matt laroche Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Hey All, I know there are a lot of threads about "what's your most important tool", "what don't you go to set without" etc, But, I thought it'd be interesting to talk about what random tools or items you carry that happen to come in handy every so often. I won't start because everything in my kit is pretty typical. I haven't had a stroke of genius yet... And go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Millar Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 A Gear Wrench brand extendable pry bar, more of a grip tool... Um, oh yeh my Leica Disto also does a lot of work for me too. Vernier calipers. Hrmmm Ratchet podger Plumb bob All stuff that doesn't get much mention round these forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Phil Rhodes Posted August 10, 2012 Premium Member Share Posted August 10, 2012 Food. Always take snacks. Not only are they good for oneself, but it's amazing how much favour can be bought with a can of soda. P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freya Black Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 but it's amazing how much favour can be bought with a can of soda. P Ah! Everyman has his price... ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Gray Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 ha, And I thought I was going to be cool and be the first to say something like gummy bears. More practically, protein bars and 5 hour energy. Never crack the 5 hour energy (not sure if it even works for me really), but the protein bars always end up making an appearance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Millar Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Working (which isn't often) on commercials and larger features - there is always craft services making an effort to get food/hydration to the crew that otherwise can't get to the truck/tent. Makes sense as you maintain a productive crew. Mind you they're not going to be climbing up an EWP mast are they ;) - often find banana skins and apple cores flapping around the tool tray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Harris Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 I usually have a bunch of weird things that I seem to collect and that remain in my tool pouch... Actually the weirdest thing I carry is a diagram of street-lamp wiring, it's a sort of in-joke coming from my days as a gaffer when one rather outrageous DP insisted that since our generator was no where to be seen, we should wire in to a street-lamp and 'not tell anyone about it'... I rather recklessly went over the post, switched it on and told him 'here is your key, now go f--- yourself', then I walked off the set. I picked up the actual diagram as a present from a friend working at the local electric company some months later. Oh I have a set of the most useless screwdrivers in the world also, they're designed to work on a screw that hasn't been invented yet, I really must get around to inventing that screw when I have time.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Thompson Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 I carry around a tea spoon in my pocket. Comes in handy to tighten that screw on the bottom of the tripod plate thing. And i can stir tea's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans Engstrom Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Shoe covers to protect the on board monitor during transport and a clean, dry pair of socks for me to wear after lunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Kieran Scannell Posted November 6, 2012 Premium Member Share Posted November 6, 2012 Small LED work lights bought from hardware stores! I now have 4 of them. There battery powered and the ones I have cost 28 euros! Not Ideal by any means but with a bit of diffusion,CTO and Gaffer Tape you will be surprised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarrylPargeter Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 I have Tea bags in my pouch. For two restion one in case craft run out or on a smaller production where its cheap ass Tesco (or other supermarket brand) tea bags which just aren't as good as other stuff =D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guillaume Cottin Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 A key grip friend of mine carries a 20 inch machete. And believe me if you will, it proved itself very useful more than once! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Dunn Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Ah! Everyman has his price... 'Camp Freddie, everybody in the world is bent.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Opgenorth Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 A key grip friend of mine carries a 20 inch machete. And believe me if you will, it proved itself very useful more than once! Do I want to know what it was useful for? haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Phillips Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 I always have a hair dryer..and I keep my head shaved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member George Ebersole Posted December 27, 2012 Premium Member Share Posted December 27, 2012 When I gripped a lot I sometimes wore a dust mask (lots of miniature SFX stuff) and knee pads, and would make runs to rental houses and art supply shops wearing the stuff. I can't recall any special tools though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted December 27, 2012 Premium Member Share Posted December 27, 2012 I have a stick of Chapstick -- I borrowed it from an AC last year to blur the corners of a glass filter for a musical sequence in lieu of Vasoline, and it worked much better, more controllable -- I dabbed the sides of the filter with the Chapstick then used my finger to spread it around like a bunch of thumbprints blurring the edges. Still have it in my backpack and used it just a few weeks ago, for one shot to further blur a side of the frame that I was blurring with an acrylic block in the foreground, another time to blur some film equipment that was at the top of the frame during a fantasy musical sequence. Which reminds me that we also carry two acrylic glass blocks, roughly 1" thick, 1'x1' squares with polished edges, to cause some blurred edges with light refractions as if shooting through some glass cabinet in the foreground, etc. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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