I received a second Craftsman Bolt-On kit this weekend, as well as the multi-tool attachment. I bought into this system about 2 years ago and have most of the attachments. I know it’s not the nicest, but the price was right (bought most pieces on sale) and it’s done well in my experience.
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Tools is tools man,you dont have to have the best,besides you cant really define the best anymore with todays tools. Use what works and addon or upgrade as you go. The fun part is just using your hands and equipment to fix/make things.
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Totally, I’ve been super happy with them. And I still get a kick out of the modularity of the system. It’s served me well, rebuilt my front walk/porch last summer and I’m in the middle of redoing my back deck now.
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Id almost venture to say if you work with “not the best” and still get good results, you are better than someone that has really good tools and gets the same results.
Then you are more of the tool (no, thats not how I meant it!) than the tool itself.
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I used a snake, large screwdriver, large forecepts, and a Ryobi worklight to unplug my floor drain.
The drain was so plugged that I had to jam a screwdriver into it to dislodge some of the rusty crud so I could start the snake auger. After I started to clear it I pulled a large chunk of rubber lodged in the drain. Not exactly sure where it came from, but now the drain actually flows again.
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The day after Valentine’s day you’re asking what tool we used? 
Beautiful weather, hoped to get in some shop time, but it was a cars and yard weekend. Used my M18 Sawzall with a 12" pruning blade to trim some branches off my Live Oak trees. I rarely use the chainsaw anymore - this beast handles all but the largest branches… Also used the M12 3/8" ratchet for some car repair.
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Just a pair of cordless drop lights. Had a frozen pipe in my mother’s condo unit, ended up being a lack of insulation and holes in the unit for central air lines not being sealed. Did pick up a new miter saw though!
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Cleaned out a couple of drains using a cordless Ryobi snake. Really a lot quicker than using a hand auger.
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This weekend I have used a mitre box, handsaw, some layout tools along with a Rigid Gen5 cordless drill and a Kreg jig. The work was held in place with a few Irwin quick clamps and some C clamps sitting on top of my Craftsman workmate style workbench.
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Well today is the weekend for me still, I’m off today and tomorrow too! I’m heading into the shop to apply some edging and will plane it down then tomorrow I’ll be hopefully learning how to cut some dovetails. I have never done that before so pretty excited. Then back to work Wednesday 
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Last weekend was my first away from the garage/shop for some time on account of it being my wedding anniversary (got to show willing occasionally 
). But the previous weekend I used both cordless and corded DeWalt reciprocating saws to first cut several pallets in half to get them in my car, then to remove all the boards when I got home. That much was pretty fun, the subsequent hours with a hammer, nail punch and pliers getting all the nail heads out was not so much fun.
This weekend it will be sanding (belt and ROS) followed by ripping on the table saw to clean the edges and chopping on the mitre saw to clean the ends. In a couple of weeks I may actually have some wood I can start the project with!
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Knipex XXL pliers, 2 Rigid 18" pipe wrenches, and some random Felo Ergomoic screwdrivers.
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Once again, I was using my Bolt-On kit. Used the multi-tool, drill, driver, sander, circular saw, AND jigsaw attachments.
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All I really used on the weekend was an allen key for assembling some 80/20 aluminum extrusions.
Last night I used my favorite countersink bit.
This might seem weird, but this countersink is amazing. It’s a zero flute countersink. I’ve never had one before and came across them a while back and bought one on Amazon. Had only really used it in wood until now and it worked great but last night I used it in some 1/8" checkered plate and it worked amazing! Much better than I expected.
Cut so smooth and perfect. I just used it to debur the edges of holes I drills. In the past whenever I’ve used multi-flute countersinks they work okayish but overall not that great.
This is the one I have.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00947BR7A?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_search_detailpage
I plan to get more sizes as well as the 90 degree versions.
These have a bright uncoated finish so if you use it on aluminum it should help prevent buildup.
I havent had to sharpen it yet but apparently its very easy.
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Want to add that I have used these when i was back in Sydney and I still have my set from 20yrs and to me they are the best.I still have them with me since moving to the US and when asked I recommend to friends who ask. They work in wood and all metals that i have touched. Have yet to sharpen them at all, cut like they were new y’day.
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hmmmm… last weekend I used the following tools:
SawStop 3hp PCS. 5mm hex driver to remove fence from SawStop sliding table. Rigid shop vac. MiniMax FS30 in planer mode w/ Delta Dust Collector. Low Angle Jack, Custom Jack, and Low Angle Jointer planes. A crosscut and rip tenon saws. A router plane. Bosch 12v Drill, 12v Impact, DeWalt 20v Max XR impact. That last was a mistake, twisted the heads off two #8 screws. 12" DeWalt CMS. 3/4" Chisel and mallet.
Marking knife, wheel marking gauge, saddle square, 6" combination square, 4" double square. Tape measure. Vernier calipers. And, of course, a pencil or two. Jorgensen one handed clamps, Quick-Grip one handed clamps. Gramercy Holdfast.
All the above were used in order to make two “filler strips” for my Split Top Roubo workbench. In some cases, I started with one tool and switched to a different one because I wasn’t getting the results I wanted. As the headless screws above indicate, sometimes the switch wasn’t such a good idea.
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I’m working on my dust collection system. I’m plumbing in a 6 inch line that runs from my DC up the wall halfway across the ceiling, turns and runs all the way across my shop. I’ll cut in 4" drops with blast gates to my machines along the 6" run. For the end of the run where my miter saw is, I might leave the full 6" there and make a shroud to catch all the debris off the back.
I figured rather than waste large sections of duct I’d crimp my on ends. So I bought a duct crimper.
I found that crimping continuously all the way around, while fun, was over kill. So I only crimped about every 45 degrees.
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I put some batteries on the charger does that count? Otherwise a rather lazy w/e.
Some screw drivers, hammers and a wonder bar. I demoed all of the fake wood paneling out of what is going to be the nursery. Luckily there is drywal behind it, so I’ll be patching holes, and mudding and taping the broken joints this week.
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