Recommendations for Tool Kit

[Novice]

As the date for the new boat gets nearer, I'm starting to put a tool kit together. I would be grateful for your recommendations on what to put in the toolbox.

Thanks in advance
Jon

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[duncan]

tough call - I can only detail mine:-
1. On boat always (carried everywhere)
hammer
small jemmy
thing to measure diameters
set of rings
set of combis
1/4 drive socket set
screwdrivers (odds but favorites)
wide blunt chisel - amazing how usefull
moles x 2 (B&S)
adjustable x 2 (B&S)
long nose pliers
normal pliers
hacksaw
multimeter
wirestripper/crimper
vaseline
coppercoat
mini file set
stanley knife
allen key set
tape measure
super glue
locktite
(overall this seems to get things done)

additional for maintenance

large socket set
impact driver
greases

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[junksailor]

Cordless drill
one of those sets of drill bits, sockets, screw driver bits
adjustable spanner
open ended 10 13 14 17 21mm spanners
hammer
hacksaw
allen keys metric
spark plug key
test lamp
rubber tube,jubilee clips, wire,
caulking frame
axe
wire cutters
stanley knife
set of scredrivers
marker pen
monkey wrench
file
12mm threaded bar and big washers and nuts
hydraulic car jack
one of those things for getting stones out of horses hooves

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[tcm]

23 screwdrivers
tape measure
another tape measure
a pack of small screwdrivers
large hammer
smaller hammer
really massive hammer
42" boltcutters
bench vice
flat file
500 assorted cable ties
300 piece socket set
32-piece toroid set
torque wrench
240 v hot knife
2x 6.5 litre Pella pump
6 x industrial paper towel
slide hammer for pulleys and impeller
spare impeller and lots of other spares
2 x sucky thing for lifting glass,panels and holding on the hull for hullwash
3 x sweeping/cleaning brushes
assorted paint brushes
2 x 240v 20 metre extension lead
large number of different shorepower plugs
wire connectors and stripping set
240 v drill and big box of drill bits, and another big box of assorted s/s screws
rip saw, tenon saw
Dremel
4 x funnels
30 metre hose pipe
20 metre large diameter hose pipe plus spare bayonet, screw, gardenia fittings
basin wrench
Open/socket spanners for sizes 24mm-36 mm
Moles grips
3 x pliers, assorted
ptfe tape
assorted fuse tape
lots of duck tape
4 x kollision kits for underwater repairs
20 x 5 litre containers of cleaning chemicals, acid etc
5 litres deminerlised water
25 litres engine oil
10 litres gearbox oil
5x tins of wd 40
spray grease
3 x 25 litre fuel containers
10 litre fuel container
assorted wetndry sandpaper
240 v glue gun and 50 glue sticks
various tubes of allegedly magic/super glue
assorted vice grips
6 x assorted chisels
nail punch
tap and die set
2 x stanley knives and spare blades
set of v small screwdrivers
2x very massive screwdrivers
copper/plastic mallet
special scraper
flat pad panscrub cleaner set for deck cleaning
5 metre extensible for cleaning radar arch etc
breathing masks
4 x boiler suits
2 x 50 metre clingfilm
3 x buckets
pack of 100 dispossal gloves
assorted rags
copper and s/s steel brush
lots of tins of spray paint
silicon spray lubricant
vaseline zip lubricant
3 x allen key sets
hacksaw and blades
junior hacksaw
240 v lamp
axe
2 x monkey wrench


anything else in the chandlers








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[Rich_F]

- Duck Tape
- Plus a knife or scissors with which to cut it

If you can't fix it with Duck Tape, it's clearly time for professional help.

Rich

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[Novice]

Bloody hell tcm, do you sail an oil production platform?

Thanks for the lists, please keep them coming.

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[BrendanS]

about the same size, but looks a lot more streamlined /forums/images/icons/laugh.gif

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[roger]

nobody else has seemed to mention woodworking tools. If you use wood on board then you will need tools. fine quality saw,preferably pull type. Wood glue small plane.
The kit depends on how you sail. If you live aboard even just for the summer you may well spend time in odd place doing modifications to the boat. If you sail at weekends you just need get you home emergency kit.
What about sail mending kit, rope splicing gear etc. etc.

