TOOLBOX TOUR - 50,000 Subs Special! 

Made my heart sing to see someone else keep a butter knife close.

It's amazing how going through someone else's tool box is so enthralling. Some great tips once more. Thanks Andy and CONGRATULATIONS! Hope there are many more to come.

Congratulations on 50K brother, you are providing a service that clearly many more people than just me really value. Keep up the great work my my friend👍

50K! Well done, I think it must be all those technical terms you use like ‘sidey-ways right-angle’, ‘top flappy bit’ and ‘lifty-out tray section’ that keeps us coming back for more. We Australians always like to have our poor English improved watching content from ‘mother-England’.

The collection of different screws is so worth while having.

I recently bought 2 sets of hex keys. Metric and imperial in plastic holders sizes marked. Quick easy and FLAT. Great!

Great video. Some additions in my tools box - earplugs, a test cable with clips, plumbers PTFE and electrical insulation tape, a box with a simple vernier calliper in it. Must be an ology of some kind that studies toolbox contents and can define our characters.

That metal folding rule is lovely.

A length of flat chain you can feed through troubled areas with it better then string and a weight sometimes.

Cool. I used to carry tools in a canvas bag and throw all the junk in it at the end of a job. I would then empty it out at the shop and flip it upside down to shake out all the screws that got caught in all the nooks and crannies. They actually wore holes in the bag...little buggers.

I'm about to watch your Toolbox Tour (actually I shall await my 8yo's return from school so he can also watch). Lockdown has brought RU-vid to the fore in our house in a huge way: I have started and virtually finished the 2440 x 1220 - 18mm folding model railway baseboard which I promised my son at the end of 2019. That took a nice chunk of COVID time and we passed inactive time watching woodworking videos, including yours. I spent half my working life as a plumber (and heating engineer and handyman and site manager and general builder) having finished training in 1981 and wandered in and out of various careers but I always retained my love of woodwork and renovated the inside of all my homes. I've retired now, Lockdown was the last straw in the fight to do anything useful anywhere for anyone, so once again I'm concentrating on literal home improvement. So when we sat and watched your screwbox saga my son almost jumped off the sofa when he saw your Screwfix red box with the 0500 phone number: "He has your screwbox!" he screamed and it was the first one I've seen of that age other than mine. Imagine my surprise and his when you listed the most used screws you carry and it was 90% the same as my red box, I've really moved to the Goldscrew Plus range recently, in which I carry my most used screws and plugs as I have for more than twenty years. Much of what you said and showed was remarkably similar to my tools, fixings and methods and Junior Maker was highly excited throughout. The crowning moment was at the end when you announced an upcoming toolbox tour and displayed an identical toolbox to mine (I have four of those each loaded for a specific trade: Water; Gas; Electrical & Wood) - he nearly passed out. We enjoy your videos and I like the way you present the truth about materials, costs, safety and ingenuity, do keep trying. Sorry about the short story long. BTW I trained properly for the trade and I've tried to expand my knowledge and skillset since then but try as I might, when it comes to hanging plaster, I am hopeless.

Love it mate just the video I wanted to see I’ve got loads of bits just been collecting over the years don’t know what half of them are, very productive video really appreciated

I could watch videos like this all day! Congratulations on the 50k subs Andy. You’ve taught DIYers like me more than you’ll ever know 👍

That angled screw driver for tight places is the most useful tool ever.

I think you need to get an imperial only tape measure, to go with that Phillips screw driver! I would suggest having a couple plasters and a tube of Savlon (or Germoline if you swing that way) in the tool box, I've lost count of how many times I've injured myself trying to get things out of the tool box, never mind actually doing work!

I have 3 tool boxes the same as yours, the "Flappy bit".. when newly bought would have held a spirit level

Fantastic thanks for sharing your time and skill don't stop 🎂👍👍👍👍👍

That "scraper with a funny shaped end" is a glaziers putty knife :-) congrats on 50K dude !

Glazier's pry bar it will replace your butter knife and add a scraper nail puller to your kit in one tool. Also or fishing wire you can replace the string and weight with a length of flat chain.

I don't know if anyone has told you yet but the "top flappy bit" is designed for a 600mm spirit level

The butter knife idea is amazeballs! I'm gonna add it right now! One suggestion for the box; wood glue.

