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If you could only take five tools:

| Posted in Tools for Home Building on July 25, 2006 03:28am

If you were heading to an Island to do your job and you could only bring five tools, could you get your job done? Power is there.

Since I frame houses, I know I could do it and get the job done.

I’d bring a saw with a loooooong cord.

A Hammer- I’d be satisfied with my 14oz titanium that I use now.

Of course I’d bring my framing square.

a utility knife of some sort. Probably a larger bladed one than I normally carry. I guess I’d want a knife with a big enough blade to strike.

I gotta have a tape…or do I?

That’s my five.

 

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  1. FHB Editor
    JFink | Jul 25, 2006 05:31pm | #1

    no need for a pencil eh?

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    1. junkhound | Jul 25, 2006 05:36pm | #2

      Pencil  -   thats the utility knife or point of a nail, or fingernail if need be.

      knife, hammer, saw; only need 3.  Only the saw if they got rocks there.

      Edited 7/25/2006 10:38 am ET by junkhound

  2. Sasquatch | Jul 25, 2006 06:11pm | #3

    No level for the devil?

    1. Brian | Jul 25, 2006 06:58pm | #4

      No level for the devil?

      He's on an island, so for plumb he can sight the framing square off the water horizon on calm days.

       Treat every person you meet like you will know them the rest of your life - you just might!

  3. User avater
    jhausch | Jul 25, 2006 07:04pm | #5

    Is this rhetorical or an actual deal?

    If this is rhetorical, lose the power and suppose it's a "deserted island" with no dimensional lumber:

    Bowsaw with double-edged blade
    Roofing Hatchet or Short Axe (hammer, chop, pry)
    Gerber Multi-Tool (Marking, cutting, etc)
    1" or larger Mortise Chisel (maybe a Slick)
    Hmmm . . .  maybe a Trench Tool?

    You could create your own rule and storey poles - I'd skip the tape and square.

    If this is the real deal with power, hardware, fasteners, and dimensional lumber:

    Sidewinder (with blades and long cord)
    Roofing Hatchet
    Gerber Multi-Tool
    12" combination square with a built in level
    Tape

    Is the tool belt a tool or clothing ;-)

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    1. User avater
      draftguy | Jul 25, 2006 09:38pm | #11

      you're on a deserted islandyou can have five things with youand you picked tools??!!that's so wrong . . . . . .

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        jhausch | Jul 26, 2006 05:40am | #19

        Well this one went South pretty fast. . . :-P

        http://jhausch.blogspot.comAdventures in Home BuildingAn online journal covering the preparation and construction of our new home.

        1. rez | Jul 26, 2006 04:17pm | #20

          yes, but the south shall rise again.

          be bred with cornbread

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          draftguy | Jul 26, 2006 04:55pm | #21

          it was the desert island part . . . too many connotationsor perhaps an overall 'tipi' giddinessjust for the record:drill
          power saw
          hammer (no pneumatics . . . got plenty of time)
          shovel
          clamps (can i have more than 1?)

  4. User avater
    dieselpig | Jul 25, 2006 07:46pm | #6

    Just one..... my truck.  :)

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    1. JohnT8 | Jul 25, 2006 08:16pm | #7

      Just one..... my truck. 

      OK, so you're the guy who gets three wishes and on wish 3 asks for 3 more wishes? ;)jt8

      "A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love."  -- Saint Basil

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        dieselpig | Jul 25, 2006 08:19pm | #8

        Yeah... pretty much.  ;)View Image

  5. Mooney | Jul 25, 2006 09:27pm | #9

    Meg Ryan , Beer , Food , More beer , more Meg Ryan.

     

     

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    You are so boring .

    Tim



    Edited 7/25/2006 2:51 pm by Mooney

    1. rez | Jul 25, 2006 11:26pm | #13

      Tim's been feeling his oats again.

       

      be a coldbeer in the afternoon

      1. paperhanger | Jul 25, 2006 11:42pm | #14

        Don't forget the beer.

        1. rez | Jul 25, 2006 11:59pm | #15

          On a deserted island you want a kit to brew yer own.

          1. paperhanger | Jul 26, 2006 01:10am | #16

            we'll need ice too.

      2. Piffin | Jul 26, 2006 02:13am | #17

        so there's oats in that gunny sack she's wearing? 

