Finally found my tool system.

A couple of months back I was building a new office desk, a big old 6-foot by 39-inch butcher block slab that need some champers and round overs and wouldn't you know it, my vintage router done let out the blue smoke.

Now as a home gamer, I have been operating off a 20-year-old RIDGID 12-volt drill/driver and 1/4 inch impact drill along with a mishmash of hand-me-downs and old tools I have repaired after picking up from the side of the road.

Well, I did not have time to fix the old router, and to be honest it was butthole puckering when using it already so I decided to go ahead and do some researched and picked up the DeWALT DCK201P1 router and jigsaw with battery combo.

I figured it had good reviews, and using a trim router to run a 45-degree chamfer on this wood would be one hell of a torture test. Well, it passed with flying colors and barely touched the battery level.

I had been meaning to decide on a tool system for a while and that pretty much settled it.

So as of today, I picked up a pretty awesome deal from Lowe's. 1500 in tools for 600 bucks with a nice 10% military discount. https://www.lowes.com/pd/DEWALT/5013607869

I would have preferred the DCD800 instead of the DCD805 just for the slightly smaller size and weight, but I also have some work to do in my garage hanging shelves, and it is all cinder block and concrete so the hammer drill will come in might handy.

Now just add in a 4-inch grinder and ratchet and I am looking good. Oh, and a vacuum, and a cut-off wheel, and and and...

I'm gonna need another job.

Thanks for helping this lurker, looking forward to hanging out here much more now.

Any tips, tricks, discounts, or "in the know" items I should know about, please feel free to shoot them my way.