The toolbox thread

[Hairy]

36 minutes ago, FrancoisdeVille said:

You can also use the camera and zoom in on the trail ahead.🤣

Just hang on there cowboy .... let's just remember these are, how do a put this, "mature" riders ... let's not push them too far and beyond their tech boundaries.

 

[Eddy Gordo]

8 minutes ago, Hairy said:

Just hang on there cowboy .... let's just remember these are, how do a put this, "mature" riders ... let's not push them too far and beyond their tech boundaries.

 

[Hairy]

51 minutes ago, Eddy Gordo said:

I know, it is ridiculous

[Jewbacca]

1 hour ago, Eddy Gordo said:

No we don't.......

[Eddy Gordo]

19 minutes ago, Jewbacca said:

No we don't.......

indeed we dont!!

not even in the cederberg.

[LBKloppers]

On 5/23/2022 at 5:34 PM, ChrisF said:

Saw a post some time back about reading glasses that can fold up and pack away small in a toolbag .... darned if I can find that post ....

 

 

At the time we were laughing about me needing glasses next to the trail ....

 

This weekend friends got stuck .... lack of glasses did not help .... eventually had to ask other riders to assist.

Dude, I carry a pair of reading glasses in my Camelbak for this reason. I am fine without glasses while riding, but a simple task like plugging a puncture...I just can not get it right without being able to see up close. The R100 specials at Clicks suffice.

[dave303e]

Is anyone running a fairly expansive workshop off grid- solar and batteries. If so do you have any input?

We are likely going down that route and I just want to know if there is anything major to look out for or plan for?

Drills, sander etc I am happy running Makita battery powered stuff.

For metalwork I had figured I can get a diesel welding setup which will weld, run the big grinders and potentially be the backup Generator to charge batteries. The welding I do is mild structural and general farm welding so 200A is more than enough. It will also make life easier being more portable.

My concern is a few of the more specialised items. Table saw, mitre saw, jointer, planer, electric concrete mixer and potentially down the line a mill and lathe. 

Obviously it is best to charge batteries on the makita stuff and work during the day which is fine but is there anything I am missing?

[ChrisF]

Question time ....

 

1. Would like to hear what tools you take in the car for stage races.

 

2. Tool roll ?  Tool box ? At home it is neatly set out in a multi drawer setup ....

[patches]

On 6/3/2022 at 8:23 PM, ChrisF said:

Question time ....

 

1. Would like to hear what tools you take in the car for stage races.

 

2. Tool roll ?  Tool box ? At home it is neatly set out in a multi drawer setup ....

So answering your questions with relation to bicycle tools...

1. I haven't done stage races or the like for many years, but when I rode a lot more, I had a "bike van" (Citroen Berlingo). I carried my complete toolbox with me, along with other supplies.

The 2 black boxes below contained spares and sundries (chain lube, cleaners etc) in one and my body armour in another.

In front of those I had 2x Keter tool boxes (approx. 450L x 350W x 300H each) with decent first aid kit in one and tools in the other.

2. Now days, as I don't ride much anymore and my tool focus has shifted heavily towards carpentry and woodwork. The bike related tools have been relegated into 2 boxes. 1 flat tote for spares etc, and a shared toolbox for bicycle and motorbike specific tools.

Dirt bike wise, I have a Kriega tool roll which I carry with on longer rides, and supplement with spare tjoobs on multi-day adventures, but on the MTB side I go super light with just a OneUp EDC tool mounted on the stem.

Edited June 14, 2022 by patches

[patches]

Aaand I caved and ended up on yet ANOTHER battery platform (Makita 40V). That brings me to 6.

The new addition. Makita 40V 216mm Sliding Compound Mitre Saw (as used by Scott Brown... just for Hairy).

Decided it was time to go cordless and compact. I like the idea of the forward facing rails, so can be placed with back pretty close to the wall. Has the AWS chip, so will autostart my cordless vac. LED drop shaddow for cut line (which I prefer to laser on the 36V Makitas), and weighs in at under 16kg.

The compromise is cut capacity, but 70mm deep x 312mm long is pretty decent and will do 90% of what I need, and I can just rotate thicker pieces.

So now just to sell the 254mm AEG corded mitre saw, which has served well for 2 years, but needs to free up some garage space.

 

 

Edited June 25, 2022 by patches

[Hairy]

7 hours ago, patches said:

Aaand I caved and ended up on yet ANOTHER battery platform (Makita 40V). That brings me to 6.

The new addition. Makita 40V 216mm Sliding Compound Mitre Saw (as used by Scott Brown... just for Hairy).

Decided it was time to go cordless and compact. I like the idea of the forward facing rails, so can be placed with back pretty close to the wall. Has the AWS chip, so will autostart my cordless vac. LED drop shaddow for cut line (which I prefer to laser on the 36V Makitas), and weighs in at under 16kg.

