4 tools you can't live without

[Breworx]

My tools for beer...

1. My DIY Beer line cleaner for my Ball Lock lines... nothing makes beer taste better than clean beer lines.

2. Teflon Tape... Leak Free CO2 stops the surprise of being out of CO2 at the wrong time. If it has threads, it get Teflon Tape.

3. My Oetiker Clamp Crimp tool. Hassle free non leaking Beer lines and CO2 lines are a God send. Worm clamps or those little plastic clamps are just not good enough to be worry free.

4. 6 in 1 Combination Beer Mechanics Wrench. Only one tool to reach for when working on my beer system the PER (LICK/FECT) tool.

These are tools/items, pretty much only used for BEER that should be in every Beer guys arsenal. As this thread is in the HOME BREWING BEER>DIY Thread I'm sticking to BEER tools used all the time in the drinking (most important part) of beer.

Hell yeah. I'm looking forward to the day that I can say that these are my most useful tools.

 

[Old_E]

For me its:
Table saw
miter saw
kreg jig
screw gun/drill

I have had a dremel for years and have used it like twice. Maybe I'm not creative enough... I used to use my grinder a lot when doing boat restoration, but not near as much.

This will all change in the next month or 2 when I start my sculpture build. Then I expect, chop saw, welder, and grinder will move to the top.

 

[nhwrecker]

These

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Beaksnbeer,
What is the second from the left called, and used for? It doesn't even look like it has teeth to grab a nut or anything -

and if it's 1/4 of the most important of your tools for DIY Beer, I definitely feel like I may need one............even if I have no idea what it is.

 

[autobaun70]

Beaksnbeer,
What is the second from the left called, and used for? It doesn't even look like it has teeth to grab a nut or anything -

and if it's 1/4 of the most important of your tools for DIY Beer, I definitely feel like I may need one............even if I have no idea what it is.

It is a Craftsman bottle opener. Even has the Craftsman lifetime warranty.

 

[nhwrecker]

Thanks for the ID, and I was right - I am going to need one!!!

 

[jbaysurfer]

Bench Vice
Bench Grinder
Drill
Rotary tool

 

[dfess1]

Punch & hammer
Corded drill w/bits, good step bit, and cutting oil
deburring tool: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003JY7LY2/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20
drill press

I'm a woodworker as well, but outside of making some beer cases, this doesn't necessarily get used in beer related things. If my shop were raided over night, I'd replace my Tablesaw and Woodpecker Router Lift with the milwakee 3 1/2 hp router pronto, followed by my bosch cordless drill (damn is this thing light), drill press, and Rikon Bandsaw, with the planer/jointer combo coming in a close 5th. SCMS would be a distant 6th (with a good crosscut sled on your TS, you should be ok without it for a while).

edit: forgot about the clamps. Have the following Bessey K-bodies (before the design change): 8 24", 8 36" 4 50". Can never have enough clamps!!

 

[Junkster]

Primary Bottle Opener
Standby Bottle Opener
Emergency Bottle Opener
Sledgehammer