Locksmith tools

[sugurfoot]

After looking in your tool box, what is the strangest item you carry for a tool that wasn't meant to be a tool? But you can't do without it?

[HeadHunterCEO]

Music wire

[sugurfoot]

You mean like piano wire? What do you use it for?

[braddockpicker]

I got one, a metal wire fish comes in handy.

[Rickthepick]

bent screwdrivers for forcing parts/levers out of reach,
brake pipe+tent peg = car fishing tool,
Novelty tiny joke screwdrivers from a birthday card that i use quite a lot

[raimundo]

Lipstick, I use it to mark the face of a bolt to check where it touches the strike plate, and when installing a lock to mare where to drill for the strike plate. dosent work good in cold weather. lipstick has the ability to transfer to another surface when its warm.

Its impossible to see inside the closed door frame, but by marking you can get the info.

[loki-aka]

Playdough- used to pickup fine metal chips and filiings at customer site. Less potential for scratching finishes
than using a bench brush.

[Josh K]

Playdough- used to pickup fine metal chips and filiings at customer site. Less potential for scratching finishes
than using a bench brush.

That's a neat idea.