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General comments
The toolboxes as such
Toolbox #1 (ordinary
tools that are constantly used)
Toolbox #2 (Safety)
Toolbox #3 (Plumbing,
Electricity, etc.)
Toolbox #4 (Carpentry,
Sharpening, Glass, etc.)
Toolbox #5 (Plaster,
Paint, Vise, etc.)
Toolbox #6 (Power tools
except the two big saws)
Toolbox #7 (Two big
saws)
Toolbox #8 (Supplies)
Tools that don't fit in
toolboxes
1) Safety First. The most important thing is to ensure the security of you and everybody else. See also Legal Consideration #18.
2) Almost always buy the most expensive tool there is! You have to almost always choose the most expensive tool, if you want to save money. See among others " How To Choose A Good Tool".
3) Objective of this list. Don't forget that one of the design constraints of this «renovator's kit» is to do as much as possible, with as few tools as possible. The tools presented here let you do quite a bit of renovation work (framing, plumbing, electrical work, plaster, kitchen counters).
4) There is nothing for automotive repairs. It's just that I currently don't have a car.
5) Choice of the model. Normally, when the model isn't indicated, it's because I haven't found the best tool yet, or it doesn't matter.
6) Power tools. No, I haven't "sold my soul to Makita"! It's just that I started with a Makita drill, and I just ignorantly continued with the same brand.
7) Improvements. If you have suggestions to improve this list, please notify me.
Photo
of the toolbox as such.
Photo
of all the toolboxes.
Description: Polymer toolbox, approx. 64 x 25 x
28 cm, with removable tray (which we recycle for several boxes, when we don't
have small and fragile objects to put in them).
Price: 224$
Quantity: 8
Model: Canadian Tire Mastercraft.
Comment.
Photo
of contents of toolbox #1.
[The
following tools are "conceptually" in toolbox #2 for Safety, but I
use them so often I include them here, so I'll always have them with me.]
Description: Safety glasses, with side shields
and elastic headband.
Price: 200$ (if prescription eyeglasses)
Includes: elastic headband "Sport Cats
Active Eyeglass Retainer", 11$.
Comment.
Price: 15$
Comment.
Price: 7$
Description: Good quality knee pads,
"spherical" knee, large and long straps that don't unlatch all by
themselves. Gel-padded.
Price: 70$
Quantity: one pair.
Model: Tommyco #707
Comment.
Description: Small headlamp, three AAA
batteries, three LEDs, watertight.
Price: 50$
Model: MEC Princeton Tec Eos.
Comment.
Description: Little gadget, with two AA
batteries, which "beeps" when it's close to a live wire, BUT NOT
ALWAYS (hence the necessity for the digital voltmeter).
Price: 10$
Model: Canadian Tire
Comment.
Description: Small basic DVM, to detect hot
wires, check batteries, test fuses, etc.
Price: 30$
Model: Radio Shack #22-802.
[Now, we
start the actual contents of Toolbox #1]
Price: 8$
Model: Sears Marples 25 mm.
Comment.
Description: Knife for glazing, wood filler,
Instant Patch, etc.
Price: 5$
Model: Richard's
Price: 10$
Model: Tesa Tape 47 mm White (not Silver).
Comment.
Description: ordinary tape measure, Metric and
Imperial.
Price: 25$
Model: Lufkin(TM) n° HV48CME.
Description: Large standard screwdriver, 30 cm.
Price: 8$
Comment.
Price: 12$
Model: Sears, 12", n° 30873.
Price: 30$
Model: Canadian Tire Estwing(TM), 16 oz. Blue
Nylon Handle.
Comment.
Price: 16$
Model: Lee Valley Restorer's Cat's Paw, 20 cm.
Comment.
Price: 1$
Includes: Something to cover the pointy end to
avoid injuries.
Price: 13$
Model: Canadian Tire Vise-Grip 7-in. Curved-Jaw
Pliers, #58-8675-0.
Price: 14$
Model: Canadian Tire Mastercraft 8-in. Diagonal
Pliers, #58-4629-6.
Price: 20$
Model: Sears High Torque Handle, sku #26198 (Actually,
it's a Jore Speed-Lok). Only available in the USA (order
through the US Sears web site).
Comment.
Price: 7$
Model: Canadian Tire Olfa L1 Snapknife,
#57-5029-0.
Price: 50$
Model: Drill Master HSS Titanium Nitride Coated Drill Bit Set.
