Who else has a tool problem?

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My biggest tool problems are finding the money to keep buying them and places to keep putting them.

Only problem I see in that photo is the mixing of brands…you can get your ass kicked on a tool forum for that type of blasphemy!!

I’m with Conductor, the biggest problem is finding money, that shit doesn’t grow on trees!

Kato wrote:

38 minutes ago, Kato said:

 

 

 

I’m with Conductor, the biggest problem is finding money, that shit doesn’t grow on trees!

well technically it don’t grow on trees, but you can always turn trees into money…..and I do so I guess I don’t have a tool problem

oh and by the way I’m tired of that lady I have to go see every Thursday saying things like ” How does that make you feel?” and “you are in denial” 

Nice little collection welcome aboard! keep us updated as it grows haha

KnarlyCarl wrote:

3 hours ago, KnarlyCarl said:

Nice little collection welcome aboard! keep us updated as it grows haha

^^one of the guys that can call that a little collection haha

Having just turned 22, you’ve got a hell of a start. More than I had at 22.

My goal is that when I die my kids will walk into my shop and say “what the hell are gonna do with all this shit?” Hopefully at least one of them will love and appreciate them the way that I do. I also informed Mrs. Conductor to get someone who knows what they’re talking about to help her price everything if she goes that route and to never sell anything for what she thinks I paid for them ?

Jordan1995 wrote:

12 hours ago, Jordan1995 said:

 

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Yes Jordan. You have a problem. Seek help right away. I think there’s a 1-900 number floating around here….

 you so realize power tools is a gateway addiction, before you know it you will be looking to buy bigger stationary tools. My advise to you is pack that bad stuff up now while you still have a chance….I’m here to help PM me and we will discuss how we will look after getting rid of all that for you but don’t tell anyone that I do this service there are a lot of guys in the same boat as you are in and I’m quite busy….only doing this as a favor

No, the true problem with gateway tools is that they open up a whole universe where everyone expects you to be able to create everything and fix everything for free…

“Well gee, isn’t that why you have all of those tools??” says all of your friends and family when you frown at their requests…

Plus…all of those tools are the wrong color anyway, they probably don’t work right…

Kato wrote:

7 hours ago, Kato said:

No, the true problem with gateway tools is that they open up a whole universe where everyone expects you to be able to create everything and fix everything for free…

 

“Well gee, isn’t that why you have all of those tools??” says all of your friends and family when you frown at their requests…

I love it when someone I haven’t talked to in 5 years calls me up out of the blue, bullshits about nothing for 5 minutes, then asks if I have a particular tool or skill. A tried and true tactic is to have their wife call my wife. More or less saying “hey girl, miss you and the kids. You guys should come out to the house Sunday and have Conductor bring his tile saw and a trowel” ?

I get drafted into lots of pro bono tile and trim work this way. My blast cabinet seems to find a lot of charity work too, though I’m about to lay that worthless piece of shit on the Railroad tracks and wait for a choo choo to put it out of it’s misery. 

I bust my balls making something, get it finished and bring upstairs…………20 minutes later I’m back in the shop……”screamin mother $%^&^%er why why why…..got to make 6 more……

Got half my tools in the new garage wife says omg that’s so many tools I said, oh… this is only half [emoji15]


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JimboS1ice wrote:

51 minutes ago, JimboS1ice said:

Got half my tools in the new garage wife says omg that’s so many tools I said, oh… this is only half [emoji15]


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Hmm May 6th coming up soon!! TIA all invited?!

JimboS1ice wrote:

1 hour ago, JimboS1ice said:

Got half my tools in the new garage wife says omg that’s so many tools I said, oh… this is only half [emoji15]


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hmm funny wife and I had almost same kind of conversation years ago but it wasn’t a garage…..and it was only 1 tool

KnarlyCarl wrote:

3 hours ago, KnarlyCarl said:

Hmm May 6th coming up soon!! TIA all invited?!

what is on may 6th?

