I admit, I have a workshop tool addiction :-)

[TheTallGuy]

Had any man ever looked at his tool collection and said to himself, "yep, I've all I need now."?

Yes... for all of 5 minutes!

In reality I probably have all I "need", but my list of wants... that's another matter entirely! Currently fighting the urge to splash out on https://www.sgs-engineering.com/stc7200b-stainless-steel-work-bench

 

[clbarclay]

Had any man ever looked at his tool collection and said to himself, "yep, I've all I need now."?

Probably not since the Neolithic and even then I bet stone age man probably looked at his collection of stone tools and thought they still need another one, slightly different to all the other stones he already had.

 

[Paddington]

"The workshop is a living being, constantly evolving and adapting to your needs" Adam Savage

 

[tomlad]

Fisherman are just the same changing kit that was unnecessary because of new model.
I run a fishery

Perfectly healthy imo.

 

[Half Pipe]

Yes... for all of 5 minutes!

In reality I probably have all I "need", but my list of wants... that's another matter entirely! Currently fighting the urge to splash out on https://www.sgs-engineering.com/stc7200b-stainless-steel-work-bench

Buying that through eBay is good but cheaper just now, just over £750

If you can cope with a scratch or dent they have a good few courier damaged returns listed on eBay , the buy it now price is not that great but have make an offer option. Would think they be Kean to move some

 

[steveR]

Had any man ever looked at his tool collection and said to himself, "yep, I've all I need now."?

Thought I had every battery powered tool I needed 2-3 years ago.....

Got that one badly wrong....

Mind, Herself puts in the odd request for a tool. A 400mm battery hedge cutter last week, and who am I to deny her a little "toy"

 

[TheTallGuy]

Buying that through eBay is good but cheaper just now, just over £750

If you can cope with a scratch or dent they have a good few courier damaged returns listed on eBay , the buy it now price is not that great but have make an offer option. Would think they be Kean to move some

Don't tell me things like that... I've been avoiding looking on eBay just in case - now I've gone and put a cheeky offer in on one!

 

[bigg6480]

Had any man ever looked at his tool collection and said to himself, "yep, I've all I need now."?

Dad can’t see why we need more than a bid hammer and heap of string me on the other hand has a full blow tool problem.

 

[Magnus Oyke]

Dad can’t see why we need more than a bid hammer and heap of string me on the other hand has a full blow tool problem.

You're among friends

 

[Swarfmonkey]

Dad can’t see why we need more than a bid hammer and heap of string me on the other hand has a full blow tool problem.

No such thing as a "tool problem", it's merely "being well prepared for every eventuality"

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

No such thing as a "tool problem", it's merely "being well prepared for every eventuality"

Most people in here only ever have 1of 2 "tool problems":

How to afford them

Where to keep them

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

Dad can’t see why we need more than a bid hammer and heap of string me on the other hand has a full blow tool problem.

You've met my dad then?!

 

[B R C]

Dad can’t see why we need more than a bid hammer and heap of string me on the other hand has a full blow tool problem.

My father was a fully paid up member of the nail straightening club…

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

My father was a fully paid up member of the nail straightening club…

Ah, you were taught that "skill" too then

 

[suffolksmallholder]

My CAT scanner is good at finding live wires but waving it around inside a room is a bit of an overkill
Got caught with wires close to door architrave on one if the few occasions when I didn’t have it with me. Meh!
SS

 

[Turnip]

Ah, you were taught that "skill" too then

Been there, done that as well.

 

[Paddington]

When I used to go fishing there was always a new product coming out, your chances of catching more fish with this thing were always scientifically proven.....
They never worked but looked pretty in the tackle box.

 

[bumkin]

When I used to go fishing there was always a new product coming out, your chances of catching more fish with this thing were always scientifically proven.....
They never worked but looked pretty in the tackle box.

I had an uncle who when he moved farms took the fences with him so when he went fencing my job was to straighten the staples. he had a stable full of barbed wire in big coils neither he nor my father had a tool problem they were both Luddites my father would go to the zan works (general farm supplies)and hand over a brush and a stale and say to the joiner be a good chap and put these together neither of them ever drove a tractor that's what the men were for

 

[steveR]

My father was a fully paid up member of the nail straightening club…

And wire brush the rusty ones....?

 

[bumkin]

And wire brush the rusty ones....?

i was taught to spit on nails and was told it made them go rusty so they wouldn't come out, folk tell kids anything a neighbor's son was told if he put muck in his wellies he would grow so he did, his mum was not pleased