Schools and Tools

[@afterburner119]

Mr Agent Jayz, CHEERS BUD! The loaner tools doofus line made me LOL, yep. The perfect example is my scribe (90 degree combo). There is another term we use for the lady finger involving a Racoon 😅, IYKYK. Also have a Jet Twist set of SW pliers that will never lend out. The Matco ones now have L&R Twist. Cheers Bud and Well Wishes from your Florida P&W Friend.

[@NBSV1]

It takes experience to really be able to decide on what stuff needs to be name brand and what stuff can be cheap. Sometimes the cost of that experience is buying multiples of something or damaging pieces. But, having someone lay out their experience really helps focus on what’s important.

[@zlm001]

My boss would have us regularly clean off and oil the shovels and picks we used, and a few other tools, at my old landscaping job. According to her, they were as old or older than me (25). That was basically the same age as the shovels I had in the garage at home, but hers were used pretty much everyday, sometimes all day, and they were still sharp, smooth and had more of the edge left. The ones at home were permanently rough, dull and had a cruddy edge. Hers slid into the ground more easily too. I never thought to oil the shovel, or give it a good quick scrub regularly, but it made a difference using them. I learned to look at and treat all tools differently with that job.

[@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017]

Pros really do learn to care for their tools.

[@AP9575-jd]

I'm a retired maintenance mechanic from a nuclear power plant. A few years back management came through the shop & tool room and threw away ALL adjustable wrenches. Crazy? You decide. Thanks for your time & vids AgentJayZ.

[@AgentJayZ]

I can state right here that management has no business in any tool room. Stick to doing whatever they do, and leave the tools to the experts.

[@thomasfsan]

It's GREAT to hear your experience and opinions on tools. Super helpful, even for non-engine mechanics and general interest. Would love to hear more about tools, stories, lessons..

[@ndtpropguy5548]

I bought a pair of "duckbill" plyers from Snap On in the very early 90's when I started in aviation. I still have that set. Actually they are 1 of only a few Snap Ons that I own. I use them all the time, for many procedures, and always when I am locking. One of the most used tools in my toolbox. Highly recommend all new aviation techs/apprentices having a pair in their toolbox. As a sidenote I may or may not also have used them when I go fishing to remove fishing hooks out of Jackfish mouths. I also have found that there are definately certain tools I use all the time, and some that only "get used once a year". Some are just regular tools that you don't use that size (wrenches) very often, or that 12 point socket came in handy when you usually use a 6 point. But damn its sure nice to have them when you need them.

[@carabela125]

When Lindberg flew solo across the Atlantic, the only tools he took were a crescent wrench and a channelock. He said. if he needed more than that, he would be in the water before he could fix it.

[@jacklav1]

Agent Jay Z you need to get some merch.

[@asharma9345]

You rock Sir. Superb video with Excellent details.

[@angryaardvark5011]

Getting grief for using knipex, hahaha, every A&P I know has at least 1 pair of those parallel jaw pliers, use them every day, awesome versatile workhorse

[@localcrew]

The metric system is definitely miles ahead of the rest.

[@AgentJayZ]

Oh, I see what you did there!

[@localcrew]

@@AgentJayZ Give me a centimeter and I’ll take a kilometer.

[@kevinbaird9763]

I wouldn't say miles, maybe rods or spans. Sorry, couldn't resist.

[@localcrew]

@@kevinbaird9763 Off by a few cubits, I’d say.

[@byloyuripka9624]

if we are being pedantic wouldnt we refer to the standard as (insert heavy french accent) 'system internationale'

[@AluVixapede]

I saw those assembly pliers in another video of yours I knew right away I wanted some. So I bought a pair the same day, They're fantastic!

[@XXforhireXX]

I've had mine a couple of years now and they're my most used plier by far. I've also got some channel lock's that are the same dimensions as the Knipex assembly pliers but with a pointed nose and they're pretty nifty for fishing lockwire out of tight spots and have good reach for lock wiring in deeper areas doing maintenance work.

