Even experienced woodworkers can go into contractions when it comes to trying to buy a new tool can you imagine how a novice must feel?
The rule of thumb when buying anything is when you dont know much, if anything about the product, select the cheapest or near cheapest price, or we pick the most powerful version, thinking that if one power is good, two must be better.
We all do this with one thing or another, but doing this with power tools can be hazardous to your health. One example of buying too much was a friend of our familys daughter. Finally got her first apartment and decided to fix it up a bit. She needed to fasten a bookshelf to the wall and decided to purchase a portable drill. There are dozens of them around. In her mind she wanted a good one and promptly purchased, at the sales persons recommendation, an 18volt drill. Honestly, if this young gal is 100 pounds soaking we, I would be amazed, she is a wee bit of a thing, and you guessed, the first time she used the drill, the bit caught something in the wall and twisted out of her control to the point she had to seek medical attention and was off work for a few days and in a sling for two weeks. The...