How many tool kits have some of you got.

[powertools]

It is always interesting to see pictures and read reviews of the high end tools that many forum members seem to favour but what happens when you need to work outside in the middle of winter reparing the fence or refitting the workshop door? Shurley you don't use the same tools for jobs like that.

 

[NazNomad]

I have different tool 'collections' for different tasks... and don't call me Shirley.

The only things I tend to use everywhere are my cordless drill and my Grandad's Estwing.

 

[RossJarvis]

I tend to work outside all year round, and my £100+ Lie Nielsen block plane, £1000 Mafell saw, £50 Japanese chisels get treated the same as my £0.50 Stanley chisels etc. Yes they get cruddy and rusty too. A lot of the stuff takes a battering, some doesn't. My Festool kit does not seem as robust as my Makita kit, so is probably intended to live pampered in-doors.

In my line of work, if it can't take a few knocks it's not very fit for purpose, which makes me think Festool is not too great outside a nice workshop. However I personally think most good tools should be able to take some sort of rough with the smooth.

Admittedly, the "some-time-to-be-ex" felt I shouldn't use the electric tooth brush on my motorbike chain, but it was the right tool for the job.

Ultimately, if the conditions are likely to damage the tool, I.e. torrential rain, then the job needs to be put off until you can do it with the best tool for the job. If a tool needs to be molly-coddled then you and I probably don't need it.

 

[Rorschach]

Most of my stuff is used in all situations but I do keep some things purely for dirtier work like older pliers and cutters for use in the garden etc.

I also have a couple of different kits spread around. A mini kit at my flat, a bigger portable kit for DIY and then of course my workshop is kitted out too.

 

[AJB Temple]

I have my tools - generally expected to do everything, and other tools my wife can ruin/neglect.

This was learned through experience and despite knowing the demarcation lines I recently caught her trying to cut galvanised 2mm garden wire with brand new cable strippers that "look a bit like the wire cutters".

 

[Phil Pascoe]

I found a guy I used to work with attempting to cut the head off a half inch set screw on a hand turned key cutter ...well, he couldn't find a hacksaw ...
If I went for complete sets I'd probably have about five - for many tools, up to about ten.

 

[Rorschach]

I have my tools - generally expected to do everything, and other tools my wife can ruin/neglect.

This was learned through experience and despite knowing the demarcation lines I recently caught her trying to cut galvanised 2mm garden wire with brand new cable strippers that "look a bit like the wire cutters".

Luckily the ladies in my life wouldn't even touch my tools without asking, they know if they ruined something they wouldn't get all their stuff fixed in the future! :lol:
I have a small collection of loaner tools too, forgot about those.

 

[Lons]

Admittedly, the "some-time-to-be-ex" felt I shouldn't use the electric tooth brush on my motorbike chain,

:lol: :lol: :lol: My missus would have used one of my Estwing hammers on me #-o

I have several tool collections and use what is appropriate for the job and the conditions.

 

[MikeJhn]

Having a place in France and one in the UK it means that I have about four sets of tools, plus as my wife is capable of ruining a snap on screwdriver, I have a set of screwdrivers in both place's just for her, however it can be annoying knowing where you left the very tool you want and its 600miles away. :roll:

Mike

 

[monkeybiter]

I have separate totes equipped for electrical and plumbing DIY, but I always end up having to bring more tools to the 'party', then it overruns [cause I'm slow] then I drag my feet putting everything away, which is what it was supposed to prevent in the first place!

 

[skipdiver]

I use all my tools in all situations. They earn me the money to buy them in the first place, so not much point having them if they are not used. I do have way too many though and could probably cobble together two complete sets of everything, three or four in some cases with stuff like hammers, which i seem to have loads of. I have a cupboard full of battery drills with dead batteries and never seem to get round to sorting them out.

 

[tomlt]

Well, this is an interesting question...

I have my "travel and general DIY kit" - the only one the mrs is allowed to use.
I have a plumbing kit, I have an electrics kit, and then I have my workshop kit (the best stuff) oh and my full mechanics kit from working on tractors & ag machinery in years gone by.

