I live in a 700ish sqft condo. Over the years I've lived there I've performed a number of small woodwork projects that come up from time to time. At this point I've been doing all my tasks with a cheap drill I had as a teen and a hacksaw. I've been throwing around the idea of seeking out a reciprocating and/or circular saw but I'm not sure if it's really worth the storage space or money.
First off, since these projects are so infrequent is it even worth it to consider adding a motor to my woodcutting? Sure it takes me a few hours to cut up a 2'x2'x7/32" board, but there's a good chance that's just my inexperience and I almost never have to do so. If I have a saw I have to store it year round, which I could do but I'm not the type to frivolously add more potential clutter. On the other hand I will likely be doing more woodwork in 5-10 years after we pull the FI switch (most of the process is pretty fun) so it could potentially make sense to add a saw to my list of tools. After all, my battery-powered Ryobi drill has lasted me well over a decade.
Secondly, if having some kind of saw would be useful would it be better to just stick with a reciprocating saw? I can see that a circular saw would help with straight cuts, but reciprocating seems a lot more multi-use overall.
Thanks on any replies, mostly just getting my thoughts all written out here. Another thing to consider is that hair is currently on fire. Wife graduated last year with nearly 80K worth of student loans (semi-long story) and while we're down to the last 5K of 7%, 5K of 5% , and 10K of 3% that's still a negative net worth.
As an aside some of the projects over the past 5-6 years have included supports for a bed with broken metal supports, carnival game for outside event, rafter support for Olympic rings as I start up body weight exercise routine, an external duct system to provide airflow to a canopy bed (wife just started night shift and canopy I put on was trapping heat and making it hard to sleep), and I'm eventually going to need to modify a door frame to accommodate the furnace (house builders made the furnace closet just big enough for the unit they put in when they built it).