Hey bro, as a plant maintenance mechanic for a big refinery, I respect it when you say you do mechanical kind of shit too. I know the culture and I know the politics of the laziness and unwillingness to work or solve problems that is inherent to the trades. I can appreciate a mindset like yours brother. Keep up the positive attitude.
Awesome choices man Glad you’re back to making vids Mike I always find people are amazed at the things I’ve got for different weird moments as an electrician but it saves a headache plus tools will always come in handy when you least expect they will
Also tie it to a tennis ball to throw across a drop ceiling when running cables. Makes long runs a ton faster. Push come to shove it works great at cutting pvc pipe if it's in a weird spot where you can't fit a saw or the idiot apprentice lost your saw.
Well, this did remind me I’ve been meaning to get a label maker. Not only for what you mentioned, but when I replace relays that are labeled, now I can put on a fresh label instead of having one that has an 1/8” tab that won’t stick.
Bringin back memories of the steel plant for me, no knockout punches though or emt bender? But yup, all tools that help but somehow showing a prybar without a black fingernail just seems incomplete lol. Hope you had good weekend bud
Yea Mike, I am a remodeler in Maryland for 37 years and have the same dead blow hammers in both sizes and the Harbor Freights are the best bang for your buck. All the best brother!! And yes I do like that tap and die set!!
What I've noticed in this trade is that electricians love their own handwriting. My journeyman has a P-Touch on the van and I remind him that it's there but it's always, "We're not building a liquor store here" or "looks good from my house"
Okay, I am an Electrician too and out of the 5 tools that you said other electricians don't carry, I can honestly say that I have 4 of them in my work van (albeit, I have different brands and different reasons for having them though....I have the NAPA-Carlyle dead blow hammer, but I have mine wrapped in cloth and use it for gently knocking stubborn stuff into place . . . I have the IRWIN Tap & Die set, but use mine for taping holes to mount stuff to (I have only ever used the taps, I don't think I've ever-never used any of the dies), . . .. . I have a Husky putty knife (like yours), but I use mine for installing firestop putty. ....And I have a IRWIN chalk line for the same reason that you do (can't remember the last time I used it though) .......................But You really got me on the torch, I don't have one of those.
I'm not an electrician, but I have ever single one of these tools... The stand out in this collection that EVERYONE should get, as I've been using mine to death, is a label maker. I have one that's about 1/3 that size and it's absolutely great. Think it was like $25... Now I have labels on all sorts of totes and boxes and things that would otherwise contain things that are simply "lost". Label maker is a must!
Label maker and a prybar are life savers for industrial work...but one more id say to add a spud crescent wrench is a life saver trying to line shit back up
We do use a chalk box pretty often. Sometimes we pop a line for holes in studs, to hang rows of light fixtures, stuff like that. The laser is better for the same function, depends on the situation.
Cool video mike you should have a large pair of oil filter wrench they are good when ur fighting with the conduit i used them when i was doing plumbing
Bit late with this comment, but in addition to the pry bar shown, a round aligning bar/spike/spike comes in very handy for aligning equipment so bolt holes match...
I go for a bare box cutter blade (which you can get handles for) when I'm dealing with stickers and sticky stuff. Cuts right through it so you can get some solvent on it and be perfectly clean.
HVAC guys have all that shit too. I lost track of how many screwdrivers I seen get snapped off from 400 pound bubbas using them as prybars. So I always have a couple of prybars that size for move condensers, air handlers and package units in place. Also comes in handy for day laborers that get mouthy.
Old timers use chalk lines all the time here, in commercial or just about any time you need to drill a lot of holes in a straight line. Most have gone over to lasers though
My 2 tips,buy some dollar store hair spray to spray on chalk line to make it last longer,great on floors that are walked on.The other is use a glue stick under you p touch labels for good stick,I hate it when you walk by your work a day or 2 later and the label is curled up on the ground
However tap and dies are and have been a standard carry for top electricians for 30 years or more know that having this can make or break a day not just for you but the entire crew.
