Tool catalogs
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The tool catalogs keep coming in the mail for Christmas. I have come to the conclusion that I need everything in them. I eat my breakfast scouring them. Yes I do need that winch. Yes I need those wrenches, that hammer, that everything. I am weak......need to hide these things.
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Yeah, especially when you can order everything from Harbor Freight on the net and not even have to get off your butt except to bring it in off the porch!!!!! LOL0
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I know :P we have local tool company move in couple of blocks away. I am over there so much they think I work there. I know I need everything. May not have a use for it now but I will I know I will....this is how they got me hooked. Started off with gateway tools like sockets then I needed welders and grinders and it spiralled out of control...:silly:0
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That will sure do it.....0
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51hornetA wrote:I know I need everything. May not have a use for it now but I will I know I will....
It's a disease......and it isn't covered by ANY health insurance!
You gotta be strong!!!:S The only "preventive care" is to throw the catalogs away without opening them!
Six years ago I went looking for an inexpensive welder and a power tool to cut metal. $3K later I had a Millermatic 210 welder w/cart plus a spool gun for welding aluminum, two shielding gas tanks and a Miller plasma cutter to cut metal with!:woohoo:
My wife is a very kind and forgiving lady so I only got a couple of years probation. Soon after probation was up, I bought an auto rotisserie. AARGGH!!!
That case is still under appeal.
Kevin C.0 -
You are right it is a disease. I am lucky my Dad was mechanic he left me all his tools. More tools then person needs. But still I need more. And I did throw out the 3 main catalogs. They were talking to me something bad.....shiny stuff...0
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This is a need that can never be satiated. Which comes first, the cars or the tools. Then there's the GARAGES. You've seen those obscenely beatiful ones with the black and white checkerboarded floors that you could eat off of, the stainless steel benches clean, organized, everything put away? It's a sickness, man, a horible sickness.
A man's mess is his true castle.:) ...slim0 -
You got it slim. I bought my house because of size of garage. My wife was come look in house I said no need the garage is fine. :ohmy:0
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throw in a little "old age" and pretty soon you're bringing home tools you already have....still in the package!!! Disease is right...I think we should start a support group....we can call it TA....toolholics anonymous!
Think Kevin C. will win his appeal?....I imagine multiple egregious offenses such as that will result in a hanging verdict....maybe I can help him out by taking is plasma cutter and spool gun off his hands! Gotta get the alcohol away from the alcoholics ya know.0 -
Then you got guys like me. I've accumulated a considerable pile of tools over the last 50 years - now that I can't really turn wrenches any more due to my friend Arthur Ritus, nor do I have anything to work on anyway, what do I do with them - I'm not sure exactly what I got out there in the back room to start with. I do know they were well and truly used over the years.
Well, I should sit down someday and sort it all out, just keep a basic tool kit with what I need to do small, easy jobs around the house. Then find a home for it, somewhere.
Stay tuned for the next episode of ............... gasp, is it really.........it's really.....................TOOOLMANNNN.
Hudsonly,
Alex Burr
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Please, do not pick on those of us that have the black and white tile floors. I did that trying to keep from buying more tools. It did not work? By the way, I need a trip down to my local Harbor Tool place to pick up a few 5 callon gas cans. My tank has a leak in it with the often found rust. I hate to go down there because I could not find my 1/2 inch open ended wrench last night (I think I have a dozen or more of them.) I think I will get the ones with rachets in them this time. I can explain to my wife that I did not have any of those and they are built for old folks like me?
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hudsontech wrote:Then you got guys like me. I've accumulated a considerable pile of tools over the last 50 years - now that I can't really turn wrenches any more due to my friend Arthur Ritus, nor do I have anything to work on anyway, what do I do with them - I'm not sure exactly what I got out there in the back room to start with. I do know they were well and truly used over the years.
Well, I should sit down someday and sort it all out, just keep a basic tool kit with what I need to do small, easy jobs around the house. Then find a home for the rest, somewhere.
Stay tuned for the next episode of ............... gasp, is it really.........it's really.....................TOOOLMANNNN.
