Freezer. That's the trick to keeping superglue and many other adhesives from drying out or curing. In zip lock bag. Whether you want it next to your food is another thing, and of course if you use it ebery day it's a chore having to get it from the kitchen each time;)
The overall philosophy to take note of is that good tools have thought put into them. The manufacturers take the time and spend the money to chase the gremlins out that budget manufacturers leave in. You pay a bit more for a total lack of workflow breaking frustration. That Miller head and Nucleus are two examples from my world that do exactly that.
I often buy a cheap version of a tool (or drill or router bit) first. Only when I find myself using it a lot, I upgrade to a higher quality version. The difference is often enormous, yes.
Yes im a firm believer in buy once cry once. I've never regretted buying a more expensive version of a tool, NOT ONCE. I'm doing this as a hobby, so enjoyment factor is actually the number one criteria for me. I need to enjoy using all these tools to make all these projects because no one is asking me and paying me to make stuff, so i dont have any push in that regard. I also find better tools hold their value much more when you need to sell. The Miller head has been an absolute joy to use so far, i picked up that head and the tripod legs for £700 second hand. Its a huge amount to spend for me, coming from camera gear that i have mostly spent sub £100 range for all my stuff. But this year I've decided to invest heavily in my filming setup to try and improve my workflow.
Nice list. I'll check out the superglue you mentioned. It's probably sold under a different 'Henkel' brand here. A couple of my favourites this year: Although I love using my very compact Makita 12V impact driver, which compared to a regular screwdriver/drill is much more powerful and a lot more comfortable to use (no torsion on your wrist), this year I bought the small Bosch 12V drill driver with all those FlexiClick tool head attachments. Seems a bit gimmicky at first, but I found myself using them quite a lot, to get into hard to reach corners, screwing or drilling. And besides that, it's quite handy to have an additional driver at hand so you don't have to swap bits all the time. The Makita is still more powerful and comfortable though for regular screws. The same 12V batteries fit into the awesome and tiny Bosch edge router. I use it all the time to quickly round over some edges, I mostly leave the same bit in all the time. My good old small but corded Makita RT0701 router hasn't seen a corner in a long time, and now only leaves its box for jobs where the Bosch is obviously too weak. Another 'tool' that suprised me in how often I use them, are the cheap Stanley STST11154 metal 'sawhorses' with the foldable legs. Surprisingly sturdy and very compact.
Thanks for the addtions, i'll need to research some flexi tool heads. Agree on the impact driver! I picked up a few dewalt cordless tools this year and got their impact driver (12v) version. First time using a 12v impact driver and I love it, much more user-friendly than my regular 18v drill for screwing tasks.
Freezer.
That's the trick to keeping superglue and many other adhesives from drying out or curing. In zip lock bag. Whether you want it next to your food is another thing, and of course if you use it ebery day it's a chore having to get it from the kitchen each time;)
The overall philosophy to take note of is that good tools have thought put into them.
The manufacturers take the time and spend the money to chase the gremlins out that budget manufacturers leave in. You pay a bit more for a total lack of workflow breaking frustration.
That Miller head and Nucleus are two examples from my world that do exactly that.
I often buy a cheap version of a tool (or drill or router bit) first. Only when I find myself using it a lot, I upgrade to a higher quality version. The difference is often enormous, yes.
Yes im a firm believer in buy once cry once. I've never regretted buying a more expensive version of a tool, NOT ONCE. I'm doing this as a hobby, so enjoyment factor is actually the number one criteria for me. I need to enjoy using all these tools to make all these projects because no one is asking me and paying me to make stuff, so i dont have any push in that regard.
I also find better tools hold their value much more when you need to sell.
The Miller head has been an absolute joy to use so far, i picked up that head and the tripod legs for £700 second hand. Its a huge amount to spend for me, coming from camera gear that i have mostly spent sub £100 range for all my stuff. But this year I've decided to invest heavily in my filming setup to try and improve my workflow.
Very cool upgrades! Lots of lovely toys here, I'm actually quite envious! Good brands, too. Thanks for sharing with us, Paul!!
Honestly wish we lived anywhere near each other. I'd be happy to share my own small collection of tools! And help with DIY projects. 👀👀
Very kind of you White 🤍.
Have you had any favourite tools you use a lot this year?
Nice list. I'll check out the superglue you mentioned. It's probably sold under a different 'Henkel' brand here.
A couple of my favourites this year: Although I love using my very compact Makita 12V impact driver, which compared to a regular screwdriver/drill is much more powerful and a lot more comfortable to use (no torsion on your wrist), this year I bought the small Bosch 12V drill driver with all those FlexiClick tool head attachments. Seems a bit gimmicky at first, but I found myself using them quite a lot, to get into hard to reach corners, screwing or drilling. And besides that, it's quite handy to have an additional driver at hand so you don't have to swap bits all the time. The Makita is still more powerful and comfortable though for regular screws.
The same 12V batteries fit into the awesome and tiny Bosch edge router. I use it all the time to quickly round over some edges, I mostly leave the same bit in all the time. My good old small but corded Makita RT0701 router hasn't seen a corner in a long time, and now only leaves its box for jobs where the Bosch is obviously too weak.
Another 'tool' that suprised me in how often I use them, are the cheap Stanley STST11154 metal 'sawhorses' with the foldable legs. Surprisingly sturdy and very compact.
Thanks for the addtions, i'll need to research some flexi tool heads.
Agree on the impact driver! I picked up a few dewalt cordless tools this year and got their impact driver (12v) version. First time using a 12v impact driver and I love it, much more user-friendly than my regular 18v drill for screwing tasks.
@@ThisDesignedThat The only disadvantage of an impact driver is that you should maybe wear hearing protection... damn, those things are loud! 😄