/diy/ - Do It Yourself

Home appliance repair.


Why the Klein when you have the wera?

>>1702650
>Veto tool bag

A fellow man of culture

>>1702650
What does this weigh when it’s all packed up?

I’m trying to figure out a good setup to keep in the car for when crazy cat lady or little bro or boomer neighbor needs help with something, but I always end up packing too many sockets and shit for automotive stuff.

Handyman guy who my landlord uses has a real small bag I want to copy except maybe add a real multimeter since he likes to pull out the NCV tester for everything.

>>1702650
Lets me get some more leverage on rusty screws. Plus it has some square drive bits that make extraction of small rounded out allen head screws possible.

>>1702650
Based and vetopilled. Nice setup, can't stand working with cunts who just throw all their shit in a bucket or whatever.

>Hey bro can you grab my X
>Sure man where is it?
>Oh it's just in my bucket
>Spend 5 minutes pulling out half the shit in there before you fucking find it

>>1702711
>borrowing tools
why do people think this is okay?

>>1702737
You have the reading comprehension of a two year old.

Somehow lost my tape and flat-head control tip in the three months since I was fired. Industrial Maintenance, feel more like a mechanic than an electrician.

>>1702737
Anon is clearly describing someone asking a workmate to grab a tool out of their own bag.

>>1702749
>>1702759
How does that change the context of my question?

>>1703002
well, for one, it removes the context of your question

>>1702665
A little over 38 pounds. Pretty heavy but i pretty much carry it in a house and set it down...

I blame the bucket phenomenon on plumbers... if your dragging in 2 24 inch pipe wrenches, a propane torch, some cutters some tube and some fittings then a bucket makes sense... especially if your gonna be setting it in shit from pipes in a basement...

>>1702711
>>1702665
>>1703647
Bucket comment was meant for this...

>>1702752
Hi 5 for lockout tag out.

>>1703002
Wow. You are a dumb man.

>>1702711
Not my personal one, but my tool box at work is all setup,5s, and what not and people just take shit and toss it back in random ass places. 1st shift bitched that I 5s the tool box saying its stupid and told me to stop moving stuff around (been there longer then her, she has been there for a little over 3 months now), which I find funny because she will move shit around and hardly cleans up after herself. Worst enough when she doesn't replace stuff that she broke or lost and throws stripped or broke screws in a random spot in a drawer.

>>1702645
i'd show my electrician handbag set that I don't use professionally and mostly consists in chink tools i got for the cheap at aliexpress and bangood
but I feel I cant compete and you gonna end laughing at me

>>1703844
would post if insisted enough though

>>1703847
hell, I'll post it anyway this could be kinda funny.
This is my personal stash at home.
I use this for domestic repairs and emergencies.
Estimated total value around 75€. Most are really good value for the cheap prices at the chink webs.
I have real tools at the workplace, obliviously

>>1702650
A long hemostat has saved my ass so many times...

>>1704039
OR tools are great to have around the garage. I like the little white plastic tubs too, great for fluids and leaky shit or small parts. Oh, and endless shop rags are nice as well. When my mom retires, I’m gonna tell her to stock me up.

>>1704039
Yup worth it’s weight in gold sometimes. Used one today to unplug and plug back in an old wolf oven that I rebuilt. Didn’t have to pull it out. And didn’t have to ask 90 year old customer where he hides his breaker box.

>>1703889
Will that little meter read dc amps through the clamp? I got one just for that even though I have the flukes... nice that it’s got a low z setting.

>>1702645
Everyday Carry

(belt) Tape Measure
(back pocket) Kleins Linemans/Side Cutters
(surveyor vest top strap right) Wire Stripper
(surveyor vest top strap right) Non contactor testor
(surveyor vest top strap left) Company Walkie Talkie
(surveyor vest top strap left) Pull out pencil -- holder @ Home Depot
(back pocket) 7" Knipex Cobras (Channellocks), no button push, just slide
(front pocket right) Torpedo Level
(front pocket right) Sharpie
(front pocket right) Box Cutter
(front pocket left) 6 in 1 Screwdriver
(front pocket left) Electrical Tape


In the bag:
Knipex Pliers Wrench
Needle Nose with ability to strip wire (seldom use)
Bulldog Tin Snips

Nut Drivers, Drill Index, Makita Gold Impact Bits (Philips, Robertson, Torx)

Screwdriver in which you can swap out shanks/blades
Stubby Screwdriver
Backup Tape Measure
Conduit Bending Level
Protractor-Angle Finder
Maxis Marksman to Layout Knockout Holes
Fluke Meter
Receptacle Tester
Left Handed Drill Index
Impact rated Tap set
Drywall Saw
Foldable Hex Key (SAE)

>>1704186
Yes it also reads DC current. This is the mustool mini clamp at banggood. It is a great device, useful with a lot of features all in one, very precise and well calibrated. Maybe a bit too small in size. I got it really cheap with a sale but maybe there are better products now.

