Norm’s Recommended Hand Tool Collection
Here’s a list of hand tools Norm Abrams thinks that every homeowner should eventually have. Most can be found at flea markets, garage sales, and antique malls. Click here to find out what they’re used for and why Norm recommends them. I’ve added links to modern-day equivalents if you can’t find the older tools.
Now that there are only a few shopping weeks left until Christmas, you can print this list and buy some gifts for that special handy-person around the house.
Norm’s Tool List:
- A set of chisels
- Adjustable wrench
- Sliding T-bevel
- Try square
- Brace
- Hand drill
- Monkey wrench
- Ripsaw
- Yankee screwdriver
- 3-foot level
- Folding ruler
- Clapboard gauge
- Straight-claw hammer
- Curved-claw hammer
- Hacksaw
- Spokeshave
- 1-foot level
- Plumb bob
- Whetstone
- Router plane
- Scribe
- Classic wooden toolbox