Chisel and oscillating multi tool. I know seems odd but drywall and tile people are forever cutting out every part of the box except exactly where the screw holes are
Bent a 32mm conduit at 90 degrees with the torch and i haven't been able to replicate it since. Convinced it was a one of a kind fluke piece of conduit
Lol my ts4000 f'ed up on me too. Knocked it over and now no more click, gotta use a lighter. Chalk line for lining up can lights. Make it true from one end to the other.
For any tool collectors out there; check out a website called trusty cook for all different size made in the USA dead blows and some sledge hammer sizes too!
I thought I was the only one that used other than electrical tools lol only things I don’t have is the dead blow, full set of tap and die I only have what I need 😅 and I use WD-40 not goof off, gets mostly everything off without making a really nasty mess
Hi, this is way off subject, but hey one never knows until asked. I'm a mom who owns a 21 yr old working up to be a lineman. (Short story ... he attended SLTC at age 18, been working since then) If you can help or send me in a different direction that would be great. What type of packing gear that would work for the little puppy for being on the road nonstop for a day's/weeks on end that a parent can get him for Christmas? Packing cubes is on the list, but I need something. Thank you
I love these videos. I plan on being an electrician after i get out of the Air Force. Still in highschool right now but I'm joining the Air Force. After that I want to get an apprenticeship
The Husky scraper is OK if you're careful and don't scratch the finished surface. Make life prettier and easier by getting some plastic razor blades. Almost everyone laughs when they see mine until they use one.
I think we are very similar electricians. I do strictly commercial work and I also make everything do what I want it too, via a hammer of some sort. I also know the toughness of wire (I see some older guys lose their shit when the 'superslick' layer splits on some 350's or such. They go rooting for splicing tape to 'fix it'. I never understood those that trap themselves in a box and every tool they own must be stamped Klein. Silly shit. And that's why 30yo me makes the same $ that 50yo Mark makes.
What are you talking about the thermoplastic? You should be paying better attention than talking shit cause at 30 you think you know and at 45 plus you do know. Outer jackets matter only because dumb shits don't seem to care about installing feeders correctly.
@@josephlabranch6595 lol you clearly don't know what you're talking about. You must be a mark as well. Same guy that troubleshoots by starting at the end of a ckt and working backwards. Same guy sooo confused on why he has continuity on this ckt that has a water fountain plugged into it. Get outta here, you think I haven't ran larger wires? I feel confident I would work circles around you too, more clean, more correct, and more PROFESSIONAL.
@@josephlabranch6595 its surprising you don't know what superslick is. Unless you're just trying to seem smart by saying 'hmmm, don't you mean to say thermoplastic you peasant?' put your fuckin pinkie down while sipping your appletini and talking wreckless to me.
Brother printer is a necessity! Do you know how fast I would be thrown off the job site (or last time I would see that end-user) if I wrote on a A/V or Data rack in sharpie? You should probably add compass or compass app. I love walking in on a service call and go to the circuit breaker box and the room I’m working on is labeled the green room and it hasn’t been green since the 80s or nursery and all the kids are in college...🤦🏼♂️
"everybody like a p-touch, am I right"? 🤣🤣bwahahahahahahahaha🤣🤣 Man, you know it! 😂😂😂 Beat it into submission, Bend it into submission, Burn it into submission... Man, you're on fire! 🔥 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
I never thought of warrantying my deadblow hammer. It was getting chewed up so I used some spray glue and put leather on the face of it. Leather face! Happy Halloween!
Licensed master plumber, January will be 15 years. I never thought of using a dead blow hammer. I will be getting one this weekend. Thank you
Seems like an even better idea for plumbing rather than electrical work. Now that it’s two years later, do you still use the hammer?
Hey bro, as a plant maintenance mechanic for a big refinery, I respect it when you say you do mechanical kind of shit too. I know the culture and I know the politics of the laziness and unwillingness to work or solve problems that is inherent to the trades. I can appreciate a mindset like yours brother. Keep up the positive attitude.
I’m an electrician who worked as a multi skilled engineer for 12 months, mechanics are much harder than electrics imo.
Kinda ironic how the Husky scraper that you use to remove those annoying paper stickers with has exactly the same annoying paper sticker on it. :D
Robert need diamond to cut diamond
Was about to make this comment 😂
You gotta do a van tour at some point
Thinking outside of the box is what has kept me going for 30 years in my career. Keep it up!
