Our splicer lives in a Pelican case as well, with the splicer, battery charger, cleaver, a couple of stripping tools, a visual fault locator, kevlar scissors, a buffer tube splitter, and a jacket stripper (actually two, one for .5" jackets and less, and one for .5" jackets up to 1.5" jackets), and a drywall knife.
Also inside the pelican case is a separate small cardboard box with: a tiny bottle of alcohol, an assortment of splice sleeves, an assortment of pigtails-some LC/UPC, SC/APC, and ST, and a few cleaning cloths. This is only here in case the other box is forgotten and you have to do a emergency repair quick or if a travel bag is lost on the airlines, etc. It lets a tech do at least a few splices with nothing else. Then separately we have a cleaning kit in a small toolbox that has the alcohol, cleaning cloths/wipes, a small can of spray air, fiber cleaning solution and some misc cleaning supplies, as well as a few bags of splice sleeves in the bottom, and some more tools in the top tray such as a screwdriver with an assortment of tips, some extra hex keys, and some other misc tools. This might work better to travel in a Klien backpack like Eric uses, but I like seeing the tools when I put them on a work area. And the toolbox is flat so it works if I need to raise the splicer from the work area to do PIA splices in a rack (balance the splicer on the toolbox which is balanced on the pelican case....... which itself is balanced on an upside down trashcan......) On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 9:15 PM, Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Klein tool backpack and two small multi-compartment organizers (like the > type you see for fly fishing) that hold essential small stuff.. > > Pelican 1510 hard case with fusion splicer and its accessories. > > Stuff like the cleaver and fiber prep gear lives in either the backpack or > the 1510 depending on how many other non-fiber tools are in the backpack. > > > https://www.google.com/search?q=klein+tool+backpack&num=100&client=firefox-b&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjwyKeBzODNAhVRxGMKHZBmBawQ_AUICSgC&biw=1600&bih=1095 > > https://www.amazon.com/Pelican-1510-000-110-Carry-Pluck-Black/dp/B0002SKHIK > > For size reference, the Pelican 1510 is the max normal size allowed for > carry on luggage. > > > On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 9:41 PM, Jason McKemie < > j.mcke...@veloxinetbroadband.com> wrote: > >> Does anyone have a recommendation for something that has worked well for >> you? I'm wanting something with space for supplies as well as basic tools. >> Pretty much everything I've used so far just has one main compartment for >> the tools, I'd like something a bit more structured. > > > -- David Kunat
