Power Tools

[MV Wanderlust]

+ Small orbital sander
+ Grinder/polisher
+ Jigsaw
+ Circular saw
+ Cordless drill
+ Wet/Dry vac
Planning to add a cordless impact driver to be able to change waterpump gears but that will be the last thing.

[steamgoat]

Battery drill
Dremel with accessories
Fein multitool
Small wet/dry vac

[pilott]

I like the Black & Decker Matrix system - interchangeable heads on a single tool. Not professional grade, but ok for most jobs.
Battery life is pretty good

[sailormed]

May I suggest you look at all the DC-DC converter units on EB, mostly Boost Up for our case. This wil enable you to use battery powered hand tools with the onboard available 12 (or 24) Volt. The units are cheap and output voltage can be adjusted by turning a pot shaft to get the desired voltage. The feed wire to an onboard 12V plug can not be a major obstacle on a boat.
Just my 2 cts

[wingssail]

Good list!

Originally Posted by svspirited

Power tools

1. Angle grinder, 1 corded for heavy work (YES, with wide selection of blades and sanding wheels) and one cordless for smaller jobs and to cut rigging in the event of an emergency. (no, but good idea)
2. Cordless impact screw driver (no)
3. Cordless drill(Yes, two, 20v lith)
4. Shop vac, a small one but it works great Yes
5. Orbital sander (yes)
6. Polisher(No, but see below)
7. Heavy duty angle drill to run the winches when in need of extra power (no)
8. Circular saw, don't use it much but good to have it when you need it (yes)
9. Hot knife for cutting rope and removing old teak caulking (Yes)
   
10. Random Orbit attachment for angle grinder (for heavy sanding) and polishing
11. Propane powered small torch & soldering iron (attachments for hot knife)
12. Large Propane torch
13. Jig saw
14. Dremal Tool
15. Sewing Machine! (and material)
    
    With a full time power inverter and two smaller portable spare, we assume we'll always have 110v

Other useful tools aside from the usual wrenches, screw drivers, etc

1. Wire crimpersYes
2. Loos tool for checking rigging tensionno
3. Prop pullerno
4. Gear puller, great for pulling impellersYes
5. CaliperYes
6. Rivet gunYes
7. Torque wrenches of various sizesno
8. A real filter wrench, not one of those lame strappy onesno
9. A good multi-meter, invaluable in my opinionYes
10. Grease gunYes
11. A serious hammerYes, 5
12. Last but not least, a section of pipe to use for leverage when the thing just will not budgeYes
    
13. Huge flat blade screwdriver with square shank
14. 1/2" drive socket set with long sockets
15. Impact wrench
16. Taps, Dies, easy outs (including very large size)
17. Hole saws, wide selection

[sailorboy1]

I have:
- cordless drill
- corded drill
- jig saw
- shop vac
- buffer
- orbital sander
- cordless vac
- dremel tool

thats it

[a64pilot]

I started off with cordless tools, but am now rethinking that, they are often way more expensive and often less powerful, but with a large inverter and a generator, why do you need cordless?
My Milwaukee cordless circular saw for example, excellent tool but big $$$, and very rarely used, probably been better off with a much less expensive corded one.
Even my Dremel is corded now.

[svspirited]

Originally Posted by a64pilot

I started off with cordless tools, but am now rethinking that, they are often way more expensive and often less powerful, but with a large inverter and a generator, why do you need cordless?
My Milwaukee cordless circular saw for example, excellent tool but big $$$, and very rarely used, probably been better off with a much less expensive corded one.
Even my Dremel is corded now.

Convenience for the most part but not everyone out there has a generator or a big enough inverter to handle some of them and I like being able to lend a hand when I can. Besides, I absolutely hate dealing with extension cords. Dragging them out and dealing with putting them away seems to double the time to do a job for me, yes I'm exaggerating but it is so much nicer to just pull a tool out of the box and get to work.

[svspirited]

Originally Posted by wingssail

Good list!

Totally forgot about the dremel, super nice piece of kit to have. One more to the list, A Ken Onion Workshark knife sharpener. Way faster than a whetstone and my knives have never been sharper.

[sailone3032]

thanks for all the great input