Those who do know shit about tools

[Priscilla]

 

[SloopJonB]

There's a guy who has dropped a tool or two into the drink. he double redundancy on the drill is a dead giveaway.

 

[Point Break]

One thing I know about tools was reinforced today. When you need a tool that you haven't used in a while, it hides. I needed my sawzall. I use it maybe once/twice a year. Sometimes not for 2 years. But it's always right there, in it's case, glaring at me. This morning it was no where to be found. I asked everyone I might have loaned it to. Nope. over a half hour searching every square inch of the garage. Even went over to my shop in case I'd decided to bring it there. Nope. Finally dragged out the wrong tool for the job, (An angle grinder w/ cut off wheel) 20 minutes of screeching grinding, metal spewing hell, and I had a badly hacked up new step for my big tractor.
Went to town and bought beer. Came back, and there's the sawzall right where I'd left it, not 5 feet from the tractor, right where I thought it should be.

Love mine. Just finished another closet demo. That thing eats whatever its near.

 

[Grande Mastere Dreade]

Love mine. Just finished another closet demo. That thing eats whatever its near.

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i have that one, from the 90's.. my dad had asked me what i wanted for x-mas, told him that's what I wanted.. he thought i was crazy.. still runs 30+ years later..

 

[bmiller]

It started out so innocently, my truck is a 2006 with 200K so even though the hoses looked perfect it seemed prudent to replace them. Including the little bastard hoses that send coolant to the heater. I knew they were going to be a bitch and have put it off long enough.

Basically remove a bunch of stuff to get to the tube and little hoses tucked conveniently behind the exhaust manifold.

Went to my local parts place, they had the radiator hoses but the little silicon hoses were an oddball size they didn't have on hand. My guy there found them through a dealer in Denver and ordered them.

Took a couple days but they showed up. Both of use thought one of them looked odd so he said just take them and if they work settle up with me later. Nice having that kind of relationship with a parts guy.

So I go home and proceed to have on of the worst days of my life under the hood of a truck. Lots of bleeding and cussing but I get it all put back together.

Go back to the parts shop and my guy digs out the invoice.......$87 for 2 hoses about 2 inches each.....fuk.......which I have installed.....fuk

I know better and should have asked how much before he ordered them and I installed them. Turns out I could have got them for a fraction from another retailer.

Oh well being stupid should be expensive.

 

[SloopJonB]

Oh well being stupid should be expensive.

It would be better if it was painful.

 

[Ease the sheet.]

It would be better if it was painful.

That bit happens when you tell your wife...

 

[00seven]

It would be better if it was painful.

Your day would be full of hurt...

 

[pbd]

It started out so innocently, my truck is a 2006 with 200K so even though the hoses looked perfect it seemed prudent to replace them. Including the little bastard hoses that send coolant to the heater. I knew they were going to be a bitch and have put it off long enough.

Basically remove a bunch of stuff to get to the tube and little hoses tucked conveniently behind the exhaust manifold.

Went to my local parts place, they had the radiator hoses but the little silicon hoses were an oddball size they didn't have on hand. My guy there found them through a dealer in Denver and ordered them.

Took a couple days but they showed up. Both of use thought one of them looked odd so he said just take them and if they work settle up with me later. Nice having that kind of relationship with a parts guy.

So I go home and proceed to have on of the worst days of my life under the hood of a truck. Lots of bleeding and cussing but I get it all put back together.

Go back to the parts shop and my guy digs out the invoice.......$87 for 2 hoses about 2 inches each.....fuk.......which I have installed.....fuk

I know better and should have asked how much before he ordered them and I installed them. Turns out I could have got them for a fraction from another retailer.

Oh well being stupid should be expensive.

You've got a relationship with your parts dealer; no one ever said relationships are free.

 

[SloopJonB]

You've got a relationship with your parts dealer; no one ever said relationships are free.

Or that they have to be good.

 

[Ease the sheet.]

Nor that they have to last forever.

 

[Mid]

man made , 'nuff said .

 

[SandyGreene]

One thing I know about tools was reinforced today. When you need a tool that you haven't used in a while, it hides. I needed my sawzall. I use it maybe once/twice a year. Sometimes not for 2 years. But it's always right there, in it's case, glaring at me. This morning it was no where to be found. I asked everyone I might have loaned it to. Nope. over a half hour searching every square inch of the garage. Even went over to my shop in case I'd decided to bring it there. Nope. Finally dragged out the wrong tool for the job, (An angle grinder w/ cut off wheel) 20 minutes of screeching grinding, metal spewing hell, and I had a badly hacked up new step for my big tractor.
Went to town and bought beer. Came back, and there's the sawzall right where I'd left it, not 5 feet from the tractor, right where I thought it should be.

That's definitely frustrating when you can't find a tool you need, especially when you know it's supposed to be there. It's amazing how a tool can disappear and then reappear in the same spot once you've already done without it. It's good that you were able to improvise with another tool, but it's always better to have the right tool for the job. Hopefully, next time you need the sawzall it will be right where you expect it to be!

 

[taliessin]

In my days as a boat mechanic, the most important tool in the shop was a powerful magnet on a rope.

We keep a big one and a small one on board.

 

[taliessin]

Feeling faint, usually a vagal episode can happen to us all. I recall as a young med student going to theatre for the first time. A child was having a closure of patent ductus arteriosis. A vessel present in the neonate that usually closes at child birth. So patient is on their side with chest open. It was very dry, nice dissection by the cardio thoracic surgeon, and as much as I tried to intellectualise what I was seeing, I came over faint. It was very embarrassing because another member of the team had to help me and not concentrate on the task at hand. But these things happen, you try not to take them to heart. Fortunately it didn’t put me off spending a life time in theatre.

I learned to eat before surgery.

 

[Captain Ketamine]

I learned to eat before surgery.

It’s strange how you get used to stuff. you end up eating in the anaesthetic room during long cases despite what might be happening in theatre. Some lists are designed to sit back enjoy a coffee and just chat with your mates. Watch the monitor. All very civilised.

 

[veni vidi vici]

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[Israel Hands]

^^^I'm baffled by your byline. Why would you want to alienate half your countrymen? Why would you want to announce to half the population that your mind's made up, and you don't listen to others' opinions?
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[Windward]

Is it best sometimes to toss that cheap harbor Freight tool in advance? Saves the storing and inevitable loosing of tool.

Not really all that environmental, but may preserve sanity.

 

[giegs]