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Most Overlooked Tools By Homeowners
Posted on 8/8/21 at 12:52 pm
Posted on 8/8/21 at 12:52 pm
Wanted to start a topic about what tools a lot of today's homeowners are unaware of that would help them.
I was watching my neighbor across the street struggle mightily trying to dig up several dead bushes using an axe and shovel. After watching him not make a lot of progress for an hour, I finally picked up my come-along winch, some tow straps and ropes, walked across the street, tied the winch off to a nearby tree and yanked all of the bushes and root balls out fairly quickly. I did use his axe a little, but the come-along did 95% of the work.
I was watching my neighbor across the street struggle mightily trying to dig up several dead bushes using an axe and shovel. After watching him not make a lot of progress for an hour, I finally picked up my come-along winch, some tow straps and ropes, walked across the street, tied the winch off to a nearby tree and yanked all of the bushes and root balls out fairly quickly. I did use his axe a little, but the come-along did 95% of the work.
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Posted on 8/8/21 at 1:18 pm to 98eagle
The labor pool outside Lowe’s or Home Depot.
Plumbing: shark bite fittings
Electrical: Non-contact voltage tester
Painting: 18 inch paint rollers
Carpentry: too many to list
Plumbing: shark bite fittings
Electrical: Non-contact voltage tester
Painting: 18 inch paint rollers
Carpentry: too many to list
Posted on 8/8/21 at 1:28 pm to 98eagle
Here in middle Tennessee a pickaxe!!! You can't dig 3 inches into the soil here without one.
Posted on 8/8/21 at 1:50 pm to 98eagle
A tractor with implements would make my life significantly easier.
Posted on 8/8/21 at 2:08 pm to 98eagle
A dremel. I got one recently and don’t know how I’ve gone this long without it. For being such a relatively cheap tool, I’m not sure why I never thought to purchase one before.
Posted on 8/8/21 at 2:23 pm to BallsEleven
I routed something the other day with a Dremel. My vote goes to oscillating multi tool like these. LINK /
Posted on 8/8/21 at 3:47 pm to 98eagle
Corded grinder + flap disk + cutting wheel. I’ve gotten more than my 50 dollars out of that purchase from harbor freight.
Posted on 8/8/21 at 4:08 pm to 98eagle
Force multipliers and third hands are very handy for the professional homeowner! Hi-lift jacks, come-alongs, furniture dollies, little work tables with built-in vices.
Posted on 8/8/21 at 4:56 pm to 98eagle
Posted on 8/8/21 at 5:06 pm to 98eagle
A good stud finder. Had cheap ones forever and finally bought a decent one ($50ish) and it's so much more accurate and nicer to use.
Posted on 8/8/21 at 6:15 pm to 98eagle
Sawzall is my go to answer.
Hard for me to say if it's "overlooked."
Hard for me to say if it's "overlooked."
This post was edited on 8/8/21 at 6:16 pm
Posted on 8/8/21 at 6:33 pm to TomSpanks
quote:Got a rec? All the ones I've tried just beep the entire time I use them.
A good stud finder.
Posted on 8/8/21 at 7:22 pm to 98eagle
Yep, the right tools for the right job is essential in being efficient in your work.
That is why I now have at least $30K in shop, carpentry, power and woodworking tools and accessories in my possession.
There's not many jobs that need to be done around my house that I don't have to tool to do it------and the knowledge to use them efficiently and properly.
Luckily for me, I had a great uncle who took me under his wing like I was his 5th son after my dad died when I was 8 and taught me a lot about how to work with my hands.
He's now long gone but always remembered and revered.
That is why I now have at least $30K in shop, carpentry, power and woodworking tools and accessories in my possession.
There's not many jobs that need to be done around my house that I don't have to tool to do it------and the knowledge to use them efficiently and properly.
Luckily for me, I had a great uncle who took me under his wing like I was his 5th son after my dad died when I was 8 and taught me a lot about how to work with my hands.
He's now long gone but always remembered and revered.
This post was edited on 8/8/21 at 7:23 pm
Posted on 8/8/21 at 7:28 pm to CAD703X
quote:
Here in middle Tennessee a pickaxe!!! You can't dig 3 inches into the soil here without one.
Sounds like an "Andy Griffith Show" episode where Briscoe Darling comes into Mayberry to pick up his daughter Charlene's future husband and he tells Andy about what the dowry is.
"A few acres in the hills with a small cabin----needing a roof, with a good mud floor and some land to farm with good rocks on it".
Posted on 8/8/21 at 7:33 pm to Korkstand
quote:
Got a rec? All the ones I've tried just beep the entire time I use them.
Have you tried testing it on yourself first?
Posted on 8/8/21 at 9:01 pm to SATNIGHTS
quote:
My vote goes to oscillating multi tool
My vote as well. That’s a tool that you don’t understand how much you need it until you have it . Allows you to make difficult cuts that next to impossible without it
Posted on 8/8/21 at 9:12 pm to OysterPoBoy
quote:Yeah that was the joke
Have you tried testing it on yourself first?
Posted on 8/8/21 at 9:36 pm to Korkstand
quote:
Got a rec? All the ones I've tried just beep the entire time I use them.
Mine doubles as a dishwasher.
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