Tools

[derf]

This would be a good starter set

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_1...&blockType=G16

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_1...1&blockType=G1

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_1...2&blockType=G2

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_1...5&blockType=G5

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_1...6&blockType=G6

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_1...&blockType=G11

this list is missing a ton of easy to find general use tools, files and the like.

and for the box:

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_1...&blockType=G19

and at the same time you might want to start saving up for a second one too, they fill fast. I have 3 of those filled with tools. I started with a 300 piece craftsman set and just keep adding to it as I need more tools. The worst thing is I still cant find that damn 10 or 12 mm deep socket (I have a dozen of each, but they are all missing). And I also wind up with crazy stuff too that I use once and will never use again, like a 1 9/16" socket


Thats about $750 or $800 right there, and there is a bunch more that you could really use too. Buy some other sockets and wrenches and other stuff that you need as you go.

Stay away from cheap tools too. Craftsman, snap on, and the larger named brands are all cool, but the cheapo no name brands won't last worth a shit. I have a ton of tools from the 50's and 60's (including a few that he stole from the ford mustang plant in NJ that closed back in the 70s) that are as good as the day they were made that were given to me by my father in law when he passed