How Many Different Brands Of Tools In Your Shop

[BadgerDave]

I like to feel that I buy the best tools I can afford that will fit my needs versus buying a tool just because it happens to be made by a particular company. Consequently, my shop is full of tools made by many different companies. What different brands of woodworking power tools are in your shops?

To name some of the tools I have but not all, I currently have;

Campbell Hausfeld Pancake Compressor
Craftsman 10" CMS
Delta Scroll Saw
DeWalt Planer
Freud Jigsaw
Harbor Freight Dust Collector
Hitachi Belt/Disc Sander
Jet Air Filtration Unit
Jet Jointer
Makita ROS
Milwaukee Circular Saw
Porter Cable ROS & Finish Sander
Porter Cable Plate Joiner
porter Cable Router
Ridgid Table Saw
Rikon Bandsaw
Skil Belt Sander
Tool Shop Drill Press

How diverse is your shop?

[Velosapien]

Pretty much the same here. I don't buy any single particular brand. I'll buy the best I can afford but even then I also take into account good deals. My current shop tools are:

Ridgid 2400LS table saw
Ridgid 3200 circular saw
Ridgid 2900 router kit
Ridgid 2400 sander which shook itself to pieces, replaced with:
Bosch 1/4 sheet palm sander
Bosch 5" RO Sander
Bosch 1594 hand planer
Bosch Colt palm router
Dewalt 734 planer. Actually went ready to buy a 735 but found the 734 was on sale at Sears for $267 so I couldn't pass it up.
Porter Cable 21" beltsander
Porter Cable pancake compressor
Porter Cable and Dewalt staplers/nailers
Dewalt 331 Jigsaw
Bosch 1587 Jigsaw
Makita LS1013 sliding miter saw
Ridgid 10" miter saw
Craftsman 12" drill press
Campbell Hausfeld/Husky 30 Gal compressor and HVLP spray guns.
Craftsman 6" jointer

[BHD]

walker turner
delta, Rockwell
delta
sears
dermal
old dewalt and new Dewalt
stanley
shop made,
Grizzly
skil
bostitch
portercable
industrial balck and decker
Emerson electric
freud
Belsaw ,
a gill built kit,
portanail
silver line
roberts,
bosh
old Black and deckera
taylor
those would be the baisc brands

[garager]

Why is everyone so compelled to list their tools here on the net????

I have to many to list and a lot of different brands.

My address is::::

466 13th ave
Timbucktoo AK, 97303

I'm usually gone between 8:00am and 4:30pm. I keep a key to my shop under the welcome mat in front of the man door. No dogs will scare you off, since I don't have one in the shop. Leave the beer in the fridge alone, thats mine....:D :D :D :D :D

[Woussko]

I'm sure not married to just one brand of tools. I have many and get the tool that I think will best do the job and that I can afford at the time I need it. Sometimes I have to just get what I can find fast when a job must be done quickly.

[wbrooks]

I get the best tool I can afford at the time while keeping in mind intended use and frequency of use. For example I use my chain saw and concrete saw often and hard they are both Stihl, i use my compression tester a few times a year and accuracy is not paramount - it is from harbour freight.
You will find most of the colours of the rainbow in my shop

[Wood_Junkie]

garager, you make me laugh. :D

I am a total brand-name gigolo... I don't stick to one and prefer to buy best-of-breed, factoring in price point.

Here's what I've got:
Machines-
Ridgid Table Saw
Ridgid Bandsaw
Ridgid Planer
Ridgid 12gal shop-vac with ClearVue cyclone (main collector)
Harbor Freight mini-Dust Collector (planer and jointer collector)
Ridgid Air Filtration Unit
Bosch 10" SCMS
JET Jointer
JET Mortiser
Rikon Belt/Disc Sander
PowerMax 10-20 drum sander
Delta Drill Press
Penn State Turncrafter Pro midi-lathe
Campbell Hausfeld Compressor

Handhelds-
Campbell Hasufeld nail guns (15g, 16g, 18g) and auto tools..
DeWalt ROS
DeWalt Router
Porter-Cable pin nailer
Porter-Cable corded circular saw
Porter Cable Biscuit Joiner
Ryobi 3x21 Belt Sander
Porter-Cable 2x14 Belt Sander
FEIN Multimaster
and then I have my 25-ish Ryobi One+ tools:
- drills (4), circular saw, jigsaw, chain saw, buffer, ROS, palm sander, trim router, sawzall, sprayer, planer, grinder, blah blah

Of them all, my favorite is the TS3650... and my least favorite / least used is the mortiser.

[Jacked Up]

I too aggree with garager. I've had the misfortune of having some scumbag clean my garage out for me!

