So, I recently inherited a truckload of tools from my father-in-law, this guy is like my second father!! Well they're leaving their home of about 40 years and are going to RV around the nation. My (dad) had a 20x20 shop and didn't want to sell his stuff to just anybody so he told the wife and I to come to their house and pick up some stuff. 
I was expecting to get a few of his hand tools and whatnot, but when I backed the truck up to his shop, he said, "Whatever you want, you can have." My jaw dropped and I said, "Well dad, I'd like it all, but I can't afford half of it!" To which he laughed and said, "I hoped you'd say that, but you aren't paying me anything."
So, in my GMC I loaded a craftsman 5.5hp 30g air compressor, a craftsman table saw/router combo, a skil bench top bandsaw, chop saw and drill press. I also got a porter cable grinder with a stand, a belt/disk sander combo with all his extra sandpaper. He gave me all his air tools, like 15 total, a home-made anvil and all his hammers.
Mind you, all of his stuff is spotless, everything works and when we got the truck loaded, he asked me if I wanted the boxes and paperwork for it all!!
It took us about 3hrs to load the truck and after I looked through the boxes and took the paperwork we had a beer together!
Annnnd, the best thing about all this is that my wife was talking with her mom while we were outside and mom convinced the wife that I need a workshop to hold it all!!
I'm looking at 25x30 in the back yard about 50 feet from the backdoor. Hopefully we'll start work on it after the beginning of the year. I'll finally have a place to put my 86 Chevy that I've been working on and we're going to have room to put all of our storage so we don't have to spend money for a storage unit!!
I know this forum is all about pics, so I'll try to get some posted, I'm also retiring from the Air Force after 20yrs so things are a bit busy and it might take me a while to get pics up.
I was expecting to get a few of his hand tools and whatnot, but when I backed the truck up to his shop, he said, "Whatever you want, you can have." My jaw dropped and I said, "Well dad, I'd like it all, but I can't afford half of it!" To which he laughed and said, "I hoped you'd say that, but you aren't paying me anything."
So, in my GMC I loaded a craftsman 5.5hp 30g air compressor, a craftsman table saw/router combo, a skil bench top bandsaw, chop saw and drill press. I also got a porter cable grinder with a stand, a belt/disk sander combo with all his extra sandpaper. He gave me all his air tools, like 15 total, a home-made anvil and all his hammers.
Mind you, all of his stuff is spotless, everything works and when we got the truck loaded, he asked me if I wanted the boxes and paperwork for it all!!
It took us about 3hrs to load the truck and after I looked through the boxes and took the paperwork we had a beer together!
Annnnd, the best thing about all this is that my wife was talking with her mom while we were outside and mom convinced the wife that I need a workshop to hold it all!!
I'm looking at 25x30 in the back yard about 50 feet from the backdoor. Hopefully we'll start work on it after the beginning of the year. I'll finally have a place to put my 86 Chevy that I've been working on and we're going to have room to put all of our storage so we don't have to spend money for a storage unit!!
I know this forum is all about pics, so I'll try to get some posted, I'm also retiring from the Air Force after 20yrs so things are a bit busy and it might take me a while to get pics up.
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Hope I get that back soon!!