- Have no clue which power tool
to buy first and how to use it?
Today, I'm going to show you.
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Hey there it's Christina from theDIYmommy.com
and this is my husband, Sean. - Hello.
One of the most frequent questions I get asked is
which power tool should I buy first?
And what order would you recommend
purchasing your power tools?
So I wanted to cover that today,
show you my top three favorites,
which order to buy them in.
I'm going to kind of give you a general overview
on what they do, how to use them.
And Sean's a professional general contractor.
So he's going to be able to interject
and share his point of view.
I thought it'd be kinda nice to have the point of view
of me, who is kind of your typical DIY-er
and then Sean, who has a lot more
experience with these tools.
So let's get started.
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The first tool I would recommend you purchase,
number one would be a drill.
So this is going to help you build your Ikea furniture,
it's going to be a ton faster than using a screwdriver.
- In all cases, it'll be a lot faster.
You'll just have to buy a set of bits for it.
For Robertson, which is the square bits
and then a Phillips, which is the star bits,
which are on there right now.
And that should just about do it for all Ikea stuff.
- These also come in handy
when you're hanging up pictures, mirrors
artwork, and all that kind of thing too.
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This one here is a Bosch.
Sean actually bought this one for me
because he likes these ones the best.
My favorite tool line would be the Ryobi One.
And they do have a drill that goes with these ones as well.
And they're quite inexpensive,
so nice if you don't want to spend
a ton of money on your tools.
I'm going to make sure to link all of these tools
down in the description box below
if you want to purchase them for yourself.
For all of these tools, including this drill,
make sure you read through the whole instruction manual
that the tool comes with.
Make sure you do get a professional
to show you exactly how to use the tool
because safety is definitely number one with these.
So after you watch this video when you purchase your tool
make sure that you follow all of the safety precautions
in the manual of your tool.
It's really easy to change the bit in your drill.
- To change out the bit on a drill,
best way to do it.
It's an automatic locking.
So it will just slide out.
You spin the chuck, it's called,
and then that tightens her down.
And then (drill buzzes) you got her working.
- Easy.
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- And now that you have your drill,
The next tool that I would recommend you purchasing
is a finishing nailer.
So this is my finishing nailer right here.
Sean has one or maybe two of them as well.
I like this one, it's the Ryobi One.
It comes with a battery that you can use
for all of their different tools.
This is fantastic because if you're doing things
like adding some trim work to your home, a feature wall.
If you're doing small little builds
with one by two's or two by fours even,
you can use this to nail your pieces together.
The finishing brad nails are really small.
So if you're putting up trim,
you can easily fill those tiny little holes and paint them.
So I've used this for feature walls,
I've used this to put casing around doors
and windows, for baseboards.
I've also used it to make wood signs as well.
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- The best way to operate this
is read the instruction booklet first of course,
but the basic operation is that
you'll always have a slide to put your nails in.
Always got to put your nails into the bottom of it.
Slide it closed.
When you push down on it, the safety will disengage
and you can pull the trigger to shoot your nail.
These do like to jam up sometimes.
So every, read your instruction manual,
but most of the time, the generic form
is to have something on the front here
that you can just flip up.
And then that actually releases it
so the nails will come out
and then you can get it unjammed.
And then it just clips back in place.
These ones are really nice for that
because they usually don't need a tool
on these consumer ones.
On the ones I have, it's usually an allen key or something
but the instruction booklet will always tell you.
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- So once you have your drill,
you have your finishing nailer,
the next power tool that I would recommend
for you to buy is a miter saw.
So I have this little one here.
This one's also a Ryobi
and it's a little seven and a half inch guy.
And I find this one is going to be able to cut
all of the trim and small pieces of wood
that I need for most of my DIY's.
With the miter saw you can cut wood
at a 90 degree angle, you can also cut it
at 45 degree angle so that you can create frames
around things like casing around doors
or frames for artwork.
I also use this one for small crafts
when I'm cutting things like dowels
and even sticks and things.
- Basic operation is,
you usually have a lock on the system.
So the lock is, will release the blade to rise up.
Make sure your guard is operational and in place,
moving as you're moving it up and down.
- [Christina] Then, to make your cut line up your material,
to the back of the guard on the saw,
squeeze any safety and trigger
and then move the saw down gently and make your cut.
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- Most saws out there are right handed.
So you will have to, the safest way to do it
is of course to have your right hand on the blade
and your other hand off to the side.
Always at least four to six inches away
from this area, kind of thing, as you're cutting.
- And of these three, I would say the miter saw
is the most dangerous of the tools.
You could definitely do the most damage
if you aren't using it correctly with the miter saw.
So again, double-check that manual,
make sure that you have someone
that knows how to use the tool work it with you
and show you at first so that you use this one safely.
- There is also another option to this,
which is not the power option
which is called a miter box.
And it is just basically a handsaw
with a box that you can put your trim in.
And then it gives you the angles that you need
that you put your saw blade into.
- So if you are nervous about using a power saw,
that's a great option for you.
And if you have the drill and the finishing nailer
and the miter box, that would be a great option for you.
So that's a quick overview of the three tools
that I would recommend getting
if you want to start using power tools,
if you love DIY-ing and want to do it quicker
and get into even more fun, exciting projects.
Again, I'm going to link all of these
down in that description box below.
So you can go check them out and start buying them
and collecting tools for your own DIY supply.
Anything else you want to say?
- I like collecting tools.
- Yeah, Sean has a few tools. (laughs)
- I have quite a few tools.
- He loves his tools.
So you never know, you might become
a tool collector like Sean.
I would love to hear from you.
Let me know if you've used any of these tools
or if you have any other suggestions
of tools that beginning DIY-ers should start with
as far as power tools go,
let us know down in those comments below.
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