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Re: Comp. tools
Our travel tool chests stays pretty much the same each year but we will also add some tools for specific needs for that year. This can be a good start to think about what your team should travel with. You may or may not need all the tools on this list, generally we use about 30-40% of the tools on this list for basic maintenance. But we bring it all in case we have an unexpected failure that requires more specialized tooling. For example in 2014 we brought a large crimping tool to crimp aircraft cable for our winch mechanism. Since that was specific to that years design we have not traveled with the large crimping tool the last two years.
Here is our preliminary tool checklist that we use. Obviously there are some tools that are used more frequently than others. Also our team standardizes our tools and has a color pattern in lab. For example a 10-32 bolt uses a red T handle which corresponds to 1/8 inch T handle. The 10-32 nut also uses a red socket which translates to a 3/8 inch wrench. That way a students can become faster at assembly and gathering tools as well as minimizing mixing up 10-32 and 8-32 nuts and bolts.
I have attached our color code and travel tool chest inventory list to the post. Good Luck!!!
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