More Power. I have a tool problem.

Discussion in 'The Lounge Bar' started by von Poop, Aug 1, 2020.

  1. gash hand

    gash hand Well-Known Member

    Can I ask you chaps, in all seriousness, when does "it might come in handy for something" tool become just junk, I have asked this question and now I'm banned from the shed! Sheila
     
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  2. Robert-w

    Robert-w Banned

    Never
    Following Finaegal's General Theorem* it can sit around for almost ever but just after you get rid of it you'll encounter a need for it.

    *The Universe tends to the maximum of perversity
     
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  3. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    When we are dead and the family throws out all our stuff.
     
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  4. canuck

    canuck Closed Account

    That is so true. I think you need to find a like minded beneficiary well in advance of your demise.

    I've seen a few examples recently of prized possessions of over 50 years going into a dumpster within a week of the owners passing.
     
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  5. SDP

    SDP Incurable Cometoholic

    Got a few Norton tools around somewhere. Never used them but then I've yet to start the rebuild of the 1961 Dominator I bought back in about 1975. Can't rush these things.
     
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  6. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    You rarely regret a very specific niche tool.

    Carpet stretcher/kicker. Bought in a fit of rage while doing up a mate's old house - still dragged out every 5-10 years to make a horrible job a relative pleasure.

    Pallet splitter - was £15, used all the time now for its intended purpose & multiple other lifting/breaking jobs. (Place I work had never seen them before despite pallets being a prime material. One use & ordered their own on the spot. Revelatory device if you've only ever done it with hammers & bars.)
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    Etc. Etc.

    And Robert's point is spot on.
    Throw that 'old bit of junk' away, and within a week it will be needed.
     
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  7. chrisgrove

    chrisgrove Senior Member

    Oh, I thought that screwdriver was the three foot dockyard! Not much there I haven't got, bar the jack planes. But my oldest tools (given, new, as a present) are only about 70 years old, which explains why my mallet is missing a large chunk, as a result of attacking a car wheel which would not come off any other way. But I'm doing well on the model building tools (and drawing instruments)!
    Chris
     
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  8. Rich Payne

    Rich Payne Rivet Counter Patron 1940 Obsessive

    I'd never heard of a pallet-splitter, but we've got a lad at work who can do it quicker with a pallet truck ! I've had the odd moment with a fork lift too.
     
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  9. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

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  10. Tolbooth

    Tolbooth Patron Patron

    If it moves and shouldn't - gaffer tape.
    if it doesn't move and should - WD40
     
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  11. bamboo43

    bamboo43 Very Senior Member

    I’ve been clearing out my Dad’s shed and garage recently. Some of his tools, which were my Poppa’s I reckon are so well made. Beautiful wood handles, great balance and all round craftsmanship.
     
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  12. gash hand

    gash hand Well-Known Member

    I secretly took a shot in the man cave while he was working, "asleep" Sheila

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  13. gash hand

    gash hand Well-Known Member

    As you chaps have shown me your tools I will show you mine
     
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  14. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    He's a man of many vices.
     
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  15. canuck

    canuck Closed Account

  16. canuck

    canuck Closed Account

    I treasure some hand tools, pocket watches, fishing gear and camping equipment handed down from my grandfather. Some of it still highly functional and all of it irreplaceable.
     
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  17. JDKR

    JDKR Member

    Tools from Lidl might not be top notch quality but you have got to admire a shop that sells yoghurt and angle grinders.
     
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  18. bamboo43

    bamboo43 Very Senior Member

    My eldest daughter is just about to buy her first house, so I am going to put together a toolkit for her which combines both her grandfather's tools. It is a nice way to keep these things in use and in the family.
     
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  19. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    Posted before but these two crack me up.

     
  20. Robert-w

    Robert-w Banned

    Yup - the guy who cuts your security bolts and burgles you can also have a healthy economical diet!
     

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