Did some minor repair to my dad’s old Craftsman 12 drawer top box. The bottom drawer has been dragging every time I open it because the body of the tool box was bent up causing the drawer to snag .
So after about ten years of this , I got out my grand dad’s old body work tools and found the...
I recently went through all my sockets, ratchets, etc . I built up the main box, built up a metric roadside emergency box, organized the work box. Anything that was a duplicate tool got boxed up and taken to work to be distributed amongst the other tradesman . I have some sentimental tools but...
Plumbed up this contraption. I had an old Kobalt 30 gallon electric air compressor that quit on me years ago, my dad had bought me a better 30 gallon so I plumbed them together. I also had an old hydro jetter hose reel that I put an air hose on and put a regulator on the output side. Granted...
Replaced the oil pan in my daughter’s Chevy Trax. Gave me an excuse to head over to Harbor Freight and buy E Torx sockets. Thank goodness my wife saw the oil spot in the driveway and didn’t end up replacing an engine instead!
I recently found a snap on flathead screwdriver at a four way stop on the way to work.
But I’ve also found a Japanese bayonet along the road , a snap on 3/8 drive impact swivel, snap on 1/4 drive ratchet still attached to snap on socket, Klein linesman pliers , etc.
Does a bayonet count as a tool? Many years ago I was walking in a creek bed while my friends fished( I’m not much of a fisherman) . I saw what I thought was a survey stake in the water and I kicked it . Turned out to be a Japanese Bayonet. Bent blade and missing the catch on handle but still a...
I use Milwaukee organizers for screws, bolts, nuts, etc . So I followed the pattern with my plumbing fittings and electrical fittings.
One organizer is just toilet parts ( china caps, closet bolts , tank to bowl gaskets , tank gasket, flappers,etc)
One organizer is electrical fittings with...