When I lose a tool...

[Snattlerake]

I lost a screw out of the bottom of my laptop Saturday and it's still bugging me.

Pfffft... I have thousands of tiny screws in my bins. Come over and I'll give you one.

 

[Snattlerake]

Milwaukee m12 stubby 3/8 impact with compact 3ah battery. I had even put the $30 protective boot on it. It had a 3/8 drive 9/16 impact socket on it. Luckily I was able to buy the exact socket so I didn’t have to live the rest of my years with an incomplete or mismatched set. Of course I bought another kit that included the m12 stubby because most of the time buying just the bare tool alone isn’t a smart financial decision. Man I tell ya, I’m kinda a tool junkie so I’ve got everything from 1/4 drive through 3/4 drive and a pretty good batch of 1” drive but that m12 stubby 3/8 is one bad dog! It’s my most used power tool so when it disappeared I didn’t give it much time before ordering another.

Sounds like me and the small battery charged Worx driver I lost in the cell phone store in Laverne.

I was only there for a half a day upgrading their system. I thought I left it above the ceiling where I installed a repeater box but I looked and looked and went back the next week when we tested it and looked for another hour. I drove home mad as hell at myself. I immediately ordered another one because it was my right hand man so to speak. This sucker will drive 4 2 inch sheet rock screws into a 2x4 in one minute.

Mine does not have the screw holder.

 

[tynyphil]

Damn. Been retracing my steps for 3 weeks now trying to remember where I layed down that small crescent. I even used a drone to check out the top of the chimney where I was tweaking an antenna. That reminds me. I was inside the chimney housing ( large open space with metal chimney running up the center of it) there hanging on a 2x4 was that hammer I couldn’t find 30 years ago

 

[wawazat]

My wife and I both have a sometimes debilitating obsession with finding lost things.

I have to be VERY organized and methodical with my tools because if I have to look for something to get started on a task there is a solid chance I will get so frustrated that I need some time to get back in the mindset of completing the task.

 

[2busy]

Milwaukee m12 stubby 3/8 impact with compact 3ah battery. I had even put the $30 protective boot on it. It had a 3/8 drive 9/16 impact socket on it. Luckily I was able to buy the exact socket so I didn’t have to live the rest of my years with an incomplete or mismatched set. Of course I bought another kit that included the m12 stubby because most of the time buying just the bare tool alone isn’t a smart financial decision. Man I tell ya, I’m kinda a tool junkie so I’ve got everything from 1/4 drive through 3/4 drive and a pretty good batch of 1” drive but that m12 stubby 3/8 is one bad dog! It’s my most used power tool so when it disappeared I didn’t give it much time before ordering another.

Sometimes I buy used socket sets at flea markets. It drives me nuts when I later discover there's a 12 point in with the 6 points. Every time I open up the case I get that sinking feeling.

 

[ConstitutionCowboy]

Damn 10mm sockets

Watch this guy who disassembles all sorts of stuff and melts down the copper and aluminum. He keeps his 10mm sockets in a special place and make a bit of a production when he needs one and goes to get it. It's funny..

BigstackD

Woody

 

[John6185]

It drives me mad to lose or mislay a tool, I have been known to go out and buy another like tool and then finding the one I lost a short time later. I have a lot of tool "pairs."

 

[Okiedog]

Wish someone could tell me where I left my pick axe. Been missing about a month.

 

[tynyphil]

have been known to go out and buy another like tool and then finding the one I lost

That's the sure fire way to find the lost tool.

 

[Snattlerake]

Wish someone could tell me where I left my pick axe. Been missing about a month.

I can guarantee it is right where you left it.