Hi do they have a TV show for tool hoarders, i would be a good episode, the thing that bothers me is not having so many tools but what happens to them after the dirt nap. I have 50 years of woodworking and metal working machines plus 2 auto-body toolboxes. I was thinking of selling some stuff that I don't use but again its hard to pry from my hands. I hope to see some of you at the next tool hoarders anonymous meeting.
Hi,
My name is Mike, I AM A TOOL HOARDER.
i too would make a good case study in machine depravity.
my affliction started when i was a small boy. My grandfather let me hang out in his shop.
He's been gone 37 years now, i still remember the smell and the feeling of just being there.
it's the closest thing to magic that i could ever describe.
He was a man of simple means, his shop is not what i would call extensive by any stretch.
What he did have was a knack for fixing just about anything with the most seemingly modest of machinery and tooling.
i learned at an early age that your mind is the first toolbox you go to.
IMHO, you can have the most extensive toolbox and all the fanciest and newest things technology can offer.
they will never be any use if you don't have the power of thought or an idea of Why the thing you are working on works.
Other things i learned from him is that many things can be repaired with simple means, and not to let a small bump in the road stop the project.
I horde tools for the eventuality that there will be a problem down the road, i wanna be prepared for anything!!!!
i'm pretty dang close
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