This is the best kind of thread. One that can be fun and serious too. That's not a common combination.

I had a conversation in chat about checking something simple on a power supply in a friends computer that is giving him grief. I mentioned using a multimeter and was a little surprised to hear he didn't own one. That started a conversation about what common household tools are normally found in the home.

We all have different areas of expertise and interests, but I believe there are some common tools that would be found in the majority of households in 'developed countries'. I assume I'm safe to say most people (households) own a few screwdrivers, a hammer and pliers. I also know that not everybody's profession is technical, but in the 21st century, electricity is part of most environment and everything we do from making breakfast to opening the garage door to turning on your puter. To me, the common tire pump in 'every' household of fifty years ago is now a cheap air compressor and the cheapie multimeter is as basic a necessity for everyday functioning as a flashlight.

If you become stymied when a light bulb burns out, tell us that. If you built your own home and car, share that with us. It's not about what you do or don't enjoy doing personally or professionally, but about what you readily have to do some basic things with. Primarily, do you have a multimeter in the house? Also what do you just consider the normal 'lawn mower and duct tape' type items around a home.

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Common tools ... Hammer, screwdrivers, wrenches, keyhole saw, assortments of screws and nails, ... but, alas ... no multimeter. Since my wife decided to turn our garage into a backup closet, I haven't done nearly as many "build 'em" things. But, in the past, I've replaced doors, built a trellis for ourback yard and do a lot of the odds and ends kind of things on the cars (like inflate tires, recharge batteries ... stuff like that).

I need to replace a window ... but I haven't quite got up the courage to try that yet. One of these days.

Yes I own a multi-meter, two in fact.

One for vehicles (no longer used except when charging a car battery) and one common (Radio Shack equivalent).

I am a gadget magnet.

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I have married a 'handyman'. Cobalt has pretty much every tool available to man and woman.. lol. And if he doesn't have something, he has other stuff to make that something. I do know he doesn't have one of the computer thingies that is hooked up the the newer vehicles to diagnose an issue with the cars. THAT he doesn't have.

He is sooooooo sexy when he wears his tool belt...

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Sexy................tool belt.....................where's the pics!!!!!!!!!

We have basic tools and a few extra. We have most outdoor tools and it always surprises me when new people move in to the rental next door and don't have a lawn mower yet. We also have a lot of office type equipment /tools but no adding machine and sometimes I really need one.

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I was up to 3 separate tool boxes by 1990, & when my father passed away in '92 I aquired at least a couple more. He also left me some very special hand woodworking tools (he apprenticed as a carpenter back in the late 1920s when there were few power tools avaalible, & he also seemed to be suspicious of them, having seen some fellows alter their fingers in them )...one item I can't let go of despite never finding a use for is a 7 foot long 2-man buck saw...he once had me help him use it to cut down an old tree, & when he thought I wasn't putting enough elbow grease to it he said, "If you're gonna ride, get a saddle!" He later admitted his father had admonished him the same way, so it was kind of passing on a family tradition...if I have any tree cutting or trimming to do now, I don't have the time or energy to do it by hand, when chain saws are so cheap & widely available...although I do share some of Daddy's distrust of anything that can turn ugly on me so fast...

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I have my grandfathers tool box he carried working for the WPA,some of my most cherished tools,that he took the time to teach me to use and how to care for them. One was a 2-man crosscut saw,I recentlly sharpened and took to a tractor show on school day.Watch a couple of 8-10 yr olds try to use it never laughed so hard !

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I can't imagine life without my multimeter!

Or my wiggy, for that matter.

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I've got a multimeter and a zillion other tools, everything from wallpaper hanging tools to metric wrenches to three different kinds of wood planes. The joys of living on a farm!