If you lose a tool do you panic and go OCD?

[Pete999]

snap-on tools van.

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Pack it in, look they even have a T shirt OMG heaven in a van

 

[Pete999]

Anyone know the make of tools the DONs supply to their staff? I need a fix.

 

[telectrix]

try felo interchangeables . the set i have includes flatties, philips,pozu, torqs, and even +/-.for MCBs. drool over this:

 

[WillWX]

I'm pretty bad for this, I have left tools on jobs before and been gutted for a day or so about it ha.

 

[ferg]

Smith and wesson, Glock??

 

[Pete999]

Smith and wesson, Glock??

Cmon ferg get real, Glock I prefer the Uzi myself

 

[telectrix]

AK47 for me. got some clout.

 

[ferg]

I wouldn't know what to do with either, I'd probably end up shooting myself in the foot.

 

[Pete999]

Having shot the AK, the ubiquitous RPG give me a 50 cal any day mayhem personified.

 

[telectrix]

favorite of all time was the lee Enfield .303. only 10 shots, bolt action, but i could put a 6" group in @ 200 yards.

 

[Squid]

favorite of all time was the lee Enfield .303. only 10 shots, bolt action, but i could put a 6" group in @ 200 yards.

My cousin owns one as well as a Magnum 45 and a Stirling Sub Machine gun, his hobby is making Kentucky hunting rifles but he does live in Montana and was in the Pathfinders/Special Forces in Vietnam.

 

[Leesparkykent]

Anyone know the make of tools the DONs supply to their staff? I need a fix.

Like these Pete? Insulated Pliers and Cutting Tools | Insulated Tools Ltd - https://www.insulatedtools.co.uk/pliers-cutting-tools.html?p=2

 

[Pete999]

favorite of all time was the lee Enfield .303. only 10 shots, bolt action, but i could put a 6" group in @ 200 yards.

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Like these Pete? Insulated Pliers and Cutting Tools | Insulated Tools Ltd - https://www.insulatedtools.co.uk/pliers-cutting-tools.html?p=2

Was thinking more screwdriver as they are my particular fetish, saw some in a store today, forgot the name, had to walk away, nearly broke my heart, they were nice and chunky, just like I remember, £13.99 + VAT for 1 driver

 

[Leesparkykent]

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Was thinking more screwdriver as they are my particular fetish, saw some in a store today, forgot the name, had to walk away, nearly broke my heart, they were nice and chunky, just like I remember, £13.99 + VAT for 1 driver

Insulated Screwdrivers and Nut Spinners | Insulated Tools Ltd - https://www.insulatedtools.co.uk/insulated-screwdrivers.html

 

[Squid]

All this talk about screwdrivers.......

 

[MJPD29]

I don't obsess I don't think but I do go into spiralling depression and often sit for hours on end on my sofa thinking of all the good times me and that particular tool had and how i can never replace it... and if then gives me an excuse to replace it with 5 brand new glorious other tools that I need about once every 3 years

 

[Pete999]

Insulated Screwdrivers and Nut Spinners | Insulated Tools Ltd - https://www.insulatedtools.co.uk/insulated-screwdrivers.html

I don't obsess I don't think but I do go into spiralling depression and often sit for hours on end on my sofa thinking of all the good times me and that particular tool had and how i can never replace it... and if then gives me an excuse to replace it with 5 brand new glorious other tools that I need about once every 3 years

Deffo a Tool Tart mate

 

[Marvo]

favorite of all time was the lee Enfield .303. only 10 shots, bolt action, but i could put a 6" group in @ 200 yards.

I shot one of those several times on the rifle range at school, they were good fun.

Worse than actually losing tools is the fear that I might lose them. If I have a particular tool that's a favourite I usually make a point of buying a second identical one so if I ever do actually lose it then the trauma is less because I already have another.

 

[Mark42]

What about the converse? Having a long-familiar tool which whilst perfectly OK, is not the best, so accidentally losing it provides an excuse to buy a better one?

I once found a Yankee screwdriver* laying in the roof space of a Visionhire* shop. I immediately realised it was the one I had lost six years earlier on a previous visit. It was like being reunited with a long-lost friend.
Shame that in the interim electric screwdrivers had been invented.

* Yeah, this dates me ...

 

[Squid]

Wow I remember them, jubilee clip on the body to stop them rolling off the scaffold tower.