Originally Posted by
BKratchmer
I will give my frequent-but-oft-unwanted golden advice:
Good tools are expensive. Period. You will find a lot of guys who find ways to do it cheap. You will find a lot of guys missing fingers. In a Venn diagram, these two groups often overlap. :)
I know it's hard to do sometimes, but I would recommend putting aside a little money every month until you have saved enough for a buffer... it'll happen faster than you think, and in the end you will be much happier and safer...
YMMV.