Adjustable Spanner

I call it an adjustable wrench. The official name, I guess is, water pump wrench/spanner/pliers. Whatever it is called, it is a very useful thing to have in the tool box. I had this before. But it is lost somewhere in the other house. One of the many tools I have lost due to there being no tool box. I am sure one day I will find it out and then I will have the luxury of having two spanners. 

It comes handy in plumbing kind of work. I have used it to open the tap in our Metro Park house. You cannot in fact open a tap without this tool. I have also seen cycle mechanics use it for attaching/removing pedals and other plier kind of jobs. It is certainly a versatile kind of tool. 

I bought this today from Bhanubhai Desai for Rs 330. Amazon charges Rs 348 plus courier. I had gone to R.N. Mukherjee Road. On the way back I picked it up for the new tool box.

I thought at Rs 330 it was a little on the expensive side. I asked Bhanubhai to show me something less expensive. But what they gave me didn't seem worth taking home. It would probably rust very soon and it definitely weighed a lot more. I kept it aside. 

Taparia Tool Box

Star keys and a black tape

The 16 inch box

Today I received the Taparia tool box from Amazon. Costs Rs 750 for size 16 inches. There are other smaller and larger options. But I guessed this would serve my purpose. And it does serve my purpose quite well. I managed to fit all my essential tools and some of the infrequently used ones as well. 

There are four chambers on the top for very small items. They recommend keeping nails and screws and other such small hardware. The main box has two chambers. Shallow on top like a tray and a deep one below. I have kept the bare essentials on the tray. The heavier tools are in the main compartment.

That's the shallow tray on top of the box under the main lid. It sits above the deeper chamber. It is more or less adequate for the most frequently used kind of tools and accessories. But it has a problem. There is a handle in the middle that you can hold to pull it out. When you do that, the back of the fingers rub against the slit plastic, which is very sharp. It really hurts and if one is not careful  enough, one might end up with a few bruised fingers.