Most important tools

[Billy Bob Bob]

knee or kneeling pads for me,my dads 40 years in the trade shows me how bad knees can get,he once had his own built in set,his knee filled with blood!!! as he puts it my 16 years in the industry gives me plenty of time to start looking after my knees before i catch up with him!also a VERY important tool is a quality dust mask and an awareness of what contains asbestos when my dad started out they were told to just wet it before cutting!!! new entrants to our industry should have compulsory awareness training on asbestos

 

[msw109]

when you have been at it for a while you will realise all you need is a good set of pump pliers. lol

 

[Puddle]

when you have been at it for a while you will realise all you need is a good set of pump pliers. lol

Very true can go days with just a pair of pump pliers and screwdriver with reversible end between philips and slot

My favorite tool at the moment,is my plastic pipe cutter,love if when running the condensate pipe work,find it therapeutic for some reason,sit in van with small piece of pipe,cutting away at traffic lights,imagining it is some of my customers heads or other arts of the anatomy

My least favorite tool is the junior axe saw (hacksaw),every time I pick it up,I get flash backs to the times before pipe slices and you would cut the side of you thumb all the time or index finger leaving a nice and fresh open wound for the acid flux to get into, all water would be turned off in property,so you can not clean out,a little tear would run down your cheek and you would look around for sympathy and the only sympathy is from your reflection in a cracked,dirty window,you feel lonely and vulnerable,the world is against you,the reflection in the pain of glass, turns from a man into a whimpering child,years of struggling and strife to try to provide warmth and shelter for your loved ones is questioned,dark depressive clouds formed above your head........
Anyway thats the reason I gave the wife for going to pub afterwards and coming home plastered,all in my post 'how to change a women's scorn into sympathy in 30 secs,by 'got time for another,bet your smelly cotton socks I have!!!!'

imho

 

[dano78]

puddle that was sooo funny !

 

[andyg0507]

thats a crackin paragraph for the missus, im gonna try that one on friday afternoon.

cheers puddle

 

[mani]

Very useful info. thankyou

 

[WHPES]

My lease used tool is the Rems Amigo III I bought for doing a sprinker system job 2 years ago. Used for 1 job only and tbh it was a pain in the bum having to lug a cable and transformer all over and went back to using my ratchet diestock.

Anyone interested in a Rems Amigo III?

 

[unguided1]

sorry chaps but I just had to bring this back again

Rawlplugs Mason Master. We used to call it a rawlplug jumper. Its truly cordless and all apprentices should be forced to use them until there thumbs are a bloody pulpy mess!!!. Sorry bout that I hate the damn things but have secret pleasure of watching someone else in pain.

 

[WHPES]

Are those the things you had to hit repeatedly with a hammer to make a 1/4" hole?

Inherited a couple with my grandad's toolkit, along with his plumbers turnpins and drift plugs them but not old enough to remember seeing anyone use one.

I do remember being shown how to use a turnpin and drift plug when I was about 12!

I also inherited a kind of device which was used to generate acetylene for lead burning but I've no idea how it was used. Anyone on the forum ever used one?

I also have a fancy paraffin blowtorch which was my grandads. It does actually get used, but only to get the barbecue going!

I guess the above must be my least used tools as I've NEVER used them!!

 

[unguided1]

my favourite tool is the one behind the steering wheel of me van!!!!!