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Of all the stuff on your list, this is pretty much all I used on the remodel of my last house:
circular saw 12” sliding miter saw table saw (sawstop or old, then a good fence) jig saw cordless drill corded drill/driver belt sander palm/orbital sander sawzall oscillating cutting tool AIR air compressor finishing nail guns HAND coping saw Squares of some sort or multiple sorts? level prybars The rest never got used much. Most didn't get used at all. Never needed a workbench. Two old sawhorses did just fine. I'd build an infeed or outfeed table for the table saw before I'd build a woodworking bench. Dust collection meant doing most of the sawing in the garage or outdoors. A shopvac was used some indoors to clean up. If you have a table saw, miter saw and SawZall, you'll never need the skillsaw. Keep in mind, you can get started on a house remodel with nothing more than hand tools for a lot of the tasks. You don't have to buy all this crap on the front end. |
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Regarding the pipe clamp vs. Bessey K body (parallel jaw bar clamps like your picture above) -
the flat Bessey style clamps are fantastic - and would definitely be preferred over the pipe clamp style that have been in use for possibly 100 years. However, pipe clamp capacity is ONLY limited by the length of the pipe. If you've got a clamping situation where you need to clamp something that is 8.5' long/wide - pipe clamps are going to be the ticket. And it's very easy to take 2 6' pipe clamps - and put a $2 coupling between the pipes to make a 12' clamp. There might be ways to work around the bar clamp limitation - but pipe clamps are quick in that scenario. Edit: As for bar clamps I've probably got about four 5', six 3' and a couple others, but I've also got three 8' pipes and about five or six other shorter length pipe clamps.
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Funny story: I spent a year in Talladega AL and worked as a carpenter. For my first job I showed up, took the boss out to my truck and showed him my tools organized in a very secure low roll out drawer box the length of the truck. He never asked a question, just said you're hired. It was a job to convert and old Southern mansion to a B & B. And restore the charm as it had been cut up into rentals. On my first day I showed up (on time) with about a dozen other guys (you hire half again as many as you need in AL because of spotty attendance). They all had tools belts and hand tools from Walmart. And a WM circular saw with a skinny 16 ga. extension cord. Some weren't bad but others....
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OK, I guess a Skilsaw is useful if you ever have to make an angled cut like that or if you have to break down a sheet of plywood because you don’t have two more hands to help you with the tablesaw.
Thinking back to when I remodeled my house, I don’t recall ever needing to make an angle cut like that, but maybe I did. When I moved, I gave one of my Skil saw’s to my youngest kid then sold the other one. Haven’t missed it. |
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I'm not looking to spend a ton of time with a hand plane for sure. I've got some and would like to be able to set them up and use them well, but when getting the job done is an issue, then I suspect power tools mostly rule.
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The parallel jaws keep the clamping pressure even and do not cause the glue up boards to warp. It will stay warp as it dries. Alternate clamps to get rid of that problem. One up and the other down and so on for a large, long glue up.
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Cut angle on sliding shop saw. Instead of using a coping saw, turn the molding upside down and take a small grinder with a course grit sanding pad with rigid back and sand away up to the profile. Its very quick and accurate because you can see exactly where to stop and have crisp joints. If needed, take that grinder to remove more materials to get a better fit in seconds. Old world craftsmen will turn over at their graves when they see us doing this or maybe they will say, where the hell is that tool when we were doing this. ![]() |
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It looks like the worm drives are heavier, shaped differently, have more torque and lower RPMs and are more expensive. I found the following article https://www.protoolreviews.com/news/sidewinder-vs-worm-drive-circular-saws/31386/ which I thought was interesting because it says that the preference for one over the other seems to be segregated by coast. East coasters more frequently use sidewinders while West coasters mostly prefer worm drive. That's the oddest thing about it to me.
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Yep saw horses and a piece of plywood goes a long way on the job site but its nothing like a workbench you are used to with a big old vice to hold things down when needed. On the large jobs where we know we will be there for months, a smaller 4x6' removable work bench top with a vice set up is the norm for us, along with longish outfeed tables and gang stops for the sliding chop saw. I make them do that for safety and accuracy. If not most will just cut on the floor with their foot holding up materials.
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And there's probably a time and place for both. Sometimes, you want to do a good job, but also get the work done. Sometimes you're doing the work as much or more for the process as you are the end product. You may not be in a hurry to get finished and just want to enjoy the work, kind of like a zen thing. Good to know, thanks again.
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I can see that, at least, from my novice point of view. I have a heck of a time cutting smooth curves with ANY kind of saw.
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No one has mentioned the lowly scraper. A couple of flex paint scrapers for cleaning and patching. Plus a multi-tool that cleans rollers and scrapes.
If you have to strip a bit of paint, this is the tool: https://www.leevalley.com/en-ca/shop/tools/hand-tools/scrapers/20094-carbide-tipped-scrapers
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