Tools

[secret squirrel]

What is your most used or favorite tool, the tool you could not live without......


I will be disappointed if there is not at least one reply saying "my apprentice"!

 

[danielp]

spanner? ermm head torch is probably the most handy!

 

[Mike Jackson]

My running shoes for a quick getaway.

 

[stevetheplumber]

footprint grips anyone who doesnt have footprints aint a real plumber

 

[jpm]

Knipex grips

 

[johnmcginty]

Gotta be box spanner and 12mm one for horseshoe kitchen sink getups

 

[dontknowitall]

Favourite: DeWalt 18 volt drill

Couldn't live without wet vacuum - well I could live without it but after my mobile office it's probably my most useful item

 

[secret squirrel]

I need to get myself a pair of running shoes, next to my stubby adjustable spanner (i expect abuse for that) is my head torch. Costs me a fortune in batteries though.

 

[jonathanb]

I could do with BA Barackus - to go debt collecting for me..God damn FOOLS!

 

[traineedrip]

stubby flat head screwdriver.... easiest to close a sevice valve with shaking hands in a rush...

 

[unguided1]

I dont have an apprentice he is called the loveslave so i would say my loveslave is my favourite tool
regards
mike

 

[simmo]

prob the 15mm slice

 

[Alanka]

Telescopic inspection mirror (you know -- like a dentist's mirror but extendible), for checking for leaks around joints. I use it on virtually every job. You can spot a droplet building up well before you can feel any water.

 

[MarkB]

Telescopic inspection mirror (you know -- like a dentist's mirror but extendible), for checking for leaks around joints. I use it on virtually every job. You can spot a droplet building up well before you can feel any water.

The best thing about my inspection mirror is the magnet on the other end. Ideal for picking up spanners and screwdrivers you've dropped and can't reach. I've even got m12 nuts tied on loops of string on the brass rad keys so I can go fishing for them when they inevitably get dropped

Otherwise in my pocket there's always:

Stanley knife
Inspection mirror
bit-holding screwdriver (inc bits)
wide jaw 8" adjustable spanner
headtorch

Mark

 

[flat pack]

in the old days a hammer
now my 24v Bosch cordless drill
oh yes my phone as well

 

[leadpig]

at the minute the six piece makita li ion kit,impact driver,combi drill 4"grinder,circular saw,reciprocating saw and torch.i dont know how i survived with out it
the impact driver is phenomenal
two tiny bacho spanners for 10mm nuts or stuck rad valves(so i dont over tighten/break ickle things)

 

[david williams]

footprint grips anyone who doesnt have footprints aint a real plumber

so true

biro for writing bill