[SAGE] System Administrator Tool chest..

Fri Feb 3 21:22:27 PST 2006

As many have indicated, the Leatherman is the first thing in the kit.
I've had mine for over 20 years now.

Next come some forceps or very thin long pliers. I prefer the loop
handles as it makes it very easy to grab the loose item, then lock
the handle and you are set.

Cable ties of various sizes.  Need a temporary brake for the the
wheels on a rack.  Put a wide tie around the base of the wheel
and pull tight.

After that in the toolkit goes a number of dental tools or
their look-alike replacement.  small mirror on a handle,  tiny
picks and probes, small curved pointy things.

A small magnet on an extendable shaft for getting that wild screw.
A small flashlight of the same type when you need a light in
an odd place.

Next, a small package of blue-tack.  That stuff you use to
put up posters, etc.  Put a small piece on a dental probe and 
you can pick up that screw you dropped.  Another piece on
the screwdriver and you can get that screw back in the hole.

A good set of interchangable bits (torx, allen, phillips, etc)
A screwdriver style handle and a wrench style handle for them.

A selection of cables and cable ends and adapters.  db-9 to cat5
db-25, etc.   USB-serial.
--Gene