Includes: a dozen of the most common drill
bits.
Comment.
Description: variable-speed cordless drill.
Price: 300$
Model: Makita #6337D 14.4V.
Includes: drill, two batteries. Also includes the
all-important Sears 1/4" Quick Connector for hex shank bits
(see "multi-tip screwdriver" here above).
Comment.
Description: Rechargeable wind-resistant butane
lighter (good for thawing locks, etc.)
Price: 10$
Model: Alpen Windfoil #53-682AST.
Description: Anything that doesn't leak.
Price: 4$
Price: 20$
Includes: Popsicle sticks, epoxy glue, wood
glue (small container), nylon straps, spare lead pencil, replacement blades for
the utility knife, a few garbage bags, a few paper towels, etc.
Description: Very useful with the white duct
tape to identify things.
Price: 3$
Model: Redimark(TM), n° 0098.
Description: Tips for the screwdriver and
cordless drill.
Price: 20$
Includes: 4 Robertson tips (quad, square), 3 Philips tips (star), 2
standard tips (flat), a little rubber screw-bit holder.
Price: 5$
Comment.
Description: Small bottle
Price: 3$
Photo of contents of toolbox #2.
Price: 60$
Includes: Full face shield, ear protectors.
Description: Good work boots, safety-approved.
Price: 140$
Model: Kaufman Kingtreads, steel caps, steel
sole plate, oil-resistant sole, dielectric, CSA approved.
Description: Good mask to protect lungs against
asbestos, lead, sawdust, etc.
Price: 45$
Model: Tério North 5500-30M (but I'm not
satisfied).
Includes: two spare filters.
Description: To work with very hot water, or
corrosive products, etc.
Safety Warning: There are many types of gloves
(latex, Nitrile, rubber, etc.) and many quality grades for each type. When
using hazardous products, you must read the label and ensure you are using the
proper type and grade of gloves (as well as all other recommended IPE or Individual
Protection Equipment).
Price: 10$
Photo of contents of toolbox #3.
Price: 19$
Description: bigger version of the ordinary
vise-grip.
Price: 15$
Comment.
Price: 22$
Comment.
Price: 20$
Comment.
Description: For plumbing, you often have to
screw large nuts.
Price: 30$
Model: Canadian Tire Mastercraft 16-in. Tongue
& Groove Pliers, #58-4699-8.
Comment.
Price: 15$
Includes: soldering wire, soldering paste,
homemade wooden tool to clean inside of copper fittings with steel wool, flame
spreader.
Description: gadget to unscrew faucets from
underneath the counter.
Price: 13$
Price: 20$
Description: Good plumbing pipe-cutter.
Price: 22$
Model: Canadian Tire Mastercraft.
Comment.
Description: Small pipe-cutter, for when you're
stuck in a confined space.
Price: 9$
Price: 15$
Price: 20$
Price: 27$
Model: Canadian Tire Zircon Studsensor Pro.
Price: 26$
Model: Lee Valley Small Metal Detector, #
86K78.30.
Description: To solder copper pipe.
Price: 48$
Model: Canadian Tire Bernz-O-MaticTorch Trigger
Start, #58-7543-0.
Comment.
Price: 10$
Price: 7$
Model: Richard's
Comment.
Description: Gadget to see if electrical outlet
was wire correctly.
Price: 15$
Price: 30$
Model: Makita No. DC1413.
Photo
of contents of toolbox #4.
[Carpentry]
Price: 5$
Description: Godsend!
Price: 43$
Model: Lee Valley Japanese Plywood Saw,
#60T03.25.
Price: 6$
Comment.
Price: 2$
Description: Rarely used, but when you need it,
you're glad you have it.
Price: 100$
Model: Lee Valley Paragon, n° 5.
Description: Decent wood chisels,
well-sharpened.
Price: 50$
Price: 30$
Price: 10$
Includes: a few spare blades.
Price: 15$
Model: Stanley(TM), n° 90.
Description: for mortises, but also to measure
angles.
Price: 15$
Model: General(TM), n° 444.
Price: 10$
Comment.
[Sharpening]
Price: 25$
Model: Lee Valley 250x/1000x Water Stone,
#60M50.03.
Price: 60$
Model: Lee Valley Hard Black Arkansas.
Description: wooden board, with leather strap
glued to it, loaded with honing paste.
Price: 1$
Description: To sharpen chisels and plane
blades.
Price: 20$
Model: Lee Valley Vise-Type Honing Guide,
#60M07.01.
