Normally I would never buy something as personal as a tool for someone, but my husband heavily hinted that he wants a a tool for christmas and I am completely lost (I'm the kind of person who pre-marriage would bring my car to the shop to get the oil changed, and who never even owned a hammer).My husband does 100% of the work on our cars now, and he also loves wood working. The problem is we live in a very small apartment with a small yard and limited driveway space. To do "big jobs" he goes to his parent's house for the weekend, but it's becoming increasingly impractical to do that. We are "allowed" to do small projects in our yard, but we don't have a garage or anything for setting up serious table tools. I'm looking for a reasonably compact convenience tool that will increase what he has the ability to do in and around our own home.Today, under the guise of looking for duct tape, I actually went through his full tool box to see what he has already.He has a hand planar and what I believe is a rotary tool for cutting/sanding. He has a soldering iron. He has an electric drill and many drill bits. He has a lot of saws but no power saws that I could find. He has an extensive socket set and all the basic hand tools (wrenches, torque wrenches, screw drivers, hammers etc.). For car work he has jackstands, a jack, an air compressor, a fancy battery for jumping car batteries, and a "topsider" for changing oil.Here are the kind of jobs he seems to do a lot, that I would like to make easier for him if at all possible:General car maintanence like patching holes in tires, replacing hoses and lines, basic electrical work.He can build very beautiful and ornate furniture with decorative elements, most recently a very beautiful craftsman style bookshelf for me! He also has made some very beautiful wooden decorative items like a jewlery box for me, wonderful wooden reindeer ornament for my parents, etc. This has slowed way down since we got married because he no longer wants to spend an entire weekend at his parent's house using his dad's shop. This makes me really sad because he has an extreme talent. His day job is very technical and I want him to have a creative outlet he can do reasonably on evenings without having to pack everything and drive a long distance.He can do a lot of small electronics repair as well, though it does seem like he has most of the tools necessary for that in our small home already.He also knows how to do major car work like replacing transmissions, full engine rebuilds, welding, etc. but I don't anticipate he will be doing those kinds of jobs in our front yard any time soon!When I look at lists that offer advice for tool buying, I see a lot of suggested tools that don't seem practical in our current setting, like routers and planars and all kinds of table saws. I'm interested in any and all advice! via /r/Gifts https://www.reddit.com/r/Gifts/comments/a2hekz/need_advice_on_what_kind_of_tool_to_purchase/?utm_source=ifttt
