i got
Plasma Cutter
Arc Welders
Acetylene Welding
jd2 32
chop saw
and all the baics tools

i am think of getting a 1-1/2 Horsepower Heavy Duty Milling/Drilling Machine

and it bye hf
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=33686
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/photos/33600-33699/33686.gif

Bandsaw!

Ditch that chop saw.

i got a band saw
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=47840
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/photos/93700-93799/93762.gif

Portable Variable Speed Bandsaw
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=47840
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/photos/47800-47899/47840.gif

I'd get a good band saw (EDIT: I'm too slow, you have a band saw) and a good drill press....

i got a drill Press
Heavy Duty 16 Speed Bench Drill Press
http://whoremeout.net/shop/DSCF2078.JPG

i use it may be 3 times a yr
it cheap but does it get much use

i work over 300 days last yr
never home to use it

i work on osv offshore gom

VERTICAL bandsaw. Ive used one of those milling/drilling machines(HF one) and it sucked. Wasnt nearly ridgid enough.

$1K doesn't buy me tools anymore. :(

Logical Response: If you're never home to use stuff, why bother buying more.

Realistic Response: Get a large air compressor, a heavy duty welding/fab table with =>1" thick top, or save a bunch more and wait for a used bridgeport.

Logical Response: If you're never home to use stuff, why bother buying more.

Realistic Response: Get a large air compressor, a heavy duty welding/fab table with =>1" thick top, or save a bunch more and wait for a used bridgeport.


MmmHmm Bridgeport :smokin:

$1K doesn't buy me tools anymore. :(

I find it hard to believe that you have every hand tool or grouping of tools <$1k or a quantity that is acceptable to you... if you do then I want to know how the hell you have room to store ita ll :laughing: :flipoff2:

I am constantly finding new hand tools $50 or less that I need... adds up quick, and is well under $1k.

cause i have the cash to blow on some thing and it eating at me to spend it

u get stuck on a osv a never see land for a mth r two than when u see land you got a bank full of cash to spend

i like to enjoy myself we i get my feet on hard land

some thing new to play with

MmmHmm Bridgeport :smokin:

ant got 3 ph at my shop

I dont have 3 phase either but I just bought a 14X54 CNC Knee Mill

And I didnt spend much more than your budget!!! But I have been waiting for a deal like this to come along for a long time now.

You should be able to find a Brigeport for under $1500 if you look hard enough. i know of at least 5 that slipped by me for less than $500.

I dont have 3 phase either but I just bought a 14X54 CNC Knee Mill

And I didnt spend much more than your budget!!! But I have been waiting for a deal like this to come along for a long time now.

You should be able to find a Brigeport for under $1500 if you look hard enough. i know of at least 5 that slipped by me for less than $500.

i am looking on ebay and i see u can get them a lillte more than i budgt to spend but there r up notrh and s/h well kill me

do u have any lead on one for around 1500.00

i live deep south louisiana i am 2 hrs form new orleans and 1 hr form port fourchon the Gulf of Mexico.

i whould it many driveing 9 hrs it get it do

EBAY = Most expensive.

Look on CL or SMALL auctions, going out of biz sales, etc.

EBAY = Most expensive.

Look on CL or SMALL auctions, going out of biz sales, etc.

what site
do u have url to them

CL = CraigsList.

And small auctions = local.
And going out of biz = local.

i am looking on ebay and i see u can get them a lillte more than i budgt to spend but there r up notrh and s/h well kill me

do u have any lead on one for around 1500.00

i live deep south louisiana i am 2 hrs form new orleans and 1 hr form port fourchon the Gulf of Mexico.

i whould it many driveing 9 hrs it get it do

Hell there was one in the local paper (Arkansas Democrat Gazette) this week for $1500. It was a 1970 model with a 1 HP motor.... but it was there. That's driving distance from LA...

I have a mill like that (bought it for $150). I don't recommend a round column milling machine if you have the option... problem is, when you raise the head, your x-y index gets thrown off, and you have to mess with it some more to get it set back up.

That said, the mill does do its job, but I try as hard as I can not to have to raise/lower the head while working with it.

If your heart is set on a mill, find a good used Bridgeport!!!
In my opinion, you still don't have a band saw.
Get a good sturdy 7x11 capacity band saw. Look for used with mitering head, not vice. THEN you will have a band saw.

Portaband != bandsaw.

:flipoff2:

Be a bender for me.

