9 Feb
2022
9 Feb
'22
11:20 a.m.
Any tips for portable tool storage?
I just started working in field engineering for lab equipment, and I'm
trying to pick out the most functional (and coolest) tools organization.
I know one guy with a big bike-bag full of smaller loose tool bags, and one
guy with a soft toolbox. I'm thinking I'd like a tool backpack, or possibly
some tool rolls.
My tool kit isn't going to need to be super extensive: a bunch of allen
wrenches and screw drivers, some pliers and snips, a little bottle of
machine oil and a brush, etc.. But I'd like to have some room to expand. It
would also be cool to have some modularity. Again, the tool set is basic
electronics servicing stuff.
What do you guys think? Again, I want something light and practical, but
I'm definitely considering cool-factor too.
*Andrew R Gross, (he/him)*
412.657.5332 - shrad.org <http://www.shrad.org>
9 Feb
9 Feb
1 p.m.
seems like a leather roll-up would be the most adjustable. You could put
holders for the exact things you need, and expand/add later, using button snaps
for example. And of course it would look super cool.
I guess the question is whether you have access to leatherworking tools to be
able to adjust the thing, which would be the issue for me if I were to go that
route. I don't have an awl or whatever it is that one uses to sew leather, and
I am comfortable literally throwing tools in a cardboard box or even directly
into my backpack.
another option if you wanted to be able to iteratively update the holders,
would be to combine 3D printing with another form of media, like canvas
(cotton) fabric backing. For example, you could 3D print a grabber/holder for
each item individually, and then hot-glue the flat part of it onto your canvas
roll. When I say hot glue, i don't mean necessarily dispensed with a hot glue
gun, i mean using a hot air gun and a hot glue stick, so you can really soak it
into the canvas and get it to really stick onto the 3D printed part. And if
you want to take it off, you just hit the back of the canvas with hot air and
you can lift the printed part off and swap it out.
-jake
On Wed, 9 Feb 2022, Andrew R Gross via sudo-discuss wrote:
Any tips for portable tool storage?
I just started working in field engineering for lab equipment, and I'm
trying to pick out the most functional (and coolest) tools organization.
I know one guy with a big bike-bag full of smaller loose tool bags, and one
guy with a soft toolbox. I'm thinking I'd like a tool backpack, or possibly
some tool rolls.
My tool kit isn't going to need to be super extensive: a bunch of allen
wrenches and screw drivers, some pliers and snips, a little bottle of
machine oil and a brush, etc.. But I'd like to have some room to expand. It
would also be cool to have some modularity. Again, the tool set is basic
electronics servicing stuff.
What do you guys think? Again, I want something light and practical, but
I'm definitely considering cool-factor too.
*Andrew R Gross, (he/him)*
412.657.5332 - shrad.org <http://www.shrad.org>
7:40 p.m.
You can 3D print directly onto fabric also. It can be a very strong
connection.
Steve
On Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 1:01 PM Jake via sudo-discuss <
sudo-discuss(a)sudoroom.org> wrote:
seems like a leather roll-up would be the most
adjustable. You could put
holders for the exact things you need, and expand/add later, using button
snaps
for example. And of course it would look super cool.
I guess the question is whether you have access to leatherworking tools to
be
able to adjust the thing, which would be the issue for me if I were to go
that
route. I don't have an awl or whatever it is that one uses to sew
leather, and
I am comfortable literally throwing tools in a cardboard box or even
directly
into my backpack.
another option if you wanted to be able to iteratively update the holders,
would be to combine 3D printing with another form of media, like canvas
(cotton) fabric backing. For example, you could 3D print a grabber/holder
for
each item individually, and then hot-glue the flat part of it onto your
canvas
roll. When I say hot glue, i don't mean necessarily dispensed with a hot
glue
gun, i mean using a hot air gun and a hot glue stick, so you can really
soak it
into the canvas and get it to really stick onto the 3D printed part. And
if
you want to take it off, you just hit the back of the canvas with hot air
and
you can lift the printed part off and swap it out.
-jake
On Wed, 9 Feb 2022, Andrew R Gross via sudo-discuss wrote:
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-steve
Any tips for portable tool storage?
I just started working in field engineering for lab equipment, and I'm
trying to pick out the most functional (and coolest) tools organization.
I know one guy with a big bike-bag full of smaller loose tool bags, and
one
guy with a soft toolbox. I'm thinking I'd
like a tool backpack, or
possibly
some tool rolls.
My tool kit isn't going to need to be super extensive: a bunch of allen
wrenches and screw drivers, some pliers and snips, a little bottle of
machine oil and a brush, etc.. But I'd like to have some room to expand.
It
would also be cool to have some modularity.
Again, the tool set is basic
electronics servicing stuff.
What do you guys think? Again, I want something light and practical, but
I'm definitely considering cool-factor too.
*Andrew R Gross, (he/him)*
412.657.5332 - shrad.org <http://www.shrad.org>
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