I am a little over 2 months into a QB kit. I started with lots of normal tools that I already had, and bought a RV toolkit from Avery. Just got a welder and a generator to run it. But by far the two best purchases that improved my building skills are a set of 3.00 reading glasses (I normally use 1.50) and a cheap tablet for reference material, tables, plans etc. The tablet now has a huge amount of reference material that I can quickly get to. The shop has no reference material clutter, which is good because it is filled with too much other clutter.
The "super" reading glasses allow me to mark and drill holes with far better accuracy, and inspect parts/holes far better. If I didn't need reading glasses, I think I would still buy 1.25 or 1.50's for the same reason. They really help.
I needed a #5 step drill to drill a couple of holes over an inch. I already had a smaller one that came with my toolkit. They are pretty expensive. Harbor Freight had some cheap ones so I thought I would try it. It has 2 cutting edges instead of the recommended 1. I tried it on a piece of .025 scrap. Really bad. Once I got up to 3/4"of an inch, it just destroyed the hole. I tried different speeds/pressure. Same result. I ordered the 90 dollar one from ACS with one cutting edge.
The "super" reading glasses allow me to mark and drill holes with far better accuracy, and inspect parts/holes far better. If I didn't need reading glasses, I think I would still buy 1.25 or 1.50's for the same reason. They really help.
I needed a #5 step drill to drill a couple of holes over an inch. I already had a smaller one that came with my toolkit. They are pretty expensive. Harbor Freight had some cheap ones so I thought I would try it. It has 2 cutting edges instead of the recommended 1. I tried it on a piece of .025 scrap. Really bad. Once I got up to 3/4"of an inch, it just destroyed the hole. I tried different speeds/pressure. Same result. I ordered the 90 dollar one from ACS with one cutting edge.
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