NONSENSE!!!!!!!!! My son has a very cheap (Harbor Freight) sliding compound miter saw. It is EXCELLENT for straight, square (in both directions) cuts necessary for good fitting corners in shelves and bookcases. It would be foolish to use anything else other than a radial arm saw to make the precision cuts necessary on shelves and bookcases!
Mike D.
Mike, that's known as luck. Next time HF needs a batch of those, they may use a totally different Chinese factory and the result might be a piece of junk.
"JimmyD" wrote in news:1161359437.323045.108830 @h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:
I don't own a compressor...yet. I eyed this one up (Porter Cable). The pancake itself seemed pretty good. I don't know anything about nailers but to me what they called brads and finish nails were just about the same. The gauge was a tad bigger on one vs the other, but not much.
As far as the crown stapler, it had a 1" max. That means you can't use it on any 3/4" wood.
Just my observations. Any additional feedback more than welcome.
That's if you don't have a table saw, in which case, a crosscut sled made from $2.00 worth of labor and materials will cut dead square and leave your stock with clean, tearout-free edges.
I haven't read the other replies. Has anyone mentioned that is really depends on what you want them for?
That is an insane idea. :-)
Wow...quite the outpouring of knowledge. I didn't expect so many responses and I appreciate them all very much, so thank you. The projects I have upcoming are sheet rocking a framed room and putting up molding/baseboards. I guess I was thinking as long as I'm going to buy some tools for that, I should try and get a good set of power tools that are commonly used in home repair. Which is also why I was thinking the hammer drill. I figured as long as I was buying a drill, I might as well get one that has the hammer function as well. I'm also interested in trying some other projects like building a dog house (since my dog's not picky and if I do a crappy job he won't care) and building a wooden garbage can holder. So I was entering it with that train of thought. So after reading all the posts, I'm going to follow the majority of the advice and buy mainly what I'll need for what I have upcoming and go from there. That means the miter (for the crown molding) and a good drill. I think that should do it for now. I was pretty set on buying the nailers, so I'm glad I asked about them since most people think I should skip them, for now anyways. So that's $300 I can spend somewhere else. I'm a single guy and my girlfriend has a desire for me to be more "handy" so I have that going for me.
Thanks again.
Jim
Use a hammer and nails for the baseboard. Pre-drill first, and test hole size vs nails on a piece of scrap. It's pretty relaxing work, and a power nailer really won't save you much time, compared to all the measuring and cutting.
I would get a *good* cordless screwdriver, good cordless drill, and more powerful corded drill. It can be a hammer drill if you like, but the extra power comes in very handy when you run into a tough job. For example, mixing something like joint compound. An angle grinder can come in very handy for miscellaneous things, as can a reciprocating saw. A circular saw as well.
Yes, but the OP was talking about power tools, so I didn't go there. There would be many other non-power tools too.
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Or sometimes for a nail.
... and always for a rivet.
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