[@RodrigoRodriguezowl]

In my turbo machinery course in last semester mechanical engineering I have used your videos and have to co fess I have downloaded a couple to help my teacher understand many thing he didn't know about jet engines, because a maintenance engineer may know about a lot but I wanted to help him out in the clases and you have been a great source, also many books you mention I have looked for them and got great reading materials so I appreciate all you do, also my teacher doesn't really appreciate the fact I bring material in English because he doesn't speak it but I do anyways, I try to compensate the videos I have downloaded by watching all your videos thanks for all

[@afterburner119]

Students, Also remember when you do get certified, depending on where you work, the company may supply tools (especially if it’s a giant corporation). I work for an OEM/MRO jet engine manufacturer (PrattWhitney) in their R&D ASSY/TEST role as lead mechanic and I am not allowed to have my own tools, not even special locker tools anymore. So instead of buying the complete list of tools the school wants you to buy, follow advice from guys like AJZ. I bought nicer things like a fluke kit versus the metric socket sets that my school required (😂 there isn’t a whole lotta mm on aviation).

[@AgentJayZ]

Great to get input and insight from another professional who is a top-level source of info for this channel!

[@remoteamt]

Duckbills, skinny needlenose, leatherman(or gerber) multitool, and more recently long reach needlenose are some of my most used tools in my box. Alongside my 3 sizes of knipex plier wrenches.

[@grahamj9101]

Belated greetings from the French Alps, where I'm with my family for their Christmas skiing holiday (for speakers of American, in Brit English we use the word 'holiday' when you would say 'vacation'). Last week, it was actually colder in England than it was here. The local police and air ambulance helicopter base, just a mile (1.6km) from my home, registered an overnight minimum of -9.5degC. My car was showing -5degC at 0800 the following morning and we're only tens of feet (oops!) above sea level, with the place having the second highest tidal range in the world within sight, just a few miles away. So, Happy Holidays and/or Merry Christmas to everyone!

[@9woah1horses60]

Cheap screwdrivers can be used to make any tool you need and long reach 1/4" wrenches are useful for getting to turbine bolts underneath pylons or bleed air lines where your fingers can't get to

[@JoseCamoesSilva]

Like other conscientious tool owners, I too have said "it's not a scraper, chisel, pry-bar, or stirrer (people have tried to borrow a screwdriver to mix epoxy!); it's a screwdriver, so show me the screw!" 😒 The most abused tool (and therefore one that you should never lend) is the [pocket] knife. A knife is for cutting, but office dwellers ask for a knife when they need a pry-bar, a screwdriver, a wire stripper, or a staple remover, all guaranteed to damage the blade. These days I prefer to avoid detailed rules and exception-granting cases and just use the rule: Tools can only be lent to well-trained professionals and well-trained professionals are identified as people who know well enough to bring their own tools.

[@AgentJayZ]

Unwritten rule of a professional: If I borrow your ( inset tool name here ), and damage it in any way, I will replace it with a new one.

[@engteknik4470]

AgentJayZ! Thanks for the contents you share, very educative. Watching your videos from Nigeria... Some how managed to get a degree in aerospace engineering. Wish I could work with you and aquire a lot of knowledge about jet engines. 😊

[@akhileshkumaryadav9545]

You make wonderful videos they are very informative

[@stargazer2504]

Spot on with the "Snap-on salesman will get annoyed with you" lol.

[@parshvapatel8484]

Hi agent j z would you like to make a second new video on books you recommend for learning jet engine and also a little talk on adaptive cycle engine 😀 thanks love your video. Great work dude

[@markjh2005]

As an avionics tech parallel jaws are a must have, only second to a Snap-on ratchet screwdriver. They are great when you don't have the larger size spanners that mechs might use that avionics don't really deal with regularly.

[@byloyuripka9624]

wera makes more useful drivers. nepros makes more beautiful ones if thats what youre into

[@johnwood6029]

The foreign heat comment made me chuckle,

[@Neil_]

The only justification for the cost of the Snap-on screw driver is knowing that you can break it, look the truck guy in the eyes, say "I know," and watch him sigh as he turns to head out to the truck to put a new end on it.

[@AgentJayZ]

If you know how to use a screw diver, and don't use it as a prybar, scraper, or a punch, it is impossible to break. They are expensive, but to someone who uses it often, it feels better in the hand than any of the other ones.

[@Neil_]

​@@AgentJayZ Impossible indeed. But I am a mere mortal of the auto technique variety; using a screw driver as no more than a screw driver is improbable, and quite possibly above me.

[@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017]

@@AgentJayZ Have you ever tried Hazet screwdrivers? I swear once I tried their bulbous handled screwdrivers I never went back.