The compromise is cut capacity, but 70mm deep x 320mm long is pretty decent and will do 90% of what I need, and I can just rotate thicker pieces.

So now just to sell the 254mm AEG corded mitre saw, which has served well for 2 years, but needs to free up some garage space.

 

 

You do not need to free up garage space, you need a bigger garage

 

[patches]

1 hour ago, Hairy said:

You do not need to free up garage space, you need a bigger garage

 

True! At some point it will be cheaper to buy a new house than keep upgrading tools 😅

[PhilipV]

9 hours ago, patches said:

True! At some point it will be cheaper to buy a new house than keep upgrading tools 😅

Cheaper to BUILD  a new house. 

That way you can save money, keep the tools, and buy more tools. Win trifecta!

[ChrisF]

10 minutes ago, PhilipV said:

Cheaper to BUILD  a new house. 

That way you can save money, keep the tools, and buy more tools. Win trifecta!

 

Best start with a BIG tool shed 👍

[patches]

15 hours ago, PhilipV said:

Cheaper to BUILD  a new house. 

That way you can save money, keep the tools, and buy more tools. Win trifecta!

Have you seen the cost of building materials in NZ lately?! 😂😵 hahaha!

Plenty of news articles about builders paying over 6x the retail price for Gib (plasterboard). Nationwide shortage caused by a monopoly that is failing to meet demand. The big construction companies are panic buying the majority of what is available and smaller builders are paying exorbitant prices for whatever they can get their hands on as they are stressing about penalties for blowing out the programme on their projects. Luckily for my projects, I have 4 sheets in my garage that I bought over a year ago. I'd be screwed if I didn't buy them back then.

A year ago developers were pushing housing prices up at an alarming rate as zoning laws were changing and an 800sqm piece of land could now be used to develop 5x higher-end townhouses selling for $1.75m (about R17.5m) each (literally happening 5 houses down from us on our street). The hyper-inflated prices locked out plenty of conventional buyers. But now with the building material costs and shortages, the developers are scared to take on new projects, so housing prices are cooling again.

Anyway, brief status update on the Auckland housing market, but yea, building is k-a-k expensive at the moment, haha!

14 hours ago, ChrisF said:

Best start with a BIG tool shed 👍

In Feb 2020 (before all hell broke loose) we looked at a piece of land in the Southern Alps (about 1hr from Queentown). It was 4Ha block with a 250sqm shed/garage/workshop on it and not much else. The vendor planned on building a beautiful 300sqm house, but decided to sell after building the shed (which had a bathroom and power), and casting the services and concrete pad for the main residence. (architectural plans were included in the sale).

Price wasn't too bad either, about $500,000. Less than half the median house price at present, and land alone would be worth 1.5x that in today's money.

I tried very hard to convince my wife about the merits of the property and how we (or atleast I) could live in the shed, store all the building materials there, and oversee the project. Sadly she didn't bite.

I continue to dream!

Edited June 26, 2022 by patches

[Hairy]

14 hours ago, patches said:

Have you seen the cost of building materials in NZ lately?! 😂😵 hahaha!

Plenty of news articles about builders paying over 6x the retail price for Gib (plasterboard). Nationwide shortage caused by a monopoly that is failing to meet demand. The big construction companies are panic buying the majority of what is available and smaller builders are paying exorbitant prices for whatever they can get their hands on as they are stressing about penalties for blowing out the programme on their projects. Luckily for my projects, I have 4 sheets in my garage that I bought over a year ago. I'd be screwed if I didn't buy them back then.

A year ago developers were pushing housing prices up at an alarming rate as zoning laws were changing and an 800sqm piece of land could now be used to develop 5x higher-end townhouses selling for $1.75m (about R17.5m) each (literally happening 5 houses down from us on our street). The hyper-inflated prices locked out plenty of conventional buyers. But now with the building material costs and shortages, the developers are scared to take on new projects, so housing prices are cooling again.

Anyway, brief status update on the Auckland housing market, but yea, building is k-a-k expensive at the moment, haha!

In Feb 2020 (before all hell broke loose) we looked at a piece of land in the Southern Alps (about 1hr from Queentown). It was 4Ha block with a 250sqm shed/garage/workshop on it and not much else. The vendor planned on building a beautiful 300sqm house, but decided to sell after building the shed (which had a bathroom and power), and casting the services and concrete pad for the main residence. (architectural plans were included in the sale).

Price wasn't too bad either, about $500,000. Less than half the median house price at present, and land alone would be worth 1.5x that in today's money.

I tried very hard to convince my wife about the merits of the property and how we (or atleast I) could live in the shed, store all the building materials there, and oversee the project. Sadly she didn't bite.

I continue to dream!

you say that like we do not watch Scott Brown Carpentry .................