I bought a screw driver one with the screw holder on the other day honestly , I was looking for a thin end screwdriver it cost me £7 from an antique center now I know it was for holding screws thanks 😀it was a Stanley 100 plus made in the USA

You have an amazing amount of tools in your toolbox, now again nicely organized (til you start your next job on site) What are the outside dimensions of your toolbox? And how much does it weigh, fully equipped?

Great tour of your tool box. That stanley box was the first I ever owned. I used to keep a level in that top section. I like the bit about the butter knife too. I reckon every tool box has a similar personal tool in it- mine is a tent peg. 😁

Glad to be one of the 50,000. You look well covered in tool box to me. My problem is, no matter what tool I haven't used for years and opt to leave out, I usually need on the next job. Don't understand why craftsmen don't use mechanical pencils. .7 or .5 mm available. Electric sharpener takes up lots of space. Keep them coming. Appreciate you sharing with us.

Your toolbox needs a Bahco carbide edged scraper Andy, the little one with the triangular head. Brilliant tool that you’ll use on every job once you’ve bought it 😀

Proud to be one of the 50k. Congratulations on a milestone well deserved and long overdue. Not that I'm spending twelve quid on a mug with dodgy printing and a sharpie signature. Oh, wait. Limited edition? Only 6? Now I'm climbing over my grandma to get one.

Congratulations on reaching 50k! I spotted the paracetamol in the wood under the bench and wanted to shout to you when you couldn’t spot them moments later! I have a Boa Constrictor rubber spanner thing that has rescued so many problems. My top tip though would be to use pencil cases to separate things a bit. It’s so handy to grab the red pencil case for spanners and the green one for hex keys for example.

It made me smile when you tipped out the tool box, as I have a couple of boxes that get in that state. I also have 1 of those boxes, and I also have one of those little plastic spanners?? can't remember what it's from. ONE item I do carry in my go to box is a couple of those push on stop ends in 15 and 22 mm just in case. Thanks for another real life video!!!

Congratulations on the 50k! Well-deserved, too... you can see how much effort is put into each video. To your toolbox I’d add: 1) A small ratchet/bit set. Mr Millard has a Wera one, but I have a Facom Pico R1 one and it’s staggering how often I use it. So useful, in fact, the high price is long forgotten and I’d shell out for another in a heartbeat if I had to. You don’t really need a set... the ratchet alone is all.. just like the blue-point one Mr Millard has. The Facom has a few tricks the Wera doesn’t, so I really like it for that. 2) Replace all the hex keys w a decent Bondhus or Wera Hex-Plus set. The latter is good for getting out hex bolts that’ve been abused. 3) Screw pliers. Sorry I don’t know who makes it, but I have this cheap-looking longnose pliers that has the tip serrations running lengthwise instead of crossways. Designed to grip screw heads where the screwdriver recess is fecked. It’s not Knipex. 4) Wera Laser-tip screwdriver. Seriously... I *hate* Wera handles but the laser-tip drivers are unreal. I live in the US where the god-forsaken Phillips is king. They are horrid. Torx is starting to take over tho.

If you've got a krone punch down tool in your box, its always worth while keeping a handful of jelly crimps in there too. Never know when you might need to extend a phone line.

Great video. Would have loved to see a video on your assembly table. Keep up the great work

One of the things I've come to terms with over the 12 or so years I've worked in a trade is toolboxes and bags are a bad idea. They're a magnet for junk and I'd end up with a spread much like yours and much of it needless. So a few years back I thought right, what can I do and I set about making a set of tray organisers out of ply that stack inside a systainer. Obviously this wouldn't be to everyone's taste but you know now, everything has a place, it attracts no more than necessary and it works. For tasks where I'd require tools that I don't carry daily I have three sets of shallow drawer cabinets with each having a drawer allocated to say pliers, or screwdrivers, hex keys etc and I'll make up an on the fly tool kit for the next days job using an open tote systainer to accompany my EDC systainer. I know 'OCD' is a bit of a buzzword these days but I do have OCD and it was mentally taxing for me when I had a bag that everything was thrown in. The system I use now allows me to see exactly what I have and I know when something is missing as every tool has a specific place to it becomes photographic and it's easier to think I need X that's in tray Y next to A. My ideal would be to take a snap on type cabinet to work but it's not ideal for construction sites where I normally work.

