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    Quote Originally Posted by Woodman View Post
    Two of every tool.
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    Toilet (so you don't have to go up to the house and get asked to do house type work )
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    Beer fridge has been overlooked.
    Definately this
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    Strong turney swivelley vice with flat jaws one side and pipe grips the other

    Strong bench supporting the vice

    All-purpose engineering adjustment tools (several, from 14 oz to sledge) to swing energetically at whatever's in the vice on the bench

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    Washing machine and dryer - so the Missus can clean my clothes
    Freezer- so the Missus can store food to cook for me
    Wife's car - so the Missus can go to work to pay for my beer...and wine

    I seem to collect gardening tools galore every time I go near a hardware store. My latest 'best buy' in the garage was a Renovator Transforma ladder. That baby saved me thousands by not having to pay for scaffolding last summer when I painted the house - the roof and exterior so it really got a workout.

    As for bike stuff I thought CRC was the complete tool kit in a can. What else do you need? Surely not a tyre gauge.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MD View Post
    W My latest 'best buy' in the garage was a Renovator Transforma ladder. That baby saved me thousands by not having to pay for scaffolding last summer when I painted the house - the roof and exterior so it really got a workout.
    interesting. I got a quote to get a bloke in and decided yeah nah, I'll do it myself. Its way overdue but a giant ball-ache. maybe next summer?
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    Quote Originally Posted by HenryDorsetCase View Post
    interesting. I got a quote to get a bloke in and decided yeah nah, I'll do it myself. Its way overdue but a giant ball-ache. maybe next summer?
    I don't want to go off topic but I thoroughly recommend that ladder as a life saver. It's far more stable than other ladders, but heavy unfortunately. I'm too old to stand on a narrow ladder rung which give you aches and pains. Those fold out platforms were bloody fantastic and you literally walk up the ladder and step onto the roof with ease. Way safer than stepping to and from a rung ladder a dozen times a day.

    Back on topic.. I have a hammer for bike maintenance. Jeremy Clarkson recommended it .
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    I 'Clarksoned' my bike in the garage this week - tipped it gently over while attempting to check the front suspension travel.

    Doh!

    Suspension's fine. My balance isn't. Lesson learned.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HenryDorsetCase View Post
    interesting. I got a quote to get a bloke in and decided yeah nah, I'll do it myself. Its way overdue but a giant ball-ache. maybe next summer?
    It's not a secret, but the secret to a long lasting good looking job is the preparation and don't shirk it.

    Which why I'll never paint my house. Fuck that noise. Spend another 4 hours sanding the Alcatravies ( I think that's a house part) or go riding on this clear warm day?
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    Best thing in my garage? A concrete floor.

    After years of working outside and on gravel it is just so much easier.

    Next I need power...
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    3 or 4 10mm sockets
    A good quality socket set in a case so i can't lose anything - currently missing the 8mm socket.
    12mm / 13mm combination spanners
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    Koken T bars.
    Vice grip chain wrench.
    Hand ratchet.
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    three sheds...one for storing all my treasures, like nine bikes and every other piece of useful shit I've collected...one for working on ... bikes mainly, and playing with the useful shit I've collected over the last fifty years...one for doing what I'm supposed to be doing when I'm, 'down the shed', full of timber and my woodworking tools...

    ...the fourth most handy thing is hundreds of those little wooden kebab skewers...the ones with a little paddle/handle thingy...one of the most useful things for so many little jobs...

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    You're strange.

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    Quote Originally Posted by F5 Dave View Post
    You're strange.

    I've met you at a Cams meeting introduced by Greg. Pity I haven't been down for ages. You guys run great events.

    ...We do...we don't really try that hard...just do it...it's easy when wanks don't override sensibilities...know what I mean?...not that there isn't the odd wank around here...

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    Set of Bondus T handle hex wrenches

    Bahco 1/4" socket set with hex bits, screwdriver bits, etc. as sockets.

    Amazon smart speaker with Alexa. Much easier to change stations when your hands are dirty.

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