What kind of toolbox do you have?

[Manter]

Are they specifically your tools, then?

He had a crappy few when we got together. They have since all been jettisoned as poor quality tools are worse then none. But we've bought loads since we've been together... And it's a bit impossible to separate out who paid for what. Though I mainly use them and look after them. He only uses them under my supervision and/or instruction

 

[kabbes]

(((female tradespeople in kabbes' area)))

Yeah, I know. I've never even seen an advert for a female tradesperson in my area.

 

[cesare]

You should have just taken half of them. The mistake was asking him

Aye. I thought I'd let him evenly distribute them but keeping any he particularly liked. Mistake.

 

[neonwilderness]

Proof pls

 

[TruXta]

Yeah, I know. I've never even seen an advert for a female tradesperson in my area.

Much the same around my parts, sad to say. Altho the BT engineer that came to install our broadband was a very personable black woman.

 

[scifisam]

Who cares what colour tools you have as long as they do the job.

Maybe I should do what cesare originally suggested and start a thread on what's in your toolbox/bag....

They are actually good tools. The pink hammer is light and girly, which is actually very handy (not that I can use it at the moment, but my GF is not big and buff either).

I also have a drill box, a drill-bit box, a big lidless container with all sorts of nails, rawl plugs etc, a box of saw blades, and a separate box of spanners left by an old housemate.

 

[trashpony]

Aye. I thought I'd let him evenly distribute them but keeping any he particularly liked. Mistake.

I hope you've got yourself a really kicking set of tools now

 

[stuff_it]

Y'see TruXta this ^ is the sort of interesting stuff we want to know about. Not just the box.

Pic missing stuff_it

CBA to walk out and take them, and I think at least one lot of screwdrivers isn't in it. Will sort it eventually though, maybe later in the week.

 

[cesare]

I hope you've got yourself a really kicking set of tools now

Cheers. They're a bit of a mish mash of tools I've bought over the years. But I've been given a decent power drill and cordless screwdriver, and I've bought a sander.

 

[Crispy]

Looks a bit "novelty"

Can't even remember how I got it. It prevents the majority of my tools from falling off the bench, and that's good enough

 

[ringo]

One like this for spanners, socket sets, screwdrivers etc:

My Dads old one like this for carrying around the house doing odd jobs:

This one for bigger jobs but still portable:

Plus my woodworking & cabinet making tools are in leather rolls in a large wooden box.
And then there's a couple of home made wooden boxes for the router & bits, angle grinder and another one for drill bits.

 

[ViolentPanda]

I have half a dozen small tool boxes (each containing different types of tools - one with soldering irons, solder and electronics-related tools, one with camera-repair tools etc), 2 large (i.e. 24" x 12" x 12") general tool boxes, and a honking great toolbag with miscellaneous stuff in it. My Japanese saws do not live in tool boxes, as they might feel insulted.

I also have several power tools in their own blow-moulded cases.

 

[slightlytouched]

I have one like the OP for art supplies that I've had for nearly 20 years, but as for tools....ah they are just in an open topped box! They are not important, that's what Dads are for!

 

[ViolentPanda]

My drill and drill-bits obviously have their own carrying cases.

TBF, even with quality electric drills, the bits that come free are invariably shite unless you've bought a Makita, De Walt or similarly-expensive pro-tool brand.
I tend to buy a set of HSS bits in a tin (.5mm increments), and masonry and wood bits as I need them, which I keep in a bit roll.

 

[ViolentPanda]

the old man down the road who is DIY advisor, local historian and tool-lender has a tool SHED. It is amazing. Eveything. EVERYTHING. allin its place and rack, according to type and size etc.

thats what I aspire to

Me too, mate.

I'm already jealous of Manter !!!

 

[slightlytouched]

This yours?

Where are the helpful marker pen outlines of each tool? Are they not obligatory?

 

[ViolentPanda]

It came as a set! I imagine if and when I buy more drill-bits the overspill will have to go in the toolbox.

Please don't. It's daft spending money on decent bits, just to put them loose in a toolbox where the points will blunt themselves knocking against the sides of the box. Buy decent sets of bits, and keep them in their tins, where they are seperated and can't get knocked about.

 

[ViolentPanda]

Where are the helpful marker pen outlines of each tool? Are they not obligatory?

Only if you're an amateur.

 

[Manter]

Me too, mate.

I'm already jealous of Manter !!!

I'll put up a photo later....

tendril has just very kindly given me some metal staging that I am going to put in front of the shed window and use for potting and seed trays, too.

 

[ViolentPanda]

You use the free drill bits you got with the drill??!! No wonder you were having issues with your shelf

Yep. There's a name for those free drillbits. Shite.

 

[ViolentPanda]

I just have a drawer for now but since I started my silver jewellery making course my friend is making a specially designed wooden tool box for me.

Are you doing a wirework course, or does yours include cutting, shaping and brazing too?

 

[TruXta]

TBF, even with quality electric drills, the bits that come free are invariably shite unless you've bought a Makita, De Walt or similarly-expensive pro-tool brand.
I tend to buy a set of HSS bits in a tin (.5mm increments), and masonry and wood bits as I need them, which I keep in a bit roll.

One of those two used to be ... Stanley? Black&Decker? When either of those were quality IIRC.

 

[TruXta]

Where are the helpful marker pen outlines of each tool? Are they not obligatory?

They sure are.

 

[TruXta]

Please don't. It's daft spending money on decent bits, just to put them loose in a toolbox where the points will blunt themselves knocking against the sides of the box. Buy decent sets of bits, and keep them in their tins, where they are seperated and can't get knocked about.

I did remember, after posting that, that they tend to come in tins anyway when you buy smaller sets. But point taken.

 

[wayward bob]

I just have a drawer for now but since I started my silver jewellery making course my friend is making a specially designed wooden tool box for me.

got any pics shirl?

 

[ViolentPanda]

This yours?

Wow, I've just looked at that pic and realised that of all the tools in it, the only two I don't have are a prybar and a brace drill. Everything else, I've got, including the diverse selection of hammers.

 

[TruXta]

Wow, I've just looked at that pic and realised that of all the tools in it, the only two I don't have are a prybar and a brace drill. Everything else, I've got, including the diverse selection of hammers.

Fuck off with your humble-brag grandad.

 

[Shirl]

Are you doing a wirework course, or does yours include cutting, shaping and brazing too?

Some wire work will no doubt come into it but its starting from scratch working silver. I've so far learned to do annealing, planishing, soldering and cutting with a piercing saw. I have made a ring but I'm not really interested in rings. I want to make 'statement' jewellery

eta, piercing saw, not pin saw.

 

[ViolentPanda]

Fuck off with your humble-drag grandad.

What is it with you and spelling errors today?

To be fair, I've been accumulating my tools for 35 years, and believe in having the right tool for the job, so it's not really surprising that I've got half a dozen different hammers, or a couple of dozen chisels, or a set of tinsnips, etc etc.

 

[TruXta]

What is it with you and spelling errors today?

To be fair, I've been accumulating my tools for 35 years, and believe in having the right tool for the job, so it's not really surprising that I've got half a dozen different hammers, or a couple of dozen chisels, or a set of tinsnips, etc etc.

Well I'll give you this - you actually know what the fuck all those hammers do differently.





Or, you have been singularly naive in encounters with tool salesmen.

e2a spelling errors is cuz of lazy fast posting