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   hammer1 | May 25, 2008 04:51pm | #1

   Stop making mistakes and you won't need a nail puller! Just kidding. I don't carry anything I not using at the moment. I've gone from lugging a ton of everything I might need to just what I do need and it's not much, no more tool bags for me. This is my tool belt. If there is a tool I need, the block plane leaves and it goes there. I don't even carry a hammer unless I need one.

   Beat it to fit / Paint it to match

   
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   popples14 | May 25, 2008 05:16pm | #5

   i like your minimalist approach just cant seem to get there

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   Jim_Allen | May 25, 2008 07:22pm | #15

   That looks like a good setup. The pouch on the left (the double) looks a little heavy and I'd toss that out and get a small open pouch..a single. I like one that can hold a Stanley 35' tape and not be much bigger. Bob's next test date: 12/10/07

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   hammer1 | May 26, 2008 01:18am | #22

   It's for gun nail clips, it actually holds quite a few but you are right, too heavy, gotta lighten up.Beat it to fit / Paint it to match

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   Jim_Allen | May 26, 2008 01:51pm | #25

   I've got a separate pouch for gun nails. It'll hold four strips of 3" nails. That's too much weight for me though. I'd only load that much up on special occasions. Bob's next test date: 12/10/07

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   basswood | May 25, 2008 05:00pm | #2

   I keep my nail puller on the trim tool cart that follows me around:

   
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   doodabug | May 25, 2008 05:09pm | #3

   Kinda hard to get that cart up his ladder though?

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   basswood | May 25, 2008 05:11pm | #4

   Thats what the scissors lift is for. ;o)

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   doodabug | May 25, 2008 05:16pm | #6

   How do you get all that stuff to the job in a VW?

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   basswood | May 25, 2008 05:21pm | #8

   I did just buy a full-size Ford van, but here is all that gear in an old Astro I used to use for work:

   Edited 5/25/2008 10:23 am ET by basswood

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   doodabug | May 25, 2008 05:23pm | #9

   I miss my Astro. Have a S-10 Blazer now.

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   basswood | May 25, 2008 08:25pm | #18

   I called mine the "Rast-ro."I did get better milage with the Astro and the 4WD was handy.I wish I had the 4WD diesel VW:

   
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   Sasquatch | May 26, 2008 12:54am | #21

   I love your vehicle.

   My favorite vehicle ever was a 1967 VW bus that I bought from a friend in Germany.  I wish I had it now.

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   Jim_Allen | May 25, 2008 07:31pm | #17

   Way back in my early years, I had an extended van. I took the passenger seat out and I could slide my a 14' plank into the van, on the floor and shut the door. That was the cat's meow. That front seat space is an incredibly large addition to the storage system if it's taken out. Bob's next test date: 12/10/07

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   basswood | May 25, 2008 05:18pm | #7

   Actually,I work on drywall benches and small ladders all the time, and I can easily reach tools on the top shelf of my cart without leaving the bench or ladder.

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   Jim_Allen | May 25, 2008 07:23pm | #16

   That's the ticket Bass! What's with the holes in the drywall? Your glasses get fogged up when you started hammerin? Bob's next test date: 12/10/07

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   basswood | May 25, 2008 08:27pm | #19

   Jim,I like having a wide assortment of tools handy, but don't like a heavy tool belt...especially after lunch.Cheers,Bass

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   Waters | May 25, 2008 05:23pm | #10

   Now that is just too organized and efficient...

   A good carp needs more spice in his life! 

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   basswood | May 25, 2008 05:27pm | #11

   OK, OK, this is what the cart really looks like: ;o)

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   Waters | May 25, 2008 06:03pm | #13

   Oh come on!

   You can still SEE every tool!

   I wish I had a pic of my workbench some time when I used to work as a bicycle mechanic.  Rebuilding a whole bicycle, tearing it down to the frame and starting fresh iwht everything sometimes I would pile the tools on the work surface so high--tools, parts, coffee and scone, grease, lube.....

   Not so efficient but it seemed I always knew where in the pile I'd set that 10mm wrench down and I could just grab it. 

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   basswood | May 25, 2008 06:11pm | #14

   Aaah! Scones do go down better with some Tri-Flow on 'em. ;o)I never did mention, I do use a tool vest by Oxy (it is called the "Tool Chest" bought it from Sphere). I'll have to get a pic of that set up. I really like it.

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   hvtrimguy | May 26, 2008 04:19am | #24

   what brand is your cart?"it aint the work I mind,
   It's the feeling of falling further behind."Bozini Latinihttp://www.ingrainedwoodworking.com

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   Sphere | May 25, 2008 05:30pm | #12

   I like to use rare earth magnets in my pouch or shoulder straps. Embed one of them quarter size mags inside a small incision or on my harness the OSHA inspection paper compartment. Another magnet stuck out side, and stick the tool to that.

   Incredibly strong for thier size, I can hang a 20oz hammer off a magnet, and cats paws, weenie bars, drill bits, driverbits, all don't get swallowed up in the junk.

   Working on scafffold ya gotta take care, the mags stick to the pipeframes.

   Handy lil buggers if ya use em right.

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   A must read.

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   vanderpooch | May 25, 2008 10:36pm | #20

   I slide mine "samurai style" into the loop the pouch itself hangs from so it sits horizontally between the belt and the leather top of the bag. I have Occi trimmers. It pretty much stays there, very seldom falls out. My bar is pretty small, though. maybe 10" with the flat on one end and nail puller on the other

   - Kit

   Technique is proof of your seriousness. - Wallace Stevens
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   hvtrimguy | May 26, 2008 04:17am | #23

   I was just about to post that is how I carry mine too. Great minds think.... um ...how's that go?"it aint the work I mind,
   It's the feeling of falling further behind."Bozini Latinihttp://www.ingrainedwoodworking.com