>>1704186
There’s a Uni-T that reads DC Amps for around $50 on Amazon. That seems to be the most popular DC clamp for little hobby electronic stuff. Any of the major brands charge $100+ for a clamp that will read DC current.

>>1702711
>can't stand working with cunts who just throw all their shit in a bucket or whatever.

I used to be one of 'those guys' who were super organized but now I just throw everything in my huskey bucket organizer thingy but yeah I have pretty much given up on life.

>>1702752
>Somehow lost my tape and flat-head control tip in the three months since I was fired.

whudda get fired for fren?

>>1704238
>(surveyor vest top strap right) Wire Stripper

>not stripping wire with your lineman's like a pro

>>1702645
pretty pathetic toolbag. where is the deadblow?

>>1704264
I actually have one of those.

the reason I asked about the one in >>1703889
is because it has a low z voltage setting, which can be pretty handy but usually is obscure enough to make it an expensive feature. I've got it on my fluke 117, and klein has a model in the 100-150 range that has it, but haven't yet seen it in a cheap entry level meter... been looking for one to recommend to new trainees...

Industrial electrician in steel mill

>>1705291
Kek, your steering wheel in your car probably looks all dirty and black like mine by the end of the week.

I like how you have the wrenches tied together. But you gotta ditch the channellocks and crescent wrenches and try some Knipex or even the Irwins if you don’t want to spend $250. Even the cheaper Irwins from Lowe’s are so much nicer to use than the flat jaw channellocks and the pliers wrenches will make you shelve those crescent wrenches,

>>1704738
Lo-Z and DC current on a clamp meter? I see what you mean. I’ve been thinking about another meter with a bar graph and Lo-Z, there’s an Extech for $115 on Amazon that caught my eye, but that’s not a clamp meter.

Oh, on Amazon search for “BSIDE ACM91” $45 and has AC/DC current and LoZ, looks a lot like the little Uni T.

>>1705366

>>1705366
His tools have seen far more use than yours, hence your opinion is fucking worthless. I’ve had a pair of those Irwins before and threw them away in frustration. The adjustment lock slips and the jaw shape is hot fucking garbage.

>>1705366 is right
>>1705411 knipex shill;

Channel Lock brand are the only ones that last at work. Some guy actually has knipex and he's always fucking with the button to adjust his closed when all it takes with the channel locks is a quick butterfly knife spin while open and they're shut. Also, like the Irwin's, they constantly cam out under any moderate duty. Our channel locks also double as our hammers.

>>1702711
Veto is the shit. Lifetime quality. My electrical pouch has seen a lot of years.

>>1705448
>have channel lock brand 8" pair, also have knipex brand 8" pair
>coworkers constantly asking to borrow my k-nipex pliers because they have that curved jaw for gripping onto bolts, compression fittings, and nuts better than a flat jaw pair of baby channel locks

>>1705448
>cam out
Umm, have you actually used any of them? I know they’re sort of meme tools, but the rate type that actually works. The box joint design actually makes them better resist camming out, but you wouldn’t know if you never used them.

And I prefer the adjustment on the Irwins to the Knipex Cobra because the Irwins ratchet closed and you don’t even need to press the button to adjust them down. But if you like the old school slip joint, at least get the Knipex Alligators.

>>1705380
>stay away from my wife’s son!

>>1705448
>double as hammers
And also sort of suck at the job they were intended for.

>>1705411
Yes, those Irwin pump pliers are fucking horrible. The entire design is garbage. It doesn't matter what you're trying to use them for, either the jaws won't find a decent seat at all or your grip will be pried open when applying torque.

>>1705552
I would go full Knipex shill if they had the ratcheting design like Irwin

>>1705448
What I dislike about channellocks is that they're unable to open the mouths as wide as the Irwins. I'll admit, they're faster to operate and the jaws will be marring no matter what they get their hands on.

>>1705561
They do. They call them quick set.

>>1705581
Why don’t they make these the standard?