Awesome
Awesome choices man Glad you’re back to making vids Mike I always find people are amazed at the things I’ve got for different weird moments as an electrician but it saves a headache plus tools will always come in handy when you least expect they will
You forgot your 5 gallon bucket to stand on...
I use mason lines quite a bit for lining up can lights, better than a laser in my opinion.
Also tie it to a tennis ball to throw across a drop ceiling when running cables. Makes long runs a ton faster. Push come to shove it works great at cutting pvc pipe if it's in a weird spot where you can't fit a saw or the idiot apprentice lost your saw.
@@user-neo71665 great idea, gonna have to remember that. Just used some the other day to cut pvc, better than scrap tie wire laying around.
finaly back after 1 year love to see the content keep it up
Well, this did remind me I’ve been meaning to get a label maker. Not only for what you mentioned, but when I replace relays that are labeled, now I can put on a fresh label instead of having one that has an 1/8” tab that won’t stick.
Bringin back memories of the steel plant for me, no knockout punches though or emt bender? But yup, all tools that help but somehow showing a prybar without a black fingernail just seems incomplete lol. Hope you had good weekend bud
Been doing electrical for ever but never thought about dead blows for forming terminations.
I like the torch for when you got to lay down In a dark spot blast it and kills all spiders and clears webs.
Don't forget the Torch is great when you need to bend a new end on fish tape. Or put fish tape leader on.
?? Union?
I have all kinds of little shit tucked away. One fateful day it comes in handy, and someone looks at me like I'm a genius.
We have a labeler that prints on a sleeve that goes on wire. Its awesome.
Are you union?
@@adamgrove9198 no we were not I have since changed companies
That gearwrench ratcheting tap and die set is a great set been using mine for months
Why did you replace the snap on pry bar set with the Matco one
I have bent up to 3" pvc conduit with that same torch with no burn marks love using the torch in practical applications
I've wanted to get that tap and die for awhile now. And that doesn't look like the prybar you just got lol great video man!
Yea Mike, I am a remodeler in Maryland for 37 years and have the same dead blow hammers in both sizes and the Harbor Freights are the best bang for your buck. All the best brother!! And yes I do like that tap and die set!!
What I've noticed in this trade is that electricians love their own handwriting.
My journeyman has a P-Touch on the van and I remind him that it's there but it's always, "We're not building a liquor store here" or "looks good from my house"
no cable stretcher??
I have variations of all these, for similar reasons. And you are right, be careful of who you lend your taps to, or they come back in pieces.
Pieces or fragments? Lol and understand.
Okay, I am an Electrician too and out of the 5 tools that you said other electricians don't carry, I can honestly say that I have 4 of them in my work van (albeit, I have different brands and different reasons for having them though....I have the NAPA-Carlyle dead blow hammer, but I have mine wrapped in cloth and use it for gently knocking stubborn stuff into place . . . I have the IRWIN Tap & Die set, but use mine for taping holes to mount stuff to (I have only ever used the taps, I don't think I've ever-never used any of the dies), . . .. . I have a Husky putty knife (like yours), but I use mine for installing firestop putty. ....And I have a IRWIN chalk line for the same reason that you do (can't remember the last time I used it though) .......................But You really got me on the torch, I don't have one of those.
A couple of other tools that noone has, but always borrow, are my cold chisel and half round file
God dahm. I'm a second year apprentice and my mentor keeps borrowing both of these off of me. Shouldn't it be the other way around??
I was going to say who doesn’t have a chisel and a AT LEAST A HALF ROUND FILE? Half round and triangle files are a must!
I'm not an electrician, but I have ever single one of these tools... The stand out in this collection that EVERYONE should get, as I've been using mine to death, is a label maker. I have one that's about 1/3 that size and it's absolutely great. Think it was like $25... Now I have labels on all sorts of totes and boxes and things that would otherwise contain things that are simply "lost".
Label maker is a must!
Label maker and a prybar are life savers for industrial work...but one more id say to add a spud crescent wrench is a life saver trying to line shit back up
We do use a chalk box pretty often. Sometimes we pop a line for holes in studs, to hang rows of light fixtures, stuff like that. The laser is better for the same function, depends on the situation.
