STOP DOING THIS! How To Wear A Tool Belt The RIGHT WAY!
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- STOP DOING THIS! How To Wear A Tool Belt The RIGHT WAY!
We show you how to wear a tool belt the right way and what you should stop doing that will slow down your work! Let us know how you like to wear your tool belt in the comments section below and what brand you use! Stop doing this, wearing your tool belt the wrong way!
The "tool belt" that you're wearing is, in fact, a Carpenter's apron, which is different from a framers rig. A Framer's rig is meant to have the pouches hang at the sides so that the framer can slip easier between the studs and rafters/trusses.
I am a 45+ year carpenter and I have worn my Carpenter's apron the proper way which is in front. Which is why Tim and Al wore their Carpenter's apron the proper way...in the front. Sorry to say, you were taught incorrectly as a child!
I'm pretty new to all this tool-belt stuff, but as much I did my research... well mostly looking through various products - I've noticed the word "apron" on such belts, then It made sense to me why those ware worn in front. Weird, that a professional didn't came a cross that. Maybe he just bought one an never looked for more?
@@RyszardRudy you're playing fast and loose with the word 'professional'. This cupcake has never even visited a job site. He's just some douche who reads The Family Handyman magazine and makes videos about the articles so he can be a TH-camr instead of having a real job
Completely agree, also a professional Carpenter, 39 years
By the way, I am agreeing with the dimensional carpentry comment
seeing as I use my tape measure the most, I like having it front and center with my pencils on the right hip side
Buckle to the front and pouches on the sides. 🤷♂
same
Yup, that's the way I do it!
2nd this, nothing worse than your apron slapping you in the ass every time you take a step
This is the ONLY Way!
@@shaweehillsworkshop4226 yep
Professional Carpenter, I have always had two pouches on either side and hammer holder in the back. I don’t buy those cheap all in one rigs. I always buy a belt and pouches separate.
yess. i am looking for a modular clip design which you can just pickup any pouch and attach to the belt anywhere and the pouches can also be clipped onto a tool wall for storage. you can just load up whichever pouch you need at the moment and not have to be stuck with tons of extra weight
Pouches on the left (large) and right (small), hammer hook on the right and a second large one in the middle
Amen brother!
I do the same. I try to balance the weight on either side as well.
I hate hammers hanging in the back, slapping between your cheeks and harder to get to.
As an electrician, I have a drill holster and an electricians pouch. I keep them at my sides. Holster on the right because I'm right handed, and hand tools to the left. I'm a minimalist when it comes to my belt set up. Anything heavier then I use a bigger setup but with shoulder straps.
I have multiple sets of bags. I wear them differently depending on what job I'm doing. For framing, they are on my sides me so I can easily pass through between wall studs. My siding and trim bags ride on my back. It makes it easier to safely negotiate ladders and scaffolding. However, if im doing interior trim, I like an apron style set of bags in the front. It makes it far less likely that my tools will accidentally gouge the walls or damage the trim.
What brand of gear do you run?
@@VCGConstruction I have an old set of Craftsman bags for framing. I also have a few sets of CLC bags. They're not the most expensive, but I spend more money on the tools that actually do the work, and opt for a more affordable option in my bags. As long as they keep my tools where they're supposed to be, that's all that matters.
Pouches to the side and hammer in the back.
Eddie Smallhorn the only way
I was like that but brought a hammer sling from diamond back earlier this year so hammer tucked under right bag. Happy days
Adam Lynch I will have to check that sling out.
Eddie Smallhorn I do restoration work so hammer out back kept getting hung up. Well worth it
I were carpenter pants and keep the hammer in my pants' hammer loop
I'm an electrician. I work out of a bag a lot. When I wear tool bags, I wear them on the sides and slightly to the back with the hammer loop in the back on the right hand side.
Hi John just curious, what area are you from? I know a good guy named John Patton!
look at TOUGHBUILT system.
I honestly thought you only reviewed tools and stuff.. I didnt think you actually worked construction haha those bags look brand new
Not a carpenter. But my wife loves Carpenter’s. So I wear my belt mostly in the bedroom. It is extremely important to wear it in the back!!!! Wearing it in the front could send the wrong message. 😳
You need proper tool isolation
The hammer drill is needed in this instance. Sling the tool belt over the shoulder with confidence when the job is completed.
