Keeping tools you know you’ll never need or use again

[unslow1]

I had to go buy another dwell meter when I bought a points car in 2009. Then somehow I ended up with 4 cars with points ignitions.

 

[2oolhound]

Who knows for sure what's in one's future? I grew up in the days before Home Depots, Lowe's, Menard's when just about every store closed by one pm on Saturday and never opened on Sunday or holidays. As such I tend to hold onto excess materials and tools. You never know when such things will be needed. However, in my later years I've come to value the worth of space. Things that I hold onto need to worth the space they occupy.

Yep, this sums up my situation. One of the best techniques I have to regain my sanity is to go out to the shop and build something useful out of scrap I've been hoarding. I love spending a few days turning rusty metal and derelict tools into something I need or want, even if I can buy a new one for $50.

 

[KM223]

For me it’s not the odd tools that I buy to do a job once it’s the odd car or piece of equipment I buy that requires the odd tools! Why the hell I keep doing that to myself I’ll never know. It does however open the door for odd tool usage I guess.

 

[jdoe213]

Who knows for sure what's in one's future? I grew up in the days before Home Depots, Lowe's, Menard's when just about every store closed by one pm on Saturday and never opened on Sunday or holidays. As such I tend to hold onto excess materials and tools. You never know when such things will be needed. However, in my later years I've come to value the worth of space. Things that I hold onto need to worth the space they occupy.

Growing up the closest hardware store was about 30 minutes away. So I still keep stuff that I know I shouldn't. But some of that junk comes in handy.

I think I have every tool that I have every bought and found.

I do have a few tools to put on the latest pay it forward thread.

 

[Empty Pockets]

I buy tools because I either need or want them. If I had a need once, I'll likely need them again. If I wanted them, it would be like giving away your adopted child.

When I'm dead and gone, I hope my wife sells my tools for what they are worth, not what I told her I paid for them

 

[Bockscar]

All tools must be kept and mislabeled ... to confuse your heirs.

Is this so future people from GJ can receive a "you ****" when they score a great deal at your future estate sale?

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[wolf_from_wv]

I keep my light to work on old Kohler K series. But now when I set the timing I adjust the point with a feeler gauge, if the engine runs OK, I'm done.

"Why don't you take the ball joint press back and get the money?"

Couple months later, I pressed out the bushings on my leaf springs when I changed them. Then, my friend sent me a picture of his tire leaning at an angle on his truck because the ball joint snapped.

I had to dig out my timing light to help with one of his old truck projects.

 

[PFSard]

Unless it's something that occupies a lot of space, I tend to keep tools that I guess I'll probably never use.

 

[Shopdaddy]

I have considered tossing a few specialty tools that I'm pretty sure I won't ever need again. But then again it's worth something to stump the new guy with "Ok then, what was this wrench used for"?

 

[Billythekid1]

I keep one of everthing I buy but sell or will sell haha the others

 

[theoldwizard1]

I still have an assortment of distributor wrenches !

I also have several specialty tools for drum brakes including a wheel cylinder honing tool. About the only thing I have seen with drum brakes these days are trailers with electric brakes and they are much less complicated.

Somewhere, I have a clutch alignment dowel for Ford V8s.