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Re: Best multi-tool for robot/field use

You and your multitools.

Boxcutter, small sidecutters, and a jewler's screwdriver, and sometimes I'd run with a pair of robogrips and allen set. Separate items which work better than multi-tool equivalents, and don't break down. "Where do you hold all that?" Carpenter jeans, doi

Can't get a leatherman in tight spaces like a jewler's screwdriver, can't cut as well as a boxcutter, and you can't snip zipties worth a $@#$@#$@#$@# with a leatherman. Leathermans also don't tend to work very well for holding onto hex heads... or any bolt heads... and don't have allen heads...
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