So I'd go with 4 proper tool kits, plus associated power tools and workshop machinery ...just don't tell the wife!

 

[skipdiver]

I fitted a kitchen last week for my sister and seeing as i now work from home and had to take stuff with me in the car as i went along for each different aspect of the job, i ended up with an unbelievable amount of differing tools in her house and shed. Plastering and building gear, plumbing, wiring, tiling, joinery, routers and jigs, trestles, various power tools, even a steam stripper. I finished on Wednesday and it took me most of Thursday and Friday to pack it all away again in it's various storage spaces. I forgot how many different tasks there are to fitting a kitchen and how much gear is needed.

 

[monkeybiter]

I fitted a kitchen last week for my sister and seeing as i now work from home and had to take stuff with me in the car as i went along for each different aspect of the job, i ended up with an unbelievable amount of differing tools in her house and shed. Plastering and building gear, plumbing, wiring, tiling, joinery, routers and jigs, trestles, various power tools, even a steam stripper. I finished on Wednesday and it took me most of Thursday and Friday to pack it all away again in it's various storage spaces. I forgot how many different tasks there are to fitting a kitchen and how much gear is needed.

I hate this, even from the workshop to the house, and I'm sure I always end up losing something when tidying up afterwards. Then when you get the tools back to the workshop you've got to put them all away again, that's another six weeks. :wink:

 

[Lons]

Because of my business I needed to carry a huge range of different tools which had to be organised in boxes and totes so they could be located quickly as well as unloaded into my workshop at the end of each day. Far too risky to leave thousands £ in the van. No retired I still have most of these as well as my workshop tools so after thinking about my last post i looked and probably have at least 6 duplicates of many items.
Nothing worse and more costly than being on site and the tools you need are back in the workshop :roll:

Now, apart from tools, what the hell do I do with 2 cement mixers, a wacker plate, tile saws, site saw - you name it Ebay looks inviting when I get time to sort them out.

 

[MikeK]

I install and service special purpose high security door locks throughout Europe, which requires unique jigs and a wide assortment of power and hand tools. I used to have a large Pelican case for most of the tools, and smaller cases for the other tools and jigs. The large case weighed over 100 pounds and was not fun to lug around, especially when the job was on the third floor of a building without an elevator.

I now use the Sortimo L-Boxx (Bosch branded) series of tool cases for my travel kit. The combined weight has not changed, but the ability to move smaller cases at a time made the work much easier.

Here is an inexpensive cart with a folding handle that I use for my travel kit. Everything I need is in these boxes and they snap into cleats attached to the cart.

 

[Rorschach]

I install and service special purpose high security door locks throughout Europe, which requires unique jigs and a wide assortment of power and hand tools. I used to have a large Pelican case for most of the tools, and smaller cases for the other tools and jigs. The large case weighed over 100 pounds and was not fun to lug around, especially when the job was on the third floor of a building without an elevator.

I now use the Sortimo L-Boxx (Bosch branded) series of tool cases for my travel kit. The combined weight has not changed, but the ability to move smaller cases at a time made the work much easier.

Here is an inexpensive cart with a folding handle that I use for my travel kit. Everything I need is in these boxes and they snap into cleats attached to the cart.

That's a neat solution, love to see it opened up.

 

[MikeK]

That's a neat solution, love to see it opened up.

As soon as I finish organizing my garage, I'll take some pictures of the custom inserts. Some of the L-Boxx cases came with the cordless Bosch tools, such as the drill, jigsaw, router, and circular saw.

 

[DiscoStu]

I have my workshop and tools in that. I then have my Festool stuff which moves from in the workshop to put but it has a couple of systainers that double up stuff that is in my workshop - pliers, side cutters, screw drivers, hammer, tape measure, squares etc etc.

I also have a small kit I keep in our caravan and I have another kit including a cordless drill which I keep at my mums.

I too have electrical kits, plumbing and painting. I also have mechanic tools some of which live in the workshop and then another set in the car. I hate not having what I need.


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