What shop tools can you not live without?

[gregfender]

Just curious what some of you folks consider must haves. Be it wood-working tools, mechanics tools, or anything...what occupies a place of honor in your shop?

 

[Chooglin]

not stricly a shop tool,but the sawzall, is a tool I use alot.

 

[zman007007]

my frig to keep the beer cold. lol

 

[RadarTech]

I have been using my dremel multimax so much lately it is my favorite now.....

 

[gwjd]

greatly depends what you are doing

but saws all drill/ driver / circular saw

i second the saws all

then good socket set

hand tools pliers hammers.....

 

[SandburRanch]

I use Quick Grip clamps more than any other individual tool whether it be for metal, wood working or clamping a nut cracker to crack pecans. It supplements nearly every other tool I use such as the drill press. In the pic one was used as a third hand to hold a tubing in place to contain a backer washer for a pop rivet. I find the uses endless.

 

[Baby Grand]

I consider the following one tool:

Medium quality, 12 spd, floor mount, drill press with tooling:

A set of very high quality drill bits - letter, fractional & number sizes.

A very high quality tap & die set.

Various drill & thread guages for selecting the right stock, taps, dies & drills.

A set of Forstner bits.

A few fly cutters.

A collection of wire wheels.

A collection of mounted stones.

A few flap wheels.

 

[TripleR]

Home:

Air compressor
impact wrench
good set of hand tools
4" angle grinder

Farm Shop:

All of the above
Welder, stick and TIG
Plasma cutter
Drill press
Sawzal

 

[whistlepig]

A five pound hand sledge.
Spud bar.
My 16" channel lock pliers.

These are for objects that resist my attempts to fix them. I have found that, with these tools, I can turn any resisting object in to a useless mass. This helps preserve my sanity. Makes me feel better too.

 

[CompactTractorFan]

Wow...where do I start...:confused2: