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One power tool and one power tool only - choose wisely. :D

 

Chris

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My wife again.

Jay

 

Current build Cross Section USS Constitution  http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/10120-cross-section-forward-area-of-the-uss-constitution/

Finished USS Constitution:  http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/103-uss-constitution-by-modeler12/

 

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 Current build: Syren : Kit- Model Shipways

 

Side project: HMS Bounty - Revel -(plastic)

On hold: Pre-owned, unfinished Mayflower (wood)

 

Past builds: Scottish Maid - AL- 1:50, USS North Carolina Battleship -1/350  (plastic),   Andromede - Dikar (wood),   Yatch Atlantic - 14" (wood),   Pirate Ship - 1:72 (plastic),   Custom built wood Brig from scratch - ?(3/4" =1'),   4 small scratch builds (wood),   Vietnamese fishing boat (wood)   & a Ship in a bottle

 

 

 

 

 

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I'm guessing none of the above members are either Kit Builders or don't own a Byrnes Table Saw - that would be my pick. I use mine a lot more than I do my Mill.

 

9 times out of 10 I can get by with a Pinvise instead of my Dremel (unless I'm drilling a couple of thousand Treenails in one go :huh:  :D .

 

:cheers:  Danny

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Hi.

It would be my Byrnes Table Saw followed by a bandsaw.

Never got into using my Dremel ):

I use a lot of hand tools.

 

Regards Antony.

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I'm a kit builder - so i'll nominate "Dremel". 

 

I am intrigued by the Byrnes table saw, but I can't think of an application for it as a kit builder. Probably more my ignorance and lack of knowledge than anything else. I could definitely be persuaded to buy one if I knew what it can do for me :) Anyone? 

Regards, Keith

 

gallery_1526_572_501.jpg 2007 (completed): HMS Bounty - Artesania Latina  gallery_1526_579_484.jpg 2013 (completed): Viking Ship Drakkar - Amati  post-1526-0-02110200-1403452426.jpg 2014 (completed): HMS Bounty Launch - Model Shipways

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Since not using any electric powered tools, I always prefer my file set :)

 

Ups, or my fret saw ? 

 

Mmh, my files again! 

Edited by Bugra

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H.M.S. Triton Cross Section by Bugra - 1/48

Turkish Traditional Ship - Surmene Takasi by Bugra - 1:35

 

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I'm a kit builder - so i'll nominate "Dremel". 

 

I am intrigued by the Byrnes table saw, but I can't think of an application for it as a kit builder. Probably more my ignorance and lack of knowledge than anything else. I could definitely be persuaded to buy one if I knew what it can do for me :) Anyone? 

It could turn you in to a scratch builder. Well another one you could go out in your back yard, make that your neighbor's back yard cut down their pear tree or apple tree and make some fine planking out of it using the Byrnes table saw, of course you would also need a band saw or a larger table saw, but see you can buy a few new toy's. Or just get some wood from the lumber yard and cut it down. All kinds of good reason to buy a Byrnes saw.  :D  :D  :D Gary

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Absolutely my Byrnes table saw.  It's the one power tool that I can't replicate what it does with hand tools.

 

Rotary tool would be second.

 

Colin

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My band saw.  I can cut straight on my band saw but I can’t cut curves on the table saw.

 

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My computer...

Good, but my wife is better.

Actually I really like my drill press. I can drill, sand contours, sand planks to width and thickness, and even use it as 'plank saw'.

I can also mount my old Dremmel like tool to the quill. That allows me to drill large and tiny holes with all the other operations.

 

My wife does not like my drill press, because I spend too much time with it.

Jay

 

Current build Cross Section USS Constitution  http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/10120-cross-section-forward-area-of-the-uss-constitution/

Finished USS Constitution:  http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/103-uss-constitution-by-modeler12/

 

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Only one power tool?????  hahahahahahahahahah.  Not gonna' happen here. 

 

But if I had to choose... scroll saw.  No...wait... table saw.  No.. hold on... Dremel.  Scratch that... mill.    How about one that does everything?  Like mini-version of a ShopSmith?  That would work.

Mark
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Obviously my rotary tool takes the cake. Can't say I ever really need any other power tools being a kit builder.

Regards, Scott

 

Current build: 1:75 Friesland, Mamoli

 

Completed builds:

1:64 Rattlesnake, Mamoli  -  1:64 HMS Bounty, Mamoli  -  1:54 Adventure, Amati  -  1:80 King of the Mississippi, AL

1:64 Blue Shadow, Mamoli  -  1:64 Leida Dutch pleasure boat, Corel  -  1:60 HMS President Mantra, Sergal

 

Awaiting construction:

1:89 Hermione La Fayette AL  -  1:48 Perserverance, Modelers shipyard

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So can anyone build a mini version of this (THE power tool if you can have only one):

Not as versatile but convertible from Lathe/mill/drill and very, very much smaller...

 

http://www.toolstop.co.uk/draper-22816-micro-100-kit-150w-240v-micro-metal-lathe-with-mill-and-drill-kits-p46100

 

http://www.toolstop.co.uk/draper-22816-micro-100-kit-150w-240v-micro-metal-lathe-with-mill-and-drill-kits-p46100

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This one is really nice! I might think of it. It seems very useful..

 

And the price is very nice..  :omg:  

Edited by Bugra

There is nothing that a little sanding can't solve.. Bugra.

 

Current Builds : 

H.M.S. Triton Cross Section by Bugra - 1/48

Turkish Traditional Ship - Surmene Takasi by Bugra - 1:35

 

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Although large, the Shopsmith can still be a very handy tool. I have had mine for more than forty years and have adapted it to many situations.

I have made my USS Constitution masts on it and made a crude table saw with a four inch blade. It has done pretty well for me. The one thing I don't like about it is the constant changing of set-ups. Hence, I also have separate other tools.

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Jay

 

Current build Cross Section USS Constitution  http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/10120-cross-section-forward-area-of-the-uss-constitution/

Finished USS Constitution:  http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/103-uss-constitution-by-modeler12/

 

'A picture is worth a  . . . . .'      More is better . . . .

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