I Want To Make An Electrician's Tool Bag

[Slow Learner]

I want to make a bag for an electrician friend. Specifically a tool bag and belt. I have looked at pictures but have not been able to make a pattern so I come to the place where I know someone will head me in the right direction. I have looked at the bag tutorial here, and even though it is not exactly what I wanting to do I may go with it anyway and make some dividers for tools inside the bag and some loops of some type on the outside for other tools. I just didn't want to reinvent the horse so to speak.

[Dwight]

Having worked as an electrician for almost 50 years, . . . I can say with some experience that you need to get your friend involved. He will be the key to getting the right one done correctly.

The reason I say that is that my tools, . . . another electrician's tools, . . . and your friend's tools will not be the same, . . . because of the type of electrical work each does. I was a maintenance electrician for the most part, . . . and carried upward of 20 pounds on my right hip in my prime days.

That included at least 4 screwdrivers, lineman pliers, dikes, BX stripper, needle nose, wire stripper, screw starters (2), open / box end wrenches (1/4 through 5/8), roll of 3M black tape, roll of rubber tape, hammer, spike, wiggy, flashlight, and some few things I cannot think of right now.

Generally, . . . the pouches I found at places like Walmart, Graingers, ABC Electric, were all designed by some jaybird accountant who worked in a leather company, . . . and was trying to sqeeze every bit of profit out of each pouch.

Enclosed is a little sketch of my favorite pouch I ever had. Bought it at an air conditioning part supplier in about 1970 (?) and if I remember correctly, . . . paid $18 for it. That was expensive then, . . . as I was making just over $3 an hour, . . . about $2.40 take home pay.

Anyway, . . . good luck, . . . have fun.

May God bless,

Dwight

[Slow Learner]

Thanks Dwight, I understand the need for specificity in the design as I have seen no less then 20 different configurations hence the confusion. Your drawing seems pretty straight forward and simple enough to make it practical. If you don't mind I may take your picture and develop on that and see what happens. Thanks Darrel