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I'd add some smallish fasteners, nuts, bolts, screws a few nails and some plumber's tape.. not often used but a godsend occasionally.Assuming power tools aren't available, what is your list of repair materials for emergency preparedness? In addition to my accessorized Leatherman tool, I keep the following:
- Duct tape (duh…)
- Small gauge steel wire
- Super glue
- 5-minute epoxy
- Shoe Goo
- Needle(s) and thread(s)
- Cable ties
I found the book you wrote.I have a pretty well stocked shop, so my idea of "emergency preparedness repair" is basically keeping that shop running even in adverse conditions. To that end I have a generator. Once that is running I can just use all the tools and supplies as normal. About the only thing I do not keep on hand are bespoke parts; spare windows, spare engine parts, stuff for truly massive repairs. I have all kind of other supplies mentioned already, plywood and dimensional lumber, basic car maintenance parts like hose clamps and spare fasteners, tarps and ropes and straps, bits of metal stock. I can definitely patch up most small problems without having to leave the property, especially if I did not care about doing it "right" and just getting it done. A broken window, for example, would just get patched with plywood. Busted hose on the car would get a "good enough" bodge job replacement. Even most of the gunsmithing parts and tools are on-hand. I can probably get an AR pattern rifle running with only what I have here with little effort.
At some point "preparedness" is not something you have to plan for anymore, it is just something that happens from being self-sufficient in the first place.
Haha, The wife would disagree. She thinks I have more in common with the packrat.
It's a thing.Haha, The wife would disagree. She thinks I have more in common with the packrat.
Yep, shoes, holiday decorations, I can't even keep track of which towels I am allowed to use and which ones are verboten. We have come to an understanding, but that truce sometimes has to be reinforced with "strategic observations" from time to time.It's a thing.
Mine says similar things. I just reply , " shoes".
LolYep, shoes, holiday decorations, I can't even keep track of which towels I am allowed to use and which ones are verboten. We have come to an understanding, but that truce sometimes has to be reinforced with "strategic observations" from time to time.
We should introduce our wives.Lol
Show towels and decorative soap are thankfully absent in our life. Currently
We should introduce our wives.
Lol
Show towels and decorative soap are thankfully absent in our life. Currently
Why? So your wife can make him as miserable as yours makes you?We should introduce our wives.