You KNOW your a tool ADDICT when....

[woody 73]

When you have 4 thousand hammers and you spot one for sale knowing one more will help you with the next big job!

 

[jeffmoss26]

I have the same problem, but I always end up using the same hammer every time.

 

[woody 73]

It is 4am in the morning and you are drooling at pictures of old rusty tools on the GJ.

 

[xbeatles4x]

When you realize that harbor Freight is not such a good place to buy tools and sears is starting to not look as good as it once did either.

When you first check your bank account before making tool purchases. that is what dictates what you will buy not what you are missing or need.

 

[87FoRunner]

When you watch tv/movies and peek at what tools and boxes they are using.

 

[gooseadrian]

You know your a tool addict when you consider a tool to be ****. (writen by the grilfreind).

 

[uniballer]

When the value of your tools are higher than your towns total income! There are some that have this!

 

[Jarhead0408]

You know your a tool addict when you consider a tool to be ****. (writen by the grilfreind).

Sooooooooo, Gota ask..... What tool does your girlfriend find ****?


I could tell her I've got a 1" drive "ratchet" but my wife would insist it's only a 1/4 stubby

 

[billymade]

This thread keeps on going; appreciate all the good responses! Happy New Year 2013! Tool Addicts of the World Unite!

 

[synchro7]

You're a tool addict when you have the tools in your shop insured for 4 times what the contents of your house is insured for.

 

[Outline]

From the tool-selling guy's perspective (me):

You know more about the other brands' products than their own salesmen do.

Even worse: Not just one brand but 95% of them...

It's my curse...

 

[egnorant]

Your nephew rightfully calls you a tool snob!

I was talking tools to him one day and recognized the look he had as similar to the one I use when he talks gardening vegetables.

Bruce

 

[fred d]

You're a tool addict when you have the tools in your shop insured for 4 times what the contents of your house is insured for.

Mine is only insured for 3 times

 

[lilscorpion]

You find a tool that you like and you get on the internet to find every size it's available in regardless if all of the found sizes are even useful.

 

[Rickster]

When you have 4 thousand hammers and you spot one for sale knowing one more will help you with the next big job!

I was standing in line at an estate sale that had tools with a bunch of tool-guys and the guy behind me was talking about how he had been to one last week and they had all these hammers and he says "Why would you ever need more than one hammer?" Everyone went silent and then he got hammered for a good 10 minutes on descriptions of every style of hammer, it's uses and and why it's important. It was hilarious!

 

[TwetoGAC]

When the local tool supplier is going out-of-business and you have to go say good-bye on their last day and the sales men all come over toy you to thank you for your business.

True story from Dec 31, 2012

 

[Outline]

lol, even I'm not that bad. Although I recently dropped my archive from 4 feet tall to about 2 feet tall. Could always use new catalogs, though!

Same here but only because they were to old and worn to keep...

I'm in desperate need of new catalogs because I know them all inside out. Good for some pre-'crapper' stress....

Monte, Laptop, or Netbook, and PDF's.

Not the same 'feeling' as a paper catalog, especially when taking care of 'number 2'... I'm guessing you prefer your tools in some sort of alloy rather then on a screen?...

when you always have a tool in your pocket. whether its a ratchet in the back pocket or a wrench with you

On the car keys: A King Tony/John Deere 13mm reversible ringratchet/keychain. Made for a promotion a few years back and very rare!

And if bottle openers count: Also guilty! A nice vintage aluminium...

When you have complete & separate sets of tools for your main box, your roll cart, and your portable boxes in each one of your three vehicles.

When you have complete & separate sets of tools for both of your tool bags that you use on demo/remodeling jobs.

Not there yet but most certainly on my way!

 

[Farmall450]

....when you display Anniversary Snap-On screwdriver sets as your pride and joy!

 

[glenmore]

You rearrange your sockets for the umpteenth time after getting new socket holders from Westling Machine Co.

 

[SigElite]

When the high light of your week is the SO guys visit, and your week is ruined if the meeting is missed

When you develop the sixth sense to buy a tool and you end up needing it the next day

Organizing the socket drawer is a enjoyable pass time

You get a good deal on ratchets and have to buy three more so they all match.

The SO guy finds tools in your favorite colors and hides them just for you.

When someone asks, "why can't you use an adjustable wrench, you don't need a whole set" you wince and suppress the urge to explain the need and or smack them

The idea of using another persons tools makes you slightly sick and you have to try to not organize their tools when finished.

