help me spend about $100

[61scout80]

I got a gift card to sears for christmas, and i'm really hung up on what to get with it. I'm pretty well set with mechanics tools, and turning wrenches is a majority of what i do in the garage.

I also have about all the basic power tools. Drills, sawzall, jigsaw, dremel, 10" blade miter, circular, porta band, palm sander etc.

What i don't want to do is overspend on something just because of the card. There are a few things on my wish list, but i thought they were so far out i didn't really research them. On that list is a vice, bench grinder, router, cordless impact and a few other things are now coming to mind.

This router table is pretty high on the list, It has decent reviews and could probably come in handy for a few furniture and cabinet builds i hope to do soon.
http://www.craftsman.com/shc/s/p_10...ipment&cName=Power+Tools&keyword=router+table


There are also 2 outlet stores, and right before christmas one of them had a bunch of toolboxes under $100. My box still has a good amount of room in it, but that is still a hard one to pass up....

What would you go for in my situation?

 

[mossyboy6]

If your box has a good amount of room in it, you don't have enough tools.

 

[Big Bad Jon]

Take a look online... They offer a lot of things that you will never see in the store. I am sure they have something that you "need". If not buy somthing for your better half.

 

[61scout80]

If your box has a good amount of room in it, you don't have enough tools.

no, just means my box is organized, and i don't have what i don't need

 

[Joelfke]

you can get a set of stubby ratcheting wrenches from gearwrench for 39.99 a set metric/sae

 

[krusty the clown]

you could donate the money to the krusty legal defense fund.....

 

[bmwpower]

you could donate the money to the krusty legal defense fund.....

oh snap...what happened? u ok?

 

[krusty the clown]

oh snap...what happened? u ok?

just a joke, nothing happened but you have to be prepared

 

[bmwpower]

just a joke, nothing happened but you have to be prepared

True.

Maybe he should save it for when he gets hung up on a project and needs that "not on sale" tool.

 

[61scout80]

True.

Maybe he should save it for when he gets hung up on a project and needs that "not on sale" tool.

not a bad plan if i wasn't so forgetful. When i tried to do that with another gift card it ended up expiring before i used it. A preemptive strike is the only way for this not to go to waste

 

[j-easy]

I would get the vise

 

[66pnl]

Grab the tool catalog. It will give you lots of time to decide.There is so much more in there than you can think. Check and see if you can use it at the auto center.

 

[Major Ramifications]

I would say get a bench grinder. I can't believe you have an old Scout (I dig Scouts) and don't have a bench grinder.

 

[X1 Mike]

just a joke, nothing happened but you have to be prepared

Friend of mine used to keep $1000 bail money in his dresser drawer at all times and gave his dad a key to his house.

Yes he had to use it.

 

[engineer2]

I think a vise or a bench grinder would be most useful.
Avoid the cheap little bench grinders. Not enough oomph to run a wire wheel.

If you have a table saw with a pull-out extension it's pretty easy to cut a piece of plywood to mount your router underneath.