Tools and things I find the most useful:
A cooperative (or tolerant) spouse.mes
Mine is the best. She even comes out to turn sometimes. Now if I could just get her to sharpen her own tools. She feigns fear of the grinder.
Good books (Raffan's and Darlow's intro books are my favorites)
Are those the antique paper things? JK
Big, heavy lathe.
For Halloween, My itty, bitty, MIDI dressed up as an American Beauty.
Parting tool, roughing gouge, skew, spindle gouge, bowl gouge
The parting tool is to help your wallet part with the cash when you get gouged by the others
Face shield
Why do I need a face shield? I see just fine with one eye, and the eye patch attracts women.
Dust mask
I thought that was the hair in my nose!
Sharpening system (grinder, etc)
Chuck
Chuck is very helpful when I need somebody to help me lift the heavy stuff.
Good lighting
I use the arcing coming from the outlet everything is plugged into.
Ruler, pencils
Ummmm, Isn't turning supposed to be free hand?
Cheap calipers (several)
Cheap, Yeah, that's me.
Scissors (one reserved for cuttiing sandpaper)
My wife is a quilter. Somehow she always knows when I use her good Ginghers to cut sand paper. She must be psychic. Oh wait, it makes her psychotic. Wonder why?
Jacobs drill chuck and bits
I borrowed Jacob's chuck once, and when I didn't return it to him, he twisted me like a drill bit.
Diamond hones, flat and round
The only diamonds I need in the shop are the ones I use to ask forgiveness when I buy a new tool.
A notebook
Why do you need sheet music in the shop?
Bandsaw
Oh, the band saw the music and took it.
Small very thin saw
Steb drive center (1/2" for smaller work)
Steb live center
Screw chuck
What I say when Chuck won't help
Sharpies
Those tools fresh off the grinder that I drop, point down on my foot. Speaking of feet, I could never figure out why people call me "Three Toed Ted".
Tool rack, tool box for small tools
I don't use a tool box, I just put my tools in a soft pile of shavings. It's free and makes a great patina in the metal.
Negative rake scrapers
Enough of this negativity, Let's all stay positive.
Set of Hunter carbide tools (Small Hercules first)
Is this anything like Union Carbide?
Point tool
What's the point?
Drill press
Media coverage of the evacuation rehearsal
More skews and gouges (larger/smaller + duplicates of favorites)
Don't have room for the ones I have already.
Beale buffing wheels
My finger nails are so shiny!!!
Scalpels
NO, I have had enough surgeries this year!
Things I would hate to be without in the shop:
Fire extinguisher
Needed when I have Mexican food for lunch.
Heat and air in the shop (not quite a tool)
Ummm, Hi, I'm Brian, and I have a breathing addiction.
Compressed air
What you get from eating mexican food.
Assortment of hand scrapers
Most of my tools scrape my hands
Anti-fatigue mat
CBN wheel
Texturing tools
Any surface my perfectly smooth bowl hits when it flys off the lathe
Dremel
The little ceramic figurines woodturners collect
Tiny hand drills
Why would you want to drill your hand?
Depth gauges
No thanks, everybody says I'm really shallow
Cyclone dust collector
Ummmm, the shop looks like a cyclone hit it.
Camera, photo cube
What do you think I am, a Photographer?
Gimlets (hand twist drills)
These go in the the gravy on thanksgiving
Grex random orbital sander
Thats so random
Taper bits
Magnifier
What I put in front of my midi lathe to make it look bigger
Second grinder
I read this as second grader, and I couldn't think of any shop use for an 8 year old.
Graph paper
What the wife uses to plot all the money spent on tools and wood. See diamond hone above.
Robust tool rests
When an American Beauty goes on siesta
Work bench
WORK?! Time in the shop is supposed to be play.
Radio/CD player
Breaker Breaker.... oh wait that's CD, not CB
Water cooler
Chill out man
Chain saw (Stihl electric)
Quick! Call 911
Moisture meter
Counts the tears when my turning explodes
Second lathe
Pipe dream
Strong magnets
The attraction between sharp tools and concrete floors
Many clamps
Used with baling wire and bandaids to hold my equipment together
Cordless drill
JKJ