[smorris]

Stationary tool:
- Rockwell/Delta (15" Drill Press, 14" Wood/Metal Band Saw, 24" Scroll Saw, 10" Contractor's Saw)
- Makita (12" Miter Saw)
- No Name disk/belt sander


Power Tools:
- Porter-Cable (assorted drills, sanders, routers, etc. plus pancake compressor and tools)
- Ryobi (18v circular saw/drill/flashlight/recip saw kit)
- Makita (18v hammer drill)
- Skil (1/2" drill, 8-3/4" Skilsaw)

[HVAC HAWK]

Why is everyone so compelled to list their tools here on the net????

I have to many to list and a lot of different brands.

My address is::::

466 13th ave
Timbucktoo AK, 97303

I'm usually gone between 8:00am and 4:30pm. I keep a key to my shop under the welcome mat in front of the man door. No dogs will scare you off, since I don't have one in the shop. Leave the beer in the fridge alone, thats mine....:D :D :D :D :D

thanks for the invite

i say get a rosie [ a bloodhound ] ,if some one takes my stuff i say you can run but cant hide :running-dog::eek:

[CWSmith]

My tools fall into certain time frames. When I was starting out working with my Dad back in high school in the early 60's I purchased mostly hand tools. Stanley and Craftsman mostly.

When we bought our first house in the late 60's, I bought my first power tools. They were all Craftsman, made by Ryobi when, I believe it was a Japanese company. I still have those and they still perform as if new.

When we moved to Painted Post, I bought my first big power tool, a 1974 Craftsman Radial Arm Saw, made by Emerson Electric. It still performs admirably and is still my favorite cutting tool.

In the late 70's, I bought my first compressor, it was an Ingersoll-Rand twin-tank 1hp unit. Thought still working fine, it got recalled in 2002 or 2003 and I replaced it with a Craftsman 33-gal oil-less. I truely doubt that it will last even a quarter of the life that the Ingersoll-Rand compressor did.

I didn't buy another tool of importance until my retirement in 2003. Most of them are Ryobi and Ridgid. I probably have a dozen or so of each brand and I've been very happy with all of them.

Add to that an assortment of hand tools, tables, fixtures, and other assorted items from Stanley, Marples, Irwin, Lee-Valley, Rockler, and Craftsman.

Here's my list:

1970's

Craftsman 1/4-inch single-speed drill
Craftsman 7" Circular Saw (now sporting a 7-1/4 inch blade)
Craftsman Belt Sander
Craftsman Sabre Saw
Craftsman 3/8-inch VS heavy duty drill
Craftsman Router (small 1/4" collet, single-speed)
and a couple of Craftsman shop vacs that have since expired. (All the other tools listed are still working quite well.)
Craftsman 10-inch Radial Arm Saw (Emerson Electric)
Milwaukee 1/4-inch Hole Shooter
Ingersoll-Rand 1-hp, lubricated twin-tank wheel-barrel portable compressor (recalled in 2002/3)

Since 2002/3

Ryobi BD4600 bench-top belt/disc sander
Ryobi 18-inch scroll saw
Ryobi BS-902 9-inch band saw
Ryobi 8-inch bench grinder
Ryobi Corner Cat detail Sander
Ryobi 5-inch VS random-disc sander
Ryobi 3/8 VS Clutch Driver (corded drill/driver)
Ryobi Router/Table Combo
Ryobi 3-base VS Router
Ryobi angle grinder
Ryobi buffer/polisher
Ryobi VS Sabre Saw
Ryobi CMS stand
Ryobi BT3100-1 Table Saw
Ridgid 5-inch VS Random Orbit Sander
Ridgid 1/4-sheet Sander
Ridgid DP1550 Drill Press
Ridgid 10-inch CMS
Ridgid R3000 Recip Saw
Ridgid Straight Finish Nailer
Ridgid Brad Nailer
Ridgid 3/8-inch 14.4 drill/driver
Ridgid 14.4 impact driver
Ridgid 18-volt hammer drill
Ridgid 18-volt 6-inch circular saw
Ridgid 7.4 volt angle driver
Ridgid 12-gal Shop Vacs (2)
Ridgid Stinger Shap Vacs (2)
Ridgid 2-base Router
Ridgid 12-volt Li-ion Driver
Ridgid 1300 Planer (it's still in the box, haven't used it yet)
Craftsman 33-gal, oil-less, vertical compressor
Craftsman 2-gal, lubed compressor.

Add to that an assortment of other tools from Stanley, Marples, Irwin, Huskey, Lee-Valley, Rockler, and Craftsman.

CWS

[Woussko]

Ryobi used to be based in Japan and made many things other than power tools. That was before the monster evil hog TTI grabbed them up.

[erngum]

Ryobi used to be based in Japan and made many things other than power tools. That was before the monster evil hog TTI grabbed them up.

They still do, they just licensed the name to TTI. Check out their site.

http://www.ryobi.com/

Ern