well other than a welder and other obvious tools what little thing can you not weld/fabricate without?
mine is a little chunk of 1 1/2" angle iron welded into rectangle, i cant weld ---- with out it.




its actually under my left wrist in this pic

Beau

 

Damn, for a second there I thought you were gonna say your gloves. lol. (crazy ***)


If it isn't the welder, it's the chop saw. I love the destruction of it.

 

Air Hacksaw and my Chop Saw

 

I'd have to say my favorite tool that I have bought to date is my plasma cutter. Makes manifolds a breeze. Plus the fact its a plasma cutter, TIG and ARC all in one unit. I don't use the TIG or ARC but the TIG portion works awesome when I did use it. For $600 you can't beat it. It was so cheap I figured it wouldn't even work, but it works very well and I have used the ---- out of it in the last 3 months. It has paid for itself many times over.

 

cut off wheel. i dont know how many times when I was working at kevins house we made trips to home depot for new wheels. yes, even after I ground through my block (and BTW, the JB weld is still holding to this day) I still love the cut off wheel. I dont think Ive never taken one to any car ive ever owned.

 

And you got this where?

The one I couldn't live without? Probably the TIG... but I really love the tubing bender, it's just fun to use.

 

love my chop saw but have never seen an air hacksaw before, sounds wicked

 

HHmmm. other than my welder possibly my die grinder. You can port things w/it or use a small cut off wheel or put in the wire brush wheel for cleaning.

 

Actually I bought it from Smileytools on Eghey. I honestly didn't think it would work for ---- but it works well and I couldn't be more pleased. It is advertised to cut more than it really does but it blasts through my SS pipe and 3/16 plate like butter.

 

dave you got a tig and plasma for 600 bones? damn i gotta find one of those.

my favorite tool has to be the turrett press at work. spend some time at a computer and put in the right punches....and boom boom boom, any shape you can program in punched into up to 1/4" plate steel. gotta love it.