18 Feb 10
i am so glad that my old man owned hardware stores since i was three and that i worked in hardware stores while i was in high school and college. moving on, tools i have used on nik’s and my new apartment since she and i moved in: 18v milwaukee hammer-capable cordless drill dewalt 4” angle grinder 2.4v milwaukee screw driver faucet/valve handle puller screwdriver 1/2” wood chisel 1-1/2” wood chisel drift punch set pin tool butterfly hemostat 1/10th gallon caulking gun utility knife 8” vise-grips 12” channel locks 18” channel locks 9” lineman’s pliers gerber multi-tool magnetic torpedo level digital stud finder 16 oz. claw hammer 24 oz. wafflehead framing hammer gb live-wire finder ac/dc digital multimeter 8” crescent wrench 6” needle nose pliers 6” diagonal pliers 3/8” ratchet set medium/coarse, fine/medium sanding blocks bypass wirestripper acrylic sheet cutter glassbreak/grozier pliers 35’ tape measure metric and standard hex key sets glazier’s knife 4” angled chisel-edge scraper precision screwdriver set aviation snips mill bastard file precision/jewelrymaker’s file set (nik’s) co-axial cable stripper co-axial connector crimper rafter square carpenter square t-square weller wtcpt soldering station infrastructure improvements are important to me. such as: the toilet here had an old korky ballcock —i hate those— and the toilet tank’s cover didn’t fit quite right so i went out and picked up fluidmaster 400a ballcock, a brandy-new tank, and a nice new puffy seat. also installed: new kitchen faucet with sprayer, shelving all over, dopeass custom coax/phone/ethernet/electric wire management, undercabinet lighting, new bathroom light fixture, pilot-light and dimmer switches, insect-invasion preventative measures, etc.

i am so glad that my old man owned hardware stores since i was three and that i worked in hardware stores while i was in high school and college.

moving on, tools i have used on nik’s and my new apartment since she and i moved in:

  • 18v milwaukee hammer-capable cordless drill
  • dewalt 4” angle grinder
  • 2.4v milwaukee screw driver
  • faucet/valve handle puller
  • screwdriver
  • 1/2” wood chisel
  • 1-1/2” wood chisel
  • drift punch set
  • pin tool
  • butterfly hemostat
  • 1/10th gallon caulking gun
  • utility knife
  • 8” vise-grips
  • 12” channel locks
  • 18” channel locks
  • 9” lineman’s pliers
  • gerber multi-tool
  • magnetic torpedo level
  • digital stud finder
  • 16 oz. claw hammer
  • 24 oz. wafflehead framing hammer
  • gb live-wire finder
  • ac/dc digital multimeter
  • 8” crescent wrench
  • 6” needle nose pliers
  • 6” diagonal pliers
  • 3/8” ratchet set
  • medium/coarse, fine/medium sanding blocks
  • bypass wirestripper
  • acrylic sheet cutter
  • glassbreak/grozier pliers
  • 35’ tape measure
  • metric and standard hex key sets
  • glazier’s knife
  • 4” angled chisel-edge scraper
  • precision screwdriver set
  • aviation snips
  • mill bastard file
  • precision/jewelrymaker’s file set (nik’s)
  • co-axial cable stripper
  • co-axial connector crimper
  • rafter square
  • carpenter square
  • t-square
  • weller wtcpt soldering station

infrastructure improvements are important to me. such as: the toilet here had an old korky ballcock —i hate those— and the toilet tank’s cover didn’t fit quite right so i went out and picked up fluidmaster 400a ballcock, a brandy-new tank, and a nice new puffy seat. also installed: new kitchen faucet with sprayer, shelving all over, dopeass custom coax/phone/ethernet/electric wire management, undercabinet lighting, new bathroom light fixture, pilot-light and dimmer switches, insect-invasion preventative measures, etc.

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