In this video you state that in the future people will watch this and here I am, from the future and subscribing on this very video.

I usually have to clean my tool boxes about every three months. Between my natural sense of disorganization and the odd helper or three adding to the unintentional confusion, that within two months it almost becomes a hazard working out of them. Anyway, cool video! And congratulations! Thanks for sharing!!!

I am glad that the tool box gremlin puts rubbish in someone elses toolbox. Suggestion a few Elastoplasts for minor mishaps. Stay safe, Morpeth Dave.

Well done on 50k subscribers. I'd include a 1/4" ratchet with hex adapter, a tube of threadlock and some penny washers. And some toffees - nice when you are pondering where you've put that other tool that's not in the box.

Congrats Andy.

Congrats on 50Ksubs mate! We had that type of toolbox for years in the last firm. It is Stanley 26" , in my experience bestbuy. Good price for what you are getting. We can go chasing that down the road with all sorts of pvc tool boxes :-). Each trade favors some kind of specialty toolbox, this one was a multitrade for me. That long pocket on the top was originally intended for the spirit level. I used it for smaller tools that are more frequently used. Keep up the good work! Greetings from Croatia!

Congrats on the 50K. When you're interesting and informative you soon get subscribers. "Scraper with funny shaped end" may I suggest is a putty knife. I can well remeber a workman kneeding the putty in his hand with that shaped tool.

Congratulations on reaching the 50k milestone! I hope you find it motivating. Good luck on your journey to 100k. Cheers.

Andy, great video, here's to 100k subscribers. the blue bendy thing is called a "French curve" used when drawings were done with pencils to get a smooth curve through a number of points. Regarding the electrical test screwdrivers I think you mentioned, these are junk and potentially lethal, check out the John Ward video on them. Personally, I use one of those plug in units with 3 lights on them to confirm a socket etc is live, they are also good for checking extension leads. they let you know when an earth is missing or the line and neutral are round the wrong way, more common than you would think. keep up the great videos.

Congratulations on the big 50, I also have a folding metal rule and one of those bendy springy things for picking up screws.

Absolutely fantastic Andy, really well done! Onward and upward!!!

Congratulations on 50k. Missing might be hex nut drivers, small tweezers (the type that spring closed), masking tape and that one tool that you need for a particular job that you haven’t got with you!!

Perhaps consider adding a pair of lineman pliers

Have you considered making a video of you screwing every single screw in your screw nest into your wall? No breaks, no editing, just you selecting the correct bit and endlessly driving shite screws into plasterboard (unfixed of course, we're not mental). That'd take this channel to the next level. If you need anymore ideas, just let me know.

The "flappy" bit fits a Stanley sprit level perfectly so I assumed it was designed for that (at least that's what's in mine)

The butter knife, I thought I was the only one

Congrats on the 50k! My DIY toolbox is like a sawn-off version of yours - a smaller Stanley with many of the same contents. A heads-up word of warning though. Be careful when lifting, especially in awkward places or positions! Just before Xmas I had to get mine out from under a worktop in a corner. Halfway through the lift "something" pinged in my right shoulder. OK, soft tissue injury so take it easy for a few weeks. Except around Easter I had to shift a few boxes around. Somehow doing that overloaded the joint and next morning I couldn't move my right elbow more than an inch in any direction. Doc says rotator cuff injury. Three months on from that and multiple trips to the Physio later, it's still not fully sorted and is probably going to take a while longer before it's fully recovered. Dem tings is HEAVY! Be careful: think before lifting it!

I have 10 tool boxes, all the hammers are in one, I have about 6 of everything because I can never find what I want and buy another in the middle of a job away from home. You are organised.

Congrats on 50k. That top flappy section is for your level

4:35 you need to replace it with bucket organizer!

Bravo and well done on the milestone Andy.

Congratulations on you 50K. Great video man! You got a lot of tools in there!

Once every 3 months il prob use my 'aviation' tin snips or small handheld knipex bolt cutter, very handy. Love your videos.

Congrats Andy. Love the tours

Would love to see a beginners toolbox essentials list. Love this video too though.

If you DID want to carry a chisel in this box, FastCap balisong-style chisels could be an option (if they're legal in the UK ; ) I have several in my toolbox and I never have to worry about them dulling or me accidentally jabbing myself with one. They're sturdier than you'd think by looking at them. I do not, however, recommend their pocket awl, as the shaft construction and shaft material used are substandard. Mine broke almost immediately.