I wear my belt on my sides because my belt is a CLS adjustable pocket belt with straps!!! Would love a review 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
The way that my helpers wear them is they set them on the floor then go do there project. Drives me nuts
ATOM one of my foreman’s does this and I’m a lead hand and I want to kick him off site myself. Why did we go over hours?? Because Ray didn’t wear his tool belt lol.
We do custom kitchens and bathrooms
When you get to a certain point in the project you never wear a tool pouch
The reason being I don't want my cabinets that are freshly painted or polyurethane beat all to hell
My guys are good but they are a little rough at times
Gary Chambers that’s understandable though
Lol, I've seen people do that to, got a tool belt just loaded with tools and set it down and work outta the bag lying on the floor, absolutely counter productive and ridiculous.
@@garychambers5930 personally I put by tool belt down and put a tool apron on at this point.
We were thought to wear pouches on the sides. Not back or front, but I’ll tell you that it really depends on the industry you are in. When you do all of aluminum trim, it helped us to use pouches as resting points. You can rest one end of the trim or fascia on something in the distance when you are up on the ladder and the other end on your pouch and make all the cuts you needed to do to it. Whenever the pouches would end up on the front after a while, they would really be hazard, because you can try to lean on the ladder or wall and you end up pushing yourself off balance or even scratch some trim. So sides always worked for us the best.
I guess the only reason why they wore theirs in the front, besides being a showy prop on TV, is because they did more sitting and talking than anything else.
I’m a helper in metal stud framing /drywall construction . I use my pouches on my sides and not on my back or front.
Essential Craftsman has a good video on the subject
Me too, i install blinds, and plus , i use a bosch on waist also, you end having alll the tools on one hand, is the way i do now
As a garage door guy I completely agree with cause imagine having the pouches in front then leaning forward on a ladder it just doesn’t work
Right, yes! Or even worse, your belt and pouches get snagged on the ladder causing you to fall. That would be awful. I agree with stuff towards the back just based on this ladder example alone.
FACTS
My grandfather taught me many, many moons ago that you wear a tool belt just like a regular belt, with the buckle in front and pouches in the back. You are 100% spot on.
Everyone has their own setup that they’re comfortable with,I personally have 4 different belts pre set up for various tasks and one dedicated to electrical. Nothing aggravates me more than watching people fumble around trying to get set up for the day. Granted not everything is foreseeable but if you’ve been at it for long enough you can come close lol. Love your vids man keep em coming
😄😄You guys are awesome...I wore my tool belt that way for years as a handyman, knowing it was wrong. Recently I switched to the proper setup and I have to say, feels much better. Much easier to move around. And, your tape doesn't hit your junk all the time!
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thank you!! My husband keeps telling me I’m wearing my carpenter belt wrong. I wear it in the back, just like my dad did, he was a carpenter his entire life! Tried it like hubby insisted and everything either falls out or jabs me.
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It totally depends on what type of work you're doing, and/or whatever you're comfortable with. Each and every contractor I've ever met is completely different based on personal preferences!
im a service plumber for almost 20 years now and there is 1 thing i can honestly say is that if you have 10 different plumbers go to the same job you will get 10 different ways to fix the issue and they will all be right. same goes for tool storage, tool holding and pouch placement. to each their own.
I’ve always had my tool belt to the front. I’m a skinny guy and finding tool belts to even fit me is a challenge. Most small tool belts I could find that fit me had the clip style buckle so if I put it in front like you do every time I bent over my belly would unlatch the clip and my belt would fall off. The older I get the harder it is for me to wear a bigger tool belt so I use cloth nail bags now and they are better worn at front. But to me I think there is no right or wrong way as long as your comfortable and productive in getting work done.
We had a discussion about this a while ago. We ended up having some beers and forgot about the belts. But I think what ever suits you better right?
The right way is 100% not the back. Try putting a 1000 screws into a ceiling with the pouches behind you. Tools to the sides fixings to the front every time.
buckle goes in the front, pouches go wherever you want them, but the way he was wearing it in the beginning of the video is 100 percent wrong. Fixed pouches, go in the back. Period. Laughed off the jobsite wearing it like tool time son.
