so i have been starting to build up my tool collection & funny thing as i look up different questions on google, this forum seems to be in the top 5 everytime! hence, i had to join!
my pop is in full blown alzheimers so ive been helping clean my parents house. i started cleaning & arranging tools first - i.e. junk pile, keep pile. some of those tools i remember as a kid...& as kids we pretty much destroyed anything & everything so its painful & also nice when i find an old tool with white paint from when me & my brother did something dumb. but there it is. my pops old tool i remember him using when he was 'all there' & then the addition of us kiddos using it for whatever.
also another personal story is amongst those tools as a kid i remember finding some tools with similar initials to my older brother. when i asked my parents - hey this isnt roberts' (my brother) wire gauge....thats when i found out i had an uncle younger than my dad who moved to milwaukee & mysteriously disappeared...**** into thin air. my gramps went out there to search & help to no avail. my dad is the one who got the tools from my previously unknown uncle & thats the reason they named my older brother his same name.
anyways...tools. i got a huge box for the goodwill. i swear modern tools are the worst quality! i realized that after cleaning. there were 5 hammers & i dipped them all in a vinegar bath overnight. surprise surprise, the 2 old timer hammers from the 50's came out stronger than ever. the 3 crappy hammers from the last 20 years (i **** you not) pretty much disolved away. one of the hammers got eaten about %25 which is stunning! even the protective plastic coating was there & the steal had eroded in ONE night! sigh anyways...glad to be here! hope to learn a lot from you folks! cheers
my pop is in full blown alzheimers so ive been helping clean my parents house. i started cleaning & arranging tools first - i.e. junk pile, keep pile. some of those tools i remember as a kid...& as kids we pretty much destroyed anything & everything so its painful & also nice when i find an old tool with white paint from when me & my brother did something dumb. but there it is. my pops old tool i remember him using when he was 'all there' & then the addition of us kiddos using it for whatever.
also another personal story is amongst those tools as a kid i remember finding some tools with similar initials to my older brother. when i asked my parents - hey this isnt roberts' (my brother) wire gauge....thats when i found out i had an uncle younger than my dad who moved to milwaukee & mysteriously disappeared...**** into thin air. my gramps went out there to search & help to no avail. my dad is the one who got the tools from my previously unknown uncle & thats the reason they named my older brother his same name.
anyways...tools. i got a huge box for the goodwill. i swear modern tools are the worst quality! i realized that after cleaning. there were 5 hammers & i dipped them all in a vinegar bath overnight. surprise surprise, the 2 old timer hammers from the 50's came out stronger than ever. the 3 crappy hammers from the last 20 years (i **** you not) pretty much disolved away. one of the hammers got eaten about %25 which is stunning! even the protective plastic coating was there & the steal had eroded in ONE night! sigh anyways...glad to be here! hope to learn a lot from you folks! cheers
