I don't know if I've mentioned something along this lines before, either way. Meh.
Now, the one thing I've noticed about being a Roving IT Tech/Engineer is that you gather or collect tools. I mean you start off with a ratchet screwdriver and a swiss army knife and a few years later you're carting around something in the same weight class as many of the devices you work on and install, and it contains tools and items to let you get on with your job if another trade hasn't done theirs.
Or is that just me? For the tool box I cart around for work weighs 17Kg and off the top of my head it's got every tool I've ever used or needed on a job in it. With some spare & just in case tools. "The Shopfitter hasn't cut a hole in the countertop/cabinet, what size hole is needed? 'Cos I've got 10mm, 15mm, 22mm, 25mm, 32mm spades or a 54mm holesaw."
Hacksaws, aviation snips, socket set, FUBAR, drill set, duct tape, nitto tape, cordless driver & charger, epoxy putty, superglue, first aid kit, spanner, shifter, screwdrivers, SAK, knife, packing tape gun, extension things for the cordless, holesaw & spade bits, plier & sidecutter, vice grips that's just some of what's in this box. I've another one which is just dedicated for spare parts, butane soldering iron, a 8 port Ethernet switch & a selection of cat-5 cables (5m, 10m, & 20m). I joke with the guys I work with that with the contents of my tool box I can pull a car, or the kit we install to parts.
Now the main tool box pretty much follows me to each job, it gets checked in when ever I fly and I know at some point a Airline's gonna tell me that I can't check it in anymore. So at some point I've got to cut down the tools to just the ones I need and find a classier, standing out method to air transport them. Unfortunately it's not Fenspace or the Discworld as then I could have The Luggage, some may call that a fortunate thing for some have classed it in with the Elder Gods.
I hear Samsonite might have something of interest, if I didn't want to get lumped in with the SOCOM dudes for that's supposedly their covert gear packaging supplier of choice. Then there's aluminum framed briefcases. Nope, the one I've seen a workmate use may look okay, but good luck trying to find the tool you need. Let alone try to fit your cordless & its charger in there.
Oh for a portable hole or working hammerspace then I wouldn't need to worry 'bout stuff like this.
--Rod.H
Now, the one thing I've noticed about being a Roving IT Tech/Engineer is that you gather or collect tools. I mean you start off with a ratchet screwdriver and a swiss army knife and a few years later you're carting around something in the same weight class as many of the devices you work on and install, and it contains tools and items to let you get on with your job if another trade hasn't done theirs.
Or is that just me? For the tool box I cart around for work weighs 17Kg and off the top of my head it's got every tool I've ever used or needed on a job in it. With some spare & just in case tools. "The Shopfitter hasn't cut a hole in the countertop/cabinet, what size hole is needed? 'Cos I've got 10mm, 15mm, 22mm, 25mm, 32mm spades or a 54mm holesaw."
Hacksaws, aviation snips, socket set, FUBAR, drill set, duct tape, nitto tape, cordless driver & charger, epoxy putty, superglue, first aid kit, spanner, shifter, screwdrivers, SAK, knife, packing tape gun, extension things for the cordless, holesaw & spade bits, plier & sidecutter, vice grips that's just some of what's in this box. I've another one which is just dedicated for spare parts, butane soldering iron, a 8 port Ethernet switch & a selection of cat-5 cables (5m, 10m, & 20m). I joke with the guys I work with that with the contents of my tool box I can pull a car, or the kit we install to parts.
Now the main tool box pretty much follows me to each job, it gets checked in when ever I fly and I know at some point a Airline's gonna tell me that I can't check it in anymore. So at some point I've got to cut down the tools to just the ones I need and find a classier, standing out method to air transport them. Unfortunately it's not Fenspace or the Discworld as then I could have The Luggage, some may call that a fortunate thing for some have classed it in with the Elder Gods.
I hear Samsonite might have something of interest, if I didn't want to get lumped in with the SOCOM dudes for that's supposedly their covert gear packaging supplier of choice. Then there's aluminum framed briefcases. Nope, the one I've seen a workmate use may look okay, but good luck trying to find the tool you need. Let alone try to fit your cordless & its charger in there.
Oh for a portable hole or working hammerspace then I wouldn't need to worry 'bout stuff like this.
--Rod.H