What’s in my toolkit? This is what everybody wants to know, and you may find it useful.

Basic toolkit in small Gatemouth bag:

• RJ-45 and crimping tool (ratcheting)
• RJ45 connectors
• Wire strippers
• Electrical tape
• Tone generator
• Tone probe
• RJ-45 line coupler
• DeWalt 9.6V cordless drill with Phillips attachment
• Set of 12 drill bits
• Tacking stapler
• Tacking staples
• USB to 2.5”, 3.5” and SATA drive coupler with external power
• CAT5E patch cable, 15 feet (machine-made and tested, NOT handmade)
• RJ-11 4 line telephone cord
• Brother P-Touch labeler
• Standard computer/monitor power cord
• Pen and notepad
• Blank CD-R discs (5)
• Telecom splicing connectors (100)
• Set of 10 Wiha micro screwdrivers. Do yourself a favor and get a German or American-made set. RadioShaque’s set is of absolutely dismal quality.
• Nylon cable-ties (10)
• Leveler
• Hot Glue gun and lotsa glue (hot glue is non-conductive and easily removable, perfect for insulating trouble parts and immobilizing 5.25" 3.5" and 2.5" drives where there are no screws to be found or elaborate clip-in style mounting methods that require a proprietary part which is invariably missing).

Complete toolkit in large Gatemouth bag:

• Everything mentioned above, plus:
• Velcro cable ties
• Floppy disks (5, and pray they work)
• 110-type keystone jacks (2)
• Punchdown tool
• Punchdown attachments (110 and 66 styles and Krone)
• Line telephone
• Multi-meter (again, this is an important tool--pay money and get Fluke, not RadioShaque)
• Stud finder
• Small bag of screws of assorted sizes
• Subset of Utility CDs—specifically one that contains Norton Ghost, and one that contains a bootable version of Windows XP.