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Lost tools

Years ago my better half & I went to Europe to visit my uncle and to do some traveling. Our first stop was my unle that lived in an apartment.
His door was always open to his friends and other families.

Knowing this I decided to hide our passports and didn't inform my wife about the placement.

3 days later we are getting to leave and continue our rest of the trip. We tore up the place looking for the passports. No where to be found. Sure enough they were stolen when we were out of the house.

Anyways, we did our rest of the traveling and somehow (If I remember correctly, we went to US embassy for emergency papers in order to get back home.

I found the passports after six months of being back home.

I had them tucked away in my shower bag's side pocket.
 
I know this answer:
1) 1st one is for the workshop... this one got dropped
2) 2nd one is for the reloading bench (not yet dropped) decent grade
3) High Dollar New that only gets used on Sundays or while wearing gloves. Might have even named it.

If you are a wood worker it looks like above. If you are a machinist then my list is backwards and every caliper has at least one additional backup set
 
Thud said:
Looking for my lost glasses is a daily occurrence :cool:
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And when you find them, they're usually on the top of your head. :oops:
Glasses? Got THAT covered. Pair in the car, in the truck, on the kitchen counter. next to my chair and a pair in front of the computer.

Did look for my "favorite" vest for 3 days till I finally found it on the back of the rocker behind a cardboard box.
The fun part? It's maybe 30 years old, given to me by my youngest daughter and I've patched it up a bunch of times and WILL NOT throw it out. Got a couple more in different stages of wear. Even got a new on that hasn't gotten worn yet. Still use my favorite first. ;)
 
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Bc'z said:
I'm missing a sanding stick....
It was there, then it was gone....
Hell some days I have trouble finding my ass with both hands!
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Sanding stick...hmmm had to look up what they are.

Yup sure can see where they'd come in handy.
 
I have an OCD (compulsive) trick...Always put each tool back in the same place from which it came and every time. Label the drawer or the box from which it came with the name of the tool. Learned from my father, who a guy who lifelong ,wore both a belt and suspenders. :)
 
gdbleb said:
My dillema in this scenario is whether to go for a "cheapie" or a nice upgrade.
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Pawn shops have buckets of cheap sockets, if that’s what you need. Impact sockets will last a lifetime as long as a 6 point works for you. I’ve used them for years with ratchets and impacts- saves space and weight.

I’ve broken a handful of tools through the years. Most were cheapies… However, there are a lot of tools at a mid price point that will stand up to most work.

Specialty tools are a buy once cry once proposition. Not necessarily specially designed for an operation but also something that works in those tight spots just a little farther away than your arm is long or narrower than your fingers are fat.
 
I used to have a great gunsmith that first built some of my guns,
He got known for building the most accurate Varmint rifles and eventually by word of mouth was having SWAT ask him to build some rifles and started to get orders from Canadian Mounted Police to build their 300 WinMags. (I dont know if those were their occupational rigs or personal weapons)
He was one of my Dads close friends and we'd go over and visit and him and my dad would drink beer and I got to play with cool things like the new Nightforce scopes which started to replace his Unertl's, Jewell triggers, Olive green Mcmillan Stocks and things like that.
and when I eventually became head of a machine shop.... I would ask him if I could come over and simply watch how he builds rifles, and learn various steps and setups etc
Knowing someday.....I would start building my own.
Sometimes I'd take him some of the scrap material from the shop I worked at in trade.
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One day years later I go over to his house and ask about the latest rifle he was building
he said..."I had to stop"
I froze in my tracks, thinking what the heck, did the wife get ticked, ATF get ticked?
What happened
He said "No I have 4 calipers around here somewhere and I cant find any one of them"
I began to argue with thim, to try to keep him going ya know
Well just buy another pair!!!
He said "I did, I kept doing that! Thats why I have 4!"
(that was my first and unpleasant introduction of what happens when a person starts to get too old to continue their craft))
 
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fx77 said:
I have an OCD (compulsive) trick...Always put each tool back in the same place from which it came and every time. Label the drawer or the box from which it came with the name of the tool. Learned from my father, who a guy who lifelong ,wore both a belt and suspenders.
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I've tried that too but sometimes a squirrel runs across the shop floor and I get distracted....
 
So the last time I used my 1/4" carbide boring bar I chipped an insert. That I remember. Went to use it and there's no insert in the tool and my box of spare inserts is gone out of the drawer that has all of the rest of the spare inserts. I did find the insert retaining screw on the tool cart but the inserts are nowhere to be found.

WTH??? CRS is getting bad :(
 
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WSnyder said:
So the last time I used my 1/4" carbide boring bar I chipped an insert. That I remember. Went to use it and there's no insert in the tool and my box of spare inserts is gone out of the drawer that has all of the rest of the spare inserts. I did find the insert retaining screw on the tool cart but the inserts are nowhere to be found.

WTH??? CRS is getting bad :(
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Update: Box of inserts are nowhere to be found. New box on the way. The new ones are way more costly than the missing ones floating around in the shop somewhere :(
 
A buddy called me, asked if I had borrowed a Glock. I hadn't. A 2 day snow storm rolled in. As the storm moved out he called me, saying the storm kept him inside so he started looking. FOUND 5 Glocks. Said if I did have one he didn't need it and to remind him not to buy anymore Glocks.
 
Cryhavoc said:
My problem is loaning tools to my son-in-law, only to have to ask to get it back.......:mad:
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Common problem - family members can take liberties others wouldn’t. My younger brother and brother in law are notorious black holes. When it comes to loaning things to family … best look at that as you’re giving a gift.

What am I saying… my missing tools keep showing up in my wife’s hobby room

Only do the “loan” with people who have tools that you want to also borrow. After a period of time you and friend can do a prisoner exchange to get your stuff back.
 
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