hello from bama

i would just like to say hello.i also need to give everyone that posts there experience on here a huge thank you .you see i have never considered scrap metal as a source of income i have worked a chicken prepossessing plant for 20 years and was laid off 2 months ago.being a single father of a 15 year old girl i had a hard time finding work and constantly worried about how to keep things a float anyway my daughter stumbled on this site and without my knowledge started collecting metals from our neighborhood and after she read a bunch or the post from here she learned how to separate,prepare,and sale.after she had done this in secrete for a couple weeks she finally asked me to to help her load up and take off all that she had collected i shrugged it off at first just thinking that sum metal could not be much at all but i broke down and reluctantly agreed.i must say i was very surprised after selling the metal. in just a couple weeks she had gathered enough to pay the truck payment,light bill,and insurance.i am a very proud father so it took everything i had not to break down and cry when my little girl had paid the bills.i am sorry for such a long ramble i just really wanted to say thanks to everyone on here.also she has only been using very simple tools hammer,a few wrenches,etc could anybody give me sum ideas on sum more tools that she might be able to use or she might need just to make things easier on her and safer she said she wanted sum more tools for Christmas and sense i am back to working i would like to give her a good thank you as well so if she wants tools she is getting tools lol

thx when i found out what she was doing the gloves were the first must have lol the guy at the scrap yard gave her a box of them i bought her a cordless drill for her birthday next week it comes with alot of diif bits the vise grips would be a great idea that will be next.i do have a small question though.she has a friend his dad owns a small air condition install company anyway she worked out a deal with him were she will be paying 25 bucks each on the outside units.my question is are they really worth it and are they safe to mess with from what i have read the oil and other things can be a little dangerous she is the one that set up the price each and she has taken 2 apart before that she didnt have to pay for and it was before i knew about it she bought a saw zaw and a grinder just for these ac units she is wanting to buy i just dont want her to get in over her head he has 78 total units right now

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Hello ScrapDad and welcome to SMF. I can certainly understand your happiness with your daughters intuition, attitude, and her success. I'm also happy to know you got work, and I hope it works out for ya.

Tools are things you'll seldom have too many of. I loaded my basic hand tools up recently to take to a friends place to break down some things, and will try to recall some of the things I grabbed for all around breakdowns.
Of course the drill/driver, and cordless is certainly the most convenient to use, but a corded works too(specially handy is a "keyless chuck"). A cordless tool set/combo is also a plus, but might be a bit much at this point.
A 4 1/2" grinder with some cut-off wheels is also handy but might also be a bit much for now, your call for that stuff.
With the drill/driver you'll also need to add tips and tip holders, drill bits, and small 1/4" sockets(be sure to get a hex-1/4" adapter for them too)

Basic hand tools are hammers, sockets, screwdrivers, pry bars/flat bars, tin snips, end cutters, vice grips, pliers, crescent wrenches, pipe wrenches, utility knife/box cutter, cold chisels, wood chisels, punches, the list goes on but I guess you get the idea, and I'd recommend keeping it simple for now, and being vigilant in teaching her the proper use of each and every tool.
As New mentioned, some good gloves, I prefer good leather ones with scrap tin, hammers and cold chisels

You can buy tools most anywhere from Walmart to Snap-On, but by far the best deals I've found in many years of looking was at yard sales, flea markets, and pawn shops, and a lot of those deals came along from doing some kind of bartering ; )
At the yard sales, flea markets, and pawn shops, watch for ones made in USA, Japan, Germany, etc(mostly USA though), hek, even the "old" Tiawan stuff is better than lots of new tools today

Good luck to you both ScrapDad

Definetly worth 25

im not sure if they have removed it but that is a good point i will have to find out