Functionality preference is trade specific,....the safety variable is overlooked. a guy tied off on the 6th floor wearing the hammer ring right above tailbone...if the harness works and saves his life he just has to worry about being disabled when his back slams into the wall... just food for thought.
agree with nick 100% in Britain we mostly wear the pouches to the front, I have tried at the back it feels weird, spend more time trying to feel for what u want than just looking down
@@paulshevlin290 yeah but I mean c'mon man you in Britain don't even worry about it.
AUTONOMOUS fixed pouches go in the front. That is a tool apron you don’t wear it in the back. Ask any carpenter who actually wears one and they’ll tell you it goes in the front
Depends on what I'm doing. I 100% prefer front when i'm constantly switching between the small hand tools and the work requires standing.
If I am laying things onto the ground, rotate it to the back or side.
30 years ago I did a lot of framing and roofing. Pneumatic guns where kind of a newer thing, so I wear mine to the side to keep my stick nails and basic tools at my side, and my coil nails and two way radio in the back. Now I do more repair work and remodeling, so I do not wear a belt much anymore, unless I am up a latter, or on a pick. I still wear it to the left side.
Thanks for the video Vince !!!
Thanks Stephen we appreciate it!!
Framed houses for the last 8 years, always wear mine to the front/sides, I use floating pockets so I can slide them wherever is comfortable, suspenders only in winter in Alberta, Canada when I'm wearing extra layers. Never had an issue with climbing ladders or in trusses, in my opinion having the least amount of weight in the belt is best, I keep it very minimal and use a coil nailer so I don't have extra nails on me. Weight in the front give you better balance and less likely to fall off a wall or something.
I like my bags like I like my chicks. On the side. 😂
Oh boy!!
Old fashioned apron style tool belts were worn in front. Modern type of belt and changeable pouches defiantly around the back. I have two main bags at side over my hips
Adam Lynch but do you have to be defiant about it? Couldn’t you be compliant about it?
Christopher Crawford auto correct definitely it should say
Adam Lynch 😆
I build fences and prefer mine in the front because I use my small pouch for extra screws or nails so I’m not having to stop what I’m doing and bend over every 10 seconds to grab spare screws or nails. I think this depends what line of work you’re doing because I even know guys that wear them on their sides. Moral of the story: wear it however is comfortable for you and whichever way allows you to be more functional. Functionality over looks every day of the week 🤙🏽
I've worn my belt for 16 years. And for 16 years I was wearing it wrong. I must say that I am guilty of being stabbed in the gut countless times by certain tools that stick out. I promise I'll try to do it the right way. Haha
🤣🤣 whatever works for ya cuz!!
I'm new and still adjusting. But usually I wear a pocket at 9-10 o'clock and a pouch at 4-5. Hammer at 6.
buckle front. poches side. hammerhook back right. bare belt back left for hanging impacts/drills/pin nailer
I'm an Electronic Security Technician and install cameras, alarm systems, etc and I've always used the toolbelt with the pouches behind me. I could already see the screwdrivers, channel locks, pliers etc etc would pinch/stab my stomach when bending over so it just made more sense to have the pouches behind
This actually depends on the trade. You have framer bags, dryway bags, finishing carpenter bags. The way you wear them is really gonna depend on your trade. Me for example im a 3rd gen custom hardwood flooring and fine carpenter. I have 4 different bags set up for what job it is. My finishing bags sit up front. And my framing bags set to the side. This is just how I personally grew up and still continue to practice.
I’ve always worn a single pouch on the right hip which also holsters my hammer. If I know I need snips I holster them on the left hip. Majority of the time that I wear one I just need a handful of small tools and screws or nails. I don’t holster my drill/driver or anything else bulky as I have a bad back. Since I’m a heavy DIYer I don’t worry as much about having everything on me unlike my real job as an auto tech. I keep everything I use on a job within 2-3 feet of me so at the most I just need to turn around and switch sockets or whatever with the stuff laid out behind me.
I am a DYO person. With zero expierence, I recently bought a house, so I started doing chores and some projects around the house, I was getting frustrated carrying tools in my tools box all the time and in my pants and hoodie pockets, so I bought a tool belt, but, I did not know how to wear it so I was wearing it the other way around, but It was awkward with some tools poking my stomach, couple days ago I saw Leo and his cousin wearing their belts with the pouches in the back (from That 70's show, lol) So I decided to google it and here I am. It does make sense. Thank you.
