In my buildings and around house and sheds, just inside doors, I keep several small toolboxes: a drill, 2 screw drivers, crescent wrench, pliers, plastic container with misc nails and screws. That way, I can't talk myself out of doing a simple fixup chore: the tools are right there to get a simple job done.
Have Several Tool Boxes
Nov 09, 2004
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Same concept, different implementation. I've got 4 boxes:
1 general 2 electrical 3 plumbing 4 wooddorkingGrab the general and the specific and you're good to go.
If I had a larger spread I'd probably have a couple more "general" toolboxes.
And oh yeah, a tool belt/carpenter's apron.
Marc
The Yankee (by Stanley) push screwdriver with bits, goes a long way towards most home type jobs, and is a great tool to have in the kitchen. It was very common before every one got battery tools.
Standard slip joint pliers (works as a nut cracker), a good scissors, utility knife, small (
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