Your other tools

[dink]

This is a concerning matter for me now that I have had my house for a few months

Tools I am accumulating that doesnt reall fit with my other tools....stuff like plumbing tools, scrapers, putty knives and other stuff

What are you guys doing about these types of things? Tools that dont go with your other tools...household tools excluding screwdrivers and such

 

[69lkmno]

Get a bigger tool box.

 

[MarkH]

Or get multiple boxes. I try to sort them by box. Some of these are also of the size that wall hanging works well.

Also I notice like the auto trade the other trades all have quality and low end tools that frequently go by names that are not as familiar but the same rules of good and cheap tools apply, junk will break things vs fix it. So it was asking electricians, masons, and carpenters what tools they used.

Why quality, you may find you will end up using these tools more than you ever planned on. Houses seem to take alot of work. I got a cheap table saw when I bought a first house since I was only going to use it once or twice. Two months later after almost daily use on some project, finding out how easily it was to (luckly almost) get hurt with a tippy saw with a poor guard, a better one came. I still had to reside the house and put in wood floors in all the rooms. Since then it has done more than one house and turned into a good investment. So lesson learned was at least good quality tools are needed for housework also. A person handy with one type of work can usually do another so you may end up surprised how much you end up doing.

The bad part house work added 18 months to the last Firebird rebuild.

 

[toolfreak]

I just have a small tool box for most of my plumbing tools that when I need to go help a friend out I can grab it ang go. As far as my woodworking tools, welding supplies, and concrete trowels I have an old set of kitchen cabinets that work good. It is the best solution I have found for my garage.

 

[Canadian Charlie]

I have some small carry boxes laying areound my garage where I keep tools that are not involved in automotive repair

 

[boiler7904]

I do a couple of things.

1. Rubbermaid containers for miscellaneous tools, parts, and accessories for each type of work. One for electrical has extra coax, cat5e, devices, faceplates, etc. I keep the few electrical specific tools I have (soon to be more in the spring) in a small Klein canvas bag in the same box. Everything I need electrically is in one place. One for painting has masking tape, brushes, roller frames & covers, scraper, putty knives, a sherwin williams fan deck, etc. One is for PPE (personal protection equipment) like respirators, dust masks, acid gloves, etc. that doesn't get used all of the time. The little boxes fit under the bottom shelf of my workbench and the larger ones stack on the floor until I build more shelves.

Couple of advantages to this: Different sizes available for different needs. Everything stacks together neatly. Out of site - out of mind. Relatively inexpensive. Keeps contents dry and dust free.

2. Project specific tool boxes. Carpentry tools are in one tool box. Go to that box when you need to do something carpentry related. One box for miscellaneous stuff that is pretty general and can be grabbed to do a couple of small projects.


3. I also keep another small Klein canvas bag in the house with basic stuff so that I don't have to go out to the garage for a screwdriver or a tape measure. It's got things like a 16' tape measure, 10 in 1 screwdriver, 6" crescent wrench, small channellocks, a utility knife (and extra blades). Eliminated a lot of late night runs to the garage right after I moved into the house.

 

[Rickster]

I have an older tool box nearest the entry point to "tool box row" that I keep all my household stuff in. Because it's the first box you come to I also keep some screw drivers, pliers and such in the top drawer to keep everyone away from my good tools!

 

[milly]

I keep all my house related tools in a pair of tool boxes in the basement. I even converted an old desk into a work bench by adding a 3x4 foot piece of plywood to the top of the desk. Unless I run into a major project that requires special tools or power tools, I don't have to run out to the garage very often.

 

[eschoendorff]

1. Rubbermaid containers for miscellaneous tools, parts, and accessories for each type of work. One for electrical has extra coax, cat5e, devices, faceplates, etc. I keep the few electrical specific tools I have (soon to be more in the spring) in a small Klein canvas bag in the same box. Everything I need electrically is in one place. One for painting has masking tape, brushes, roller frames & covers, scraper, putty knives, a sherwin williams fan deck, etc. One is for PPE (personal protection equipment) like respirators, dust masks, acid gloves, etc. that doesn't get used all of the time. The little boxes fit under the bottom shelf of my workbench and the larger ones stack on the floor until I build more shelves.

Couple of advantages to this: Different sizes available for different needs. Everything stacks together neatly. Out of site - out of mind. Relatively inexpensive. Keeps contents dry and dust free.

This is exactly what I do. Works great!

 

[mikeyr]

I have my old Crapsman toolbox for all the house tools and tools wife and daughter are allowed to use.

All the good stuff goes in my toolbox, arrangement works great.

 

[l_bilyk]

I keep my woodworking tools on a pegboard or on shelves. Powertools go on the shelves if they came in a kit box, in a big aluminum chest if they didn't. General stuff goes into my tool belt that I hang on the wall or into a small tool box I keep for cheap chisels, chalk line, crowbars, screwdrivers, cheap pliers, etc. All my tiling tools fit in one big mixing bucket, except for the tile cutter that I keep seperate.

Auto stuff goes in the tool chest. Pullers, sprayguns, trouble lamps, etc. get hung up in cabinets in the garage.

 

[Sack]

Definitely keep all the household stuff in one box. That way when cousin Fred is over and you're not around, when he borrows a screwdriver it won't be your Snap-on

 

[wantedabiggergarage]

Old house with a coal bin. I decided to convert it to a tool crib.

 

[cloud]

3. I also keep another small Klein canvas bag in the house with basic stuff so that I don't have to go out to the garage for a screwdriver or a tape measure. It's got things like a 16' tape measure, 10 in 1 screwdriver, 6" crescent wrench, small channellocks, a utility knife (and extra blades). Eliminated a lot of late night runs to the garage right after I moved into the house.

Exactly (except I have it in the utility drawer in the kitchen). Also good to keep in there - pencil (for marking holes in wall), small hammer, nails, tacks, level (for pictures), etc. Duct tape in case of emergency, etc. I'm about to throw in an old 14V drill with bits as well for use "in house" so my "good" 18V stuff can stay in the garage.

 

[joecaver]

I have 2 roll aways, one for mechanic tools the other for all the house tools.

 

[Willy Victor]

I have separate tool boxes for plumbing and electrical tools. Makes it easy when you're doing a job.


Willy