock trigger on, chuck work piece in drill chuck.

[Carlman]

i turned my old router into a lathe, its 2 powerful and fast so i gered it down with belts. its really fun, just the other day i made a club waiting for the cane toad invasion...

hehe im all ready for the little barstards :violent3: :violent1: :protest:

[noob of noobs]

Lock it in the vise, lock trigger on, chuck work piece in drill chuck.

Won't that only work on small pieces that fit into the drill?
And Carlman, what cane toad invasion?

[Carlman]

And Carlman, what cane toad invasion?

The one that is moving across Australia from the east to west...im in the west, but im ready lol, maybe they shoud legalise spud guns to combat them...



PS: dont watch if you happen to like this bloody pest...

EDIT: found a pic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Bufoinvasion.gif