Gas Engineers Toolbox

[Hardy1]

Hi there to all the Gas Safe Engineers (and of course everyone else), and to all you cowboys go:33:, i was just thinking of starting this thread, as knowing "Whats in your toolbox"(Gas Safe Engineers). List Please?, many thanks Hardy1

 

[Dannypipe]

I have four 8" Bhacos....two old ones, which I keep as spare as in all honesty, they're fine....I just bought new as they were on special in Screw Fix.

I love em. Best spanners by far. I could never go back to my old monuments/Rigids and the like.

 

[johnnyplumb]

i think bahco & snap on are same company both quality stuff. 8" shifter is good size but sometimes you need more leverage or shorter spanner for access thats why i prefer 6" & 10"

 

[Dannypipe]

Yeah, true. I have em in the van incase I need em. But for my day to day stuff, I just stick to as above.

Snap on stuff is very expensive. Even more than Bhaco. Don't personally own any of it, but I know its good quality.

 

[Dannypipe]

Biggest waste of money (spanner wise) I bought....a Stanely, Fatmax, wratcheting adjustable spanner. 10". Cost me £18.

Never once used the thing. Seems like too much bother. The idea was for rad valves that don't go in with a spud key. The ones with a square part to the shaft of the union. I just do them up with the standard shifter!!

(a spud key is also in my tray, just remembered).

 

[gasmarc]

Yes its ok ,got a few years ago off e bay , best purchase I ever made was at a boot fair i saw an 18 inch cresent adjustable which is a USA make the muts nuts for a quid , superb tool

 

[fishnchips]

A neon screwie and a hammer

 

[johnnyplumb]

I like to keep a bahco 10" wide jaw shifter in my everyday toolbox , it fits 1" nuts a treat without having to go out to van. Have i not convinced you yet ?

 

[Dannypipe]

I like to keep a bahco 10" wide jaw shifter in my everyday toolbox , it fits 1" nuts a treat without having to go out to van. Have i not convinced you yet ?

Almost mate!!!

 

[johnnyplumb]

years ago i bought a crescent shifter with a sliding lever for adjusting instesd of a wheel . hopeless thing, never stayed where you set it too.

 

[tamz]

Going from memory ( i'm only in it 50 times a day) this is what i have in my main box.

Screwdrivers, every size and type i could every need about 15 - 20 of them.
Pipeslices 15, 22 and 28mm (2 x 15 and 2 x 22mm)
Pipecutters, Rigid up to 42mm
Estwing
Feathersplitter
Woodchisels, 1/4" 1/2" 3/4" 1" 1 1/4"
Footprints, 9" and 12"
Knipex Alligators 180mm, 2 x 250mm, 1 x 300mm
Knipex Cobra's 250mm
Knipex smooth jaw grips 250mm.
Bacho adjustables 4" and 8"
4lb club hammer
Cold chisels, 9" 12" and 18"
Multimeter
Test lamp
Socket tester
Knipex pliars, 8" side cut, 4" long nose and wire strippers.
Another old pair of pliars i've had for 20 years!
Circlip pliars
Allen keys, 2 sets
T Bar allen key
Bending springs 8, 10 and 15mm
15 and 22mm guides
Stanley knife and a box of blades.
Half round file and a rasp.
A couple of short rsed drifts.
A load of speed bits in various sizes.
A load of masonary bits 5mm - 25mm
Some metal drills.
A pad saw
A set of metric spanners
A smoke match holder.
2 junior hacksaws, 1 cut back for tight working.
The usual half cwt of screws nuts rings bolts washers and fittings and a few more things i've missed.

There is another box in the van with stuff i don't use much and about another 6 boxes in the garage.

I never carry my own box :lol:

 

[gasmarc]

whats a feathersplitter m8 ?. one of the best tools I have is a 4 inch adjustable which is ideal for thermocouple and loads of other stuff plus a tang mini rachet set with about 30 bits , Gold dust I had been struggling for years until i found this tool

 

[GQuigley67]

Blue coloured shoes are not great down parkhead way, youill end up way one of your boots up your jacksay.

considering im a tim i'm not worried about that one lol

 

[jncalderc]

A feather splitter is a bolster chisel used to split the feathers on floorboards when lifting them.