And please no need for insulting, calling names, etc..There is a lot of things that I do not know, but, living in this time knowledge is very accesible, learning new things everyday with cellphones and all the new gadgets is just amazing.
I'm an electrician and wear it in the middle. 1 pouch is on the back, tapemeasure on the hip and 1 pouch on the front. Commonly used tools on the front (stripper, cutter, tape, etc) and the less common tools on the back (waterpumppliers, pribar, etc). The hammer is on the rightside. This way you can take a knee, without having trouble with your toolbelt.
I wear mine like a ole gun slinger! Hammer to right speed square to left with my tape
Nick Graham 💯
Just like i do
I’m left handed so it’s flipped. Knife pencil and chalk line on the hammer side too... the only thing that’s tricky sometimes is finding nailbags that are set up the way I want em
Agreed. I’m a lefty too.
Bags o the side, buckle up front, business in the back. (Hammer)
I can draw my square and pencil damn near as fast my pistol. 😁
Now that I’m old I use a padded 4.5” belt and I’m even considering padded suspenders.
Getting old sucks. 🙄
I recommend a belt with pouches that can be adjusted. I run a tough built set up with a bunch of small pouches on the sides. I also have the suspenders for it too. Doing those two things distributes weight and keeps me nimble. - Union Electrician
tough built sucks, get a handmade leather setup
@@JoshDavies111 they are nicer but so much more expensive. If I worked on smaller job sites it would be a worth while investment. But because I'm on 400+ man job sites, stuff gets stolen fairly often. Like Klein bags full of Klein tools just gone. Occidental Leather products, I'll be shocked if it's not gone in a week. Better off with medium quality stuff.
Love all the comments saying which is right and which is wrong. what ever gets you through the day and gets the job done is the right way.
I put on some commercial heavy duty spandex that clip onto the tool belt so I'll leave the Buckle open and have my pouches on the side
I wear my bags on my hips the buckle in the front my hammer loop in the back with my bags on each side of my hips makes it easier for me to climb through Rafters walking between studs it just works better that way for me
My bags have always and will always be along with my hammer in between dangling
Over hear in Ireland and Europe we wear our tool belts on the front
If me was working with this dude, me would have him wearing his tool belt and me tool belt at the same time, front, back and sides, following me around and handing me what me needed.
Electrician here, pouches in front unless I have obstruction or position that creates difficulty. Than I flip my set up & pouches go I the back. Versatility is key.
Your belt wear it how ever makes you comfortable. But In NYC Carpenter union we wear our belts to the front or sides.
Carpenters are weirdoes, confirmed.
always to the sides and tape at the front
Diamondback bags. Gave up the 20 year old occi. Took some getting use to new layout. Hammer sleeve stops me from banging my knee or the back of my leg with hammer. Pouches at 2 30 and 1030. Works best for me. Modular belt sytems let you adapt quickly to specific tasks
I've been a framer for 30 + and have never needed anything more than 1 pouch with a small opening and a large one and a hammer hanger. Half the time I don't need the hanger because I stick my hammer head first into the large section of the pouch. People pack around way more than they actually need for the work.
When I was an electrician I always wore my belt on my sides. We were always pulling cable and moving in tight spots, etc. but NEEDED everything with us due to where we were working.
Now I do remodels, decks, etc. and wear to the sides still.
I roll a tool cart when woodworking in the shop. Zero interference when using dangerous machinery.
Tools on the hips but, my suspenders have accessory loops for small tools. It also depends on what I am working on/doing. I have 4 or 5 different types of bags.
I have little "mods" I do as well. Like with my screws and staples pouch's I load those and put a magnet on top of them so I'm not stabbing my fingers, or getting something shoved between my nail and bed. I put electrical tape over the magnets on my torpedo level so if it picks up metal shavings I can peal it off and put a new piece down. I don't like wearing my bags if I work on top of a ladder so I had a mark sewn in to it to show me the top of a ladder size. I am always looking for ways to work smarter and not harder.
Pouch to the left hammer clip to the right I’m a frammer so I don’t like to have a full set of pouches on me to weigh me down
How do you carry enough to be efficient?
What do you mean carry enough?
