Tape measure
Box knife
Medium flathead screwdriver
Small flathead screwdriver
Pliers, electrician’s
Pliers, slip-joint
Pliers, long-nose
Pliers, groove-joint
Wire stripper (crappy)
Desk lamp
Flashlight (cheap and annoying)
Extension cords (3)
9/16″ crescent wrench
7/16″ crescent wrench
Drill motor
Medium philips screwdriver drill attachment
Drill-screwdriver extension
3/32″ drill bit
Mazda Miata (1999)
Credit card
Tote bag, canvas (No Kid Hungry)
Wood planer (antique)
Belt sander, small (belts all broke)
Belt sander, medium (borrowed)
Dremel motor with cutting bit
Mini Countryman (2014)
Circular saw
Dust mask
Vacuum cleaner
Goggles
Level, carpenter’s
Level, torpedo
Socket wrench, 1/4″ drive
Socket, smallish
Socket, very small
Pencil
Scissors
Packing tape
Duct Tape
Cardboard
Multi-tool (used by helper)
Bucket
Towels, cloth
Towels, paper
Topical antiseptic
Muddled Ramblings and Half-Baked Ideas
Words and pictures and stuff
JB Weld?
I will add that to the (perhaps shorter) list of tools I did NOT use. So far:
JB Weld
Hammer
Cellphone to call someone to come and do it?
When I was pulling into the Home Despot parking lot an ad came on the radio for a Über-for-handywork app. I was tempted.
Our relationship almost ended over a “free” dishwasher someone gave us with a loose piece of glass in it that wedged the impeller after a couple of (admittedly improved) wash cycles. That was: remove and haul out the old machine, install new one (new wiring and plumbing hookups), attempt to fix the new one in place, remove new one and re-install the old machine when attempt was “mostly failed” (since it was taking too long to acknowledge my failure), hire a guy to fix the machine (which basically involved swapping out all electro-mechanical parts for the price of a nice, used dishwasher), and then do another machine swap, with prolific swearing and barked knuckles on the way. That was close to man-week (Buggy time), and Never Again (“Remember the Amana”).