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July 15th, 2008, 04:57 PM
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Your EDC
What's in your EDC (every-day-carry)(whose term is this, it is NOT mine!)?
Pictures are welcome and encouraged! Mine consists of: 1 roll of black gaff 1x Altman Lighting Wrench 1x Ratchet Lighting Wrench 1x Mini-MagLite 1x Hawking Wi-Fi Locater 1x Philips Headphones 1x Sony In-Ear headphones 1x 1/4 to 1/8 adapter 1x Jeep Multi-tool with various bits 1x Palm Centro Cell Phone 1x Palm Centro Case and belt clip 1x Sony Vaio laptop w/ case and charger. 1x HP photosmart digital camera Various writing utensils and paper  Is there anything I'm missing?
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July 15th, 2008, 06:15 PM
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Re: Your EDC
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I don't count clothing, but I always wear it. Additionally, I carry my wallet, cellphone, watch, multitool and knife. Sometimes my flashlight makes a brief stint.
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July 15th, 2008, 07:41 PM
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Re: Your EDC
While you have both the Altman wrench and Lightspeed wrench, I would still suggest a 6" wide-jaw, or an 8" Adjustable wrench. Infinitely more useful than the other two, although they do have their place. Tell me you don't EDC (gafftapegreenia [it's his term]--can it be a verb also?) your own roll of black gaffer's tape!?
My minimum EDC list: (as a professional stagehand, in no particular order) Gerber Multi-Tool & sheath 6" Wide-Jaw Cooper Tools/Crescent wrench Volt-Tick LED MiniMag flashlight & sheath (or several  ) roll of black E-tape roll of white E-tape Sharpie, Pen, Notepad See this thread for what else is in my work box/bag.
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July 15th, 2008, 09:47 PM
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Me: Leatherman Wave LED MiniMag Flashlight Pen, Dual-tip sharpie (Fine and Ultra-Fine,) Paper 9/16 Socket Wrench (my lights don't have c-clamps so a socket wrench works better) Near me but not necessarily on my person: Gaff Tape of whatever color, is available (usually black or tan,) 6" cresent wrench, and E-Tape, whatever is available, usually black, sometimes green or red. Also, I usually carry an extra copy of my light plot in my pocket when doing set up. Edit: Upon futher revision of the term EDC, mine is: Wallet Keys Cell Phone Pens Leatherman Wave On School days add: Backpack or Laptop Case or Both
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July 15th, 2008, 10:46 PM
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Re: Your EDC
Mini-mag, pocketknife, rope wrench, multi-tool of some sort, tweaker, Sharpie, a pen or two, a bunch of adapters.
When I'm actually lighting a show, add an Alt-wrench, an 8" C wrench, grease pencil, regular pencil, pinsplitter sometimes; and with me but not on me, board tape, gaff, tie line, color box, gobos, plot and paperwork, scale rule, field templates, triangles, floppy disks, and sometimes part (or even all) of the lighting rig.
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July 16th, 2008, 12:33 AM
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Some -cough-derek are misunderstanding the term EDC, which stands for Every Day Carry. Which is to say, what to you have with you anytime you step outside the house. That is not the same as anytime you step inside a theater/venue.
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July 16th, 2008, 12:55 AM
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Unless you are derek and only leave the house to step into the venue or theatre. Ok, so to make you happy charc, we shall re-name this thread: What do you EDC for work? Anyway Work Days Wallet Keys on a Carabiner Cell phone Mini Mag LED Leatherman Lockback utility knife Pens, pencils, sharpies 6" c wrench -Depending on what I"m doing that day I may carry- Pin splitter Diags Wire Strippers Tape measure (on person if carp heavy day, if not, in bag) Off days: Wallet Keys Cell phone Victorinox Tinker or similar SAK Oh, the key ring has a small Swiss army knife and LED light, so I'm never without. Anything else I need is either in my trunk or in my bag. Any testers I own stay in my bag till needed. Most hand tools stay in the bag unless I know they will be in constant use, then they stay on my person.
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July 16th, 2008, 12:59 AM
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And some...<insert cute, veiled, reference here>...don't realize I rarely leave the house unless it's for work. If we're not talking work, I guess it's just wallet, keys, watch, and cellphone.
gafftapegreenia--we need a clarification: Does EDC refer to work or casual? Make a wiki entry! And why would anyone care what anyone carries for casual?
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July 16th, 2008, 01:08 AM
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Re: Your EDC
Apparently, there are people out there obsessed with what people carry with them on a daily basis. They also take pride in how much stuff they can squirrel away on their person. So, EDC refers to that. Now, sometimes people like to get specific and say "what do you carry for (fill in blank)". For some people, I can see work and play being very different. However, seeing as the stage is essentially life for most of us, then that is indeed where the term EDC would apply. So, in short, EDC is the items you have on you most often, work related or not.
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"Any engineer can put a spot on someone" - Jules Fisher You must first know and understand the rules before you can break them. "The student's first lighting assignment is like having sex the first time. You can't really tell anybody where to put it; you've just got to get through it." - Gilbert Hemsley Lighting is Sexy
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July 16th, 2008, 10:41 PM
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Re: Your EDC
I guess I have a couple obscure items I carry around that nobody else does.
Speaking of which, if anybody doesn't have a non-contact voltage detector, I strongly advise getting one. You can hold it up to a cord or an outlet and immediately know if it's engerized or not. I can rule out poor connector wiring or dimmer issues when certain lights aren't coming on, and tell if it's a lamp issue or not right away. All you have to do is point it next to a cord and it will beep if a cord, circuit, or anything else is live or not. The best part, it's cheap, under $15.
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Mike Nicolai Oconomowoc, WI, USA Last edited by MNicolai; July 16th, 2008 at 10:45 PM..
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