>be me
>buy first house
>came with massive 4 car garage and 20 foot workbench
>decide there's no excuse anymore and decide to get into learning how to use and work with tools
>started with no experience so first tool was a electric drill with flat and Philips head bits
>slowly progress outward
>get a bench grinder for literally no reason other then it looks neat and I figured I could use it for something
>it's the loudest and scarriest tool I've owned
>very intimidated
>no one to show me how to use it
>try and sharpen a nail
>don't hold it firmly so it goes flying and nearly impales my foot
>too scared to frick with it anymore
>a few months later get a bit bolder
>want to start slow
>start off with a wire wheel to get rust off tools I buy for a few bucks at local flea markets
>end up needing one recently to shorten a screw
>it's the funiest tool i've ever owned
Who the frick invented this thing. I am having more fun using this motherfricker then I can even describe. It's like "OP THAT'S TOO BIG! ALLOW ME!" "oh you need some metal sharp. I got you senpai!" "Sanding? PFFT SAND THIS!" *Wheel sounds*
I love my bench grinder.
Just wait until you sink 2 grand into a 2x72 that's when the real love story begins
what is this? It looks like some sort of belt sander
It's like your bench grinder, but infinitely versatile since you can change belts to do anything, attachments of all kinds, can control the speed and with a 5HP you can grind a 2x4 made of steel and will never stall.
>be me
reddit
>loudest and scariest tool
It should not be loud. A bench grinder should actually be one of the quietest tools in the shop while it isn't actually grinding something.
Also if you aren't dressing the wheel regularly as soon as it starts to chatter, you haven't lived.
All the cheap little single phase Chinese shits are loud as frick and vibrate more than your moms dildo.
You are wrong
It’s true I did recently by your mom a little pocket vibe that’s remarkably quiet.
I got an old blue point from a garage sale. Sounds like a jet engine. Love it.
Anon, anything you do, wear goggles or a face shield, shits not worth it. Anytime I use the grinder with something that can get caught, I slap it on a channel lock. You should get a nice vice for your work table as well. Congrats on the house.
this is good advice, grinders are the unpredictable and just as dangerous little brothers of table saws! Nibbas gone get degloved real quick if they are lucky
>no one to show me how to use it
good ol uncle youtube is always there for ya!
>it's the funiest tool i've ever owned
you're the funniest tool.
>be posh c**t
>buy big posh c**t house
>see workbench and decide to larp
>buy things i'll use once and never again
gay story bro. guarantee you bought dewalt
The only gay here is the guy worried about what megacorp he bought his tool from
>sees dewalt in OP
>guarantees he bought it
Sherlock innit
I really enjoy using my drill press.
What does PrepHole think the essentials are for a well set up garage workbench? Obviously it will depend on the types of projects you do, but there are some basics.
Here's what I think would give you a lot of versatility for the money.
>Drill press
>Bench grinder or belt sander
>Miter or band saw (may have to be on a different bench)
>Nice lineup of organizers for tools/screws/etc
Shop vac, solvents etc for cleaning. Your shop doesn't need to be an Instagram post, but people who just leave their shit dirty year round are some combination or lazy and stupid. At the very least you need to be able to clean things that are coming and going from repair/build/paint.
drill on a bench is dogshit. if you have a big house no excuse not to get a floor standing drill. anything other than a 2x4 and a bench drill just gets awkward, 2 inch quill isnt enough, difference between the table and foot is useless.
a workbench should be completely flat and empty and either tight against one wall and infinitely long or loose on wheels so you can move it around and with a gap on all sides.
at most you are allowed a wood style vise on one edge near a corner but it can't be taller than the benchtop. if you want to be an extremely fancy woodworking only table you can have a small trough in the middle to put tools in when you arent using them or dog holes.
if you want to put a grinder or a drill or anything fixed down these must go on a smaller side bench which can be moved out of the way.
if you are a fabricator for specific things you can get a little more custom but for general frickery you have to keep everything as simple and adjustable as possible.
if you want to weld on it you should have made it out of metal.
Some kind of vise
Chopsaw, tablesaw, box fan with an ac filter on it, music box, beer fridge, girly poster, sawbench, steel plate to use as a cheesy anvil, good lighting.
Ditto the box fan 20in x5in filter plan
why the frick do you stupid fricks always ask this question? you're just consumerist morons looking for an excuse to buy a bunch of shit you'll never use. every couple days there a new thread
>guys I want to start making stuff what do I buy
>what are the essentials for x
>what should every beginner have
shut the FRICK up. you just want to buy shit so you can LARP as a diyer. here's what you actually do, pick one SIMPLE project, something small like changing a doorknob. you need a screwdriver for that, so you buy one. then something a LITTLE bigger, like replacing your baseboard. you'll need a miter box, nail set, hammer, wood filler, putty knife, and puller bar. so you buy those. now you actually have experience with every tool you own.
this way you'll slowly build up a toolbox full of stuff you actually need and know how to use, instead of surrounding yourself with crap on a spotless workbench that doesn't have a single dent on the top so you can post it to reddit.
Uh oh. Sounds like someone's got a case of the Mondays.
It is sunday, moron.
Uh oh, sounds like someone is such a Black person he doesn't know that's what you call Black folk to their face.
tbh pretty true, I got away with using cheap corded tools for many years for my home diy projects. Now that I do this for a living I need better tools etc
As someone who's had a few times where I wished I had the ability to sharpen a hatchet or chisel yet don't seem to have a grinder in my garage, I have two questions:
What should I look for in a good bench grinder?
What should I look for in a good workbench for affixing said bench grinder?
Neither of those jobs are really right for a standard bench grinder
For a hatchet I typically use a file and a sharpening puck.
For chisels you at least want a slow speed grinder with a nice white wheel, but you can really sperg out down the chisel rabbit hole and end up with hundreds of dollars in sharpening stones, hones and jigs.
The worst is going to a flea market and finding a vendor who has proudly sharpened all their antique knives for sale, only to pick one up and realize the idiot sharpened it on murdered it on a bench grinder sharpening it like a mower blade.
Nice bench grinders are on the used market.
All the modern ones are varying variants of china grinders.
Just use your hands man
>he has shields on his bench grinder
Just use safety glasses and you don't need that plexiglass condom in your way.