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[sailorman]

U forgot hand cleaner
A/F & WHIT spanners ( older boats with original engines)
metric adjustable spanner
"self-amalgamating tape
silicone spray
roll of monel wire
sail repair tape
sailmakers needles ( assorted)
"feeler gauges ( imp + metric)
long magnitic thing
socket set imp + metric
box spanners to fit keel bolts + long tommey-bay
Nigel Calder boat maintenence book
thing to open beer when ring-pull breaks off
Bastard file
rat-tail file x 2
various copper washers

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[pvb]

Seriously...

Apart from all the other excellent suggestions, one tool I keep finding uses for is a big (about 16") pair of waterpump pliers.

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[l'escargot]

Re: Seriously...

Don't forget

12v Soldering iron & solder
Blowtorch
Hole cutters
Pop riveter & assorted rivets

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[Talbot]

Along with all the other excellent suggestions, dont forget to include a tube of sikaflex and some araldite. Araldite and duck tape are the best combination of rapid bodge gear that you could possibly wish for and will solve all sorts of problems./forums/images/icons/smile.gif

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[longjohnsilver]

You don't mention the kitchen sink, on second thorts you've already got two of those.

Only 25 litres of engine oil for those huge lumps? Even I carry more than that! Do they ever need topping up between services? And wots the clingfilm for?

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[supermalc]

Duck Tape and WD40. Use the tape for fixing things together, that have come apart, and WD40 for getting things apart that are stuck together.

It is a tough call. On a more serious note, a set of ring, open ender mm spanners, long nosed and normal plies, various sized screwdrivers, both flat, and crosshead. Adjustable spanner, mole grips, pvc tape, some electical wire, and a length of normal wire. The latter can be used for fastening and bodging most things that break, and need a temporary repair, especially if used with tape. Oh also a bundle of cable ties.

That should not take up too much space, but get you out of most of the small breakages, breakdowns that happen while away.

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[rich]

You forgot, the ((((((Credit Card))))))

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[LadyInBed]

Re: and . . .

assorted stainless nuts bolts washers & self tappers.

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[Jools_of_Top_Cat]

Some tools I have found invaluable, other than the ordinary already posted, though I don' t think I can add to TCM's comprehensive list.

B&Q sell rubber handled spanners, open both ends, metric one end imperial the other; Even though these look like Fisher Prices my first spanner kit they have a great function, each size has a different colour handle, this makes ID in the tools kit quick and simple, the rubber is ridged which makes them excellent for cold and slippy hands. Much easier to say to SWMBO pass us the red spanner for example, if she is not an engineering type. Buy two sets, so many bolts on boats require holding both ends, unlike cars which tend to use threads.

A big over size adjustable spanner, big enough for gas bottle and stern gland, also great when leverage is required.

A good quality set of posi / philips screwdrivers, you can skimp on flat blade, but cheap philips destroy the screws.

Make a canvass type bag and write string on it. Never throw away your offcuts put them in the bag, you will need a 20 in piece of cord one day and it will be there in the string bag.

A cold chisel (long)

A shackle key

Electricians screwdrivers, especially for wiring up 12v lights etc.

Wire, a small reel to do an emergency repair to get you home, assorted crimps.

Cotter pins

Torch (mag light) small enough to hold in your mouth when trying to undo bleed valve while balancing like russian gymnast over engine.

A good, serated, sawing knife! Wire cutters

Hope this helps a bit

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[pvb]

I wonder...

If you follow these recommendations, Jon, I wonder whether you might need to change your order to a SO35 to get a bit more space for the toolkit!

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[Evadne]

Re: I wonder...

Or repaint the waterline!
Like others I couldn't possibly add to TCM's list, I don't have half of them myself - I should print it out and pay a visit to B&Q. The tools I find I use most often are the spanners and the biggest screwdriver in the shop. It's basically a 3/8" by 20" bar with a flat on one end and a handle on the other. It will even undo things that aren't screwed together, if wielded correctly. The gas soldering iron has hardly ever been used, but I was glad it was there when I did need it. Oh and the hammer. Useful for everything that doesn't respond to WD40 (e.g. vhf, engine, recalcitrant crew....).
Alternatively, always moor next to TCM, and borrow his toolkit.

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[Capt_Marlinspike]

Add to all above a copy of Nigel Calder's Boatowner's Mechanical and Electrical handbook. Invaluable.

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