I see

Milwaukee:

m12, m18,

Dewalt:

8v, stick pac 18v, 20v max

Kobalt:

24v max, 20v

Ridgid:

18v

8 battery platforms. Might be a new TIA record.

Jronman wrote:

what is on may 6th?
 
I see
Milwaukee:
m12, m18,
Dewalt:
8v, stick pac 18v, 20v max
Kobalt:
24v max, 20v
Ridgid:
18v
 
8 battery platforms. Might be a new TIA record.

JimboS1ice wrote:

1 hour ago, JimboS1ice said:

Jimbo’s getting hitched


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I thought you were already married?

Jronman wrote:

25 minutes ago, Jronman said:

I thought you were already married?

Haha he’s getting good practice referring to her as wife, good tactic really, it keeps the questions down if he said the word fiancee all the time, people would get annoying after awhile, asking all sorts of questions. 

it’s good practice so this doesn’t happen…..

Jordan1995 wrote:

On 4/8/2017 at 8:47 PM, Jordan1995 said:

 

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We need to get you some more hand tools. I have your fix. 🙂

JimboS1ice wrote:

4 hours ago, JimboS1ice said:

Jimbo’s getting hitched


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My sister is getting married that day too…. 5/6/(1)7 is kinda why they chose the date lol

KnarlyCarl wrote:

Haha he’s getting good practice referring to her as wife, good tactic really, it keeps the questions down if he said the word fiancee all the time, people would get annoying after awhile, asking all sorts of questions. 

KC_Tool wrote:

3 hours ago, KC_Tool said:

We need to get you some more hand tools. I have your fix. 🙂

He speaks the truth, @Jordan1995 hahaha

Also, a guy at work is getting married that same day as well, out in Maine, where his “old lady” – as he already refers to her as, is originally from!

KnarlyCarl wrote:

6 hours ago, KnarlyCarl said:

Haha he’s getting good practice referring to her as wife, good tactic really, it keeps the questions down if he said the word fiancee all the time, people would get annoying after awhile, asking all sorts of questions. 

It kind of sucks, you just get used to calling her your fiancee and boom now you got to learn to call her your wife. It is like writing the wrong year on checks for the first 2 months of the year…

KC_Tool wrote:

We need to get you some more hand tools. I have your fix. [emoji4]

Jordan1995 wrote:

1 minute ago, Jordan1995 said:

I’ve got lots of those too lol


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Music to my ears!

Grumpy MSG wrote:

12 hours ago, Grumpy MSG said:

It kind of sucks, you just get used to calling her your fiancee and boom now you got to learn to call her your wife. It is like writing the wrong year on checks for the first 2 months of the year…

fiancee or wife not bad try wrong name…..that gets messy real fast….

comp56 wrote:

58 minutes ago, comp56 said:

fiancee or wife not bad try wrong name…..that gets messy real fast….

I accidentally did that with my last girl friend, I still remember the look on her face.

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I wouldn’t consider amassing a healthy assortment of tools a “problem” per se.  🙂  Having served in the Army for over 15 years, I’ve met a lot of people who spend their hard-earned cash to collect much more trivial things like watches, shoes, and tacti-cool gear (which is usually paired with customizing AR-15s or other weapons).  Quality tools are items that can always pay for themselves, should the need arise.  Home project?  Do it yourself and potentially save thousands.  Need a job?  Not saying that you’ll make six figures, but many construction-type jobs are usually available and having your own tools isn’t a bad thing.  For example, I bought the 20v Max screwgun last year when it came with a free collated attachment.  Around the same time I was buying buckets of Senco collated screws on clearance at Lowe’s for $5 or so each.  Didn’t necessarily need the screwdriver or the screws right then, but it all panned out when I had a drywall project a few weeks ago. 

Okay, maybe I’m just trying to justify spending thousands on professional grade tools when my primary work tool is an M4A1.  🙂

I don’t have a problem?

