Re: Tool selection

[Mark Denovich <mark@domain.elided>]

To your list of tools I'd add one angle grinder with a braided SS wire 
brush for removing paint/rust/welding scale and one with an regular 
abrasive disk.  I have one good grinder with the abrasive disk, and a 
cheapo import one with the brush.   The import model is loud, but I 
always wear hearing protection, and for $18 it's hard to argue.

One very neat tool is the Fein Multimaster.   It looks a bit like a 
grinder, but it works by vibration.  I use their HSS saw blade for 
cutting sheet metal.  It works just like the saws doctors use to remove 
casts.  One technique I used was to tack a piece of sheet metal over the 
repair area.   I then cut out the bad area and the patch at the same 
time.   The result was a perfectly shaped patch, with just the right 
amount of kerf for welding back together.   All the other accessories 
make it really handy around the house... a perfect complment to a dremel 
tool.   It is very well made.

http://www.feinus.com/multimaster/newimages/newmultimaster.htm

Surprisingly, amazon.com sells them, at decent price too.

	--Mark
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