Hudsonly,
Alex Burr
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:woohoo: cool grage, mine looks bad. how does that tile work for you? I do a lot of welding and cutting, don't think it would hold up, tried paint but spilled some gas a nd away it went. But the tile looks good, if only they had some fire proof.0
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A tidy workshop is a sign of a sick mind.0
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Geoff C., N.Z. wrote:A tidy workshop is a sign of a sick mind.
A tidy workshop is a sign of a henpecked husband!!
Hudsonly,
Alex Burr
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My brother and I live by the code "If its going to cost you $100.00 to have someone fix it. Just buy $100.00 worth of tools and fix it yourself".
Between my automotive tools and my woodworking tools I must have over $10,000.00.
But there are still more tools that I want. It is a disease.0 -
I don't know about tidy,but I know the Hudsons are taking over...
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And if you've ever 'restored' a toolbox you must be sic too...
I scored this 1965'top-o-hte line' Snap On box at the Crane Cams liquidation auction along with the entire contents of the dyno room sans the actual dyno.Pryor to Crane it came from Holman-Moody/Bill Stroppe and was owned by a fellow considered to be the
'father of modern bicycle racing mechanics'and has the Olympic training center named after him. It also came with pretty much everything you see in the following pics including the benches. Best $600 I ever spent...
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hudsontech wrote:Geoff C., N.Z. wrote:A tidy workshop is a sign of a sick mind.
A tidy workshop is a sign of a henpecked husband!!
Hudsonly,
Alex Burr
Memphis, TN
A tidy workshop is a sign of not being able to find anything
Spencer.0 -
My worst drug right now is the Jegs catalog. I bought so much out of that they put in phone line just for me. LOL When I restomodded my 66 GMC pickup I got so much stuff from them. Best customer service and shipping I have ever dealt with. When that one comes I read it for days. I even have the Jegs catalog app on my phone. Gotta serious problem here.... :whistle:
My Garage is filled with Hudsons now. Wife has not parked inside for 3 years. She does not care she always knows where I am. Got the daughter hooked. I said pick a car and wrench on it and its yours. She has pulled engines, stripped em down help me install trannies....its the best fun you can have without hurting yourself. And I think I also have more money in tools and cars than the house is worth LOL0 -
TwinH , is that Milton Bakers Old Commodore 8
sitting on that lift ? It sure looks familure.
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Roy, It is in fact a 49 Commodore 8 that I got from an estate in Plymouth,MI about 6 years ago. His name was Jimmy Stewart. But before that I have no idea. It came to me with a 55 Twin-H 308 for power,an older repaint,and a great original interior.Where was Milton Baker from? Jeff0
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No offense intended, Brownie. And I see your B and W floor is a lot like my grey one, covered with grease and Hudsonite! Lol...slim0
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Hello Twin H , Milton Baker is from Oberlin , Ohio.
He sold A car like that about 7/8 years ago.It had been restored about 22 years previously , with an almost mint interior.The lauquer paint was starting to check when he decided to sell it.It had a visor and spot lights , and was an identicle paint scheme as that car. Still had an 8 when he sold it.
His car was on the cover of the WTN ,sometime in the 80's.
He had a stable of 13 Hudsons at one time and I did maintenence and resto work for him.That was his first Hudson he had restored. Painted at a car dealer in Oberlin , Ohio.
I just thought it looked familar stting on that lift.It follows this thread , in that he has a wonderful building with a 2 post lift.I injoyed that , sure beats jack stands !Thanks for posting the photo, brings back memorys.
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denverslim wrote:No offense intended, Brownie. And I see your B and W floor is a lot like my grey one, covered with grease and Hudsonite! Lol...slim
You are right Slim; no offense taken, I expect that wear and damage are a result of working in my shop? Upkeep is a bit more work (I just replaced sixteen tiles that were destroyed by gas, oil, ect.) but, that is somewhat like replacing broken wrenches or busted nuckles. It is part of the maintanance of having this kind of stuff..0 -
Ditto, to Geoff!0
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