[@neiloychaudhuri]

"..this is the ultimate in luxury." 😂

[@shoutout.kokain8713]

9:36 hahaha. love your rants jay!

[@jonathanperry8331]

I'll tell you a funny flashlight story. My friend and I were doing sewer inspection and there was a female that was working with us and I'm talking sewage not just water and she would take her gloves pick up the flashlight and put her in her mouth while she crawled down the ladder. Both of us looked at each other and we're like WTF is she doing? So gross. I can't imagine how many times that thing has been dropped down there.

[@creamofbotulismsoup9900]

Most if not all of these tools I would recommend to just have around for household jobs. If you're the least bit mechanically inclined and don't hire work out, you'll probably end up using them somewhat regularly.

[@maxmussdermann1754]

Thank you for sharing I treat my screwdrivers with love and respect and they last forever. For all the scraping, prying and poking I use a cheap chinesium woodchisel in 12 mm. Dolled it, so it wont cut into anything and now it is the perfect abuse tool

[@ChemEDan]

I bet it would totally cut jello tho 😛

[@fly4u570]

I have No Lending Tools. After someone borrowed my snips, I forget, bulldogs or straights for sheet metal, the snips were never the same. I could not get a good cut after that. I eventually replaced them. After that it was, "you can have the wife, kids, house, car, but you don't borrow my snips. On another occasion an apprentice wanted to borrow a tool. I remember what it was like as an apprentice and having to buy tools on those wages. So I lent him the tool. Two or 3 days go by and he had not returned my tool. I asked him for my tool, as now I needed it, he said, its up there. I said you were supposed to return. He again said it's up there. I had to chase down my tool. The next time he wanted to borrow a tool I said no. He insisted he needed to borrow it. I said no. He wanted to know why I would not lend him a tool. I said because you don't have the decency to return tools you borrow. You always provide good and informative videos. Thank you.

[@carpetbomberz]

15:27 yeah baby, you get the lender tool and you get the lender tool, all y'all get Agent JayZ's lender library. FTW 💪💥👍

[@KISSMYACE3203]

I've noticed a correlation in the quality of work produced versus one's cleanliness, and maintenance of tools and working area. Suffice to say, I've still yet to find a coworker that does any one.

[@beachbarlouie]

I got all that except the duck nose pliers in my bicycle tool set. I have a Sign in my tool box lid that says; "Like Hell it's yours, Put it back"

[@AgentJayZ]

My bicycle tools are in a special box that nobody even knows about.

[@beachbarlouie]

@@AgentJayZ I know right. LOL Dear to the heart.

[@av8bvma513]

Never Apologize for Buying Expensive, Fabulous Feeling Tools! You think Van Gogh used an old toothbrush? Dostoevsky used an old sharpie? Cartier-Bresson used a disposable camera?

[@dmelcomb]

Since you mentioned the Sabre, would you have a source for an F86 drop tank? I race a vintage car that was made from one in 1961. Unfortunately I had crashed it at Mosport last month and need to replace the chassis. The current one is a Canadair tank (98 imp gal). I've found one near Uxbridge ON but it was corroded too badly for use.

[@SkyhawkSteve]

as someone living south of the border, I did think the "foreign heat" joke was funny. :)

[@slivers4007]

Those who go borrowing soon go sorrowing, few lend but fools their working tools!

[@mrtitanium427]

Shall we bring the arrow back to life?

[@martinperleberg3737]

What brand locking extension do you use?

[@AgentJayZ]

Mine are MAC, but there are good ones made by a lot of companies.

[@mrtitanium427]

Let's get lightning Mcbride involved

[@joecichlid]

Cheap adjustable crescent wrench=nut rounder offer. lol

[@AgentJayZ]

0nly in the hands of an idiot who should never be allowed to touch any tools.

[@joecichlid]

@@AgentJayZ Absolutely true!

[@krzysztofwaleska]

All public data should be free. Free as freedom. R. S.

[@greghelms4458]

I knew exactly how many zuh duh duhs on my Snap On impact was 100 ft pounds. I also knew exactly what 106 inch pounds felt like with a quarter inch drive ratchet. When they started putting the metric torque spec before the real torque spec I just ignored it. 😝😝

[@mrtitanium427]

Sup bro

[@horacerumpole6912]

Shupbuilding and Naval Architecture are two different things. You must be several centuries behind...

