[SAGE] System Administrator Tool chest..

[Gene Rackow]

As many have indicated, the Leatherman is the first thing in the kit.
I've had mine for over 20 years now.

Next come some forceps or very thin long pliers. I prefer the loop
handles as it makes it very easy to grab the loose item, then lock
the handle and you are set.

Cable ties of various sizes.  Need a temporary brake for the the
wheels on a rack.  Put a wide tie around the base of the wheel
and pull tight.

After that in the toolkit goes a number of dental tools or
their look-alike replacement.  small mirror on a handle,  tiny
picks and probes, small curved pointy things.

A small magnet on an extendable shaft for getting that wild screw.
A small flashlight of the same type when you need a light in
an odd place.

Next, a small package of blue-tack.  That stuff you use to
put up posters, etc.  Put a small piece on a dental probe and 
you can pick up that screw you dropped.  Another piece on
the screwdriver and you can get that screw back in the hole.

A good set of interchangable bits (torx, allen, phillips, etc)
A screwdriver style handle and a wrench style handle for them.

A selection of cables and cable ends and adapters.  db-9 to cat5
db-25, etc.   USB-serial.
--Gene