DRILL PRESS: A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and flings your beer across the room, denting the freshly-painted project which you had carefully set in the corner where nothing could get to it.

WIRE WHEEL: Cleans paint off bolts and then throws them somewhere under the workbench with the speed of light . Also removes fingerprints and hard-earned calluses from fingers in about the time it takes you to say, ‘Oh sh–!’

SKIL SAW: A portable cutting tool used to make studs too short.
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1. It’s All About The Money

How much does it cost?  Engineers hate to accept this, but cost plays as important a role as any when outsourcing new tools.  You can find the best product in the world for your design, but if you can’t turn a profit because it costs too much, it’s simply not attainable.

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