I see guys with to pouches getting stuck between studs rafters especially the big thick leather ones. I’ve seen guys with one thing in a bid pouch
Kevin Brandt hammer, tape, chalk line pencil pocket square utility knife small handful hand drives, handful clips for the gun.
I do high rise concrete formwork and wear a construction harness with a midsection belt and positioning d rings for when I have to hook on to forms or rebar. Everything is rigged on to the harness.I carry Occidental fatlip bags just behind my hips and a Klein canvas bag at the back for bolts, wire. Spray paint, water and symons form wedges. To the right of that is my hammer cradle. My fasteners of different sizes are on my left with my speed square and tape. My wire cutters and chalk line is on my right with my pencils and keel. For climbing over formwork, up columns, bending to mark layout lines or carrying lumber it's the way I was shown in the union and it has worked well for me for years.
I am a commercial electrician . I rock the occidental leather rig with buckle forward tools on the right , materials to the right .
That’s a apron style tool belt. I’m surprised anyone still wears them. Great video!
We can tell you don't use that hammer much anymore dad! 💘
I think it's pretty clear. In the front it makes bending forward awkward. In the back you have near zero visual of your tools. That specific set up you have though is clearly meant to be worn only one of two ways. That belts main purpose really looks to be for guys that work in finer more detail stuff. As others have said, "carpentry", I'd guess finish stuff (maybe some rough stuff too). Everyone I've seen on a jobsite, commercial and residential have all worn belts where the bags are allowed to rest on the sides of your hips. Easy access, can still bend forward, if needed can take glances at tools to ensure you're both grabbing them and putting them away correctly (though most guys get a muscle memory and can do it blind).
I've always worn a belt with the main tools on each side of me, and a couple odd tools in the back (drywall hatchet, drywall foot lift).
For this subject, in reality, it doesn't matter how you wear your tools as long as you get the work done correctly and promptly. Whatever works for you, works. You'll see guys doing something "wrong" every single day but if they do the work, it's good and prompt, it doesn't matter.
If you've made it this far, you've probably guessed I'm a drywaller. Now you may be wondering how I formed such coherent sentences and thoughts. I am in fact, a " high functioning drywaller". lol, yes, they exist.
Mines in the front. My dad's a 45yr master Carpenter. He wore his in front. So that's how I learned to wear mine. But I've seen it both ways. To each there own. Thanks for the videos
Tool pouch on the right side, hammer/knife at the back favoring my right side, screw pouch on the left side. Having everything at the back seems a little silly as you can't see anything.
Pouches on the front or back slow you down. With your average lay out you have 14 1/2 inches to slip pass studs or rafters.
Left side pouch: chalk line, tape, speed square, 3inch gun nails, maybe a cats paw and chisel
Right side pouch: pencils and markers, hand drive nails, knife, chisel, big pouch changes depending on current work.
Stiletto hanging in the back can grab with either hand.
Homesteader and rancher here, I just have 2 pouches on the side and it's served me right 👍
I have a Milwaukee tool belt that’s adjustable. I work at a lumber/material yard so I don’t need more tools than a tape measure, hammer, we use aviation snips to cut bands of steel that the lumber usually comes strapped in. I also like to keep an extendable bolt cutter handy for the heavy gauge ties the 20 foot rebar comes delivered in. Other than that a box cutter, a pocket blade, and I’m set. So I really only use one pouch. Keep it to my right, then because I’m frequently jumping in and out of forklifts and flatbed trucks, I keep the hammer to my left.
I wear mine to the back...how would you get stuff on a ladder if you are pouches to the front??
when working in my wood shop where i'm standing all the time, I wear in the front.
when I am working outside or I am bending or squatting a lot, on the back.
secularheathen yep
As a general carpenter belt in the back. Usually I have a tape, pencil, speed square, hammer, driver (makita) and a pocket full of screws. As a woodworker most tools are on a station so just jeans with a tape and pencil. Makita!
Separate pouches on left and right hips, hammer on right but cheek.
Front center small pouch depending on what you are doing.
Nails,screws, tape measure etc
When I did concert forming belt always pouches in the back because hav them in the front is a pain. Now im an operator so I just bring keys to work now 👌🏼
When wearing a harness all my tools stay on my sides. If I have a pouch like that one I keep my tools on the front ( makes it easier for me. ) I had an older carpenter when I first started and he berated me constantly for keeping that pouch to the back. I just told he could do him and I would do me. ( Boyyyy did that not bode well with him!! ) 😂
A handful of the older (and sometimes younger too) guys I work with like to elevate their way as the only way. They'll get that divorce sooner or later.
