Building up your tool box. Need a new tool......Do you buy it?
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Road Master
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Building up your tool box. Need a new tool......Do you buy it?
I'm 48...I'm not a mechanic but I really enjoy wrenching (probably because I don't do it for a living), right?
I bought my first real rollaway tool chest about 15 years ago (still have it).
When I do a project on the bike or whatever & I need a tool that I don't own........ I'll buy it. Over the years, I've amassed a pretty decent tool selection.
So.......does anyone else do this?
I dig tools.
I bought my first real rollaway tool chest about 15 years ago (still have it).
When I do a project on the bike or whatever & I need a tool that I don't own........ I'll buy it. Over the years, I've amassed a pretty decent tool selection.
So.......does anyone else do this?
I dig tools.
Tourer
Joined: May 2009
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From: Lexington, IL
Yup, I do that too . .the hard part after doing it for the last 30 years is that I have some tools that I can't remember what they're for . ..like a special wrench to adjust the valves on a Honda 750 . . . .or an adapter for a compression tester for a chainsaw I haven't owned in 15 years. 
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Road Master
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dmftoy1,
Oh good lord that's funny and so true..........I used to be "into" VW's (way back when). Still have a special spline ratchet adapter thingamajig to remove the rear axle boots or some chit like that!!
Thanks for the memory!!
Oh good lord that's funny and so true..........I used to be "into" VW's (way back when). Still have a special spline ratchet adapter thingamajig to remove the rear axle boots or some chit like that!!
Thanks for the memory!!
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I most certainly do...and I mean I don't buy the cheap ones either. I finally broke down and bought a two stage, 80 gal compressor the other day. I had to order it and it will be here week after next. Now I'm eyeballing die grinders and impact wrenches on the matcotool.com website. I'm also wanting to buy a paint gun and a welder. Ive even looked at the dyno machines but a new from dynajet the pros use are like $25k! Probably won't get one of those.
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From: Connecticut
I do this for a living and yes I buy what I need and then some. My toolbox was $11,000, I buy mostly Snap-on they are expensive but well woth it. The only problem is I have special tools that are 30 years old and never use them anymore and now worth nothing.
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Road Master
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LoL...Mostly Craftsman (plenty good enough for a guy like me)...
I have like 3 or 4 Snap-On tools, I wish I could afford more of them......top notch stuff...if you make a living with them, good call on buying the best.
I have like 3 or 4 Snap-On tools, I wish I could afford more of them......top notch stuff...if you make a living with them, good call on buying the best.
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