[mdlug] OT: DIY Geek Tools

[Dan Pritts]

Nobody's mentioned a leatherman.  Your basic pocket toolbox.

I have a real leatherman brand, which i like, but i would recommend
shopping around.  Gerber definitely has a good line.  

I also/alternately recommend a good swiss army knife.  I like the
victorinox "deluxe tinker" which has scissors and pliers.  Wenger
has an equivalent model with the same tools.  Wenger knives have
slip-joint pliers, which is incredibly cool, but they are noticeably
wider profile than the victorinox pliers so it's hard to use them 
to reach into really tight little spots.  For instance, I couldn't
pull a jumper off a hard disk with the wengers.  

Victorinox has a "cybertool" too which i've not looked at very hard,
but the one i see on the web site looks awfully big for a "pocket" knife.

Also, get a good flashlight.  Maglites are well-made but they were very
slow to the LED party.  I like my arc flashlight arc-ls but it's not
made any more.  candlepower forums is the place to research flashlights.

Thinkgeek has an interesting tool section.  milestek is a good source
for wiring tools & supplies.

Finally, you need one of these:
 http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/tools/8ace/

On Mon, Jun 25, 2007 at 06:45:36PM -0400, Joseph Vartanian wrote:
> I'm sure at more than a few of you on this list are DIY geeks, so this
> is for you.  What tools would you want in your toolbox?  Types of
> tools, specific products, specific brand names...whatever.  What tools
> do you think are important in a good DIY geek toolbox?
> 
> I'm really asking because I want to see if I can get any good ideas
> from you for my own toolbox that I'm building (I'm feed up with my
> lousy tools), but I also figure others would find it useful.  If you
> know of a good place to get these tools, online or brick and mortar,
> that would be cool too.
> 
> I know you may be thinking this all depends on exactly what type of
> projects you're working on.  Since I'm not really interested in just
> one specific thing, lets assume that you're going to be working on a
> little bit of everything.
> 
> I'll start out with a really easy one myself...a Dremel 400 Series
> rotary tool.  I'll leave the more difficult ones up to you guys.
> 
> -Joseph
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