Alright guys, time for a primer
 

I've noticed a few threads here lately from people wanting info on how to repair something at home. If you have a wife/live-in then you need to be able to . Scratch that. If you no longer live with your parents you really should have some basic tools.
A few screwdrivers, wrenches, a small socket set, pliers, hammer and a multimeter will save you a bunch of money and headaches over time. You could spend $50 and put together these basics.

I know doing your own repairs is not always practical but when you can it's usually worth the time and effort. Not only will you save some bucks and be able to give out the Time Taylor yell/growl (WTH is that noise he makes anyways) but chicks dig guys with tool boxes. Oh yea, and motorcycles.

Curious to know how many planeteers have there own tools (even the basics) and how many don't.

Besides, it's the offseason. What else are we going to talk about.

don't have as many as i would like, but tools are something i'm not short on.

I have basic hand tools, socket set, etc. I can fix some stuff.

Heh full set of auto tools basically most everything short of an actual lift. For home repair issues my tools generally come from there, but I have a few specific items. Since I rent not a big reason to have a full set of household tools. When I eventually buy a place I will out fit the rest of my gear and bring in all of my grandfather's old welding tools. Working on your own stuff is therapeutic. Great stress reliever.

Im installing a drainage pipe along the side of my home. Dig 2-3 feet down.
Install a pipe. (6 ten foot pipes) Then dump rocks over it to help with drainage.

I'm 2/3rds through it.
Worked on it 8 hours today. Im so exhausted. Wake up early and finish it up tomorrow.

Plus im also re-doing the pipes for my sump pump, but thats easy.

Vacation, gotta love it.

I just finished painting my house and let me tell you its not as easy as it looks.

Yea but as long as you keep all the doors and windows closed and minimize any potential ventilation you can have one hell of a time doing it! o:-)

Chicks dig guys who do their own repairs...just ask starbright_vermin

I've got way too many tools actually. A roll around tool box overfilled with hand tools, basic power tools, lawn and yard tools. I've noticed lately that I can't seem to find a good reason not to repair something and just replace it. Actually, now that I think about it that hasn't been just recently. Maybe I'm just a tightwad.

phobia does deck repairs...and on the spot editing

Full set of tools a couple of them in two roll arounds and various toolbags, all major and some minor power tools, former Handyman.

Has anyone ever installed hardwood flooring? If so, is it as easy as people make it out to be?

I've got a socket set, a hammer a few screw drivers, wrenches, a power screwdriver / drill, and a telephone for when I fuck things up. :D

The thing is with tools is that if you ARE a do-it-yourselfer you will slowly but surely accumulate MORE and MORE tools as you do more and more different types of projects. Besides that if a young newly married guy who has not lived on his own for long and went out and tried to buy all the tools I have in my garage at ONE time it would cost a small fortune. I was that guy once, I had just very basic tools but I just bought what I could when I could and now I have pretty good collection. Nothing too fancy but gets the jobs done.

Exactly. :thumb:

You'll also accumulate more knowledge about repairs. Makes it alot easier to tell when you can fix something and when to just call the repairman right off the bat.

Or I could walk two and a half blocks and borrow my dad's tools. :thumb:

One time i painted my downstairs bedroom with a paint primer. No ventilation. I was sick that evening and called in the next day. The little woman was nice about it but i could tell she was saying i told you so.

I was an idiot.

That's weak. I've laid a mile of pipe in my day, three inches at a time. Now that takes work.

I have several tools, but just for the little shit. I leave the big shit to professionals (which I AM NOT)

I have a couple of basic tools.

My sympathies go out for your significant other.

Yea right. I'll swap you straight across.

Im a tool.

oh... nm.

I have six 10 mm end wrenches. They send a new one with each DTN system I install so I started saving them.

Every now and then I run across 4 or 5 of the same thing. Have no idea how I got so many.

MY BUDDY WITH THE HOT '55 Chevy was over the other day and he hates Chinese tools. He took 2 of the 10 mm wrenches. I asked why he wanted them and he said to loan people so he didn't lose his good tools.

I live on 40 acres and custom cut hay in the summer so I have a pretty fair selection of stuff up to and including a welder. Got the hoses and gauges for a cutting torch but don't have the bottles. I have a FIL who was very good with his hands at repairing things (even worked on tv's back when there was something to work on) and I have pretty much inherited everything tool-wise that he had put together over the last 30-50 yrs. Hell I got shit that I don't even know what it is for sure.

Smart man. Mine get loaned out on rare occasions. When someone wants to borrow something they get the cheap Chinese ones I've somehow acquired. Not my Snap On or Mac tools.

Lucky man. Ahhh, the days before divorce. A had a mig welder, torches, bottles, complete set of tap and dies from snap-on. Come to think of it I had a house before the divorce......and a convertable.

As a hobby, I build furniture, so I have quite a few wood working tools. I've also hung a few doors, installed crown and baseboard molding, installed some wainscoting, built a deck, installed gutters, installed insulation, dry-walled, built gates and fences, you know, the normal stuff a homeowner needs to do.

I have more crap than I can list.

You've seen my shop. Could I list that?

My old guy neighbor has Alzheimers and got put in assisted living. His wife just gave me a 22" self propelled lawnmower and a 14.4 DeWalt drill. Now I have 2 lawnmowers and two 14.4 drills.

It would be easier to list what ISN'T in it.

O-rings, crimp terminals, and cash. Everything else is in there.

No way there isn't a single O-ring in there. I call BS.

I'm betting there is no coax crimper or coax stripping tool.

Oddly enough, I have both of those tools. I even have a phone jack crimper thingy.

I fix stuff for a living. I have company tools as well as mine at the house. I would like more but that is because as my wife tells me...I am never satisfied.

There's both.

Likewise. I also have a couple tone generators, punch-down tools, and a butt-set.

Maybe the crimp type but I'll bet no compression type, either one of you.

Bought this one for use on Alphaman's basement last fall - shortly after one of my framers put a nail through his RG6.
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The best example of a tool that I have is me with anything other than a hammer, shovel, or yard equipment...

I live in CA so I'm surrounded by tools, does that count?

Get a pair of Dikes.

Chicks dig guys with Dikes

http://jonzimmersantiquetools.com/to...nley_dikes.jpg