Carpenter here. Tool pouch on the right and screw pouch on the left. Tape pouch at the back with the buckle in the front.
I'm a swing set builder and I wear it in the front. I need constant access to my screws, bolts, and lag bolts. I use the middle pouch for my drill bits.
Pouches to the back. But my biggest pet peeve is the hammer on the sides. It goes in direct center in the back. You can grab it with either hand.
I've never run into a situation where my hammer being on the right side was a problem lol
Stupid pet peeve
@@michaelbarrella3043i had it on my right side. The problem i had wirh that was it snagging on trusses or floor joists.
@@markkoviack3234 I will say this, I have hit my hammer with my heel and sent it flying before lol it was nuts.
@@michaelbarrella3043 im not that flexible to do that lol.
I am a custom cabinet guy, we don't really do tool belts. Next time I see a contractor scratch up my cabinets with his tool rig i am going to be looking now to see if he is wearing it properly or not and they are going to get catch hell more than usual now if they aren't wearing it right. LOL
No tool belts around cabinets!!
I agree, leave the belt off when doing cabinets. Hammer swinging around on the belt is going to hit something, walking through the house usually is a door jam.. leaving a nice dent. Framing is different, you have to use pouches to keep things handy, also if your on a ladder,
Don’t wear bags as much anymore but pouches always to the back with suspenders. Hammer on left side in the back, tape in middle, snips, screws, nails, square on the right. Left pouch is generally odd tools I’ll need for the. Snips, pens, pencil, etc.
I wear mine with tool pouches on left an right hips hammer loop tape pouch in the back works really well for me everything out the way
it depends on the function but in 90% I keep everything behind
I've been a painter for 21 years now and the construction company I work for actually build homes so I've been doing many different aspects of construction, when I first started painting I worked with some older journeyman painters and that's when I first got introduced to the tool belt because they wore them, they could carry their hammer, wood filler, nail sets, punches, putty knifes, and I bought a little tool belt because they were never running back and forth to their tools and they could move right along and continue preparing trim work or walls and ceilings or anything they were working on and I was repeatedly running back and forth to my tools and I started feeling like an idiot and counter productive so started wearing tool belts ever since. Sincerely Lorenzo gig harbor Washington.
As a roofer i wear pouches on the back. Lots of leaning forwards and the screws/nails will fall out. Keeps your tools out of the way so you can work low in front of you.
I'm 33 & have been framing/renovating homes for most of that time, other than the 5-6, maybe 7 years recently that I have been building metal buildings, pole barns, & doing quite a bit of metal roofing in all aspects listed above... I have tried to wear one of those with the pouches in front.. but even though I could usually get by with it that way.... It definitely wasn't comfortable to do any bending over which is a pretty, fairly common occurrence at the job site... I 100% always prefer to wear the pouches on my sides but to the back a little from my actually sides.. I usually keep a hammer in the back as well as some snips for trimming,cutting holes in metal roof sheets.. Also, I like to have one of the metal belt clip aluminum hooks in the front to my right a little so I can always have my drill ready & easily available for usage needs that may arise... Enjoy
As I’m watching home improvement. 😂 Tim the tool man Taylor.
Awesome!! 🤣🤣👍🏻
Last nnight
Good video vince
Thanks Antonio!!
I wear mine on the sides, I have 1 large bag to the right with my tape,speed square,pencil sharpener, 15 in 1 tool,2 punches,2 screw drivers,and chalk line,back up pencil and back up marker as well as my 2 drywall anti sink bits for my cordless drill i have a small pouch to the left with needle nose,small pry bar,,pencil,knife,marker,flashlight slightly to the front and my hammer holster is on the left, slightly to the rear, on the back of belt I clip my cordless drill to the left rear and right rear my cordless airstrike nail gun and in the center rear my cordless impact gun.
