This Old House: I wear a Diambondback belt system, which I purchased about two years ago. One of the many things I like about it is the fact that it has a place for just about every tool I want to carry with me.
And while there are a few things that stay in them it no matter what type of work I’m doing, I do swap some tools out depending on the task. The list below includes two that I always have on hand, plus a few others that show up as needed.
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PICA products seem cool. I think it might have been last year, I watched a video from Adam Savage because it was on the Newsfeed and he talked about the PICA pen and so I got one from my dad and me. I haven't used mine and I haven't remembered to ask my dad what he thinks about his but this video talked about the PICA pencil which is probably another great tool. I didn't know that a folding handsaw was a thing, I must say I haven't been on a build call in some time and haven't needed a hand saw in a while (or really ever...) I am surprised that something like a multi-tool wouldn't make this list. I have a tiny little saw blade (replaceable) on my Leatherman (it won't cut through a 2X4 but it is dangerous enough to cut a finger off) I think that this list should have included a multi-tool of some sort
I have to say, I was expecting to read about some cool new tool I had never heard of before and immediately want to research how much it would be to purchase one. This list didn’t exactly live up to that though. The tools on this list are tools you would pretty much expect to see in somebody’s tool belt: a pencil, diagonal cutters, a t-bevel square, and a respirator. The only tool that I would say would be less common is the folding saw at the very end of the list. I do appreciate that this article gave specific recommendations for the tools that were listed. The Pica Dry Longlife Automatic Pencil and the GVS Elipse NIOSH P100 respirator both looked really cool to me. I agree with what Alexa said as well. It’s surprising that a multi-tool didn’t get added to this list. The amount of times, I have pulled it out my Leatherman to help me with whatever quick fix I have in the shop.
As someone who thoroughly enjoys shop working and one day hope to have their own garage workshop, this article was so great! They listed simple yet important tools, some that I would not have thought of or even heard of. I thought it was especially great that they listed safety such as the respirator, emphasizing the importance of having one handy. I also had never heard of the better pencil options they had listed. I always go with those giant rectangular ones that you can get at home depot, but they had some interesting choices of permanent markers that work well for wood. Overall I thought that this article was very well structured, each tool including a description of why you would use the tool and why they included it. I also appreciated the prices they listed as it gives the reader a good idea of what they would be getting. None of the tools were overpriced or any were even battery operated tools, which I thought really proved that the article just had the best interest of the standard workshop necessities.
This article was a weird list of tools and not really what I had expected or honestly wanted it to be. To me the article just from what it started off at wanted to be a piece highlighting fringe tools that you need to have in your work shop that you may not want to pull the trigger on for whatever reason. To me it feels like there’s only one tool that qualifies as that and it would be the better pencil. I think the The folding / flush cut saw, diagonal cutters, and respirator are essential for anybody wanting to go beyond anything more than DIY and even then the folding saw would be in my kids first tool kit. And then the sliding t-bevel I think if your a woodworker or trim person it’s essential not an option anybody else doesn’t need it. But all that being said I think by biggest problem is still the recommendations themselves. If your trying to convince someone they need a luxury item to begin with maybe you shouldn’t recommend to them the most expensive ones. If someone is on the fence about t-bevel don’t recommend one that $30+ when you get a good one for $12 and one that’s just as good as the best for $18.
I have to agree with Mattox here that this list was a bit eclectic and not really what I had hoped. Most of these items were things that I assumed would be unique or off-the-wall, but for the most part they are all pretty common tools. As others have stated, the Pica pencil was probably the only standout item in this list, and I tend to disagree with having special pencils in a woodworking environment. For me, I get the $5 mega-box of cheap mechanical pencils. First of all, I lose them at an alarming rate anyway, so spending money on them would bankrupt me. Plus, I like the clean, accurate, and repeatable line that I get out of them. Anyway that's my pencil rant, but back to the article. Its not that these tools are bad or not worth getting, quite the contrary, but I wouldn't call these the 5 best tools to have in your workshop. I would, however, definitely recommend purchasing a sliding T bevel, I feel like people overlook it as a tool sometimes.
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