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| | | Posts: 5271 | Location: southern Mn | Registered: February 26, 2006 | 
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| quote: Originally posted by two-two-niner-romeo: One of my favorite tools for working in tight spaces is this Husky Microdriver set from Home Depot. The quality is every bit as good as Snap-On for about a tenth of the price: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Hu...WMD16PCSAE/202934673
^^^^^ This little set is in my tool bag right now. It has proved itself to be useful countless times.
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| Flexible hose clamp pliers, for the squeeze tab type clamps.
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| quote: Originally posted by Minnow: quote: Originally posted by two-two-niner-romeo: One of my favorite tools for working in tight spaces is this Husky Microdriver set from Home Depot. The quality is every bit as good as Snap-On for about a tenth of the price: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Hu...WMD16PCSAE/202934673
^^^^^ This little set is in my tool bag right now. It has proved itself to be useful countless times.
I have a similar one. Very handy. Another good tool is the Craftsman razor blade pliers. Look like vise grips with a blade on one side. Great for cutting hose and stuff. A micro set of various wire snips is another. Oh, and a high quality set of wire strippers is worth the $ compared to crappy cheap ones. |
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| Vix bit set, for drilling screw holes on center. These are self centering drill bits. Great for installing hinges, etc. A TIG welder would be most helpful, so would a Bridgeport milling machine.
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| If you don't already have them, a set of ratcheting box end wrenches. I have both SAE and metric and love the things for working in tight spaces.
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| An LED headlamp and a Nybo Slide king work light. A large pair of "water pump" pliars. A quality strap wrench. A zipit. |
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| Electrical testers? A non-contact line tester e.g. by Klein; a plug-in polarity and GFCI tester. A laser tape measure. A set of combination open and ratcheting box wrenches; Tekton makes a very nice set from Taiwan.
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| quote: Originally posted by Suppressed: I have found a magnetic or claw type pick up tool invaluable when working under the hood. They are great for retrieving sockets or nuts that fall into the crevices of an engine bay. https://www.tooltopia.com/lisle-31000.aspx
Does that auto-search for the elusive lost 10mm socket? 
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| | | Posts: 3413 | Location: Badger, Badger, Badger! | Registered: October 01, 2003 |
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| A Sledgehammer and a Sawzall are enough to systematically tear down an entire house... |
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| A telescoping magnet and mirror. The most underrated and frustratingly needed tools there are.
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| A big-ass screw driver. A ⅜" x 12" slotted screwdriver is long enough - 17" - to reach into a toilet tank to tighten up the tank/bowl bolt without getting your hands wet. It also makes a great chisel when you have to give something a tap but cannot quite get your hammer and chisel into that confined location. I still carry one in the truck box but turn more frequently to my ⅜" x 8", as it packs more easily in my shoulder bag.
A good set of needle files.
Blue painters tape. To protect woodwork from your pry bar chisel and needle files. |
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| Another tool that I've used a lot more than I anticipated is a 1/2" cordless impact wrench. quote: Originally posted by bigdeal:
If you don't already have them, a set of ratcheting box end wrenches. I have both SAE and metric and love the things for working in tight spaces.
I love those wrenches! In addition to the other sets I have I bought Flex-Head Combination Ratcheting Wrench Set a couple years ago and having a flex head on the end has proved to be very useful when getting in tight spaces. |
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