Be a bender for me.

i have a jd2 32
i have not put it to gether yet but have one

i got a drill Press
Heavy Duty 16 Speed Bench Drill Press
http://whoremeout.net/shop/DSCF2078.JPG

i use it may be 3 times a yr
it cheap but does it get much use

i work over 300 days last yr
never home to use it

i work on osv offshore gom

Based on this picture, I'd say shop lighting would be a wise investment:flipoff2:

Porta-bands are bad ass tools, but don't buy one from Harbor Fail Tools, mine lasted 15 minutes, the second one broke before it touched metal, third time I wised up and got my money back and bought a Milwakee.

One important factor is, what kind of projects do you typicaly do? What tool do you find yourself lacking? I know I'd never get much use out of a small lathe or small mill, I just don't need to mill or turn any small items. If I were in your shoes I'd pick up a good notcher, a press and maybe a plasma.

Based on this picture, I'd say shop lighting would be a wise investment:flipoff2:

Porta-bands are bad ass tools, but don't buy one from Harbor Fail Tools, mine lasted 15 minutes, the second one broke before it touched metal, third time I wised up and got my money back and bought a Milwakee.

One important factor is, what kind of projects do you typicaly do? What tool do you find yourself lacking? I know I'd never get much use out of a small lathe or small mill, I just don't need to mill or turn any small items. If I were in your shoes I'd pick up a good notcher, a press and maybe a plasma.

http://whoremeout.net/shop/DSCF2097.JPG
got a press
http://whoremeout.net/shop/DSCF2147.JPG
that part of the shop just got junk in it ant got no room to work in it

got Plasma
http://whoremeout.net/shop/DSCF2058.JPG

I find it hard to believe that you have every hand tool or grouping of tools <$1k or a quantity that is acceptable to you... if you do then I want to know how the hell you have room to store ita ll :laughing: :flipoff2:

I am constantly finding new hand tools $50 or less that I need... adds up quick, and is well under $1k.

i get them not for need
just because i what it
:laughing:

that was for the other guy :flipoff2:

get a maid :D

stand up disc and belt sander.

that was for the other guy :flipoff2:

get a maid :D

http://whoremeout.net/shop/DSCF2185.JPG
i did clean up the Medium size bay
:barf:

http://whoremeout.net/shop/DSCF2150.JPG
the small bay only got my mower in it
:smokin:
the large bay got dads boats in it
http://whoremeout.net/shop/DSCF2137.JPG
:shaking:


if it was clean i can work on 8 cars at one time
old auto mech shop built in the late 1940

I find it hard to believe that you have every hand tool or grouping of tools <$1k or a quantity that is acceptable to you... if you do then I want to know how the hell you have room to store ita ll :laughing: :flipoff2:

I am constantly finding new hand tools $50 or less that I need... adds up quick, and is well under $1k.

Yeah ya got me there, I do need a new Sawzal (hardly ever use anyway) and Dewalt cordless drill (last one is for the house tho). I was more aiming for along the line of bigger stuff. :p I've been machine shopping lately too.

Yeah ya got me there, I do need a new Sawzal (hardly ever use anyway) and Dewalt cordless drill (last one is for the house tho). I was more aiming for along the line of bigger stuff. :p I've been machine shopping lately too.

:laughing: seee ya always need something :)

Didn't notice a beer fridge in your shop....

Didn't notice a beer fridge in your shop....

do not kill me for what i well type now

i do not drink :grinpimp:

but there r two fridge in there do not work do :laughing:

Looks like you like tools, but you don't wanna pay for them so you buy cheap shit. Harbor Freight works great if you never use 'em. Otherwise, spend the cash on quality.

Buy some dies for your bender or maybe a Hydro kit for the bender. Easy way to burn 1k right there. What about a good notcher?

Buy some dies for your bender or maybe a Hydro kit for the bender. Easy way to burn 1k right there. What about a good notcher?

i have a hf ram i well install it in the next 6 wks i well have off

i get off to day and well be off for 6 wks to play with my toys :laughing:

this is where i been stuck for the last 14 days
http://whoremeout.net/workpic/DSCF1085%20%282%29.JPG

Looks like you like tools, but you don't wanna pay for them so you buy cheap shit. Harbor Freight works great if you never use 'em. Otherwise, spend the cash on quality.

I was thinking the same thing from the beginning. If you really have cash to blow -- buy BETTER tools. I'm a penny pincher, but I really try hard not to buy cheap crappy Hf stuff. I want my stuff to last for years of recreational usage.

