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Gopher_Greene

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I was wondering what people carrying in their personal kits as a gaffer, juicer and grip.

As a juicier I have a multimeter, electrical tape, lineman pliers, wirenuts, lugs rubber and leather gloves, safety goggles and a few adapters.

As a grip I carry gloves, tape, hammer, cine foil

Always I carry my lighting handbook, firstaid kit, flashlight, multitool, rain gear

What do you guys have?
 
Gaffers tape is always a must.

In addition, tools, gloves, spare tapes, spreadsheets, handbook, DOF charts, etc...

A little for shooting, and a little for lighting.
 
When I grip/gaff or even when I DP I carry all of my tools in one of those rolling stanley tools kits. Works great. It contains:

- Can spray adhesive
- Can dulling spray
- Small Can WD40
- Practical lighting socket
- Scotch tape
- Sewing needle set
- Metal binder clips
- Business cards
- AA/AAA batteries
- Sash cord
- 6" Collar pin
- Baby pin w/ 3/8 female thread
- Cotton rope
- Safety goggles
- Multimeter
- First aid kit
- Set of walkies (2)
- Multi-tool
- Industrial velcro
- Push pins
- Grip gloves
- Leather Gaff gloves (for hot lights)
- 20 gauge bailing wire
- 16/3 cable
- Pack of gum
- Practical bulbs
- Matches
- Goo Gone
- Olfa knife w/ extra blades
- Chalk
- Ear plugs
- Lineman pliers
- Groove joint pliers
- Set Allan keys
- Emergency poncho
- Torpedo level
- Safety pins
- Nylon thead (black & white)
- Fishing line
- Drywall screws (1", 1 5/8")
- Penny nails (#8, #16)
- Bolts and nuts (1/4", 3/8", 5/8")
- Countersink bit
- Drill bits
- Cubetaps
- Ground lifers (3 wire to 2 wire)
- 15A fuse plugs
- Pignose socket adapter
- Socket adapter to 2 plug
- Edison to socket
- Porcelain sockets
- 18/2 Zipcord
- 3 wire hubbles (male and female)
- Quick-on males
- In-line quick-on switch
- File set
- Aluminum tape 2"
- Painters tape 2"
- Masking tape 2"
- Electrical tape
- Cloth tape (1" black, white, 2" black, white)
- Snot tape
- Double sided cloth 1"
- Paper camera tape (1" various colours)
- Scrap piece unbleached muslin
- Scrap piece duvetyne
- Extra socks
- Puttyknife w/ baby pin
- Dust-masks
- Blackwrap
- LED head-band light
- Small Maglite
- Bungee set
- Ratchet straps
- Claw hammer
- Cardboard pads
- Small fire extinguisher
- Can black barbecue paint
- Can lemon Pledge
- Can Dust-Off
- Diffusion in a can
- Chain
- Multi-screwdriver
- Needle nose pliers
- 3/8 threaded rod
- Pad locks
- Small scissors
- C47's (clothes pegs)
 
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Hahaha...thanx. Can never be too prepared. Having the right tool can save the day just as not having it can totally bone you.
 
That is the most awesome list ever.

Two questions (since I have one of those Stanley carts).

How do you fit everything in there and how do you find anything?

Please take a photo and share.

Chris
 
Hey. It's a jam for sure but it does fit. As a compromise to get everything in there you have to rummage around a bit to get at something. Half way through the day it does get a bit cluttered. Certain things like the electrical, nuts and bolts, a few handtools are in their own smaller kits/containers which helps and i've slid a piece of foamcore in to act as a divider to keep all the canned stuff somewhat together. Also frequently used things I'll try to keep in the lid organizer to get at it quickly.

I'll try to get a photo up tomorrow.
 
Wow. What a list.

Some things I carry that (I don't think) I saw on there:

Several extension cords and ground adapters;
Those slide wire-ties: great for collecting tons of cords running across, e.g., a floor;
Gels and LOADS of diffusers;
Laser distance measure (not the sonar variety);
Tape measure;
Shop towels for cleaning dusty surfaces so tape will adhere;
Wet wipes;
Aluminum chimney flashing squares;
Staple gun with various length staples.
 
Here are the pics as I promised:

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I also noticed a few things I didn't list before - I was going off my checklist last time which hasn't been updated and normally doesn't include items I normally keep on me personally in my toolbelt:

- 8" Crescent wrench
- Sharpies
- Ground tester
- Stubby ratcheting screwdriver
- 16ft Lufkin tape measure
- Elastic bands
- Medical booties (for walking on delicate surfaces like freshly painted cycs)
- Scrap piece net material
- Kim wipes
- Small makeup mirror
- Rubbing alcohol
- Toolbelt and various pouches
 
My list (although deffinetly not as big as bcheong's goes a little something like this....

