Woohoo 🎉 Rob , the best tool you need onboard matey is always yourself , in the very best of ways of course buddy . When you left Falmouth you were a penknife with great intentions and ideas mate , you’re now the top shelf Swiss Army knife with everything you’ve learned along the way 😁 Bud I’ve had to show how to use what’s in a snap on tool box before when a mechanics spent thousands, the user is most definitely the best tool and you did really well my friend 😃 Hey the hot air gun , bless you buddy it’s not mine , but I did buy the Worx 18v angle grinder in the end that you recommended. Wow it’s got me out of a few scrapes 😜🍻 Owe you a big cuppa for that one 😅 Hope you’re both well , hiya Jen 🤗🥳 Seriously though ... The user is the biggest asset to any toolbox , if ever you’re struggling just shout Rob , what doesn’t exist to do a job can be made for the purpose but it’s fantastic to see you sharing the wisdom you’ve picked up . One day you can hopefully teach me electronics 😁 Love to you both and keep well and shining , Volupia looking good mate and see you soon x
Well space is always a premium so sometimes difficult choices have to be made when it comes to tools. For me - a great get out of jail free tool is an oscillating multi tool with a load of spare blades - the blades are designed for differing material types - so get plenty for wood and steel. Otherwise an oiled rag (not dripping) kept in the toolbox helps a bit keeping corrosion at bay. Not perfect but netter than nowt. Key thing is organisation and having a small ready use toolbox that is ‘ready to hand’ is an absolute must. Deep maintenance tools can be organised to be less accessible (above the ‘flood line).
Nice summary, thanks. Others have mentioned good additions including vice grips and a multimeter. Some other items I've found useful are: a mallet and various sizes of sets for driving stuck rigging pins, small socket drivers for adjusting band clamp tension, a tap set for threading holes in metal parts, and most essential, a bandit tool with a spool of SS band and plenty of coupling clips. The bandit tool allows one to repair, for example, spars faster and more securely than lashing.
Ps ... Rob , I’ve been learning 3D printing this winter whilst housebound again . A 3D printing pen is pretty crap in most scenarios BUTTT .... You know when you get a split plastic cap like the blanking cap for a transducer ? A hole in the side of a fuel tank on the outboard ? It’s no way permanent Rob , but to be able to print a patch to epoxy on till a permanent repair can be made , dude it’s well worth the £40 I bought a £25 one of Amazon out of curiosity , total rubbish , but the £45 one was controllable , used the bigger 1.75mm diameter PLA filament that big 3D printers use , it’s about £24 for 300 metres of filament and if you keep it onboard in an airtight Tupperware box it doesn’t degrade . You’ve got a go to repair patch maker then that you can print off what’re you need in a plastic you can bond to any surface in an emergency. Hope that helps , it’s a bit of experimentation but a huge help . As always , your mobile workshop manual 😉⛵️🍻 x
You have two MASSIVE omissions from your toolkit 1. Vice grips - no sailboat should lack vice grips (aka mole grips) 2. Hollow fid for ropework. The "God Tool" for ropes IMNSHO 😄😄
I've got a couple of sizes of moldgrips am glad you put that last bit on there because I've not heard of bive grips before. I've also got a good few fids too thats one of my many jobs in the navy is splicing ropes. hope you two are doing well thanks for watching Rob ⛵
I've got one mate but looked everywhere on the boat for it to use I the video but had no luck, that's one tool I could not do without Thanks for watching ⛵
Woohoo 🎉
Rob , the best tool you need onboard matey is always yourself , in the very best of ways of course buddy .
When you left Falmouth you were a penknife with great intentions and ideas mate , you’re now the top shelf Swiss Army knife with everything you’ve learned along the way 😁
Bud I’ve had to show how to use what’s in a snap on tool box before when a mechanics spent thousands, the user is most definitely the best tool and you did really well my friend 😃
Hey the hot air gun , bless you buddy it’s not mine , but I did buy the Worx 18v angle grinder in the end that you recommended.
Wow it’s got me out of a few scrapes 😜🍻
Owe you a big cuppa for that one 😅
Hope you’re both well , hiya Jen 🤗🥳
Seriously though ...
The user is the biggest asset to any toolbox , if ever you’re struggling just shout Rob , what doesn’t exist to do a job can be made for the purpose but it’s fantastic to see you sharing the wisdom you’ve picked up .
One day you can hopefully teach me electronics 😁
Love to you both and keep well and shining , Volupia looking good mate and see you soon x
Well space is always a premium so sometimes difficult choices have to be made when it comes to tools. For me - a great get out of jail free tool is an oscillating multi tool with a load of spare blades - the blades are designed for differing material types - so get plenty for wood and steel.
Otherwise an oiled rag (not dripping) kept in the toolbox helps a bit keeping corrosion at bay. Not perfect but netter than nowt.
Key thing is organisation and having a small ready use toolbox that is ‘ready to hand’ is an absolute must. Deep maintenance tools can be organised to be less accessible (above the ‘flood line).
Nice summary, thanks. Others have mentioned good additions including vice grips and a multimeter. Some other items I've found useful are: a mallet and various sizes of sets for driving stuck rigging pins, small socket drivers for adjusting band clamp tension, a tap set for threading holes in metal parts, and most essential, a bandit tool with a spool of SS band and plenty of coupling clips. The bandit tool allows one to repair, for example, spars faster and more securely than lashing.
Ps ... Rob , I’ve been learning 3D printing this winter whilst housebound again .
A 3D printing pen is pretty crap in most scenarios BUTTT ....
You know when you get a split plastic cap like the blanking cap for a transducer ?
A hole in the side of a fuel tank on the outboard ?
It’s no way permanent Rob , but to be able to print a patch to epoxy on till a permanent repair can be made , dude it’s well worth the £40
I bought a £25 one of Amazon out of curiosity , total rubbish , but the £45 one was controllable , used the bigger 1.75mm diameter PLA filament that big 3D printers use , it’s about £24 for 300 metres of filament and if you keep it onboard in an airtight Tupperware box it doesn’t degrade .
You’ve got a go to repair patch maker then that you can print off what’re you need in a plastic you can bond to any surface in an emergency.
Hope that helps , it’s a bit of experimentation but a huge help .
As always , your mobile workshop manual 😉⛵️🍻 x
We want more vidioes
Love your voice ❤
Great tools rob
Thank you
You have two MASSIVE omissions from your toolkit
1. Vice grips - no sailboat should lack vice grips (aka mole grips)
2. Hollow fid for ropework. The "God Tool" for ropes IMNSHO 😄😄
I've got a couple of sizes of moldgrips am glad you put that last bit on there because I've not heard of bive grips before.
I've also got a good few fids too thats one of my many jobs in the navy is splicing ropes. hope you two are doing well thanks for watching Rob ⛵
@@sailingvolupia - fine thanks. Just sitting out this week's F6 gusting 8....
Didn't know if you had the multimeter in with your electrical equipment...but would think this would be essential
I've got one mate but looked everywhere on the boat for it to use I the video but had no luck, that's one tool I could not do without
Thanks for watching ⛵
I have a pretty full shop. It would be hard to thin it down to fit on a sail boat.
A lot of people have that problem but, I've just got the basics in a big tool box