You end up with a pile of screwdriver bits in every room of your home and every pants pocket

 

[Oldbear]

"At your buddies house, you start organizing and cleaning his tools; that are scattered all over the place and don't even realize your are doing it....

Your "want list" is always in your front pocket or wallet; so you know what you are missing the next time you run across one at the next pawn shop, flea market, garage sale or swap meet......"

I'm guilty of both these things - but I clean one friend's shop to pay for mechanical work (great pro-mechanic, bad organizer). And my tool/project supply list has moved to my iPhoney.

And the only time my Leatherman isn't on my hip is when I go swimming or sleeping (and other bedroom activities)

 

[Higgins]

I look for tools on the Internet, before the coffee is finished in the morning!

 

[bdamico]

you say "your" instead of "you're"?

 

[HaroRider]

After fixing your gf/wifes car you tell her "See my stupid tools just fixed your car"

Happened to me just yesterday lol

 

[Chuck McB]

After fixing your gf/wifes car you tell her "See my stupid tools just fixed your car"

Happened to me just yesterday lol

And what did she say after that??

 

[Chuck McB]

yeah I'm hooked. Brought home a brick pick up tool covered in mortor and rust last week since it needed a refinishing and I thought it was cool. I'm not a mason

 

[arnwoodwheels]

When shopping for new homeowner insurance the first thing you ask is how much tool coverage you can get.

 

[neonlazer]

When you are about to finish your socket collection with a williams socket set and then you "accidentally" go on a buying spree cause now you want all your sockets to match..so now I am giving my dad my three craftsman sets. LOL

 

[dirtmister16]

when you select your friends based on their names.

mack(mac) matt(matco and happens to own alot of em) phillip(phillips screwdriver) stanley(stanley tools of course).


or that you go the hardware store and they dont stock much in qaulity tools so you leave with just some gloves and hardware. at least one of my local hardwares doesn't have much in qaulity tools, some but not much.

 

[redwrench60]

You have a three foot high stack of tool catalogs next to your *******.

 

[jeffmoss26]

You find excuses to stop by the local hardware store just to browse.

 

[Automatic Slim]

When you decide that it would be a good idea to build a bedroom in the garage because you would rather sleep next to your tools than sleep with your wife.

ROFL!! Classic............

 

[Boiler]

When you go out for a smoke in your Dad's garage, and look through his tool box just for fun, for the 437th time.

I love looking through other people's toolboxes. Makes me want to buy them sets of tools at Christmas, but I know they wouldn't appreciate it, in fact they'd probably think it was a waste because they already have "all the tools they need"...

 

[egnorant]

That fateful day you realize that the usual outlets are just not fulfilling your...needs anymore.

For the good stuff you hit the place that builds hydraulic hoses for the oilfield...drool over the Wright toolboards. They can also hook you up with anti-sieze, air fittings and such.
16 square feet of drawers with just O-rings!!

You find the GOOD welding supply shop that carries Proto, and Williams.

When you tell your nephew of the old days in pawn shops when had bins of good tools rather than a sanitized collection of fresh off the boat cheap stuff.

I bribe the estate sale lady with unsweet tea so she gives me first crack at the good stuff.

Family and friends listen when you rave about some new or special tool so thay have SOME idea about birthday or Christmas gifts.

Same family and friends use that Dog Whisperer noise to make you put down tools and move along at swap meets.

"I saw something shiny" is an acceptable excuse.

Bruce

 

[nkachur]

You find excuses to stop by the local hardware store just to browse.

So you have this problem too.

 

[egnorant]

You find excuses to stop by the local hardware store just to browse.

The excuse I use is..."To look for tools!".

Bruce

 

[Andersonfarms]

when your on ebay and need some excitement, so you type in snap on tools and ending soonest to get a adrenaline rush because you have 2 minutes to decide if you will ever need it or not and its cheap so you gotta have it?

 

[Armstrong1720]

when your on ebay and need some excitement, so you type in snap on tools and ending soonest to get a adrenaline rush because you have 2 minutes to decide if you will ever need it or not and its cheap so you gotta have it?

Lol thats what i do ! But proto !!

 

[Chuck122]

you feel the need to bring your own small ''survival kit'' anywhere you plan to do anything remotely mechanical

 

[metaleltr]

you feel the need to bring your own small ''survival kit'' anywhere you plan to do anything remotely mechanical

I call that my tools I'd rather not live without!