boguenator
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Has anyone built a toolbox or tool cart for the wife. I’m looking into building her a set up. Any pics or idea would be appreciated
Wife tool set up’s
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mike93lx
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How about a hint at what she will use it for...
isb cornbinder
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If my wife heard me refer to her as "The wife" I would be in so much shyte.
DemoFly
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JRC3
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When I saw this thread in the "new posts"...
mike93lx
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NiceWhen I saw this thread in the "new posts"...
Why? I always call mine the wife or my first wife
mike93lx
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I like to talk about the next one with mine
rockcrawler
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I recently built this for the girlfriend. She wanted a small workbench, so I integrated her toolbox with it. I took the wheels off the bottom cabinet and mounted it to the workbench. The workbench has wheels on it so the whole thing moves around to wherever she wants it to go. It’s not fancy, but it will do.
lzenglish
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YES, I asked her what she needed, then put together a China, Tiawan, India, tools set from the junk drawer for her, and she was/is still very happy with it. Still married, going on 45 years now.
LZ
Squez
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Tool box is going to look real funny in the kitchen… unless you make one out of a stove or a old fridge….
Sorry couldn’t help myself..
Here is the real question are you looking for a excuse to buy more tools or do you actually think something like this will keep her out of your tool box?
Sorry couldn’t help myself..
Here is the real question are you looking for a excuse to buy more tools or do you actually think something like this will keep her out of your tool box?
merkyworks
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boguenator
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I’m never home and my big toolbox she hates so I was going to just put together a tool cart or something that her and the kids can use so they stay out of my stuff. Ha
As long as it's pink.
I would call her "the apprentice" and show her how my mother did everything.
mike93lx
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Well that clears it up
HenryAZ
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I call my wife's tools "sacrificial" tools. But for small jobs, she just uses what is handy in the kitchen, like the knife/screwdriver, or the nutcracker/pliers.
If I put together a tool cart for the wife then I'd have to mislabel everything. I'd have to label the screwdrivers as prybars, the prybars as paint stirrers or garden digging implements, the rubber mallet as a nail driving hammer, etc etc, because that's how she uses them. 
All kidding aside, I need to put together a portable kit for my daughter who is returning to college this month. Over the years she has learned how to use tools and now needs some of her own.
I'm going to repurpose one of my overflow boxes and refill it with an assortment of more homeowner type stuff so I'll be following this thread.
I'm going to repurpose one of my overflow boxes and refill it with an assortment of more homeowner type stuff so I'll be following this thread.
Wife's toolbox? How it works it this she borrows a tool from the house box. Does not remember where she got it. Tool placement in my boxes has not changed for 30 years. Puts it in a bathroom or kitchen drawer. Forgets which drawer it is in and next time borrows another one. If a cheap tool I will leave it and replace it in my box. Knowing her habits there is a couple times I purchased all of Epstein's stock of certain items starting with needle nose pliers, screwdrivers, and a 7 oz hammer. She has about a 5-6 tool kit in multiple drawers.
Now all of the kitchen and bathroom drawers have the same tools. If it is a special one I will go looking outside of that that is her tool set up. It was simpler than arguing.
My daughters got kits when going to college. They had learned tools. It was amazing how many guys had to have them help them. When engaged to her husband the youngest got a call his car did not start. She went just get out your jumper cables and I will come over and start it so you can get to the store for a new battery. He went what is a jumper cable? She went I will bring mine along. Their kits were the standard stack on top opening box style. It fit everywhere and could be carried to where they were needed.
Now all of the kitchen and bathroom drawers have the same tools. If it is a special one I will go looking outside of that that is her tool set up. It was simpler than arguing.
My daughters got kits when going to college. They had learned tools. It was amazing how many guys had to have them help them. When engaged to her husband the youngest got a call his car did not start. She went just get out your jumper cables and I will come over and start it so you can get to the store for a new battery. He went what is a jumper cable? She went I will bring mine along. Their kits were the standard stack on top opening box style. It fit everywhere and could be carried to where they were needed.
finn
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Mine has a cabinet in the basement, with shelves and doors. She has a 12v Bosch driver, a couple of r.o. sander, hammer, pliers, screwdrivers, level, WD40, etc. Shee’s also getting pretty good at finding things in the small Craftsman rolling box I keeo in the basement, and the stash in the shed.
The box in the garage and shop intimidates her, though.
The box in the garage and shop intimidates her, though.
crewchief888
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med size toolbag (new)
ratcheting driver with a bunch of bits
med size needlenose
med size dykes
15ft tape measure
utility knife
plastic container with a few nails and picture hanging "stuff"
spare sawsall blades for her cordless haksaw
she keeps it somewhere. anywhere she last used it
ratcheting driver with a bunch of bits
med size needlenose
med size dykes
15ft tape measure
utility knife
plastic container with a few nails and picture hanging "stuff"
spare sawsall blades for her cordless haksaw
she keeps it somewhere. anywhere she last used it
JRC3
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What?
Junkdrawer Dog
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I just keep a small stash of stuff in a kitchen drawer for her. Most used items are screwdrivers in smaller sizes, Stanley knife, tape measure, needle nose pliers, big Fiskars shears, and a variety of those Command Strips.
Junkdrawer Dog
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You forgot the vacuum cleaner. They make great anniversary gifts if you like getting hit on the head, lol!
WAID
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Does my wife have a secret second family? Her main tool is the increasingly mangled steak knives in the kitchen.
LWB
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All the comments and pics of domestic appliances reminds me of my 20+ yrs in electrical retail...
...every Christmas, guys coming in last minute to buy their significant other an iron/vacuum cleaner/kettle/toaster or whatever. Braver men than me...
Mind you, I once wrapped up a dustpan and brush and a broom as presents for my wife's birthday, wrapped very obviously so she could see what they were! She took it all in good humour, but several of her friends were offended on her behalf, despite me giving her a proper present as well
...every Christmas, guys coming in last minute to buy their significant other an iron/vacuum cleaner/kettle/toaster or whatever. Braver men than me...
Mind you, I once wrapped up a dustpan and brush and a broom as presents for my wife's birthday, wrapped very obviously so she could see what they were! She took it all in good humour, but several of her friends were offended on her behalf, despite me giving her a proper present as well
finn
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finn
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Pikers. I bought my wife a new lawnmower for her birthday once, and this year she got an M18 trimmer, pole saw, paddle broom, and blower kit for Mother’s Day.
Houdini5150
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We keep a tape measure, and a couple screw drivers in the junk drawer, anything else she asks me to do it.
tez929rr
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dallastide
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A tool kit for my wife wouldn't take up much space. If it requires more than a pair of scissors she's asking me to do it lol
merkyworks
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Those friends must store brooms up there rears to get offended by a harmless joke like that.
