Pops found a guy who puts DeWalt battery cells in whatever cordless device you desire.

If you don't need the heavy duty construction of a DeWalt device, but desire more robust power, it's a cheaper solution.

Dad now has a full compliment of Ryobi ONE+ tools, with DeWalt 18V Lithium power.

You using 20v?

Dude that is doing my kitchen uses Milwaukee. They looked pretty old, so they must have hung in there pretty well.

Ryobi is fine for the weekend warrior, but I swear by Dewalt for tools I use to make a living

Yeah the one that we were having trouble with the batteries overheating is a 20v.

My dad had a Milwaukee drill and circular saw back in the day, you could tell just by looking at them that the shit was built to last forever, the only drawback was that they weighed 3x as much as today's tools. It's all a trade-off.

I have had a Ryobi set for about 10 years, got tired of replacing the batteries every year or two. I went back to plug in, it's not often I'm too far from an outlet or extension cord that can't reach what I want to get to.

I have a full set of ryobi and the batteries are junk. Even with new batteries it doesn't have the same torque as the Makita, Milwaukee or dealt drills I have used. So far I am happy with my porter cable impact but it is too soon to say how it holds up.

When I took out the pool this summer I had two guy's with battery powered drills (dewalt) come over, both where done in 15 min. It's just not worth it for a guy that uses it once a month. Every day, okay I get it, but a drill you sit on a charger and don't use often is a waste of money.

No love for Bosch I will put them right in there with Dewalt.

I agree with corded drills I use it more than any. Not as bulky able to get into tighter spots and lighter.

I have 2 sets of the rigid drill/impact combo sets from homedepot. I use them every day 1st set is almost 3years old. Lifetime batteries if you register as a homeowner.

Absolutely great for 90% of all jobs except for heavy mixing and boring. I use a big dewalt when mixing grout or boring doors, using the hole hawg etc.

150bucks for the set

So my new place is going to have a full blown workshop in the basement. The unfinished space has a 4th garage door alongside the walkout section (it's going to be badass....)

At the moment I'm looking for a good cabinet style table saw (thinking a used Grizzly 220v model should do nicel). I'd like to come across a drill press, jointer, bandsaw and maybe a belt sander as well.

How would some of the more experienced woodworkers here go about building a shop on a finite budget? I can't just buy it all at once so what tools would you suggest getting first?

How have you dealt with ventilation? The workshop has vents for a dryer so I think I'm going to try to set up gated ducts for each tool and run them out the dryer vent but I don't really know how to go about suction.

I want to try to make a torsion assembly table as my first project and then probably a little table/chair set for the kid.

Sounds interesting.

I've never had a woodshop in the basement. Keeping the rest of the house clean would be the problem.

I would think that the easiest way to get it through a vent would be to rig up a vacuum on the outside, but you would have to save it from the weather. Maybe just hook it up when you are working.

We cut 2/5 gallon jugs in half and attached them to the bottom of our grinder for filings. You could do a similar thing to your saws and try to catch most of the sawdust, and just vacuum up the rest.

If you're going to be working with anything exotic, go over the top with it. They sell units to do what you want, but like everything, they're not cheap. I found an old paint booth system at an auction and ran some pipe to the lathe and sander with caps I just put back on when not in use.

African Blackwood on the lathe tried to kill me and Spalted woods are the devil. Take care of those lungs.

It's under the excavated section of the garage - there's a full steel door in between it and the finished section. It should stay pretty self-contained. I'm mostly concerned with the really fine particulate. I may just end up opening the garage and setting a fan there when I work.