I had to choose between a DeWalt 20V brushless drill for $150 or a corded Milwaukee hole shooter for $80. I went corded because I figured I'd never use it far from an outlet in my little 10x12 shed. First week was fine, but yesterday I needed to drill some shelf brackets out on the patio and had to run two extension cords just to reach. The corded one has way more torque for mixing paint though, so it's a tradeoff I'm still figuring out. Has anyone else gone corded for the garage and found yourself wishing for battery power halfway through a project?
I was getting frustrated trying to get a mirror edge on my old Stanley plane blades with a $40 diamond stone that kept wearing out. Tried sticking wet-dry sandpaper (220 to 2000 grit) to a piece of 1/4-inch plate glass from the hardware store, total cost maybe $8. Has anyone else found a way to make their sharpening setup work on the cheap without buying those expensive jigs?
Spent last Tuesday through Friday chasing a setting on my old Lincoln that I finally figured out was just a bad ground clamp, and now I have to grind out five joints I messed up, so has anyone else wasted a whole week on something that stupid?
I was complaining to my neighbor Bob, who fixed cars for 40 years, about how messy my workbench always gets. He just laughed and said 'Your bench should work for you, not the other way around.' That hit different because I realized I had been fighting my own setup for years. Bob showed me how he hangs his most used tools on a pegboard right above where he stands, no reaching. Now I moved my wrenches and screwdrivers to a $12 magnetic strip from Amazon and it freed up so much space. My bench is still cluttered sometimes but at least I can find the 10mm socket on the first grab now. Has anyone else had a simple setup change make a big difference in their workflow?