You need to do a longer list all these are handy. Good video
Cool video mike you should have a large pair of oil filter wrench they are good when ur fighting with the conduit i used them when i was doing plumbing
I like this thought but I always use those rubber strap wrenches or sometimes my belt. You can really get ahold of 4" that way
Heat shrink! The torch is great for heat shrink! Please van tour soon!
Torch comes in handy for putting a hook back on the fish tape after breaking too
I use a linesman hammer all the time, seems like everyone want's too use it....
Wants to Lol
I got the pry bar, chaulk line, and scrapper. I even have a mechanic flexible pick up tool. Comes in handy grabbing a fish tape in the wall
Great video Mike
Bit late with this comment, but in addition to the pry bar shown, a round aligning bar/spike/spike comes in very handy for aligning equipment so bolt holes match...
Nice to see you back!
Every electrician should own a chalk line a plumb bob and a laser or two.
I go for a bare box cutter blade (which you can get handles for) when I'm dealing with stickers and sticky stuff. Cuts right through it so you can get some solvent on it and be perfectly clean.
As a low voltage, thank you for labeling.
HVAC guys have all that shit too.
I lost track of how many screwdrivers I seen get snapped off from 400 pound bubbas using them as prybars. So I always have a couple of prybars that size for move condensers, air handlers and package units in place.
Also comes in handy for day laborers that get mouthy.
Great small pvc conduit heater.
34 yrs as an electrician always kept tap and die set
Really should do a van tour
Those brother labels are the best! I have then on things that get wet or hot and the labels don't care at all.
The brother label machine is a good tool
I used this 0:27 hammer today on 50mm cable and 25mm, to bend and shape them.
Dead blows are great for wiremold. Beats using your palm.
I use a non mar mallet, but it can take some notable force to get the cover back on power poles.
Omg I just realized you have returned!
Hes been back couple weeks now finally lol
Old timers use chalk lines all the time here, in commercial or just about any time you need to drill a lot of holes in a straight line. Most have gone over to lasers though
The prybar is very useful when installing motor
All that stuff,is very useful,i have those exact same things
Try some compressed air around the trigger on your torch
BROOO WHAT HAPPEN TO THE MONSTER TOOL CART 🤣🤣
Love your Videos!!!!!
Mike you are the tool master. Soon you will need to rent a storage unit to keep all your tools in. And that's just the milwaukee stuff!
Back in the bucket!
I been eyeing that gearwrench tap and die set. It’s handy for all trades.
My 2 tips,buy some dollar store hair spray to spray on chalk line to make it last longer,great on floors that are walked on.The other is use a glue stick under you p touch labels for good stick,I hate it when you walk by your work a day or 2 later and the label is curled up on the ground
However tap and dies are and have been a standard carry for top electricians for 30 years or more know that having this can make or break a day not just for you but the entire crew.
Chisel and oscillating multi tool. I know seems odd but drywall and tile people are forever cutting out every part of the box except exactly where the screw holes are
Naw tile guys are right on, not!
Bent a 32mm conduit at 90 degrees with the torch and i haven't been able to replicate it since. Convinced it was a one of a kind fluke piece of conduit
Lol my ts4000 f'ed up on me too. Knocked it over and now no more click, gotta use a lighter. Chalk line for lining up can lights. Make it true from one end to the other.
"Beating the hell out of pipe". Hell yeah, brotha.
For any tool collectors out there; check out a website called trusty cook for all different size made in the USA dead blows and some sledge hammer sizes too!
Best labeller company hands down, go and buy some of the brands out there and then just go and figure it out.
Na. Brady is the best labeller company out there.
There's a thing called a scotty peeler. Peels off stickers. Look up on Amazon. And Goo Gone will remove any adhesive
I thought I was the only one that used other than electrical tools lol only things I don’t have is the dead blow, full set of tap and die I only have what I need 😅 and I use WD-40 not goof off, gets mostly everything off without making a really nasty mess
Hi, this is way off subject, but hey one never knows until asked. I'm a mom who owns a 21 yr old working up to be a lineman. (Short story ... he attended SLTC at age 18, been working since then) If you can help or send me in a different direction that would be great. What type of packing gear that would work for the little puppy for being on the road nonstop for a day's/weeks on end that a parent can get him for Christmas? Packing cubes is on the list, but I need something. Thank you
I just use a milwauke inkzall and romex for most lables
I love these videos. I plan on being an electrician after i get out of the Air Force. Still in highschool right now but I'm joining the Air Force. After that I want to get an apprenticeship
Can we talk more about electrical you have a lot of knowledge to share
What if the torch is locked inside the trailer?
