Being a handyman myself, I have collected a number of tools to work with over the years, from basic hand tools to portable table-saws to cordless drill/drivers, and many others.
Here’s a basic list of tools I’ve collected. And, quite frankly, I wouldn’t want to be without most of them, now that I have them at my disposal and have proven their usefulness. Obviously, a “newbie” handyman may not want to go out and buy ALL of these items at once, but over a period of time, will likely find out they’ll need to get many of them, especially if they attempt a variety of handyman tasks.
SAFETY, CLEANING & BASICS:
>Safety glasses
>Gloves
>Dust masks
>Caution-tape
>First-aid kit
>Rags, paper towels
>Beverage bottle(s)
>Pencils, markers
>Pad of paper (or clip board with paper)
>Dustpan & brush, whisk-broom, garbage bags
>Shopvac or hand-vac (and bags, if needed)
>Kneepads or kneeling pads
>”Headlamp”, flashlights (penlight, standard & high-candlepower)
>Magnifying lenses or glasses
>Magnetic grabbers, reach-extender tools
>Sitting stool, step stool
>Saw horses
>Scissors
>Duct-tape
HAND TOOLS & RELATED ITEMS:
>Hammers-(claw, ball-peen, tacking)
>Screwdrivers (phillips, flat)
>Measuring tapes-(25′, 12′)
>Squares (combination and/or carpenter’s)
>Chalkline & chalk
>Wood chisels
>Metal chisels
>Clamps (“C” clamps, bar clamps, squeeze-clamps)
>Levels-(24″, “torpedo” & “line”)
>Hacksaw
>Hand saw
>Miter saw
>Coping saw
>Wood plane
>Files
>Rasps
>Sanding blocks
>Diagonal wire cutters
>Pliers: needle-nose, standard, vise-grips
>Wire strippers
>Wood cutting drill bits
>Metal cutting drill bits
>Router bits
>Saber-saw blades
>Circular saw blades
>Step-ladders
>Extension ladders
>Paint brushes, rollers & covers, paint pans, tarps, mineral spirits
>Putty knives-(1″ thru 6″)
>Trowels (masons, floor mastic, wallboard)
>Propane torches
>Tubing cutters
>Fitting brushes
>Emery paper
>Sandpaper
>Steelwool
>Solder
>Flux
>Tin-snips
>Bull-snips
>Pop-rivet gun & rivets
POWER TOOLS:
>Cordless: Drill/drivers (3/8″, 18Volt min.)
>Circular saw (18Volt min.)
>Corded: Drill/drivers (1/2″, 3/8″)
>Circular saw
>Router
>Portable table-saw
>Bench-grinder
>Bench belt/disk grinder
>Oscillating sander
>Finishing sander
>Soldering irons
Again…this list represents MY collection of handyman tools…your collection will vary, of course. This collection has served me quite well through numerous projects, large and small!
Good luck………and remember, “SAFETY FIRST, ALWAYS”!.