[Glass]
Description: Gadget to remove paint on window
panes.
Price: 4$
Includes: Spare blades.
Price: 2$
[Sanding]
Price: 15$
Model: Richard's
Includes: Many sheets of sandpaper.
Description: Very handy to finish sanding
joints.
Price: 6$
Price: 17$
Model: Richard's
Photo of contents of toolbox #5.
Price: 20$
Model: Canadian Tire Weiss(TM), M2, green handles.
Price: 15$
Model: Richard's
Comments.
Price: 15$
Model: Richard's
Price: 15$
Model: Richard's
Price: 200$
Model: Kuny de Canadian Tire, approx. 17$.
Includes: masonry bits, drill bits bigger than
0.25 in., hole saws, half-inch electrician's drill bit for 14/2 wire, 12"
long telephone wire bit, "bit-shaft extension" for spade-bits, old
circular saw blade to cut when nails could be present in the wood, router bits,
paint scraper spare blades, etc.
Price: 45$
Model: Lee Valley #10G0601 Portable Quick Vise.
Comment.
Price: 58$
Quantity: 2
Model: Canadian Tire Mastercraft (Wolfcraft)
Price: 14$
Price: 14$
Description: The best you can buy, with angled
bristles.
Price: 25$
Model: Simms.
Price: 9$
Price: 10$
Photo
of contents of toolbox #6.
Yes, I shorten cords, to reduce clutter.
Description: Corded half-inch drill with keyed chuck.
Price: 150$
Model: Makita No. HP1620X.
Comments.
Description: To cut pipes, cut ceramic tiles, sharpen lawnmower
blades, scrape off rust, etc.
Price: 90$
Model: Makita No. 9555NB 5"
Price: 70$
Model: Makita No. BO4552.
Price: 70$
Model: Makita No. 4323.
Photo of contents of toolbox #7.
Price: 170$
Model: Makita No. 5007NB.
Price: 160$
Model: Makita No. JR3000V.
Photo of contents of toolbox #8.
Description: Warning! "Limiting
Container" principle.
Price: 100$
Includes: screws (in compartmentalized
containers), caulking tubes (RTV, white silicon, Instant Patch, etc.), hardware
(e.g. a few square brackets), steel wool, propane bottle, wood glue, Popsicle
sticks, elastics, tie-wraps, washers for faucets, etc.
Photo of the "non-boxed" category.
Description: Dry-web shop vacuum cleaner, as
quiet as possible.
Price: 120$
Model: Canadian Tire Shop-Vac® 19L QSP Plus Vac
54-0229-0.
Includes: Good floor brush (10$), HEPA filter
(38$) for toxic dusts, hose, etc.
Description: A good strong large-gauge (for
good amperage) cord, 15 m.
Price: 40$
Includes: blue "Cable Clamp" (to
attach it to the vacuum cleaner).
Model: Rona Yellow Jacket
Price: 32$
Model: Simms
Includes:
the roller as such and the handle.
Description: The most expensive, since the
others are really bad. Among others the bad ones are harder to clean and waste
paint.
Price: 11$
Model: Simms
Description: Ordinary screwable broom head.
Price: 8$
Model: Corriveau
Description: Kind of screwable mop head, to
which Velcro cotton pads are attached.
Price: 25$
Includes: an extra cotton mop pad.
Comment.
Description: Just a 19mm plywood top of approx.
60 x 120 cm, with folding legs.
Price: 50$
Includes: the plastic vise adaptor.
Comment.
Description: 120 cm metal ruler, to cut gypsum
boards, plywood, etc.
Price: 12$
Comment.
Price: 34$
Comment.
Description: Good hand truck, rated 272 kg,
with good pneumatic wheels.
Price: 45$
Model: Canadian Tire Ultra-Steel P-Handle Hand Truck, #60-0512-8.
Comment.
Description: A fluorescent lighting fixture 120
cm long, with a 3 m cord (at least), and two eyelets to hook it up to the
ceiling.
Price: 120$
Quantity: 2
Comment.
Price: 6$
Comment.
Description: Hybrid ladder-stepladder, 244 cm,
rated at 102 kg.
Price: 110$
Model: Canadian Tire 8-ft. Tradesman Aluminum Combination Ladder, #61-1076-8.
Description: Huge, heavy, good quality.
Price: 180$
Model: Boiteau Luminaire (It was the demonstrator. No box, no additionnal
info).
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