Using Electricians Tools For Christmas

[pewter]

I have a stack of presents for our 2 children. Most have been correctly identified with pink or blue wrapping paper , but a few are not colour coded or harmonised.

About to Write a load of present labels, then I had the idea,

Use my brother label machine, with gold and black tape.

Now everyone has printed present labels.

What other tools are helpful at Christmas?

Water pump pliers for nuts

Reciprocating saw for the turkey

 

[ProDave]

Stanley knife for opening presents quicker

Sidecutters for those annoying kids toys where they are fixed to the cardboard box with bits of wire.

Screwdrivers for the "self assembly" toys

Batteries for those that come without.

 

[sprocketflup]

Megger to see if granny ahs really fallen asleep in front of the queens speech

 

[OnOff]

Every Christmas morning at some point I'll hear my wife say "Go and ask Daddy for a "flatty" one / "pointy" one.

As far as she's concerned there are only two types of screwdrivers!

What I need is a special tool for forcing the spring back down in those mechanical party poppers so you can reload them with all the tat off the floor!

:coat

 

[NozSpark]

Seeing as Msrs HMRC are also off for the Christmas period.... I don't use any of my electricians tools at home.... I have an (identical) set for my personal use ; )

 

[kerching]

Piece of YT3 lid for smoothing down the thousands of decals i have had to apply on Xmas eve for Barbie cars, boats, caravans, brothels, burger bars, strip joints and pole dancing bars

Superglue or plastic conduit solvent for repairing all the toys which are "Forsythed" by boxing day

Just sleighing

 

[Apache]

Use my brother label machine, with gold and black tape.

What sort of electrician has gold and black tape in stock?

 

[Phoenix]

I have sheets of address Labels that run through the inkjet printer, print a few with the name of each person your are buying for and then stick them on as you wrap :0

 

[sprocketflup]

What sort of electrician has gold and black tape in stock?

he does work for Liberace

 

[pewter]

What sort of electrician has gold and black tape in stock?

One that bids on cheap tape on eBay and has ended up with a couple strange colours. Using gold on black, and red on white for Christmas.

Recently got a good deal on 10 for £75, of black on white 18 mm , brother branded. So I will stop bidding on things I don't want even though it's cheap.

 

[SLIPSHOD & SLAPDASH]

You have all missed the most universal tool of all time, The  hammer, nothing else needed  :B-

 

[batty]

I did think I may have to get Fein saw out to turkey as missus said the electric carving knife has packed up. Luckily it was two loose screws the carving knife lives another day. 

 

[Apache]

Calving knife? *shakes head*

Carve it like a man.........

 

[batty]

I like an easy life pache let the missus get on with it and the way she cooks it you need mechanical means. :slap

 

[Apache]

LOL

 

[husky2013]

my tools came in very handy this xmas i will admit,    

when a neice and nephew  recieved a mini motorbike each for xmas and their dad being the plank that he is  snapped the pull start on it, so had to retrieve my tools from home to remove the casings and replace the pull start.

then having to decipher why the toddlers  electric car was not charging using its charging pack  so again tools and test gear came in very handy indeed.

all in all excellent xmas spent with family and friends,

2013 has been absolute carp for me so ensuring 2014 is a good one!

hope u all have a fab new year xxx

Me & the Fluffs

 

[Bruspark]

Ah ha. Thought this was the "hi merry Xmas , glad I caught you in your dressing gown .. Don't suppose you could fix our electrics before lunch could you" thread. (My tools are always at the 'lock-up' over Xmas)

 

[ProDave]

Had to use my neon screwdriver today to identify the where the blown lamp was on the Christmas tree lights.

 

[Blue Duck]

Had to use various screwdrivers to fix the dishwasher and to adjust the h/stat on kitchen extractor because we can't have that racket while were eating christmas dinner!!! 

Everything else was fixed / opened with one of these