favorite fabrication tool
 

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.


https://www.homemadeturbo.com/2004/beaurace/meweld.jpg

its actually under my left wrist in this pic

Beau

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


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

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Air Hacksaw and my Chop Saw

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.