/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>578735
Here's something on arc welding using car batteries. Why not just do it in the middle of the night? Nobody's gonna be watching it at 1:30am on a Sunday. If you think they are then just bring a posterboard (one of the fold out ones) covered with black cloth and use it to shield the worst of the light.

So a bro and I are thinking about getting a workshop put together. For general hobby work and getting better at machining or welding. He is already fairly good a welding, and we both have some prior experience with basic metal/wood work.

One of our family members has an unused garage and would be willing to allow us to work in it. So, we are wondering what basic bread and butter tools and machines we will need. Most of the basic hand tools (hammer, saw, etc.) we already have between the two of us. What we don't have is larger machines for more precise and faster jobs.

Our ideas for first sets of equipment are a drill press, MIG welder, table saw, vertical mill, and plasma cutter.

Of course, those last two would be far too expensive to get without good reason or funding, but we are pretty sure that the first three would be able to finish most basic jobs that we would take on. Does /diy/ have any advice for us developing handymen?

Tl;dr = What are basic necessities for a workshop?