I work in industrial maintenance only time I wear tool pouches is when I worked in the overhead so I used ones that just click on to my existing belt because I do not have room to store a toolbelt on my bicycle
🤣🤣 the show was called "Home Improvement" and the character Tim Allen had his own cable show called "Tool Time." Fun fact, that's actually what launched Pamela Anderson's career. I'm a pro drywall finisher so not much need for tool belt but have mechanical tools in a bucket with it's own tool apron with pockets inside and outside. When called upon, however, I use a tool belt NOT a tool apron. 3 pocket suede pouch on the left for fasteners. Hard leather electricians pouch on the right for tools, including hammer but only for wood framed jobs. A metal stud job shouldn't require a hammer often enough to carry one at all times. The banging on your leg from the handle while walking.... ugh! Not to mention the extra 32oz weight all day. Hanging drywall on wood studs should only require a 16-20oz hatchet-style drywall hammer. No shoulder straps. There's thick enough "weight belts" available now to render them obsolete. Although the shoulder straps with a tape measure pattern were pretty cool looking back in the day! 😁 Thanks for the topic, Vince, and God be with both you and Nick alike! 😁👍✌
Me again Dave I thought Playboy started Pam Anderson’s career?
I stand corrected. Home Improvement helped launch her television career. She left that show to be on Baywatch.
@@gregorsamsa1364 thanks Gregor 👍
My AWP had a built in back support. So I had no choice to wear it. Don’t get me wrong I love it and still use it to this day. On small jobs I use my grandpa old craftsman leather one. Also congratulations on 110k
Thanks Dan the man Solderholm!!
I keep my bags on my left side, (speed square, nail/screw pouches, tape, misc tools), a small pouch on the right that holds pliers, knife, pencil and marker with a loop on it for hanging belt-hooked tools when needed, and my hammer behind that on my right side, sometimes keep a prybar on my left in the loop of the bags where the belt runs through.
Same here Dalton, identical setup
I'm a drywall specialist.in Trinidad My pouches are to the front . Makes getting the screws an tools faster for me .
Good point about bending down to screw the metal studs an boards.. I'll try the reverse in that area
Why would you want to hit your wedding tackle with your measuring tape? 🤔
I wear Blaklader trousers or a Bucket Boss foreman's tool belt, pouches to the side, hammer in the middle of my back (only wear this on ruff-ins on wood construction).
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Shoulder straps and bags on the sides...
I was a farmer for 17 years. I wore two pouches on the sides the right side had a leather loop for my hammer
I like it simple, one pouche on the left, hammerloop at the back and one smaller loop on the right for a impact driver or nailgun.
😂 Vince the show was called “home improvement” #VGC
Home Improvement, but Tim's show was called "Tool Time", right?! It's been a while. Haha
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Seeing as my name is also Vince and I too grew up watching home improvement (great show) I can verify you are 100% correct. So to those who say "yeah but in front I can see all the tools and grab what I need quick." If you know what your doin' on the job you should know where all your tools are. #justsayin #wearitontheback
If you wear a chest rig then it will encourage the use of your back muscles, making them stronger and helping your back. Also the area directly in front of your chest is almost always free, easily accessible, and more secure.
Wear it the way to suit your needs. Everyone is different. I wear it to the front which suits me fine. 😊
Old days of home improvement
Ask this old house Tom Silva wears his to the front .
hes not framing
I wear a framers setup (pouches on each side hammer loop and tape in the back) no matter what Im doing, because it keeps everything balanced and Im not impaleing myself with my tools.
Good call! 👍🏻
I'm a GC and I do primarily carpentry, remodels, and lots of exterior work and wear my tool belt and pouches on the back and sides. Occasionally I add a bolt bag up front to hold nail strips when framing but it doesn't get in the way, because if you do any bending/kneeling or climbing ladders you have to wear it on the back, but I can see how it would be advantageous if you stood upright all day in a shop setting to wear everything up front. Different techniques for different applications. The door installer I used to use wore his belt up front and it looked totally absurd to me but he did amazing work and practically worked miracles so I kept my thoughts to myself. Now I realize his position choice probably worked best for him whether it was intenetional or not.
So the show was Home Improvement, but the show in a show that Tim and Al did was Tool Time.
Always bothered me too.
I've always worn mine in the front like my father does and his father did
I've always worn my tool belt backwards, with the pouches at the back... because it was just more ergonomic that way.
Primary reason was because you can carry heavy equipment, wood, whatever... supporting the load against your body, without the tool belt getting in the way.
Also makes it easier to climb ladders, by several orders of magnitude.