I see a tool I want, hands shake..eyes twitch, walk out of the store, pace back and forth a few times then walk back in and buy the tool. Been doing this for years, whats the problem 🙂

I definitely have a problem, I’ve started realizing this:

Doesn’t include a couple clamp meters or my non-Fluke DMMs:

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These are just the 4″ PH2s from my screwdriver sets(Except the Klein which is a single), I also have other screwdrivers from other makes…and this doesn’t include three unopened Wera sets and a new Craftsman set I just bought:

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Guilty!

I see a lot of Makita but where’s the fan? They have a nice oscillating fan….

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I definitely have a problem. The tool I need is never the one I own. Just have to buy more, I guess…

BMack37 wrote:

On 4/20/2017 at 10:38 AM, BMack37 said:

I definitely have a problem, I’ve started realizing this:

 

Doesn’t include a couple clamp meters or my non-Fluke DMMs:

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You need all of these? haha

Jronman wrote:

3 hours ago, Jronman said:

You need all of these? haha

I need a backup to every meter so right now I need another because the Fluke 12 doesn’t have a backup 😉

KnarlyCarl wrote:

On 4/11/2017 at 8:54 PM, KnarlyCarl said:

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Hahahahaha oh to have balls that big 

ChrisK wrote:

15 hours ago, ChrisK said:

Hahahahaha oh to have balls that big 

Homeboy got game !!

Conductor562 wrote:

On 4/8/2017 at 10:17 PM, Conductor562 said:

My biggest tool problems are finding the money to keep buying them and places to keep putting them.

my biggest problem is trying to find tools that aren’t more than 200$ retail (I’ve been lucky lately though)

Isn’t that why we are here?
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I might have a bit of a tool problem. 

I saw a really good special on a Makita TD170 ($190AUD delivered) and thought I’d buy it now and save to get a charger and battery later. 

Somehow by the end of the week I had placed orders for a Makita XFD11 drill and two 2.0ah batteries from the USA ($240AUD delivered), a Makita rapid charger ($90 delivered), a Makita 5.0ah battery ($130 delivered), and a Makita 18v vacuum ($90 delivered). 

Then, the following week I saw a special on a Dewalt DCS355 multitool that couldn’t be ignored (35% off, $240AUD delivered with tstak and accessories), so that, two 2.0ah batteries ($65AUD each), and a DCB118 flexvolt charger after winning a bid on ebay ($110AUD delivered). 

I went from two battery platforms (Bosch 10.8v and Metabo 18v) to four in a fortnight. 

All of this was bought from eBay. There are some insane specials. If you look daily you won’t miss them. Beware! 

eBay is how I started my original collection as the bare tools weren’t available yet and didn’t need more batteries, now I have so many batteries I don’t know what to do with them


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If someone had the amount of tools that I do and they were not a pro, I’d say you might have a bit of a problem. For a contractor, I’d say it’s a problem if you didn’t.

BMack37 wrote:

On 2017-4-24 at 11:30 PM, BMack37 said:

 

I need a backup to every meter so right now I need another because the Fluke 12 doesn’t have a backup 😉

I’m a sparks, I have plenty of meters, including back-ups, but not as many as you! Nice collection! 

No pics at the mo, but currently have three lithium sds drills, three lithium combi drills, two lithium impacts, plus some other bits. A pic would be easier, I’ll have to gather them all together some time. Various brands and voltages, all have a purpose. 

Tug wrote:

3 hours ago, Tug said:

 

I’m a sparks, I have plenty of meters, including back-ups, but not as many as you! Nice collection! 

The sad thing is I have a Milwaukee DMM, a couple cheapies, a Fluke clamp meter and a Klein clamp meter. To be honest, I rarely use anything other than the 87Vs. I have one of the 27/FMs on my work bench at work so if someone needs to borrow a DMM…it’s soo big and the screen is pretty small so it’s sort of a punishment(despite being a great meter!).

BMack37 wrote:

 
The sad thing is I have a Milwaukee DMM, a couple cheapies, a Fluke clamp meter and a Klein clamp meter. To be honest, I rarely use anything other than the 87Vs. I have one of the 27/FMs on my work bench at work so if someone needs to borrow a DMM…it’s soo big and the screen is pretty small so it’s sort of a punishment(despite being a great meter!).