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AL_34
AL_34 Member Posts: 2
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I'm just starting out and looking for help with a tool list and where i can find a deal, thanks

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  • Mark Custis
    Mark Custis Member Posts: 539
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    Tools to do what

    Everyone has their favorite brand, mine happens to be Klein or Valco for small tool pouch stuff. Craftsman for whrenches and Ridgid for pipe equipement. I used to buy the red pipe wrenches, but now like my hair I have gone to the gray pipe wrenches.

    One gets what one pays for. I generally buy from supply houses.
  • Timco
    Timco Member Posts: 3,040
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    If you are firing equipment, a combustion analyzer is a must. Insist your company gets one. a good ohm meter with temp pobe capability is also a must. Let's not forget the good old Tiff 8800 combustable gas detector. As for the rest, what he said...

    Tim
    Just a guy running some pipes.
  • Big Ed_4
    Big Ed_4 Member Posts: 2,785
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    Depends

    What part of the field are you starting from ?
    I have enough experience to know , that I dont know it all
  • AL_34
    AL_34 Member Posts: 2
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    So sorry i am getting in to plumbing, plumbing tools are what i am looking for
  • burnerman_2
    burnerman_2 Member Posts: 297
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    e-bay

    I have gotten so many great deals there. Sometimes a family members sells there retired dads whole van there.
  • michael_34
    michael_34 Member Posts: 304
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    My favorite tools are...

    Rigid tri stand pipe vice (like having a helper you don't have to pay)
    General pipe auto cutters


  • oil-2-4-6-gas
    oil-2-4-6-gas Member Posts: 641
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    turbo torch acetylene --or mapp gas with the hose (cheaper) Rigid pipe wrenchs (don't bother with any others-these will outlast your career) keep an eye out for the tri-stand -but your employer should supply --depending on the type of work --the exact tools you will need are varied --residential/commercial service or install -heating ,drain lines,sprinklers,fitter -all require different specific tools buy good quality name brand tools --you will only have to buy 1 time --Rigid -wrenchs,tri-stand,cutters -or Lennox definetly check craigslist and e-bay (1 time i bought a sawzall for $35 on ebay the speed dial in the handle was turned down too low ,5 years later still works great --that was a $250 saw)
  • Mark Custis
    Mark Custis Member Posts: 539
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    Micheal

    I may need to run up to NY and meet you folks.

    Update the site with the new solar tax breaks from the bailout bill, might be the only money we see from it.
  • michael_34
    michael_34 Member Posts: 304
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    Mark

    Would love to have ya! I have one solar thermal job going on right now. the rest are PV. Here in NY as you know the incentives for PV and small wind are enormous, but for solar thermal (more important in my book) there is only tax credits. Here is our website. www.renovusenergy.com

  • Mark Custis
    Mark Custis Member Posts: 539
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    I have been to the site

    I pulled it out of your email.

    We intended to spend the winter converting about an acre of greenhouse from unit heaters to solar radiant. The economy caused the owner to hold back.
  • michael_34
    michael_34 Member Posts: 304
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    mark

    We are from?
  • Mark Custis
    Mark Custis Member Posts: 539
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    We are in

    The greater Cleveland Ohio area, west along Lake Erie.
  • an old wrench puller
    an old wrench puller Member Posts: 73
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    Well, if you just starting out:

    Start with the basics:

    A good pair of water pump pliers. Most prefer Channel lock. I like the Ridgid.
    6 foot stick rule
    25 foot tape
    Pipe wrenches, two each, 10" 14" 18" 24", one each 6", 8", 36" 48 " Ridgid aluminum.
    Crescent wrenchs 4" to 12"
    Set of screwdrivers, Streight and phillips
    set of nut drivers
    No hub Whench
    14" monkey wrench
    Copper cutters midget thru 2 1/2", Ridgid
    Plumbob
    string
    100' tape
    ball pien hammer
    claw hammer
    hack saw
    tin snips
    **** file
    framing square, try square
    Grinder with wafer and grinding wheels
    battery drill
    sawzall
    hole howg
    hole howg bits
    set hole saws
    chop saw


    Wow, this list will never end, but thats a good start.

  • an old wrench puller
    an old wrench puller Member Posts: 73
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    Well, if you just starting out:

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