I had a fellow hot rod buddy 4 houses down from me that I have no problem loaning tools to.I always get them back,& he is always there for me if I need something I don't have.I never hesitate to loan to him.With that said,he's the ONLY one I loan to.
do you give your friends your tools???
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I never borrow tools so I don't feel obligated to lend them either. I'll either buy it or rent it. With that said I'll give friends one chance but if they blow it, no more. So far the only one who has earned my trust to borrow tools more than once is my across the street neighbor. Anything he borrows is returned promptly and clean. When he borrowed my hammer drill and needed a bit size I didn't have he bought the bit then gave it to me when he returned the drill.
I had another friend who borrowed my bolt cutters. After he had them for several weeks he finally returned them. Turns out he'd had them in the bed of his pickup all that time and they were rusty when he returned them. No more tools for you!
Another friend borrowed my maul. Months later when I went for it and it was gone I remembered who had it. I had to go to his house and get it. No more tools for you either!
Since I couldn't very well refuse to let my wife borrow tools and she wasn't the best at putting them back where she got them, I made her a cheap basic set of her own for the small tasks she would be willing to take on. We were both happy with that solution. She even got a cheap cordless drill. Now she lets my good drills alone. She may not understand my tool fetish, but she is aware of it.
I had another friend who borrowed my bolt cutters. After he had them for several weeks he finally returned them. Turns out he'd had them in the bed of his pickup all that time and they were rusty when he returned them. No more tools for you!
Another friend borrowed my maul. Months later when I went for it and it was gone I remembered who had it. I had to go to his house and get it. No more tools for you either!
Since I couldn't very well refuse to let my wife borrow tools and she wasn't the best at putting them back where she got them, I made her a cheap basic set of her own for the small tasks she would be willing to take on. We were both happy with that solution. She even got a cheap cordless drill. Now she lets my good drills alone. She may not understand my tool fetish, but she is aware of it.
Doctor_Ink
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At work we each have a tool cart with personal tools. (We own them)
Then in the shop we have shop tools. These are to remain in the shop and be replaced when used, but they are always extremely unorganized and so we mostly just use our own tools....
Then in the shop we have shop tools. These are to remain in the shop and be replaced when used, but they are always extremely unorganized and so we mostly just use our own tools....
OP
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please listen to this...
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as I mentioned to you at above...when you give something to someone you must
write a note and keep it as a recored
6 months ago I gave one of my friend a steel hummer with black rubber handle
but I forgot... who took that hummer looool
yesterday my friend came to visit me and have a cup of tea with me
outside my workshop....
I look at his car dashboard and saw my hummer...as I know my tools
then he told me... oooooh I came to return your hummer and have a cup of tea...
infact... he is not comming to return my hummer... but because I were looking at it
so he rememeber thats mine.
what do you think
????
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as I mentioned to you at above...when you give something to someone you must
write a note and keep it as a recored
6 months ago I gave one of my friend a steel hummer with black rubber handle
but I forgot... who took that hummer looool
yesterday my friend came to visit me and have a cup of tea with me
outside my workshop....
I look at his car dashboard and saw my hummer...as I know my tools
then he told me... oooooh I came to return your hummer and have a cup of tea...
infact... he is not comming to return my hummer... but because I were looking at it
so he rememeber thats mine.
what do you think
????
Lippyp
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The only person I'll lend tools to/borrow from is my brother-in-law as I know he'll treat them right and vice versa. I've had a few arguments with people wanting to borrow stuff in the past when I've said no, I don't lend my tools out. This came from various experiences of stuff coming back damaged or not coming back for months.
E.T.Privott
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i do not lend tools, i buy my tools and do not like having to go chase them down to use them!! i have found it easier to get cheap tools for the people that do not understand this. if you take care of your tools and equipment like i do i am welling to help you anyway i can, but i do not like to lend tools, most people do not clean or care for my stuff as i do, been burned to many times by people i thought i could trust. first-late returns, second-greasy returns, third-no returns, fourth-no you can not get it !!!!
RECox286
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It is a tough call to lend or not to lend, especially if you use your tools to
make a living, such as a mechanic. I am as **** as any of you about a
misplaced or lost tool, no matter who is the perpetrator, myself included.
Yes, I too lend out tools, and sometimes I have left a tool inside a car to
be forever consigned to the side of the road, or into someone elses' tool
box. Of course I have a few tools that I have found on the side of the
road myself, and upon picking them up, thought to myself, I wonder to
whom these belong. My suggestion, which has been voiced already is
to keep a "lendout" notepad handy. At least that way you know, and
"they" know who has what. Friends, family, and neighbors can be tough,
but life is short too. No sense in making enemies over something as easy
as keeping accountability under control.
Uncle Bob
make a living, such as a mechanic. I am as **** as any of you about a
misplaced or lost tool, no matter who is the perpetrator, myself included.
Yes, I too lend out tools, and sometimes I have left a tool inside a car to
be forever consigned to the side of the road, or into someone elses' tool
box. Of course I have a few tools that I have found on the side of the
road myself, and upon picking them up, thought to myself, I wonder to
whom these belong. My suggestion, which has been voiced already is
to keep a "lendout" notepad handy. At least that way you know, and
"they" know who has what. Friends, family, and neighbors can be tough,
but life is short too. No sense in making enemies over something as easy
as keeping accountability under control.
Uncle Bob
You can borrow my tools while I watch and instruct you how to use them. I expect you to use my tools as they were intended.