 

[johnnyplumb]

considering im a tim i'm not worried about that one lol

good man , 67 & lisbon i new there was a connection there.

 

[Hardy1]

which box? the service box, the break down box, the install box, or the i forgot i even had that any more bucket?

all of the boxes lol

 

[REDSAW]

Going from memory ( i'm only in it 50 times a day) this is what i have in my main box.

Screwdrivers, every size and type i could every need about 15 - 20 of them.
Pipeslices 15, 22 and 28mm (2 x 15 and 2 x 22mm)
Pipecutters, Rigid up to 42mm
Estwing
Feathersplitter
Woodchisels, 1/4" 1/2" 3/4" 1" 1 1/4"
Footprints, 9" and 12"
Knipex Alligators 180mm, 2 x 250mm, 1 x 300mm
Knipex Cobra's 250mm
Knipex smooth jaw grips 250mm.
Bacho adjustables 4" and 8"
4lb club hammer
Cold chisels, 9" 12" and 18"
Multimeter
Test lamp
Socket tester
Knipex pliars, 8" side cut, 4" long nose and wire strippers.
Another old pair of pliars i've had for 20 years!
Circlip pliars
Allen keys, 2 sets
T Bar allen key
Bending springs 8, 10 and 15mm
15 and 22mm guides
Stanley knife and a box of blades.
Half round file and a rasp.
A couple of short rsed drifts.
A load of speed bits in various sizes.
A load of masonary bits 5mm - 25mm
Some metal drills.
A pad saw
A set of metric spanners
A smoke match holder.
2 junior hacksaws, 1 cut back for tight working.
The usual half cwt of screws nuts rings bolts washers and fittings and a few more things i've missed.

There is another box in the van with stuff i don't use much and about another 6 boxes in the garage.

I never carry my own box :lol:

mind the paintwork getting it in the house...

 

[tamz]

mind the paintwork getting it in the house...View attachment 4223

I forgot tin snips and a podger (pry bar).
My box is blue btw :lol:

 

[rodhull]

left handed and right handed screwdrivers...

 

[gasmarc]

I think one of the best tools for saving time and making money has to be a wet and dry hoover, I went to a job where the customer thought there was a major problem that I fixed within minutes removing an airlock on the hot water . The customer was delighted and so way I, used it yesterday to suck out water in a stopcock pit , cannot recommend enought

 

[quality]

I think one of the best tools for saving time and making money has to be a wet and dry hoover, I went to a job where the customer thought there was a major problem that I fixed within minutes removing an airlock on the hot water . The customer was delighted and so way I, used it yesterday to suck out water in a stopcock pit , cannot recommend enought

The only downside is that it does not fit in the toolbox, but is a decent tool when its needed

 

[gasmarc]

yes you are correct but an ipad could :17:, Something which I have been meaning to do is remove all the screw drivers that I do not use and I dont know why they dont put a mark on the handle to tell if its posi of flat as i find i pick the wrong one up sometimes

 

[quality]

yes you are correct but an ipad could :17:, Something which I have been meaning to do is remove all the screw drivers that I do not use and I dont know why they dont put a mark on the handle to tell if its posi of flat as i find i pick the wrong one up sometimes

Snap on screwdrivers print the blade on the handle but I know what you mean.

 

[gasmarc]

I bought one of those snap on rachet screwdrivers that the handle rotates around to become a pistol. I have only gone and lost the insert so looks like i will be on ebay, I have a cable stripper from draper that a mate bought for me from an electrical shop. This tool will strip cable flex and wire with a sissor action I have shown them to sparks before and they were amazed and had not seen them before . The guy in the shop did not know you could strip nearly anything with these , That thing of holding a wire and struggling to strip a wire is a thing of the past

 

[Barry98]

I bought one of those snap on rachet screwdrivers that the handle rotates around to become a pistol. I have only gone and lost the insert so looks like i will be on ebay, I have a cable stripper from draper that a mate bought for me from an electrical shop. This tool will strip cable flex and wire with a sissor action I have shown them to sparks before and they were amazed and had not seen them before . The guy in the shop did not know you could strip nearly anything with these , That thing of holding a wire and struggling to strip a wire is a thing of the past

photo please ?

 

[gasmarc]