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Originally Posted by Jeff Alton
That video shows a guy that invests in his trade. Yes he is a tool "nerd" as am I. But he gives himself everything he needs to be successful in that box. Day in and day out.
I actually have the same box (better green mind you  ) and of course my tool set is very different in details as we are a European shop. But that guy wants to win on every job and did (over did?) his part to help himself be successful. It took him years to get it all and to get the experience to know WHAT he needed in his box to win.
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I've been watching youtubes of pro techs going through their rollaways. Find it hell of a lot more interesting than some hollyweird bimbo on a witness stand. What they select, what tools are "can't live without", how they arrange them, what they use for specific jobs, etc. Let's say they select with a lot more consideration than I did...which was a mix of things I bought for a specific job and tools I bought because "might be handy", etc. They also have stuff I don't, mainly because tools for jobs I wouldn't dream of taking on.
Mine mainly craftsman, shopping set sales, etc...combined with stuff I bought as far back as my high school years, etc. I did a lot of shopping at NAPA back in those years, lived 40 miles from the nearest Sears, so still have "New Britian" wrenches, ratchets, etc...and even some really cheap made in India stuff I should toss but can't bring myself to do so. But some of my tools? Like the old saying on fishing lures being designed to catch fisherman...sometimes I suckered for bright and shiny over practical. Sometimes I suckered for too cheap tools that really didn't perform as advertised. Live & learn...