A tool box

Tengu

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Planning my kit for the summer.

This will be tools only.

I have one of those Black and Decker boxes with a bench vice on the top.

But what to put in it.

Generic outdoor toolage.

I am starting with

Hatchet
Entrenching tool
folding saw
hammer

What would you put in?
 

gra_farmer

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A picture of the box would be useful 'Black and Decker boxes with a bench vice on the top'. And you tool kit intended use?

Top on my list is a multi tool, a Leatherman surge or clones of, with a number of Bosch jigsaw blades, screw driver bits, firesteel and a separate 1/4 bar and sockets.... I'll take a picture of my kit so you can understand
 

TeeDee

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Planning my kit for the summer.

This will be tools only.

I have one of those Black and Decker boxes with a bench vice on the top.

But what to put in it.

Generic outdoor toolage.

I am starting with

Hatchet
Entrenching tool
folding saw
hammer

What would you put in?

With respect what do you anticipate doing?

Are you refurbing a house or just hobby type projects? Are you thinking you maybe plastering n which case you need plastering tools etc .

So what do you think you'll need tools for?
 
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Tengu

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Hobby type projects. People around me will have tools but it can be easier to have my own than chase around to borrow.
 

demented dale

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Planning my kit for the summer.

This will be tools only.

I have one of those Black and Decker boxes with a bench vice on the top.

But what to put in it.

Generic outdoor toolage.

I am starting with

Hatchet
Entrenching tool
folding saw
hammer

What would you
Hobby type projects. People around me will have tools but it can be easier to have my own than chase around to borrow.
Can you narrow it down further please. Too broad a question without specific activities:)
 

Watch-keeper

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My last minor repair project i thought would only require a hammer, nails and a saw but ended up needing an axe to fair a wooden beam in an awkward place.
So keeping it bushcrafty I vote for an axe
 

British Red

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8m tape
Hammer
Pliers (needle nose & standard)
Side cutters
Stanley knife
Ratchet screwdriver set and set of bits
Adjustable spanners (small & large)
Cats paw nail bar
Brad awl
Carpenters pencils
Spirit level
Combination square
Gorilla glue
Duct tape
No. 4 Bailey plane
Sanding block & paper
Half round wood rasp
Coarse & smooth files
Junior hacksaw & blades
Tenon saw
 
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Minotaur

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Check out Everyday Woodworking by Rex Krueger. It is beginner wood working with 12 tools and a lot of the projects are about building the other tools you would need.
 

Pattree

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If you’ve never used a Japanese style pull saw, I thoroughly recommend it.

Once you are used to it:-

It cuts quicker than a conventional panel saw.
It is easier to cut straighter than a panel saw.
It takes far less effort to use than a panel saw.
Its very thin blade wastes less wood and I find that I can be more accurate.
I don’t use the coarse edge but the fine edge is magical.

Just don’t push it! That takes time to get used to. You will work out your own way to hold it. I like using mine two handed.
 

TeeDee

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Hobby type projects. People around me will have tools but it can be easier to have my own than chase around to borrow.

There are lots of types of Hobbies Tengu , Can you provide an idea of what sort of hobbies you think will be happening around you??

Leather craft?

Silver Work?

Stone shaping ?
 

Tengu

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If you’ve never used a Japanese style pull saw, I thoroughly recommend it.

Once you are used to it:-

It cuts quicker than a conventional panel saw.
It is easier to cut straighter than a panel saw.
It takes far less effort to use than a panel saw.
Its very thin blade wastes less wood and I find that I can be more accurate.
I don’t use the coarse edge but the fine edge is magical.

Just don’t push it! That takes time to get used to. You will work out your own way to hold it. I like using mine two handed.

I have a Silky pocket boy.
 

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