>>1705590
Because its a compromise in how rock solid the cobras are in a hard to reach blind spot.
Set the tool to the size you need, and you know its not moving.

Ironically, quick set is only useful IN blind spots where you have to keep removing the pliers to adjust. Just blindly quick set it. But thats the problem. because its prone to losing the adjustment in those blind spots.

Quick set is a waste of time

>>1705448
I've never cammed out a set of cobras... literally put a set horizontally on a pipe and stood on the handle... it held me up...

if you don't like the button adjust the aligators are similar to the chanel locks in terms of adjustment method...

technically speaking the pliers wrench makes the best hammer since the head has more mass than cobras or chanel locks

>>1705366
to be honest next piece of gear I get is either gonna be a new refrigerant leak detector, or more vacuum gear.... or possibly a charging cylinder.... more convenient than a scale apparently and I only end up charging a few ounces at a time anyway...


possibly a flir camera adaptor...

fuck too much gear, not enough money.

>>1705673
>refrigerant leak detector

I've only had one case where a leak detector was the only way to find the leak.
House with slab foundation. Four inch pvc pipe for lineset and condensate.
Unit leaked down slowly, less than a pound per year from time of installation.
Bubbled everything several times over long period with no success.
Used a leak detector and got a hit on the pvc pipe end where the lineset came
out of the slab under the furnace/air handler while the a/c was on.
Went outside and checked the outside end of the pipe but no hits.
When the unit shut off the detector hit on the outside but not on the inside.
Pulled and replaced the lineset and cured the problem.
I coiled the old tubes into ~3' circles and capped the ends with a schrader on one end.
Using a tire tub at a local tire shop I was able to find the pinhole leak in the liquid line.
The liquid line had a pinhole in it at about the center from each end from the beginning.

>>1705798
That sounds like a cunt and a half. A pound a year? Fuck it.

>>1705411
Irwins are garbage, but knipex are the tits, channellocks can suck a fat load outta a mexican's chode
t. journeyman turd herder

>>1705798
I work on fridges, generally I use nitrogen and soap bubbles but I keep running into micro leaks on the back of evaporators... too small to find with nitrogen in a reasonable time, sometimes helium works... leaks faster but it’s expensive. Most of the ones that are less than a 1/4 ounce a year won’t show with nitrogen... Moisture will migrate in and ruin the compressors though... you can catch it with dye but usually it’s gonna take the new compressor with it.. lg stuff, usually 4-5 ounces of 134 in the whole thing...

I'm the Electrical Engineering Officer on a German Navy ship. This is just the bare minimum of tools to check things. All the "real" work is done by the enlisted and corporals.

Sometimes the job is nervewrecking. On the one hand you are part of the armed forces and on the other hand you are just another government office and have to deliver a precise amount of nonsense paperwork.

>>1705798
>wasting time and bubbles when you could run a quick leak detector wand over anything and get a hit

>>1706312
I don't think you've ever used either

>>1706501
I’m not gonna spray bubbles at every fitting, elbow, valve, and weld in a hundred foot line set when the leak detector can do the same thing

I need more tool bag pics

>>1707146
This

>>1702645
it honestly doesn't look like you do much work.

>>1707314
That’s the inspector’s bag. He’s the guy who opens up a panel, sticks a screwdriver in there, and if it doesn’t arc, he confirms with the NCV and then calls the electrician.

>>1707314
90% of the bolts on the equipment I work on are allen head. The wrenches I carry with me make up for like another 5-7%. Probably 80% of the calls I get throughout my shift are either simple adjustments or simple components like an actuator or a sensor. When something actually breaks, it’s usually easier to take that component back to the shop and use the tools there.

>>1707146
I posted my tool bags but I didn't get any (you)s :^(
>>1705848
>>1705849

>>1707561
well I enjoyed it, fuckin love my klein 11-1

>>1705848
>>1705849
>>1707561

>Irwin Cobras
Dank bro. I keep shilling those for people who are afraid of Knipex, I tell them to at least get the 8”-10” 2pk on sale for $15 so they can finally learn how shitty the old school flat jaws are in 95% of situations. You should grab their 8” pliers wrench.

Also when you first posted it, I was going to comment on the carabiner holding the wrenches. I saw other anon who had his tied together and that’s a neat trick.

>>1702645
6mm Allen key(short)
6 Inch pipe
Hammer
Shim punch

Im a tool and die maker and this covers like 90% of the tools i use in a day

>>1707614
>I keep shilling those for people who are afraid of Knipex,

Its because you are a retard. They are trash

Sealed system hand tools pouch for appliance repair.

