What tool would you miss the most, and I don't mean your apprentice.

[xpertbert]

If they stopped making pipe slices , I would pack in installing.

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

my hands

 

[Dannypipe]

Pipe slices and adjustable spanners. Without them, life would be hell.

 

[REDSAW]

my middle leg

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

my new nail gun.......i mean apprentice motivation device :95:my bachos and knipex are essential equipment,then my multimeter and u gauge

 

[dancinplumba]

dont need owt but a brain, can do owt that u wnt wi one o them who needs slices an knipex ???

 

[Dannypipe]

You bought a nail gun???? You swine. I'm sure I mentioned that on my wish list (another thread).

I could give up grips in a second. I'd use stilsons instead. Probably better grip if truth be known. Or foot prints. Multimeter and U gauge. Yeah, that would be a trifle challenging. Changed a gas valve this afternoon. Faulty solenoid. Would have been able to diagnose it without a meter, but it's nice to know what’s wrong before you order the part.

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

You bought a nail gun???? You swine. I'm sure I mentioned that on my wish list (another thread).

I could give up grips in a second. I'd use stilsons instead. Probably better grip if truth be known. Or foot prints. Multimeter and U gauge. Yeah, that would be a trifle challenging. Changed a gas valve this afternoon. Faulty solenoid. Would have been able to diagnose it without a meter, but it's nice to know what’s wrong before you order the part.

bought a cheapie from toolstation will report back if it blows up,seen your thread BTW those pascalodes are the mutz but cost big wonga

 

[Dannypipe]

Depends on your definition of a brain.

Ask me to do basic arithmetic without a calculator and I'd be stumped. As for working out what's wrong with a boiler, or a plumbing issue, and generally I can fathom it pretty quickly.

All our brains work in different ways. My mate who's a carpenter, just works with shapes. He can do things with wood in minutes that would take me hours. Maybe days. His brain just works in a different way to mine.

 

[SimonG]

Wide jaw bahcos

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

my wifes brain works in a totally different way than mine but she still expects me to be psychic LOL

 

[Best]

If there was one tool I wouldn't do without, it is a pipeslice (actually 3 tools really - 15,22 & 28mm ones!).
Next favorite would be adjustable spanners, next, footprints.
So many handy tools that speed things up nowadays, that I wouldn't part with.

Should have added my rechargeable Brennenstuhl led hand lamp, very handy in winter, - I carry it everywhere! :wink:

 

[PlumbBobBob]

pipe slices, wide jaw bahco 6", footys

 

[Mike Jackson]

My vehicle. really wouldn't want to push my tools through the street on a hand cart.

 

[quality]

Yes that's mine Van keys

 

[adam84]

I would be lost without a tool bag to carry all my other tools id need pockets the size of sleeping bags to carry them all. :rofl:

 

[Dannypipe]

Head torch is one of my must haves. I live with it on my head this time of year....and a lot of the summer if I'm honest. Not a must have, but certainly helps me.

 

[scotty plumber]

pipe slices, wide jaw bahco 6", footys

i have had my 6" wide bahco for about 6 years now and still use it every day! Great tool and pretty cheap aswell!

 

[PlumbBobBob]

i agree head torches are very useful, letting you have both hands free to juggle adjustables pipes and fittings.

 

[scotty plumber]

If there was one tool I wouldn't do without, it is a pipeslice (actually 3 tools really - 15,22 & 28mm ones!).
Next favorite would be adjustable spanners, next, footprints.
So many handy tools that speed things up nowadays, that I wouldn't part with.

Should have added my rechargeable Brennenstuhl led hand lamp, very handy in winter, - I carry it everywhere! :wink:

Pipe-slices are getting very expensive ( kopex )

 

[tamz]

A guage and 2 pair of knipex. A set of wera screwdrivers, My estwing, and pipeslices (tho they are giving me rsi!)

If i had to do without them i could use a box of matches a couple pair of anything that grip, a butter knife a brick and a hacksaw but it wouldn't be professional :lol:

I think the biggest thing i'd miss is my core drill. I remember when cutting through 30" walls with a hammer and chisel ment a half shift and an hour or 2 rebuilding it. Can do them (mostly) in under 15 minutes now.

 

[armourer]

Multimeter, grips and a torch.

Big help at work and I can get anyone to talk.

 

[Best]

Pipe-slices are getting very expensive ( kopex )

Worth every penny though! - I would pay more than they cost now if I had to. I must have well over £130 in pipe cutters & can't do without them. Got to be the best tool for us!

 

[tamz]

I've always used Kopex and rothenberg but in the past couple of years they seem to be badly made. The springs are weak and they start threading within a week or so and the plastic 28mm's last 2 jobs if you are lucky.
Last ones i bought were monument. Similar to the kopex but more of a grip on them . Had them since about September and the only complaint is the spring is a bit too strong. Sometimes they jump back off the pipe especially the 22mm ones.

 

[scotty plumber]

kopex/rothy's are the best but i really don't know wjy they still make the plastic monument one's as they are complete useless as many will agree, who buy's them? surely not plumbers