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Nice picks. Many of the same pieces in mine. A few ideas to lighten yours up & increase function. * Allen bits with a stubby ratchet driver. Allens are rare except on socket cap screws and stubby ratchet is far superior to allen key sets for that in 95% of cases while a dozen hex bits are far lighter than a full metric/standard allen key set. Stubby ratchet driver also gives me all the hand screwdriving I need using the same bits as my impact (i use a dewalt slim locking extension if i need extra length and a U-joint adapter for getting into awkward spots). I prefer to hand drive in some situations to avoid any chance of overdriving or stripping and I find a stubby works better for this than typical drivers. Shorter length reduces cam out on phillips. * I prefer the stubby driver + hex drive to 1/4" square drive adapter and a half dozen of the most common sockets over a dedicated socket setup. Again this can be used in the impact or ratcheting hand stubby driver. * Painters multitool. Scraper, persuader, hook, prytool, crack clearer, etc. Excellent tool, I carry one and a stainless Titan right-angle prybar for certain jobs that need 2 prytools or a right-angle to slip behind something. I used to carry a demo prybar like that and a few different putty knives and scrapers, but these two have replaced all of those. * Dental pick double ended. Any time I work with gaskets, small springs, carburetors, or need to clean narrow areas, this is invaluable. * 2" plastic spring clamp. Obvious reasons. I find 2" jaw opening enough for most things, but sometimes I grab a 4" or quicklocking bar clamp. * 45deg hemostat locking hemostat forceps. Very useful when dealing with rubber/plastic tubing or wire. * Milwaukee 7-in-1 electricians pliers. Handles all household wirestripping, cutting, bending, pulling, and crimping. Plus a few wire nuts and crimp connectors. * Spring punch set. These are incredibly useful for driving nails/pins & punching pilot hole starts. Can serve most of the functions of a hammer and in tighter spaces a hammer cannot reach. You wouldn't want to nail dozens or hundreds of nails with it, but a couple taps with the back of my nail puller to start the nail, then a strike or two with the spring punch drives a nail perfectly. I used to carry a small hammer, but do not anymore and never miss it, spring punch with flat end works great, even better in many cases. They're also far lighter and way less bulk Used to carry m18 impact, but switched to the gen2 m12 impact about 2 years ago. While I wouldn't used it to drive a hundred screws rapidfire (would use m18 for that), it has way more than the necessary amount of power to drive the typical 2" to 3.5" deck screws I mostly use and weighs far less than the m18 & less bulk. I've never found I needed to carry an extra battery for around the house. I use mine almost every day and only charge it maybe once week. If I'm doing a major build project I go for the m18 and cycle 2 batteries like normal. I like to carry a Kreg drillblock, laser measure, 3/8 countersink bit, impact driver drillbits which gives me all the function of a drill (for wood or plastic) with little bulk/weight. I find a sweat band/bandana and a headlamp absolutely invaluable to the point of keeping a headlamp in my bag at all times. Sweatband/bandana probably less useful in some climates, but if you wear glasses it's absolutely required if it's above 70F and 70% humidity IMO. I keep a couple in my bag.
Nifty set up you got. It's always nice to see people's passions.
Very common sense set up for lugging around the house. All the basics covered.
Nice picks. Many of the same pieces in mine. A few ideas to lighten yours up & increase function.
* Allen bits with a stubby ratchet driver. Allens are rare except on socket cap screws and stubby ratchet is far superior to allen key sets for that in 95% of cases while a dozen hex bits are far lighter than a full metric/standard allen key set. Stubby ratchet driver also gives me all the hand screwdriving I need using the same bits as my impact (i use a dewalt slim locking extension if i need extra length and a U-joint adapter for getting into awkward spots). I prefer to hand drive in some situations to avoid any chance of overdriving or stripping and I find a stubby works better for this than typical drivers. Shorter length reduces cam out on phillips.
* I prefer the stubby driver + hex drive to 1/4" square drive adapter and a half dozen of the most common sockets over a dedicated socket setup. Again this can be used in the impact or ratcheting hand stubby driver.
* Painters multitool. Scraper, persuader, hook, prytool, crack clearer, etc. Excellent tool, I carry one and a stainless Titan right-angle prybar for certain jobs that need 2 prytools or a right-angle to slip behind something. I used to carry a demo prybar like that and a few different putty knives and scrapers, but these two have replaced all of those.
* Dental pick double ended. Any time I work with gaskets, small springs, carburetors, or need to clean narrow areas, this is invaluable.
* 2" plastic spring clamp. Obvious reasons. I find 2" jaw opening enough for most things, but sometimes I grab a 4" or quicklocking bar clamp.
* 45deg hemostat locking hemostat forceps. Very useful when dealing with rubber/plastic tubing or wire.
* Milwaukee 7-in-1 electricians pliers. Handles all household wirestripping, cutting, bending, pulling, and crimping. Plus a few wire nuts and crimp connectors.
* Spring punch set. These are incredibly useful for driving nails/pins & punching pilot hole starts. Can serve most of the functions of a hammer and in tighter spaces a hammer cannot reach. You wouldn't want to nail dozens or hundreds of nails with it, but a couple taps with the back of my nail puller to start the nail, then a strike or two with the spring punch drives a nail perfectly. I used to carry a small hammer, but do not anymore and never miss it, spring punch with flat end works great, even better in many cases. They're also far lighter and way less bulk
Used to carry m18 impact, but switched to the gen2 m12 impact about 2 years ago. While I wouldn't used it to drive a hundred screws rapidfire (would use m18 for that), it has way more than the necessary amount of power to drive the typical 2" to 3.5" deck screws I mostly use and weighs far less than the m18 & less bulk. I've never found I needed to carry an extra battery for around the house. I use mine almost every day and only charge it maybe once week. If I'm doing a major build project I go for the m18 and cycle 2 batteries like normal.
I like to carry a Kreg drillblock, laser measure, 3/8 countersink bit, impact driver drillbits which gives me all the function of a drill (for wood or plastic) with little bulk/weight.
I find a sweat band/bandana and a headlamp absolutely invaluable to the point of keeping a headlamp in my bag at all times. Sweatband/bandana probably less useful in some climates, but if you wear glasses it's absolutely required if it's above 70F and 70% humidity IMO. I keep a couple in my bag.
Nice set up. Thanks for sharing.
Have you tried a painters multi tool? I found that it replaced a lot of my smaller prybar/scrapper type tools.