Tool gift

[ItsHot]

What would you say tops your tool gift list? I guess mine would be an upgrade on a cordless drill.

 

[stickboy1375]

This is a non electrical tool, but its on the top of my list, its used for making pocket holes in face frames...

http://www.kregtool.com/

 

[tom baker]

I have the smaller version of the Krieg Pocket hole kit.
A tool I just got my self for christmas is a Bosch Jig Saw.
Last year I got a Makita 14.4 volt drill -impact driver and flashlight. The impact driver is almost as usefull as the drill, esp for driving screws.
A new tool would be one of the LED work lights- no heat, no lamps to break.

 

[ItsHot]

must have!

must have!

Those are sweet! I have tried to free hand doing that, boy did I make a mess!

 

[chris kennedy]

A tool I just got my self for christmas is a Bosch Jig Saw.

You are going to be pleased with this Tom. Nice choice!

 

[76nemo]

Santa can drop me off a Fluke 345, and I'll leave him steak and shrimp, he needs to cut down on the cookies

 

[electricalperson]

a nice tool to get is the new 10 volt bosch driver.. its really light, can drive screws all day and even has a light on it. i love mine

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000F4GITI/ref=amb_link_5572682_10?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_r=1T7YB4HAFW6ART52YSKH&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=341817101&pf_rd_i=507846

 

[mdshunk]

I think one of those little Bosch impact screwdrivers would be at the top of my list too. I used a guy's on a job just to check it out, and boy... those little things are pretty impressive.

 

[480sparky]

Dear Santa:

I know you're very busy this time of year, so I'll keep my wish list short.

All I want for Christmas is just a few simple tools.






A bender for bending a little bit of conduit,

A new meter,

A little 'ole wire tugger,

And I have some poles to set soon,

Oh, and I'll need some way of hauling all this around.

Edit to add:
Oh yeah, one of these, too!

Thank you.
Ken in Iowa

P.S.: Mommy said you were getting fat, so no cookies for you this year. But I will have some carrots, celery sticks and Diet Pepsi waiting for you.

 

[ItsHot]

good ole' big one

good ole' big one

Now thats what I call a big truck!

 

[mdshunk]

Those Maxis pole-setting gizmo's are pretty neat, aren't they? I watched their online video on them a year or so back. Seems like they were only a couple grand. Way cheaper than a bucket truck, and would pay for itself by avoiding just a few crane rentals. The manufacturer even said you could use it to take the poles down to do ballast maintenance. I don't know about that one. Seems like a lot of work to change a lamp and ballast.

 

[480sparky]

If you can get a PoleJack for 2 grand, get me one and I'll pay you three. I priced them this summer and it was either 4600 or 4300.

 

[mdshunk]

If you can get a PoleJack for 2 grand, get me one and I'll pay you three. I priced them this summer and it was either 4600 or 4300.

That was off the top of my head. Still, that's not too shabby. There might be more than one company that makes them, perhaps? The video I saw showed chucking up a cordless drill to the pole jack to raise and lower the standard. Is that the one you have pictured?

 

[480sparky]

Yes, but I have my doubts as to how well a cordless would hold up under such use. I can see one, maybe two poles, but not a mall parking lot! And not a 12V, either.

AFAIK, Maxis is the only outfit making such a rig. But just wait, someone will post a link and make me a liar. :smile:

 

[brian john]

Guess I am selfish as I always buy my own presents, started this years ago, I pretty much have all the tools (except the truck) shown, looking at this now..So if any of you feel in the giving mood.....

http://www.amazon.com/Nikon-600mm-N...1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1198380676&sr=8-1

Oh and top tool you should look into Marc (MDShunk) turned me onto this. My guys love em.

http://www.amazon.com/Ridgid-25643-...2?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1198380742&sr=1-2

 

[mdshunk]

I think Brian's second link was wrong. He probably meant to post this:

http://www.amazon.com/RIDGID-25643-...d_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=hi&qid=1198380980&sr=8-1

 

[brian john]

Marc in the middle of posting the wonders of the slow speed Hughes kicked me off for the 1,000,000 time.

I changed my mind and want FIOS for Christmas so I can dump Hughes.

 

[mdshunk]

Marc in the middle of posting the wonders of the slow speed Hughes kicked me off for the 1,000,000 time.

I changed my mind and want FIOS for Christmas so I can dump Hughes.

Bummer. I have cable internet, and it's never let me down. Sometimes the computer starts doing stuff, seemingly on its own, in the background that slows things down CPU and memory wise. The cable internet is screaming fast.

 

[GilbeSpark]

If you can get a PoleJack for 2 grand, get me one and I'll pay you three. I priced them this summer and it was either 4600 or 4300.

Those suckers have a retail of $4300. Maybe sale price around $4k or so.

I was checking those out last night on Maxxis' site. They've got some pretty neat stuff. I like the Pull-It 1000:

This little rig would come in handy for the smaller stuff.

 

[winnie]

So if any of you feel in the giving mood.....

http://www.amazon.com/Nikon-600mm-N...1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1198380676&sr=8-1

Seems a waste to spend 9K for a lens when you can have essentially the same glass with 'vibration reduction' for less than 5% more.

Right now I've set my sights smaller. I'd like a 35mm f1.4, an 85mm f2, and a 55mm f1.2

-Jon