Congratulations Andy great content as always, keep up the good work

Congratulations Andy on 50,000 subs great job

CONGRATULATIONS on your 50K. One thing i didn't see in your tool box (unless i missed it), and you can put it in your flappy bit is, some plasters for that odd cut that everyone gets, i know you have first aid stuff in the shop but i didn't see any plasters on the workbench for your toolbox. Cheers. Barry (Wirral, ENG)

Well done Andy on 50,000 subs 👏 scraper with funny shape end is a putty knife.

The 'flappy bit' was actually for a sliver Stanley level.. I have the same box and amazingly still have the level...

Congrats on the 50K. No proper toolbox is complete without at least one random key, a small tube of superglue (preferrably dried up and split), a rock hard paintbrush in a plastic bag and at least one AA battery (dead ideally). Or is that just me..........? Keep up the good work

Congratulations with you 50K subscribers. Well deserved!

Congrats on 50k!! Love your channel. Keep it up!

🏠🏡🏠You could probably build a whole house just using the tools in there! Haha. Congrats on the 50,000 subs!!! 🥳💥🥳

Congrats. Thanks for all your uploads. 👍

Congrats on the 50K 👍 The butter knife is a good idea, I'm gonna raid the cutlery drawer once the wife is asleep...

A plasterboard saw is called a pad saw and that scraper with the funny end is a putty knife.

congratulations love all your tools every single tool is important love the video welldon.

Congratulations on 50k! What do you do with power tools? Separate bag / box? Just drill and driver? Drill, driver and SDS? Saw? Multitool?

Half a dozen ways of sharpening pencils, including the electric pencil eater. Sharp, Andy, sharp.

Festool after watching this: Introducing the new Festool ButterKnife™

This really should ‘go viral’. It is DIY PTSD therapy.

Ha Ha loved it, BUT..............(this may be a long post.....) Its a Glazing putty knife not a scraper, buy a decent hammer!!, Plastic level!!, feeler gauges, your spark plugs need constant adjusting :):) Put the Power detector in the top out of harms way, put your setting tool in your OCD (I have 3 screw/plug boxes all catering for different sizes etc, Pencils....what can I say use propelling pencils, no huge sharpener involved, constant width of lead (Wilko do 2 for about a £1, with a pack of spare leads) I only cleaned my toolbox out this week as it was full of sawdust chucked lots out to put into a 2ndary tool box (I have 3 of those now :()

Congrats Andy enjoy your vids tremendously

The flexible thing in your toolbox is called a Flexible Curve, and the thing on your screwdriver is called a Screwplacer. Hope that helps!

Lol I've just done the same job but roughly on a x10 scale - probably 15 years worth of tools toolbox's and tat gone through - it's taken days in total 😂 still not quite finished yet but not far off. Then I can start on my hardware section....

Hey, Andy, how did you take my toolbox? Cheers for sorting it out. I'll have it back now please.Congrats on 50K.

Congrats on 50k subs.I would like to suggest adding a Marxman green dot marker to you toolbox as very useful gadget.

Congrats Andy - Here's to 100K

I love your toolbox

You have alot of random tools. great vids

Congratulations. How about an engineering pencil, i find the fine precision you get with one with things like tiling is second to none with one.

Suggest you get the tape measure that Peter Millard uses, take your old tape measure to the dust bin!

17:35 It's a flexible curve, I had one at school in the 70s!

Hi, like you’re channel, please can you tell me when you are going to review the new compressor, as i am wanting to buy a new one, got the hedge trimmer following your recommendations, keep up the good work, Bryan

Congratulations on your 50k, well deserved. - Wot no pincers to get old nails out?🙂

Just like my toolboxes. Well the messy part that is.😀

Congratulations on the 50K

Aww I was just about to put an order in for a new car radio lol

Well done on 50k Andy!!!👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😲

The kitchen sink seems to be missing!

congrats on 50k Andy

Whenever I try to clean out a tool box and leave some tools out that I haven't used in a while, it seems I always need them for a job later on. :(

Congratulations Andy! The only question I have is how much does it weigh?

The thing that's missing from your tool box is four wheels to tow the thing around or your back will end up like mine.