[Aussie Mike]

You can never have enough tools.

Cincinatti Toolmaster Turret Mill. It's a 2 Ton monster but I picked it up cheap, rebuilt it and converted it to single phase. As a friend of mine always says "You can do a small job on a big machine but you can't do a big job on a small machine"

Next comes the lathe, it's another ex-industrial machine that I fixed up. It works well and I'm always finding new jobs for it.

200A Mig and a 120A Tig.

A belt linisher, this is an incredibly handy tool. It's on one end of an 8" pedistal grinder with a fine stone on the other end for grinding tool steel. The linisher gives you great controll for shaping and finishing up small parts. A scotchbrite belt gives a great brushed finish on things and is a good first step to polishing something.

Another Pedistal grinder with a Buffer on one end and a wire wheel on the other. There is a great deal of satisfaction from polishing something you've just machined.

Pipe bender (for home made roll cages and stuff).

Engine lifting crane, I just bought this recently. Years ago I built a gantry that you could bolt together and stand up over a car and use a chain block. Very portable (friends are always borrowing it). The engine lifting crane is handy though because once you've lifted something you can wheel it arround. I'm making an attachment so I can use it to lift my Cobra body on and off by myself.

Gas heater for chilly winter nights. I've been thinking lately about a ducted cooling system for next summer. I could also rig it to extract air for when I partition off the shed for spray painting.

Cheers