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.
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!!
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
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!
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"
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.
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
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.
"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! 🔥 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
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 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.
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
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
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!
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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
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...🤦🏼♂️
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 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.
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.
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!
finaly back after 1 year love to see the content keep it up
I like the torch for when you got to lay down In a dark spot blast it and kills all spiders and clears webs.
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.
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?
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!!
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
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!
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.
Been doing electrical for ever but never thought about dead blows for forming terminations.
That gearwrench ratcheting tap and die set is a great set been using mine for months
I use a linesman hammer all the time, seems like everyone want's too use it....
Wants to Lol
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!
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
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"
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.
I have bent up to 3" pvc conduit with that same torch with no burn marks love using the torch in practical applications
Those brother labels are the best! I have then on things that get wet or hot and the labels don't care at all.
Heat shrink! The torch is great for heat shrink! Please van tour soon!
Great video Mike
Omg I just realized you have returned!
Hes been back couple weeks now finally lol
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
You need to do a longer list all these are handy. Good video
The brother label machine is a good tool
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.
Great small pvc conduit heater.
Love your Videos!!!!!
Every electrician should own a chalk line a plumb bob and a laser or two.
Back in the bucket!
Nice to see you back!
As a low voltage, thank you for labeling.
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
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
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.
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!
Why did you replace the snap on pry bar set with the Matco one
"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! 🔥
😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
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.
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
Torch comes in handy for putting a hook back on the fish tape after breaking too
Yesss!!! Labels and legibility lol
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.
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.
"Beating the hell out of pipe". Hell yeah, brotha.
no cable stretcher??
34 yrs as an electrician always kept tap and die set
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
Weird.......big fan of the vids. Spell check dun you wrong my friend.
BROOO WHAT HAPPEN TO THE MONSTER TOOL CART 🤣🤣
I been eyeing that gearwrench tap and die set. It’s handy for all trades.
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
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!
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.
Really should do a van tour
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 used this 0:27 hammer today on 50mm cable and 25mm, to bend and shape them.
There's a thing called a scotty peeler. Peels off stickers. Look up on Amazon. And Goo Gone will remove any adhesive
The prybar is very useful when installing motor
All that stuff,is very useful,i have those exact same things
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
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.
Try some compressed air around the trigger on your torch
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 just use a milwauke inkzall and romex for most lables
Thread PITCH gauge. A true thread gauge would be a go-nogo gauge. Dead blow should be in every toolbox for every job.
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!
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.
Can we talk more about electrical you have a lot of knowledge to share
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...🤦🏼♂️
Laser level goes with chalk line
I have the orange dead blow hammer and absolutely use the shit out of it
I just ate a busted hymen calzone
🤣🤣🤣👍👍👍
Ohhh the ole p touch
Nothing weird here, carry versions of all this myself and a hell of a lot more.
I am an electrician and have all these except only ever use metric taps and dies
200g hammer with sturdy handle to get out devices that are corroded stuck into the box. _
Removing base and case
These aren’t that weird, we have every one of these tools already in our work van
Obviously we need Van v.s. Truck with ladder rack now : / you did it to yourself dude lol
Like if you're here because you're dyslexic and thought it said electric
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!
The p touch is a NEED
What if the torch is locked inside the trailer?
Keep a spare in the truck :-)
Oh yeah that P-touch lol
I say ten-thirty-second cause I’m not a serial killer.
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 wire/build automation machines, p touching is half the job lol
Better are flat bars.
Electricians are tools..
@Castlebury21 weak...thats it?
@Castlebury21 good. Now go fuck yourself.
Give up pussy?
Yeaaa I dont use nor have any of this been doing it 7 years
i also dont carry this
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