LOL, like I would lend or let any yahoo use my tools. My wife still needs to learn how to use the most basic tools. DOH
LOL, like I would lend or let any yahoo use my tools. My wife still needs to learn how to use the most basic tools. DOH
bajones238
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Over the years I have put together a collection of inexpensive and/or worn out, abused tools. 50 cent wrenches, loose-head hammers, rusty pliers, dull saws, etc. I keep them in a separate box labeled "loaner tools". I get surprisingly few takers.
tuner4life
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I dont own a shop, just my personal garage, but I think I am dealing with the same things. Someone has been using/borrowing/stealing/etc.. my tools and equipment and denying that they have the stuff when asked...
I believe 100% new friends are in order... Maybe no friends. Still working on that.
For the time being though, New locks, new deadbolts, and steel doorframe plates should suffice.
I believe 100% new friends are in order... Maybe no friends. Still working on that.
For the time being though, New locks, new deadbolts, and steel doorframe plates should suffice.
JimVonBaden
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I had 30 guys working out of my tool kit over the weekend. Not one missing tool!
I have all my tools marked with my initials, and my box is marked. If you make it easy for them to retun them, especially to the right place, you will lose less.
None the less, other than the basic sockets set (which is Craftsman), most of my tools are HF, and work well, but are cheap enough not to sweat over if lost.
Jim
I have all my tools marked with my initials, and my box is marked. If you make it easy for them to retun them, especially to the right place, you will lose less.
None the less, other than the basic sockets set (which is Craftsman), most of my tools are HF, and work well, but are cheap enough not to sweat over if lost.
Jim
mscribellito
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Heck no. After seeing how people treat my tools when I'm around them and helping them with their car, I would never lend them out! My brother once dropped my fully polished 7/8" wrench after he broke loose an o2 sensor, onto the h-pipe when then fell onto the garage floor.
tribbles
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There are only two friends of mine that I would loan tools to. One of them has all of his Craftsman tools engraved with his social security number, and the other one is rather **** about tools in general (he works for a NASA contractor).
I won't even loan tools to my brother. Buy him tools, yes, but I wouldn't loan him tools after he lost my NAPA harmonic balancer puller set.
I won't even loan tools to my brother. Buy him tools, yes, but I wouldn't loan him tools after he lost my NAPA harmonic balancer puller set.
mrpowderkeg
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A select few I do because they have proven themselves trustworthy. Plus these select few often help me out, and I help them. As a matter of fact I am the one borrowing a brand new skid steer tiller attachment this weekend from one of these good fellows.
mscribellito
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Yes I let friends use my tools and I have borrowed tools from my friends. Two friends of mine have a key to my Shop and are allowed to do anything any time. I have a key to one of their garages.
I have a dry erase board on the wall by the main door, anything that leaves the shop is written down and who borrowed it and when.
Same goes with tools I borrow, I write down what I have and who's it is ... for instance, A friend has loaned ( permanently borrow ) me a big Vise for my Mill, I have had the vice for close to 18 months. Its written on my board.
If I die my family knows what to give back to who and who to get what from.
I have a dry erase board on the wall by the main door, anything that leaves the shop is written down and who borrowed it and when.
Same goes with tools I borrow, I write down what I have and who's it is ... for instance, A friend has loaned ( permanently borrow ) me a big Vise for my Mill, I have had the vice for close to 18 months. Its written on my board.
If I die my family knows what to give back to who and who to get what from.
Are you seriously worried about a wrench getting scratched ?
I myself have no use for such a tool.
JimVonBaden
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Steevo
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I don't loan tools to anyone. Even my wife can't borrow my tools. Too many have gone missing or not been returned. Never again.
bluevenom867
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This thread is kinda ironic for me, the place I work at currently is a pop and son place, and the son (mid 30's) has a sticker on his box the says "Borrowing tools is for the weak" well they share all the time, and I'll use his tools and return them and he never has a problem. But he rarely borrows my tools, lol
I trust almost all my current friends with borrowing one of my tools, the ones I wouldn't let borrow is because they'd get hurt or wouldn't know how to use it. With that being said, a former best friend that I no longer associate with (not over this matter) once lost a 2/3's of a Craftsman 3/4" socket and ratchet set, that I also had a full set of flex head gear wrenches in and misc. adapters and sockets. He moved the case out of my truck, sat it on the ground to move his engine block, then forgot to put it back in when we left the machine shop. After hours of searching and back tracing, it couldn't be found and this is the only time the tail gate was opened (I also had a tonneau cover on).
I trust almost all my current friends with borrowing one of my tools, the ones I wouldn't let borrow is because they'd get hurt or wouldn't know how to use it. With that being said, a former best friend that I no longer associate with (not over this matter) once lost a 2/3's of a Craftsman 3/4" socket and ratchet set, that I also had a full set of flex head gear wrenches in and misc. adapters and sockets. He moved the case out of my truck, sat it on the ground to move his engine block, then forgot to put it back in when we left the machine shop. After hours of searching and back tracing, it couldn't be found and this is the only time the tail gate was opened (I also had a tonneau cover on).
OP
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today one indian guy visted me and want to borrow a spana
1. but I dont know him???
2. he also dont know me???
3. am I opening a charaty lool
4. do you give your tools to stragners
one day I parked my friend car far from may garage and while I am trying to start the car
one mechanic asked me do you have spana no. (10) I say yes.. he said go and bring it
for me?? looool how dare they aske me like that... and they dont even know even my
name???
1. but I dont know him???
2. he also dont know me???
3. am I opening a charaty lool
4. do you give your tools to stragners
one day I parked my friend car far from may garage and while I am trying to start the car
one mechanic asked me do you have spana no. (10) I say yes.. he said go and bring it
for me?? looool how dare they aske me like that... and they dont even know even my
name???
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