Portable Toolkit

Should be interesting - getting that tool cart into the airport - let alone checked baggage ... ;-) John T.

A few years ago I was volunteered to build farm tables for our daughter's wedding on the other side of the country. I turned a bunch of legs at home which fit nicely in duffle bags at just under 50# per bag and became my checked luggage. I also stuffed some small tools in the duffles as well...Mission accomplished and on our way back I packed everything in carry-on and went thru TSA security...Apparently my 4 Kreg step drill bits were not acceptable and were commissioned to the "circular file"... Expensive lesson for me, but at least the jig was permitted to travel...

DerbyDad03 snipped-for-privacy@eznet.net on Tue, 4 Jan 2022 05:15:27 -0800 (PST) typed in rec.woodworking the following:

Could be, but I have had to check "my weapons" at the courthouse numerous times because I forgot about the Leatherman,

J. Clarke snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com on Mon, 03 Jan 2022 15:59:07

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I was working a temp job, and at the break the lead came and told me that HR said I wasn't allowed to have "a weapon" on me. And my little 3 inch mini tanto qualified. I responded along the lines of "That's not a weapon, that just a knife." to which he responded "I know, this isn't a weapon, I keep that ...", and bent over reaching for his ankle. We both laughed.

I worry about these modern neo-pagan luddites, so fearful of weapons, so ignorant of how dangerous other items can be. Car keys, ID badges, lanyards, staplers, coffee mugs, etc, etc.

The long screwdriver that you used to need to open a Mac could be quite lethal--Carlson's Raiders carried a similar one, sharpened, as part of their standard kit.

knuttle <keith snipped-for-privacy@sbcglobal.net wrote in news:sqsi4k$2mr$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me:

Yes, I've come to realize one of those 6-in-1s would handle most of the screwdriving needs... Now for something to handle nuts and bolts.

Can't help it. Gotta cross an ocean and that's a little hard to do in a Prius or a Piper.

Puckdropper

DerbyDad03 snipped-for-privacy@eznet.net wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@googlegroups.com:

Sounds like a good tool. I'll have to look it up somewhere. Home Depot won't play in Africa. :-(

This guy?

Bob La Londe snipped-for-privacy@none.com wrote in news:sr21p6$5n5$ snipped-for-privacy@gioia.aioe.org:

Good information. My away from home projects tend to be of the simple repairs variety, disassemble a bed, mount new feet to a new TV, etc. I have a tool kit for more involved work, but it won't be flying with us.

Puckdropper

That's similar to mine, looks like they've changed the style a bit.

That one has an extra nut driver - the one where shaft goes in. I don't have that, but I do have a wire stripper in the handle. Just a piece of metal with a V cut in it. Never tried it. It's in that slot up near the smart end of the tool, shown here.

Make sure you take a metric Crescent wrench.

That is what is one other facets about this group that makes it interesting. We discuss what tools that you need for a job, and work out solutions to common problems. We become so involved in our similarities and forget our diverse backgrounds. It is unfortunate that, there are people in the world that focuses on there differences not their similarities. I think the world would be better off to forget the diversities between people.