Re: Help with power tools for a starter

Hello vyrus626, welcome to PHM!

You may find a lot of user reviews on the forum itself. Please be advised that not all are locally available as thy may seem. I find Bosch and Makita to be good investments in corded and cordless drills. Routers are so spreaded over a wide market thus knowing what you want, need and afford could help you better sort the router you need.

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thanks, jarod!

i'm afraid i'm only limited to what's locally available. can you suggest some shops that offers good deals?

thanks again.

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@ vyrus626,

Hi there bro, may I suggest you start with these brands, Makita, Bosch, and Dewalt, these brands are a plenty in locally and a bit pricy so if you are on a budget you can check out their counter parts or little brothers which are a bit cheaper. :p

Like the Makita, its little brother if I may call it, they have the MAKTEC, Bosch has the SKILS, and Dewalt has the BLACK & DECKER, for me these are all good and reliable brands too. The former are the industrial grades and the latter or " small brothers " are for personal or DIY use. 😉 :rolleyes:

You can find these brands at mall hardware stores, DIY Shop stores, Wilcon Home depots, Federal Hardwares, Ortigas Home depots. Also plenty sa Evangelista st. , Quiapo area, you can also checkout Mac tools in QC, Hans tools and True Value at the Shang in Mandaluyong. Shop around and compare prices. You won't go wrong with these brands. 😀

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One advise i could just say: You don't buy your power tools at the mall.

Most guys here often trek to T. Alonzo street in chinatown or LYS (and Yale) at Recto. Some go to Panda in araneta ave. The savings ain't minimal. (A bosch GMR1 router is around 5.5K at LYS when it's 7.?K at Handyman, a drill i just bought at LYS for 7.3K was over 12K for example.) And the choices are much more vast too- authentic japanese, american, european goods you don't see at the mall. ...Hmmm..but where are you from?

Have to warn you though that the area is a bit seedy (but then, so is banawe for car parts and dangwa is for flowers, or even hidalgo for cameras- palces littered with persistent jologs trying to make a fast, dishonest buck.) Make sure the guy you talk to is really an employee of the store, ignore the 'tambays' in the curb offering dubious "new" tools. Rectum, i mean Recto- in the area where there is a bridge populated by squatters- maybe that's where my bag got slashed. In front of To suy in the afternoon, that's where men sell their recently snatched phones out in the open geez.

I don't enjoy, nor am i skilled at haggling either. So personally, i like shopping at LYS where there are no gimmicks, clerks are professional, and the store is laid-out that a lot of their stuff are in display (very helpful when you actually don't know what you need till you see it =). )

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the partitions need a drill, electric driver, riveter, snips, and locking channel pliers
router with templato jig for door and jamb hinge
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the cabinets yung tool hungry, especially with drawers.
consider a table saw. the consistency of the cuts saves you (a lot of)time sa assembly.
and kreg pocket hole jig if you can find it.
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[HTML]and kreg pocket hole jig if you can find it.[/HTML]

find the pocket hole screws as well.;)

for starters, ok na yung selections mo..only you need a trusted brand.
Makita na lang para ok ang after sales..with vast replacement of parts in the repository of the exclusive distributor.
I do not know if Bosch is stacking up on replacement parts kasi.

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Dewalt and black & decjker and other tools cheapest so far na store go to POWERMAN sa T.Alonzo malapit sa kanto ng Tetuan..if you want Makita-Japan & china 2nd hand to share just pm me..

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another super used tool: pad sander. mine's a no name second hand which i got for 400, but even at 5k sulit.
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@ violaine
pati screws pala nonstandard?
@pyth
any chance i can get collet wrenches and hinge mortise templates for my makita router there?
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@vyrus
you sure about the gypsum for partitions? i'm really tempted myself.
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mga tools ko sir RYOBI ang brand ok naman for DIY projects kung limited nmn ang budget mo try mo yung OZITO

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mga tools ko sir RYOBI ang brand ok naman for DIY projects kung limited nmn ang budget mo try mo yung OZITO

If on a budget this can be a solution. Then upgrade on the way as the skills improve . Sell used ones then buy better ones.

Another option is to save the money and buy a good tool one at a time.

or go Mid Range ... Skill brand and at times Bosch have products that meet this criteria ... Maktec too from Makita is another option.

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I never really recommended cheap tools bec they seem to need more work under the hood than it is suppose to be doing.
I am an accuracy nut, and buying tools that is suppose to help me do a better job is what I aim for. I do not like to buy tools for me to tamper just to have it working consistently. Another I consider is support or after sale service in case something happens to the tool. Reliability rates high for me, like I said, I don't like working on the tool and want the tool to work for me. Features are bonuses, sometimes the features are what me decide on a purchase (like Triton for the RT). Noise is a huge factor I often come across, Usually, the noisier the machine the cheaper it is made. a quiet machine is often due to engineering that was placed into it.
Now while most recommend to buy cheap tools to help one decide if he will pursue the hobby, I suggest you get a good decent brand to begin your journey. A bad tool will make sure you don't enjoy what you want to do, messing up accuracy and giving bad results which can disappoint. Then you can have us do it for you for a fee :shake:(pwede pala yun,may positive side din pala. buy the cheapest na lang :hysterical:)

I like Bosch because of their support to our community. No other tool company offers this commitment to us.
Also, peso per peso, Bosch will come out cheaper in the long haul. features often two levels ahead of the competition at the same or even lower price.
Now no tool is perfect, but Bosch is getting close, a very well engineered tool that will make the user happy for a very long time.
There are other tool brands that I like mainly bec Bosch doesn't carry that specific tool locally.