Keep a spare in the truck :-)
The Husky scraper is OK if you're careful and don't scratch the finished surface. Make life prettier and easier by getting some plastic razor blades. Almost everyone laughs when they see mine until they use one.
I think we are very similar electricians. I do strictly commercial work and I also make everything do what I want it too, via a hammer of some sort. I also know the toughness of wire (I see some older guys lose their shit when the 'superslick' layer splits on some 350's or such. They go rooting for splicing tape to 'fix it'. I never understood those that trap themselves in a box and every tool they own must be stamped Klein. Silly shit. And that's why 30yo me makes the same $ that 50yo Mark makes.
What are you talking about the thermoplastic? You should be paying better attention than talking shit cause at 30 you think you know and at 45 plus you do know. Outer jackets matter only because dumb shits don't seem to care about installing feeders correctly.
Oh and 350 mcm is a small conductor, grow up and become a man.
@@josephlabranch6595 lol you clearly don't know what you're talking about. You must be a mark as well. Same guy that troubleshoots by starting at the end of a ckt and working backwards. Same guy sooo confused on why he has continuity on this ckt that has a water fountain plugged into it. Get outta here, you think I haven't ran larger wires? I feel confident I would work circles around you too, more clean, more correct, and more PROFESSIONAL.
@@josephlabranch6595 you must come from a temp agency. Im guessing you're 30 years old but you have 40 years of experience?
@@josephlabranch6595 its surprising you don't know what superslick is. Unless you're just trying to seem smart by saying 'hmmm, don't you mean to say thermoplastic you peasant?' put your fuckin pinkie down while sipping your appletini and talking wreckless to me.
Brother printer is a necessity! Do you know how fast I would be thrown off the job site (or last time I would see that end-user) if I wrote on a A/V or Data rack in sharpie?
You should probably add compass or compass app. I love walking in on a service call and go to the circuit breaker box and the room I’m working on is labeled the green room and it hasn’t been green since the 80s or nursery and all the kids are in college...🤦🏼♂️
Thread PITCH gauge. A true thread gauge would be a go-nogo gauge. Dead blow should be in every toolbox for every job.
Yesss!!! Labels and legibility lol
Laser level goes with chalk line
I had a few dead blow hammer in my day and no am not a auto mechanic there is lots of use other tools besides what there main use is for
I have the orange dead blow hammer and absolutely use the shit out of it
Removing base and case
"everybody like a p-touch, am I right"?
🤣🤣bwahahahahahahahaha🤣🤣
Man, you know it! 😂😂😂
Beat it into submission,
Bend it into submission,
Burn it into submission...
Man, you're on fire! 🔥
😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
These aren’t that weird, we have every one of these tools already in our work van
200g hammer with sturdy handle to get out devices that are corroded stuck into the box. _
Weird.......big fan of the vids. Spell check dun you wrong my friend.
Obviously we need Van v.s. Truck with ladder rack now : / you did it to yourself dude lol
I am an electrician and have all these except only ever use metric taps and dies
The p touch is a NEED
Nothing weird here, carry versions of all this myself and a hell of a lot more.
I just ate a busted hymen calzone
🤣🤣🤣👍👍👍
Ohhh the ole p touch
I never thought of warrantying my deadblow hammer. It was getting chewed up so I used some spray glue and put leather on the face of it. Leather face! Happy Halloween!
Oh yeah that P-touch lol
I say ten-thirty-second cause I’m not a serial killer.
Better are flat bars.
I wire/build automation machines, p touching is half the job lol
Like if you're here because you're dyslexic and thought it said electric
Mike are you union?
He ain't, he carries why to many tools not on the tool list.
ThighWalker 90 one of the best descriptions of a union vs non union hand I have ever heard!
You spelled "weird" wrong in the title.