>>1708165
Tools laid out

>>1707697
>you are a retard
I want to argue that, but I have no supporting evidence for my cause.

>daily reminder that the Irwins can support a full grown man while the Knipex can’t even support a child without help

>>1708219
Why the fuck are you standing on your tools instead of working with them? Who gives a shit?

>>1707608
This

>Need to drive a drive pin into some concrete
>Can't caveman whack the nail
>Remove bit from side of 11-in-1, place over sheathe
>Tap with mallet

Saved my fucking life mounting EMT last week.

>>1708256
How else you gonna break that pipe loose? Irwin can handle it!

>>1704490
This guy fucks.

>>1704490
>>lineman's
>not stripping wire with your teeth like a fucking psychopath

>>1708277
Irwin is trash even for domestic use

>>1703108
>>1703664
I never said anything about whether it was anon who was borrowing or not. I simply asserted that people need to get their own tools. You two are obviously parasitic tool borrowers.

>>1708256
Because its the only instance where knipex and its retarded cousin irwin out perform channellock. I’m pretty sure most of the dipshits that post regularly don’t use tools at all.

>>1704489
Fucked a client and he claimed it was rape.

>>1708522
See >>1708219

Knipex must be scrap metal then!

>>1708219
The only type of people that buy into this kind of gimmick advertising are the kind of people that use it once every 3 years and guys too lazy to get the right tool. If something requires that much torque go get a pipe wrench or you're going to wind up hurt or flattening the pipe.

>>1702645
New tool box, not using my backpack anymore so I took my organizer out and hung it inside this... I'm surprised it still closes so easy, doesn't get in the way or anything.

This is maybe half my shit. I just buy stuff as I need it.

>>1709130
I have that same dewalt drillbit set... what do you do that you need a micrometer for?

>>1708892
Why lug a pipe wrench around when you can use cobras on black iron gas line? Also how the fuck are you gonna flatten or damage black iron pipe?

>>1709134
Measuring shims and stuff mostly. Idk my dad gave it to me when I was little for a science fair project

>>1708525
That guy detected

>Be balls deep in some bullshit task under a floor that you need eight fucking hands and fifty fingers for
>Realise you forgot a tool
>Ask you to please pass me a tool
>Nah get fucked get your own tools

M8 I would fucking glass you on the spot.

>>1709135
When working with stubborn pipe it's common to flatten it or twist the threads off if you're using the wrong tool, don't have your pipe wrench set correctly, or don't bother trying to oil and heat it. On old steam piping especially condensate lines you're probably fucked either way but on gas or water it makes the difference.

I own and frequently use 12" and 4" Cobras and 12" and 10" Knipex pliers wrenches and they are excellent for what I use them for but I use my Ridgid pipe wrenches and hex wrenches for piping.

>>1709223
> I use my Ridgid pipe wrenches and hex wrenches for piping.

This guy must be a Fitter. Plumbers do all kinds of stupid shit with their knigger pliers.

>>1708892
>Irwin holding over 4x the weight of the Knipex
Prove me wrong

>>1709302
Show me the guy's other hand that's out of frame. Also, never used the Irwin's so not debating that they're better than Knipex my point was using pliers like that is retarded

>>1709319
It’s the same guy in the other pic, but he’s holding the girl up because only the superior Irwin can hold the full weight of a human being.

Heating and air technician with service/ light install tool bag

>>1705849
>>1705848
What kind of work do you do? I've been debating on whether or not to get one of those little side hip pouches, but I'm trying to figure if that's actually practical for hvac

>>1710039
That little DeWalt right angle driver holds up to the impact?

>>1710049
I do electrical maintenance work at a plant and some adjacent work camps in the oilfields. The hip pouch is nice to have for rush call-outs where I only need a few basic tools but I don't wear it on my belt anymore because it was starting to mess up my hips and legs, having that light weight just on one side.

>>1710233
It did when I was in install, you just gave to remember the package needs to say "impact rated" cuz I know a few guys that say it breaks and come to find out they're using just the basic drill one

>>1711797
There’s a difference? I wonder if it’s the internals or just an impact shaft made to take up some of the blow.

I just remember seeing the cheap Chinese versions on Amazon and lots of them say “Impact rated!” or some stupid high torque rating and literally all of them break.

>>1710039
do you do resi or commercial?