What piece of equipment can’t you do without?

[Rod Gray]

My joinery belt (alternatively known as my Batman utility belt).

Holds everything for me, squeegee, blades, tack rags, tape measure, chalkline, marker pens etc etc.

[Jill Marie Welsh]

My hands!
Love….Jill
PS
probably in reality, my BIG metal ruler.

[Paul Goodwin]

My rubbish bin :lol1:

no seriously probably my dry wipe pens and a couple of strips of magnetic that i use for marking out with

and Rod have u got that attachment yet for your belt that holds your coffee cup?

[Andy Gorman]

I’d be a bit knackered without a squeegee or a computer. I found myself on site once to fit a van livery without a tape measure. That was a bit of a pain. In short, I suppose, I need all my stuff. A standard vinyl application kit can contain an awful lot of things, plus some that I’ll never need until I throw them out. Oh, and a sarnie.

[John Childs]

Kettle.

Obviously !!

[Robert Lambie]

squeegee and knife… bottle of irn-bru 😉

quote :

5 magnets which I have glued a bolt on the back of.. fantastic idea for holding grapics in place on a vehicle.. you can slide them into place very easily without having to keep peeling bits of tape..

i have heard of folk using this sorta thing before mate.. but curious. were you at sign uk this year asking the guy doing the avrery demo did he sell or know where to buy those? if so i was standing next to you… well wabbling next to you.. i was just back from the bar with all the other thirsty sign makers on here. 😉

[Ian Higgins]

Not guilty Rob… I did not go this year…
Saw the idea on here and then went to local craft shop to get some…
Couldnt get them off very easily thats why I glued the bolts on the back..
Just one of the many ideas I have picked up since joining this site

Ian

[Roy Roberts]

:wink:THE INVOICE FOR THE JOB 😉

[Steve Lamb]

I would have to agree with McRod! That chippy tool belt is a great addition to your fitting kit.

[Andy Davis]

my tape measure and microwave oven :lol1:

[John Singh]

I keep forgetting to take my chippy belt with me

Only remember when I’m up the bloomin’ ladder with half a dozen things in my hand.

Hard to say what’s the most essential thing really. You can bet that the only item you haven’t got with you is the very one you desperately need. You find your miles from base so you pop into the local DIY only to pay ten times more for something you have half a dozen of :banghead:

John

[Steve Thurlow]

A pair of shades 😎
To stop being snow blinded when doing a white van on a sunny day.

A pair of fingerless gloves 😕
To keep hands warm when scraping off the ice before degreasing a van.

Heat gun :yikes:
for warming up my cold fingers after scraping off the ice…. oh, and handy for warming up a cold van surface…. also quite good for toastie cheese sarnies.. if desperate. :crazy:

Cheers, Steve :drums:

[Shane Drew]

My Wide Brim hat for those 38 deg c days in the summer sun, my dark sunnies for that bright Queensland sunshine, ….

and my 3m squeegee

….. and my knife
…. and my tape measure
… my red chinagraph pencil
… my white chinagraph pencil
… my 6inch steel ruler
… my mobile phone

blimey, my whole van I’d say!

[Nicola McIntosh]

quote Steve Thurlow:

A pair of shades 😎
To stop being snow blinded when doing a white van on a sunny day.
:

me too steve!! can’t see a bloody thing in the workshop if i don’t wear them!! 😮 😮

same as jill, my hands!! 😛 (like the new piccie jill!!) 😀

Nik