Saturday, December 17, 2011

1736 - Must have tools

Popular Mechanics has an article about must have tools. There are 50 of them. Here's a list and whether or not I have one.

1. Sledgehammer - 3 or 4
2. Center Punch - several
3. Putty Knife - lots of them
4. Safety Glasses - I wear ANSI Z87 safety glasses
5. Adjustable Wrench - lots of them
6. Pipe Wrench - several
7. Socket Wrench Set - big set
8. Metal File - lots of files
9. Combination Square - yes
10. Combination Wrench - lots
11. Bow Saw - yes
12. Jigsaw - yes
13. Coping Saw - yes
14. Side-Cutting Pliers - several
15. Hacksaw - several
16. Crosscut Saw - yes
17. Snips - several
18. Roundnose Shovel - several
19. Needle-Nose Pliers - many
20. Drill - hand and electric - several
21. Drill Bits - duh
22. Locking Pliers - several
23. Level - several short and long
24. Circular Saw - yes
25. Spray Lube - spray everything
26. Tape Rule - 6', 8', 12', 25', 26', 33', 100', 300'
27. Hammer - lots
28. Dust Mask - full face with filters
29. Nail Set - several
30. Machinist Vise - yes
31. Wood Chisel - several sets
32. Chalk Line - yes
33. Allen Wrench - many sets
34. Earmuffs - and earplugs
35. Flashlight - to many to count
36. Bow Rake - several
37. Volt/Ohmmeter - several
38. Cold Chisel - several
39. Ball-Peen Hammer - several
40. Multibit Screwdriver - lots
41. Gooseneck Bar - breaker bar, several
42. Utility Knife - many
43. Pry Bar - many
44. Square-Nose Shovel - several
45. Tongue-and-Groove Pliers - many
46. Extension Ladder - yes
47. Pick - yes
48. Stepladder - 6' several, 8'
49. Rope - why is this on the list? - yes
50. Extension Cord - to many to count

The article has handy hints for each one of these.

What's on my Christmas list? Tools.


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Yesterday I got a comment from a new follower. Elliot MacLeod-Michael. So I went to his blog to check him out. He has three blogs. On one of them he is following .... wait for it .... 2458 blogs. This guy is one buzy dude.

So far it looks like I'm the only one out of the people that I follow that he has latched on to. It will be interesting to see if he comes back. Right Elliot? Elliot, are you there?

 

4 comments:

Amanda said...

You must have your own tool store!

Mike said...

A - You can never have enough tools.... I just thought of something cool to do. Lay out all my tools in the garage and take a picture. .. naaa, that would take forever.

Bilbo said...

I have lots of tools, and am pretty much inept with all of them. I'm like comedian Alan King, who said he was such an inept handyman that if he tried to kill a spider with a hammer, he'd have to finish it off with a screwdriver.

Mike said...

B - But you have an Ikea near you. What more could you want?