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[QUOTE="biglou, post: 352144"]
(Slapping self n forehead) For some reason, I envisioned the toolbox as a "take with you on rides" portable type of toolbox.  That is what I was naming off tools for.  Everyone else here is correct.  Start with the basics and just build from there.  I have a Craftsman rollaway and chest in the garage that is packed with tools collected since I was a teenager.  There's no such thing as too many tools!  One nice way is to buy something as you need it (hopefully it won't be an emergency), and, as mentioned, ask for stuff for Christmas.

I do buy some cheap tools IF and only if I know they won't see severe duty.  Things like the dental picks.  You have to justify the original cost of some tools as compared to buying the Craftsman or Snap-On ones against just replacing the el-cheapos once in a great while.

I have a set of "Popular Mechanics" sockets and ratchets at work that I got at Wal-Mart, and they haven't let me down yet.  They are also lifetime warrantied.  Wal-Mart is a good place to pick up a lot of your basic starter stuff on a budget.

Happy wrenching! :)
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