20 Basic Tools for Your Bag - Starter Tool Kit -

Today I'm going to cover 20 basic tools that you should have in your tool bag. Now a while back I did a tool bag tour of this bag here and this bag is just chock-full of all kinds of tools that I've acquired over 20-30 years here and I got some requests to show a tool bag of just some simple basic tools. Now this might be a tool kit that you have around the house or the shop or your boat or maybe you're an apprentice starting a new job and you just want to show up with some tools. This is the tool kit for you right here. So I'm going to go over each of these tools one by one. I'm also going to have a list of these tools up on my website there right on with JohnPrane.com and you can go there and you can check out the whole list and get these tools if you want there. But let's dig into the bag here and start going over these. Alright we're going to start in no particular order here but tool number one coming out of the bag is a tape measure. Alright this is a Stanley tape measure. I happen to like this kind of Stanley. It's the power lock but the Fat Max tape is great and Milwaukee makes a great tape. Just whatever you feel comfortable with but a tape measure definitely is a must-have in the bag there. Alright another must-have in the bag item number two here is a hammer. Right you got to have a hammer in the bag here. This is a real old s-wing that I got there and so right definitely need a hammer in the bag. Number three right a pry bar. I put a couple of these together in one category there but these little pry bars are great especially this style right here that has this little prying action here where this is flared out and it has this nice tip on the top here for pulling nails. Real narrow. A pry bar that's a must-have. Number four the classic L.S. Starrett invents the combination square. I don't know 1850 something like that. Right this is a must-have tool in the bag. So versatile. It's been so useful for all these years since Starrett developed it. This happens to be a craftsman here. Right but a must-have tool in the bag there is the combination square. Number five all right utility knife. We all know you need one of those opening boxes there whatever you're doing cutting out vinyl letters you got the utility knife ready to roll there. A folding saw. This is a Japanese folding saw. Right this is a great tool to have in the bag there. You can pull this out you know cut some little wood shims cut you know a multitude of things with this. A Japanese folding saw you know ten bucks right. All right number seven is a hacksaw and this is just a nice lightweight little hacksaw to have in the bag there. You can pull this out cut a nail cut some metal that type of thing a little tiny hacksaw like this goes a long ways there. All right number eight I lumped together is a screwdriver set. Right and this just happens to be a craftsman set there. I really like the Klein screwdrivers. You just go out and you buy a set right and they come in a set of four right or a set of six where you get a number two Phillips head right and this is the quarter inch flathead here's a 3 16th inch flathead and here's a number one Phillips right there. Right for obvious reason you got the the set of screwdrivers there just go out and buy a bunch of these together as a kit. All right number nine on the list here is the 11 in 1. This is by Klein tools there this is a great tool to have in the bag there. Right this you can pull this out where it's got the number two Phillips and the flathead and it's got various size nut drivers and smaller flatheads and smaller Phillips there and then it also has if you pull this out again it's got some Torx head screwdrivers in here and if you pull this one out again you got some square drives in there. So this is a really versatile little tool there to have in the bag. All right number 10 on the list is a hex key set and these usually come in a pair where you get one is metric and one is standard right but these are the classic allen hex keys right and you're gonna come across these all the time little hex head screws and that type of thing. All right number 11 on the list there is some channel locks right some adjustable pliers here now these are great for gripping pipe or doing plumbing type work or gripping a piece of steel or you name it you know there are so many uses for a pair of these a definite must-have in the bag there and that's coming in there at number 11 on the list. All right let's see number 12 is the adjustable wrench right here now this I think is great to have two of these in the bag there because you're always working on a bolt and you have one end on the nut and one on the bolt and you need two to be working that together so definitely get a set of these to go in the bag and anything beyond that you really need like a socket set or a set of wrenches you know on the side but just for a basic tool bag right a pair of these works well together. Flipping the bag around here and right off the bat a great pair of pliers it's a pair of linesman's pliers these are Klein's these are 9-inch and you know not only for electrical work are these great these are great for all kinds of tasks so definitely a pair of linesman's pliers I like these I like these especially with the crimping feature all right number 14 on the list a pair of needle nose pliers right definitely get the ones with the cutters here you're always reaching into something bending wire doing electrical work needle nose pliers high on the list all right number 15 here is a pair of diagonal cutters also known as dykes there and when you get a pair of these you want these with the tapered like the slanted edge here and that's good for prying and pulling out nails and staples and all that kind of stuff but these are just great for cutting wire snipping all kinds of things all right number 16 to keep in line there with the electrical work right a pair of wire strippers and these are a great pair right here these are less at the test of time this particular pair of Klein's right here is awesome and you can go back into my videos there and I've done videos on individual tools like this one and I go over all the features that how to use this wire stripper here all right coming in at number 17 on the list there it's just a utility chisel here and again a chisel has so many uses not just chiseling out wood or you're hanging a door or that type of thing right you can be scraping off a little bit of paint or who knows you know a chisel just comes in so useful in so many ways all right number 18 on the list it's just a small torpedo level here and this is just a great tool whether you're hanging a pitcher or you're trying to you know just check something real quick to see if it's level there all right next up on the list here number 19 is these tin snips here now these are made by Wyss and these are what's known as a universal pair of tin snips that can cut to the left or the right or straight but these are a great tool whether you're opening up a unit of plywood there and you got to cut some banding there or you're working on a dryer vent or some heating duct or something like that this is the tool that you want there okay number 20 on the list there it's just some punches now this is a 3 16th inch punch and this is great if you want to take a door down you want to pop out the hinge pin you pop this underneath you pop out the pin there and it comes in useful in so many ways and then another punch right here it's just a center punch you know say you want to punch some metal there and you want to drill a hole right you got to have the center punch a great tool to have in the bag all right here's just some obvious bonus items that you should have in the bag there is a pencil right a mechanical pencil is always good there and a Sharpie marker right and then you're also gonna want some safety gear a pair of safety glasses and a pair of hearing protection you know these are the Peltor ear muffs there and I really like these these are good quality there and then other things you might have in the bag is right we're always using a set of drills there not that you have those in the bag but you're gonna want to carry a set of drill bits in there and this is a set of DeWalt drill bits and I think you can get these for 10 15 bucks for a set like this and this goes from 1 16th of an inch up to a half inch right throw that right in the bag there and then another good thing to have is a set of screw tips like this for your impact driver there and this just has a little screw tip here that you can interchange with right here's like a number two Phillips a number one Phillips you got star drives in here you got square drives right it's good to just buy a little set just like this and then another great little item is just to have a countersink here if you're going into wood that type of thing that this will start the screw there for you and just make it easy to put screws into wood there all right right on right on I hope you guys found this video helpful and again this is just a basic starting point for a set of tools and depending on what trade you're working in or what project you're working on the tools that you're going to be using is going to change according to those projects there so this is just a great starting point there and you can add to this collection of tools there and I have this list of tools up on my website right on with John Crane dot-com and I have links there to Amazon so if you would like to purchase any of these through my website there I get a few cents for you know from each of these purchases and it just helps support the channel there but don't feel like you got to buy it through my website or Amazon or any of that you can actually go to Goodwill and they have great deals on tools there or you can find them at garage sales or that type of thing and I found amazing deals on tools at the Goodwill especially there you can get a whole box sometimes for like five bucks and it's just loaded with all kinds of stuff and you get some junk and you get some good things but again I hope you guys found this video helpful there and I hope you guys are all doing great and I'll see y'all soon alright right on