Sail Buyers Guide: Tools & Tool Kits

Tools & Tool Kits

Advanced Machinery
(New Castle, DE USA)
"Z2" alum. multi-configuration portable vise
www.advmachinery.com

Awab
(Ft. Lauderdale, FL USA)
"Awab" flexible shaft hex socket hose clamp driver
www.awabllc.com

BoatLife
(Charleston, SC USA)
Deck seam removal 110v & 220v hot knives
www.boatlife.com

Brion Toss Yacht Rigging
(Port Townsend, WA USA)
"Z-Vise" portable vise, "Captain Billings" rigger's vise, loggers tape
www.briontoss.com

Buck Algonquin Marine Hardware
(Stevensville, MD USA)
Packing box wrenches, thru hull step wrenches
www.buckalgonquin.com

Davey/R&W Rope Warehouse
(New Bedford, MA)
Caulking irons, hardwood caulking mallet
www.rwrope.com

Davis Instruments
(Hayward, CA USA)
Universal deck plate key
www.davisnet.com/marine

Groco (Gross Mechanical Labs)
(Hanover, MD USA)
Stepped keyway wrench for "Groco" thru hulls, pin-type spanner/deck plate key
www.groco.net

Link Tools International
(Chicago, IL USA)
"Quick-Lock" tool kits & drivers
www.link-tools.us

Lord & Hodge
(Middletown, CT USA)
"Vacu-Vise" portable vise; grommet & snap fastener setting tools
www.lordandhodge.com

LubriMatic/Plews-Edelmann
(Dixon, IL USA)
Nylon strap 1/2" square drive & handle type oil filter wrenches
www.plews-edelmann.com

McFeely's Square Drive Screws
(Madison, WI)
Tools for square drive fastenings
www.mcfeelys.com

Moody Tools
(Warwick, RI USA)
Miniature tool sets
www.moodytools.com

Nautitool/Steritool
(Jacksonville, FL USA)
S.S. pliers, hammer, mallet, screwdrivers, scissors, scrapers, inch & metric nut drivers, wrenches, sockets, hex keys & punches
www.steritool.com

Scandvik
(Vero Beach, FL USA)
"ABA" flexible shaft nutdrivers for tightening hose clamps
www.scandvik.com

Seair Dynamics
(Jupiter, FL USA)
"SeairTools" belt pouch tool kit
www.seairdyn.com, www.seairdynamics.com

Shockles/Simply Brilliant
(Hood River, OR USA)
"ToolTether"
www.shockles.com

Spartan Marine (Robinhood)
(Georgetown, ME USA)
"Spartan" stuffing box wrenches
www.spartanmarine.com

Spec Tools
(Bridgewater, MA USA)
"SkewDriver" offset, "FastDriver" two-speed, straight & pistol-grip screwdrivers & kits, "SqueezeWrench" scissor-action handle wrench & wrench set
www.spectools.com

Suncor Stainless, Inc.
(Plymouth, MA)
Hand & portable hydraulic swagers
www.suncorstainless.com

U.S. Rigging Supply
(Santa Ana, CA USA)
Hand & bench swagers for oval sleeves
www.usrigging.com

West Marine
(Watsonville, CA USA)
"SeaFit" chrome-plated tool kits, s.s. tools & kits
www.westmarine.com

West System
(Bay City, MI USA)
"Scarffer" circular saw attachment for cutting plywood scarfs
www.westsystem.com