[@AgentJayZ]

Maybe... just maybe... the school has more than one field of study. Imagine that, oh foreward thinking, stuffed crust genius man. Bless your little heart.

[@wickedcabinboy]

Palette knife

[@AgentJayZ]

"Look out, he's got a knife! It's a palette knife, he's a surrealistic painter!" Alexei Sayle, back in the day... I think on the album "Panic"

[@av8bvma513]

@@AgentJayZ A man like no other!

[@62davelee]

You're ok with doing an instructors job at a trade-school for a hat and t-shirt? Seems like of you are creating material that is used as curriculum you should get much more in compensation.

[@62davelee]

Students are charged an inordinate amount for books and materials.

[@AgentJayZ]

Well, I do agree with you, but the way things are set up, creators are not in a position of strength... Asking works better than demanding.

[@GilmerJohn]

Well, since most schools now have wifi and most kids bring "devices" to class the teacher can just ask everyone to watch the video before class. Agent Z gets the credit, the kids get the knowledge.

[@ThatOneOddGuy]

I don't think it's a good idea to allow people to use your videos and use them At all because then no one will ask they will just use it

[@ThatOneOddGuy]

As for when you spoke about ripping the videos Fair I do that but mainly for music and odd stuff but rarely only for videos that I will rewatch over 5 times or require a clip from that video for some reason

[@martinwarne7183]

Great vlog. I buy tools from princess auto when stuff goes on sale and is so cheap you cant afford not to have it. Reasoning being you may never need it but when you do you have it. Worked out good so far for me the odd time when I needed it.

[@byloyuripka9624]

hey mr AJZ hope you are well always appreciate you sharing. i would suggest you investigate the L160 ratchets from ko-ken. they make a ¼" and ⅜" versions. the ratchet mechanism feels incredible, i use ko-ken ratchets almost exclusively nowadays unless i want to use some nepros artwork. the way the knipex flat jaws function let the user put a breaker bar on them and let them continue to punch above their weight, never had a failure (yet lol). i have been impressed with WERA drivers and their lasertips are amazing in use, the kraftform line is meant to be used as all those things you joke about, chisel scraper case splitter et cetera lol.

[@AgentJayZ]

I might try to get a few of their "Z" series sockets in 1/4 drive. I like the way they pronounce "zed" the correct way !

[@byloyuripka9624]

@@AgentJayZ whoa there agent jay zee! as a highly qualified american whose responsibilities include knowing better for other peoples and eating all the extra large big mac meals from mcdonalds, i must contest that language is ever evolving! 😉 for real though i am so confused why we cant all agree on a a single language or measuement system or anything lol. pray for me as i live my life in fractional fastener land. r.i.p. my sanity. im sorry GE or any other big american manufacturers have bestowed upon you the same curse 🙏🤦‍♂️ again the L160 ratchets might be the best mechanism in the world, their larger ratchets are nice but comparable with other good ratchets from people like snapon or hazet et cetera. hope your day is well sir! you are awesome! love learning from you

[@AgentJayZ]

In Canada, we say Zee Zee Top, but we also say Zed 28. I don't think there is a true explanation for it. I have heard 240 zed, and 240 zee. but then that is a metric, foreign car. Who knows...

[@micstonemic696stone]

yes the SNAP-ON stickers even in the 1980's on the box's lots of them when working at a car workshop the Snap-On man would come around once a month in his massive Massive Mercedes van full of all the Snap-On tools, didn't buy a box as I needed spanner/wrenches socket sets, Drivers, one I loved was open spanner at one end and left/right socket set type for annoying access bolts, however were choosing between imperial/metric not as easy choice as I worked one many older cars, they would get rounded off if I used cheap tools my tools were ok but yours are surgeons compared to mine RIGHT AgentJayZ this is very important your must be very careful when allowing your video's to other's as you have put in all the time teaching us, being carefully editing them it's possible for the student's not to get the full story of what you mean maybe just because of timing, or edit out the author and claim credit themselves I wish you to benefit by possibly using a manager you trust you don't have to pay anything yourself as they a only take a percentage of what is valuable knowledge don't you agree SEE in your toolbox you have tools to lend others, you are a selfless character the time you spend making video's could be spent Overhauling your latest J47 ORENDA is this true, or maybe time with your family please don't give up copy right VALUE, I am so grateful for all your time, THANK YOU SIR not sure but why don't you have Patreon for each student, I not a manager though