         

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  6. LeeLamb | Jul 25, 2006 09:33pm | #10

    Hammer, anvil, lathe, grinder, drillpress.

    I'll make everything else I need.  ;-)

    Come to think of it, all I need is fire, I'll make all of the above.

    Are there any girls on this island?  Beer?

     

  7. Piffin | Jul 25, 2006 10:06pm | #12

    Can do in less than five.

    As a roofer - Ladder, roof hatchet. Optional - Chaulk line, Utility knife, tin snips.

    As a designer - Pencil, Paper, erasure, scale, triangle

     

     

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    1. andybuildz | Jul 26, 2006 05:06am | #18

      Tools? I don't need no stinkin' tools!
      TIPI!If Blodgett and Gunner say, Tipi tipi tipi it must be so!

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    IMERC | Jul 26, 2006 06:38pm | #22

    1. fishing gear...

    2. double wide sheltered hammock....

    3. sun screen....

    4. "talented" well equiped "helper"....

    5. copy of #4..

     

    Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming

    WOW!!! What a Ride!

    Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!

    1. DougU | Jul 26, 2006 10:35pm | #23

      4. "talented" well equiped "helper"....

      5. copy of #4..

      Yea, cause you can never have enough help!

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        IMERC | Jul 26, 2006 10:40pm | #24

        so now is that blode, brunett or redhead...

        pick two....Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->

        WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->

        Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!

        1. DougU | Jul 27, 2006 03:11am | #28

          color of skin and hair doesnt matter to me, close your eyes and pretend!

          Just make sure there good help, thats whats important.

          Doug

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            IMERC | Jul 27, 2006 04:11am | #29

            unless they're 3 times larger than either of us....Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->

            WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->

            Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!

          2. Mooney | Jul 27, 2006 04:30am | #30

            unless they're 3 times larger than either of us....

            I never did do that .

            Tim

          3. DougU | Jul 27, 2006 05:14am | #32

            Yea well my hands can see really good in the dark!

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            IMERC | Jul 27, 2006 05:24am | #35

            I don't do living waterbeds either...Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->

            WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->

            Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!

    2. Shep | Jul 27, 2006 01:05am | #25

      You're a glutton for punishment.

      One woman is all I need to run my life.

      Or is that ruin.

      1. Mooney | Jul 27, 2006 01:36am | #26

        Im sorry I screwed your whole thread up. <G>

        Tim

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        IMERC | Jul 27, 2006 02:21am | #27

        didn't say I was gonna marry anybody....

        they're "help"...............Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->

        WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->

        Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!

        1. Shep | Jul 27, 2006 04:49am | #31

          you don't need to be married to a woman for her to run yer life.

          1. User avater
            IMERC | Jul 27, 2006 05:23am | #34

            keep hiring their replacement till ya get a good one or two....Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->

            WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->

            Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!

  9. User avater
    JeffBuck | Jul 27, 2006 05:20am | #33

    ya need more masonry tools ...

    it's an island ... it's gonna be mostly blockwork.

     

    Jeff

        Buck Construction

     Artistry In Carpentry

         Pittsburgh Pa

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    JDRHI | Jul 27, 2006 05:46am | #36

    If you were heading to an Island to do your job and you could only bring five tools, could you get your job done? Power is there.

    Seems everyone is skipping over the heart of the question.

    Answer...No. Five things I'd bring though.....

    (1) Case of rum....a case is one item, yes?

    (2)Sattelite radio....ya said there was power.

    (3)Pair of Tevas.....some of them islands is rocky.

    (4)Snow Falling On Cedars......woulda been Cold Mountain, but I think the movie kinda colored my interpretation.

    (5)The 19 yo blonde across the street.

     

    J. D. Reynolds

    Home Improvements

    1. seeyou | Jul 27, 2006 04:08pm | #38

      >>>>>>>>>>(5)The 19 yo blonde across the street.What's his name? 

       

      DANG!!!!!

       

      http://grantlogan.net/

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        JDRHI | Jul 27, 2006 04:16pm | #39

        Lance

        J. D. Reynolds

        Home Improvements

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    McDesign | Jul 27, 2006 12:41pm | #37

    One thing y'all are forgetting -

    (1) open end wench.

    Darned handy to have around on any island!

    Brings up another thing.  Could it be a desert island (hot & dry), a deserted island (nobody there), or a dessert island (lots of ice cream and maybe a set of wenches)?

    Forrest

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