What's the most useful item in your workshop?

[Eric Powell]

best pieces of kit?

where do i start-

my peatol lathe,£50 from the local newspaper(came with all the attachments nec)

my scroll saw(saves an enormous amount of time with heavy cutting)

my air rifle for sorting out those perishing squirrels

or my BSA motorbike(perfect for hot sunny days when i need to blow off some steam)

[kiwi g]

 most useful item in workshop. A full bottle of beer.

[Rob]

steel rulers,3 sizes from 6" upto 2'  and classic fm on the radio

[Andy Harris]

Paypal

[kc]

I would suggest a Swann Morton Retractaway scalpel and Permagrit wedge sanding block as 2 essential items.

Also several building boards of various sizes from plasterboard.......takes pins beautifully.

[A.A. Barry]

WEll like Kiwi, except an empty bottle is far better, and my model knife

A.A.Barry

[Phil Claridge]

i think it should be a half full bottle ie you have drunk some but you have some left and if you arerealy crafty you have another full bottle lurking in the fridge

[Pete B]

When it's needed...................a first aid kit!!!!!!!!!

 

Pete

[Nobby159]

The snib on the door to keep out unwanted guests out, or to give you chance to hide the bottle

 

Nobby

[kiwi g]

Phils got the idea. its a the perfect item in the workshop.

the fridge for the beverage with a wine rack , that doubles as a plane rack ,

Perfect . fridge to keep the nasties like glue away from kids and wine rack for the aircraft.

Handy item would have to be the snap blade knife tho.

[cyclops2]

 

   My 33 grit & 100 grit 4' long sanding boards & the same grits glued onto 2" dowels X 4' long.

 

I work in a lot of blue & pink foam.

[Martin_H]

For building from/on plans - the non-stick Glad Bake and Cooking Paper - translucent, no glue known to man sticks to it, you can draw on it and its free! (As long as the missus doesn't find out you are taking it...) Whilst you scout the kitchen Nylon cutting boards (not plastic) are simply brilliant and come in assorted sizes and one universal colour (white).

[Jimbo565]

Razor saw

[Phil Claridge]

bet you look pretty in blue and pink cyclops2

[Roger in Dubai]

Wth the amount of plastic bags in ARTF kits today, I would say the most useful tool is a sharp pair of scissors.  Bag for fuselage, bag for wing(s), bag for fin, bag for tailplane, bag for screws.......you get the picture.  Oh, I suppose a rubbish box to take all the bags away !!

 

Seriously, has to be the Dremel.