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Author Topic: Lightweight tools Eric Robinson Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 538 From: Santa Rosa, CA Registered: Jan 2005 posted 03-31-2006 01:57 PM                     Recently I made my first airplane trip with my tools. The Airlines were a little astonished when they grabbed my 90lb case. I have lightened the load as much as possible by selecting small and light test equipment. The only thing left is to lighten my hand tools. Does anyone know of a good resource for finding lightweight wrenches or any other lightweight tools? ERIC  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-31-2006 08:25 PM                     Nope I carry 3 cases at 70lbs each 1 is screwdrivers, and nutdrivers allen wrenchs etc the next has sockets flat wrenchs soldering station crimpng tools fox and hound fluke meter fluke current clamp the third case has the leader scope the R2 and a loftech tone generator rack mounted in it then there is the PSA in its own case Airline love seening me as the overbaggage charges keep going up  |  IP: Logged Eric Robinson Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 538 From: Santa Rosa, CA Registered: Jan 2005 posted 03-31-2006 09:58 PM                     Yes, I thought I would just bring two cases on my next trip. Like the Leader scope, I just scored one on EBay for $215.00 I had an Audiocontrol RTA (about 11 lbs) which I have replaced with an Audigy Extigy USB (about 0.3 lbs) in combination with some Spectrum Analysis software which I run on my laptop. I am interested in tracking down some lighter wrenches though if possible.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-01-2006 04:13 PM                     http://www.wihatools.com/ has a line of flat wrenchs that are faily light as does Britool in the UK I use Wera for screwdrivers and Xcelite 99 serries for allen and nutdrivers  |  IP: Logged Ted Vetzal Film Handler Posts: 4 From: Oshawa, Ontario, Canada Registered: Mar 2006 posted 04-03-2006 06:02 PM                     Eric, It's one of these unavoidable things. There are certain things that you need to do the job right. Sometimes I will ship my tool case with all of my hand tools and my case with my cords, jigs, adaptors, etc by UPS, but my case with scope, light meter, Ivie RTA and the case with my R2 fly with me. Gordon, How big is the case that you have your R2 and scope in? I tuck my spare laptop for the R2 in with it, but that about fills the case. (I have it in the large Pelican case that it came in.) Thanks, Ted  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-04-2006 08:27 PM                     This is the leader scope R2 and Loftech generator in its road case It is a freistat case similar to the SKB line  |  IP: Logged Eric Robinson Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 538 From: Santa Rosa, CA Registered: Jan 2005 posted 04-06-2006 12:01 AM                     Can you give me a brief description of the function and use of the R2 and Loftech generator. I have only used a tone generator to sweep an auditorium for vibrating fixtures and also to test each diver of a speaker. ERIC  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-06-2006 09:10 PM                     The R2 is a sophisticated real time spectrum analyzer The Loftech is a frequency counter db meter and oscilator in one package which is handy in the field The scope is a leader 20meg dual trace  |  IP: Logged Eric Robinson Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 538 From: Santa Rosa, CA Registered: Jan 2005 posted 04-07-2006 10:26 PM                     I did a little digging around and noted that the R2 is the Lucasfilm/THX "R2" computerized RTA. Do you use the oscilator in cunjunction with the RTA to measure reverberation?  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-08-2006 11:14 AM                     Nope the R2 gates noise for that function  |  IP: Logged Eric Robinson Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 538 From: Santa Rosa, CA Registered: Jan 2005 posted 04-15-2006 12:05 AM                     Has anyone used titanium tools from Imprex? Imprex Titanium Tools  |  IP: Logged

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