**2'' black gaffers tape
**3/4'' Bright green gaff tape
1/2'' and 3/4'' Paper artists tape, white (camera tape)
c-47's
plastic squeeze clamps
occasionally some metal c-clamps
**Mechanics gloves (not hot light gloves, just basic ones)
**Leatherman tool (a MUST HAVE)
**550 cord
**canned air
one of those rosco filter sample pack things
**Light meter
measuring tape
**mini-slate, without clappers
**waterproof righting pad/mechanical pencil (rite in the rain brand pad)
small plastic clip board
**Gum
**water
**cotton towells
**clear plastic garbage bags
Big contractor grade black garbage bags
Velcro cable wraps
Zip ties
**Heavy duty extension cords (usually 2 50 footers)
**Power strips (2)
clamp light


That's the stuff I usually have on hand, but of course it changes and gets added to or subtracted from depending on what type of shoot I am doing....usually the starred stuff is with me no matter what...
 
Great stuff guys! I love reading lists like these. Always gives you ideas in addition to first hand experience to find out what's handy out in the field:

I thought I would list my camera ditty as well since the other list is more grip/electrical stuff. Everything fits into a Cinebags production bag. It doesn't come out nearly as much since I have an assistant with a similar kit. There's a lot of overlap with the other kit.

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- Custom made front box
- Cloth tape 1" black and white
- Paper tape 1/2", 1" in various colours
- "Exposed" camera tape (for film)
- Camera ID tape (for film)
- Can Dust-off
- Pancro lens cleaner
- Orange wood sticks
- Medical swabs
- Kim wipes
- Cleaning cloth
- Jumbo camera blower
- AC camera pouch and belt
- Velcro
- Video connectors & adapters
- 100ft soft windup tape measure
- LCD lens shade w/ extension
- Sashcord
- Plastic eyecup cover (to fit over my DVX when shooting outside in the sun)
- Extra 16mm film cores
- Camera reports
- Coloured sharpies
- Slate marker
- Fine tip dry erase pens
- 4 in 1 multicolour pen
- Chalk
- Tweezers
- Jewelers screwdrivers
- Leatherman
- Multi-tool
- Screwdriver
- Small safety scissors
- Small 6" crescent wrench
- Needle nose pliers
- Knife
- Compass
- Eye piece chamois
- Magnifying glass w/ LED light
- LEE gel swatch
- Extra CR123 batteries (for my light meter)
- Extra AA batteries
- Insert slate
- Full sized slate w/ sticks
- Grey cards
- Focus pattern
- Extra filter cases
- Allan keys
- Extra manfrotto tripod plate
- Metal binder clips
- Clothes pegs
- Various nuts and bolts
- Ziplock bag medical stuff - tylenol, gravol, band-aids, etc
- Extra socks
- Golf tees
- Cleaf leaf bags
- Black garbage bags
- Silver tarp
- RCA cable
- Granola bars
- Hot paws
- LED flashlight
- Kodak/Fuji quick reference cards and manuals
 
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here's my small camera kit: (Again, wimpy in comparison)

Micros lense cloth
Microfiber dusting cloth (NOT for my lense, but for general wiping down of tripod and other non-sensitive stuff)
Leatherman
Cotton diaper cloth
gaff tape
camera tape
rubber blower thing
camel hair brush
lense paper
light meter (sekonic l 398 studio deluxe)
insert slate w/ pens
thin tipped sharpie (my favorite for labelling tapes)
2-3 extra panny MQ tapes
canned air, and a mini-compressed air blower (uses small metal cartridge)
550 cord
Allen wrenches (for tripod hardware)
Chamoise eye pad
rain cover for DVX
plastic zip loc bags (smaller than sandwich size)
caribiner
measuring tape
kodak color seperation chart (sort of a poor mans version of a macbeth color chart)
small grey card
LED flashlight
screw-on filters
various BNC adapters
lense cleaner
windex (again....NOT FOR MY LENSE!!! just for general cleaning and de-greasing of non sensitive surfaces....)
 
Ya windex is great stuff! I got to get a spritzer bottle and fill one up for my kit. Caribiner's are great too...i always have them hanging off me everywhere...
 
Barry,
Where do you get you quick ons at. The last show I was on the prop guy had these plugs that you just lay the wire in snap them closed and your ready to go. I have searched up and down and can't find them anywhere. They were given to him so he doesn't know a source for them. Is this the quick on you have?

Gopher
 
Hi Gopher - These are the same ones I have in my kit. As you mentioned they just open up and you snap them closed onto 18/2 Cable ("Zipcord"). They're great if you need to wire practicals, etc. You can get them at any hardware centre.
 
Gloves
Leatherman
Black wrap
GAffers Tape,
Spare Bulbs,
Bungees,
clothespins,
a bootle of single malt whisky and a credit card

Hasn't failed me yet :beer:
 
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