Hi everyone nothing serious as the title might make you think . It's not the first time I'm having difficulty to organise a toolbox for a particular job. You know , you will always end up to forget something and bring something you will not need . So here we are Next week (probably on Saturday ) I'll have to weld repair a truck bed . Nothing too complicated by itself , just weld a crack onto a column receiver (7018 vertical up on 5mm tick steel ), and make new brackets for the right fender . Cut off 600mm good of linear welds which hold the sides lock columns . Modify the new ones and bolt them down . Shorten the alluminium sides and rivet them again . I'm not entirely sure to have everything I need in my toolbox . -Engine driven welder (instead of inverter to avoid 200+ meters of extension cord) -Portable breakers and sockets panel with 8 meters long cable (please tell me how it's named this thing I'll leave pictures ) -welding rods E6010 E6013 E7018 in quantity -welding rods -electrode holder and groun clamp leads (8+8 meters ) -center punch,chiesels and drifts -1kg hammer -2 grinders (metabo W12-125Quick + Hitachi G12SE2) -1 grinding wheel -6 cutting wheels -1 conical wire wheel -1 wire brush -a wedge tool to straighten metal sheets -welding gloves -welding helmet -rivet gun -permanent marker -metal scribe -magnetic level -speed square -vernier caliper -cordless drill (which I have to remember to put on charge) -drill bits -angle grinder spanner -1 CEE socket adapter I'm pretty confident to have forgotten something . And my toolbox weight almost 30kgs right now I'm bringing with me something like 150kg of tools for maybe 1 meter of total weld length How do you prepare your improvised welding rig? I mean if you have to move tools from your workshop for a repair what you bring with you. Just remembered to put my tape measure in the toolbox . I don't repair stuff around anymore , and it's probably the first real job for me with my engine driven in almost 3 years I've bought it (and yes I've already filled the fuel tank) Ps the thing in the picture , how it's called?
Distribution Box? Probably a few names for it but that's what I'd call it. Thats a good amount of tools! Did you pass your driving test yet? I haven't caught up on that bit of news..
I hate when my vans in the garage and I have to load up the car for work. There's always something that's forgotten
Thanks and yes I've passed it on August 24th Still need to find a car . There's nothing suitable for my needs ,I can find only too much expensive ones or too many HP ones
I just hate to move my tools from home because if I need something I have just to go upstairs and seek But when I'm in field if I forget something ,90% of the times means to come back home and go there again I usually do my repairs in my neighbor's house because he has a lot of space and being him an old retired Diver ,he loves to watch other people work on metal I've also "arc air" in my alley
My workshops on wheels. Carry stuff that's rarely used but gets you out of a hole on that odd occasion.
Glad you passed. What about a truck or are they more money than a car there? I have a truck with tons of tools on it but you can guarantee whatever I need is always back at the workshop. Theres a limit what you can carry and what's silly though! I am constantly changing what I have in mine. Hoping to build bigger toolboxes on the truck soon to sort the problem out
I've considered that but I can't ,I need a car because of parking ,girls, traffic and also because pickups are too powerful and expensive. I can drive a daily 35-10 because it respects power weight ratio . 3.5 ton total weight , less than 70 HP/ton , and less than 90HP But it won't work for me ,too small roads around home ,no parking , and it's surely not ideal for girls
I used to rattle around on the back roads of Jersey (British island) in an xlwb surprising where you can get them once your used to them. Confidence thing I suppose In an iveco ATM. Parking in supermarkets ect is a pain in the **** though as all the bays are tiny
If you cant fix it with a hammer and a gas torch, you've got an electrical fault.... Van + Mattress = Job Done
When I was young, everyone had or wanted a Minivan & a mattress, I didn’t have one so got a wife instead!
Not sure if I missed it but the obvious is a hammer after that for a job like that I’d have Vice grips G clamps Extras of grinder discs And a sledge my van is kitted out all the time as I do mobile welding and maintenance
Sledge I don't need to bring mine there because there is one always on the truck Vice grips ,I will put them tomorrow G clamps I don't have any but I have F clamps That's a good idea . I need some also because my mag drill
That's what I would seek for ... Not a wife because wedding is the first cause of divorce but a person intended to stay with me despite all my defects
Sorry @Memmeddu , difficult enough for me....... Yeah, I live and work in a second language too. Your English is pretty damn good. It's constructive criticism. Regards, Mat Distribution board / box.