Fromn the pictures of your shop, spend the $1000 on storage and organization. You'll be able to get more done in your time off if the place isn't a wreck! :flipoff2:

post same as below

I was thinking the same thing from the beginning. If you really have cash to blow -- buy BETTER tools. I'm a penny pincher, but I really try hard not to buy cheap crappy Hf stuff. I want my stuff to last for years of recreational usage.

Fromn the pictures of your shop, spend the $1000 on storage and organization. You'll be able to get more done in your time off if the place isn't a wreck! :flipoff2:

Hi have hf tools that i miss treat for yrs
and the still working great

i do own sanp on and mac tools
but i do not use these to make liveing any more
so y pay 100 times more just to say u own snapon or mac tool
i can break my hf tools and replace them 100 times befor it well come up with the coast of name band tools

i am the cheaps fu cker u can find but if it some thing that need top dollar eguapment i well spend the cash on it:shaking:

i do own top of the line equpment
http://whoremeout.net/shop/DSCF2057.JPG
http://whoremeout.net/shop/DSCF2155.JPG
http://whoremeout.net/shop/DSCF2165.JPG

old be at one time top of the line :smokin:

ant got 3 ph at my shop

That's what VFDs are for :D

I retract my veritcal bandsaw suggestion and I have a new one

A MAID!!! :laughing:

After looking at your pics I would invest the 1k in trash dumpsters! I am sure you can make some room in that big shop somewhere for an organized work area.


I am working out of a 25'X30' shop right now so I know about way too many tools and not enough work space....you have no excuse!!

the large bay got dads boats in it
http://whoremeout.net/shop/DSCF2137.JPG
:shaking:


if it was clean i can work on 8 cars at one time
old auto mech shop built in the late 1940

What the heck is the 'boat' in the foreground?

I retract my veritcal bandsaw suggestion and I have a new one

A MAID!!! :laughing:

BEEP

Too late.

Suggestion previously made :flipoff2::flipoff2:

I'll put in another vote for shelves with bins for organization.

How about a generator?

What the heck is the 'boat' in the foreground?


we use that to go paly in the swamp

duck hunt boat
putput that waht we called that thing in cajun land

my mud boat repower want i lot over budget so i have a bit of a shortage of cash

well off to fill my tool box with same hf tools

Here is hoping you get run into by a SNAP ON truck on the way to HF.:D

My vote is a good electric impact. IR, Milwalkee, Snap-on etc. They are really handy.

Get a roll off dumpster, fill it up with half the crap in there, then go down to the local community college and spend the rest on a basic English class.

Get a roll off dumpster, fill it up with half the crap in there, then go down to the local community college and spend the rest on a basic English class.



BaaaHhaaaawwwww!!!!


:flipoff2:

this is where i been stuck for the last 14 days

Im pretty sure I drove right past your place on Wednesday.. was heading from Galliano up to New Orleans and saw that little olive drab green mini truck on the side of LA 1.

hear is waht i got

http://whoremeout.net/shop/DSCF2215.JPG

the box on the left

http://whoremeout.net/shop/DSCF2217.JPG
http://whoremeout.net/shop/DSCF2218.JPG

my old was in my shop when i got it in 1985
it like 50 yrs old does jack up any more

http://whoremeout.net/shop/DSCF2219.JPG
now i well not ahve to take my hand off when i drill some thing

http://whoremeout.net/shop/DSCF2221.JPG
cast for binder i need to finsish makeing stand for

http://whoremeout.net/shop/DSCF2222.JPG
and the pull of trash that need to be haul off
http://whoremeout.net/shop/DSCF2223.JPG
http://whoremeout.net/shop/DSCF2224.JPG

If I had a $1000.00 extra to spend it would be paid on the highest interest bill I had to pay it down.

Only if all debt was paid off would I spend it in any other way

Perhaps put it toward the winter heating bill or electric bill :grinpimp:

If I had a $1000.00 extra to spend it would be paid on the highest interest bill I had to pay it down.

Only if all debt was paid off would I spend it in any other way

Perhaps put it toward the winter heating bill or electric bill :grinpimp:

i own vary lillte to end one


i have save this cash to blow and that what i did

if it comes back to bite me in the ass than
i have some nice tools to paly with lmfao :flipoff2::flipoff2::shaking::smokin:

r bye the y i work 14 days this mth and i am not going back to work in about 6 wks cause

i do not have to my bills r paid up for 2 mth with only working 14 days
and cash to blow to

like i sad i ant got no death :flipoff2::laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing:

i think that first load of trash is a good start. now get what's there, that you need, organized. i bet another truck load of crap will come out.