Black &b Decker cordless reciprocating saw. Bought it thinking it would be handy to trim tree branches. By 2nd year, neither battery would charge. Maybe just as well. I think it actually saws better without running it, and just dragging it forward and backward to saw thru a branch. Cannot decide if it out to go to Goodwill, or just toss in the trash. I'll probably donate it and some B&D expert may know how to make it work for them.
This was the last bargain tool I bought, including almost any Harbor Freight tool. Life is too short to buy junk.
Easy. The Troy Bilt 10 HP Chipper/Shredder. You have to be at the top of your game with this tool. It can literally rip branches right out of your hand. It's a monster and must be used when your mind stays sharp. Wouldn't even think of using it when tired or out of sorts.
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I might take some flak for this, but I'm gonna say my Domino. It never seems to align the boards as well as I would like, forcing me to do more planing or sanding. Its tiring on my back and my wrist to use, and I frequently seem to wreck a board when I accidentally have it set wrong.
My Laguna jointer/planer. I hate having to set the fence on the jointer to 90 degrees every time I changeover. Plus it's just a pain to changeover, and the chip collection in jointer mode is a joke.
Couldn't live without a jointer and a planer, but I wish I had rooms for separates.
- After I ask a stranger if I can pet their dog and they say yes, I like to respond, "I'll keep that in mind" and walk off
- It's above my pay grade. Mongo only pawn in game of life.
I used to hate my phd too, had one on 3 point that mounted on the back of my tractor, and was one direction only. Couple times I got it stuck in the ground, it just sort of screwed itself into the ground, and I had to take a shovel and dig it out. Now I have a hydraulic drive phd on my skidsteer, and if I get it stuck, just reverse the hydraulics and it screws right back out. Haven't found any ground hard enough I can't dig a hole in either, used to have to carry water and pour in the holes to get them deeper. Life is good.
I am not going to say what it was as I already sold it and replaced with a European combo machine. Given woodworking is a hobby for me, when I "hate" something I regularly use, they don't last long and get replaced with something nicer that I actually enjoy using.
I'm gonna have to say my router. The main reason I hate using it is because I don't have good dust collection for it and I end up making a huge mess in the garage/shop. I like to think that if I had a better solution, I probably wouldn't mind using it as much. It's one of those things that I could solve once I finally put some effort into it...
Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.
-Bill Watterson
Reminds me of my safari in Africa. Somebody forgot the corkscrew and for several days we had to live on nothing but food and water.
-W. C. Fields
Cheaply made screws that strip out and break more often than they function correctly
If you need CPAP using beats not hands down...
An old Craftsman router, currently mounted in a DIY table. Every time I change the bit depth the center point changes too. Someday it will be replaced, but for as often as I use a router table it's something I can suffer with.
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I am going to say my dust collector. It is loud and doesn't make any chips and hate emptying it. However I can't be without it and use it every day. I have two, 3hp and 1.5hp Jets with Wynn filters.