Invest in a good pair of kneepads...

(NO, you sickos..not for THAT reason!)

Get the "hard cap" kind with decent padding. Don't be cheap.

After kneeling on rafters and unswept concrete all day, you'll be glad you didn;t get the $5.99 ones.

Don't be cheap - you only get one set of knees from the factory.

Other ideas... Get a handful of those foam earplugs with the cord, and make sure you keep a set with you (in your tool bag, pouch, bucket, box, whatever). Running a hammer drill in a small panel room can leave you deef after a while - or if you're using Ramsets (the powder-actuated nail guns) inside.

Stick with brand name tools (Klein, Ideal, Greenlee, Craftsman (don't laugh)) - most have a decent warranty, and, more importantly, they're not going to break when you're in the middle of using them as designed, leaving you to invent new cusswords.

Once you buy those fancy tools? Engrave your name (or initials, or "special mark") on every one, or on every component those tools break down into. It keeps them from "walking away", makes 'em easy to spot if they get borrowed, and keeps you from hockin' 'em on a whim.

Welcome to da' job!

Doug

(BYW, I like my coffee extra cream, extra sugar, and my favorite donut is choclate glazed!) [ [Linked Image]]