<html> Hi all, I travel regularly with my tool kit, and normally carry it on.  At most airports I have to open it for inspection, and I lift things out so the security people can see what's in there.  They look for hammers, long pointed tools, and things like that. I usually put my center pin broaches in a check suitcase, as that is the tool which is most often objected to. At large airports like LAX, they will not let me carry the tools on, and I have to check them.  I almost never fly from that airport, though. Don Mannino RPT (from Reno) At 12:28 AM 7/11/01 -0400, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>I'm off to Reno tomorrow, and just to be safe, I called United Airlines to inquire if I would have any trouble taking my tuning kit on the airplane.  The woman at United asked me what kind of tools was I planning to take on the airplane?  I told her I had screwdrivers, pliers, a tuning hammer...  She interrupted, "How many screwdrivers?"  OK... "I have two big ones, a phillips head and a standard, and two small ones, also a phillips and a standard."  I was put on hold until she could talk to a supervisor.  She came back a minute or two later and said she wanted a complete list of all the tools that I wanted to take on the plane.  However, if I wanted to stow the tools in my baggage, it was fine.  I told her I would just take my hammer, mutes and tuning fork, and stow them in my luggage.   That's all I'll really need in Reno, but what if I was taking the technical test and I needed my tools?  I guess I'd just have to stow them in with the baggage. Anyone else ever experience any difficulties traveling with your tools?  Never having flown anywhere with my tools before, I was just lucky that I had the sudden impulse to call the airline and check. Tom S. </blockquote></html>