[mdlug] OT: DIY Geek Tools

[Dave Arbogast]

I used to have a leatherman in my computer bag.. flew to Stuttgart 
several times in 04 - 05 and D. Homeless Security never noticed it... 
then I tried to board a short hop from Stuttgart to Milan Italy and the 
German's noticed it. I was in shock because I had completely forgot 
about it and the big guys with guns were standing around me speaking 
German... one of them left w/o explanation - the other were obviously 
waiting for him. When he returned with a large envelope, he said if I 
put a German address on it, they would mail it for me!!! FREE !!!

-dave

Dan Pritts wrote:

>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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