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LOSING TOOLS

John Peckham
Dear All


I have more tools than is healthy for all sorts of trades and I am a self confessed tool collector.


Just a moment but I will have to don my fawn anorak and tartan slippers for the next bit.......................................................................................


We all have favorite screwdrivers that we have had for years. I had also a favorite hammer which was a difficult choice between my Estwing claw hammer and a very handy 6 oz cross pein hammer. Ideal for cable clipping and knocking in small pins and nails etc.


Anyway the favorite hammer was lost. I looked in all my tool boxes (I have to many) down the back of the bench etc. I hunted high and low but could not find it. So in the week I scanned Ebay for a new/old one and found a very nice Stanley one and bid for it and won. It arrived on Friday. The head is a bit loose but I will tighten that up in no time. I think I must have left it somewhere doing jobs for family and friends or it is under the floor from addling some sockets a few months ago, farewell my friend you have served me well!


I was looking forward to my usual Sunday routine of laying on the sofa, reading the Sunday Times, drinking tea and listening to Radio 4. See men can multi-task! However the senior officer had other plans in that I could not read the paper until I had installed a new blind in the recently decorated back bedroom. 


OK soon have this done. Off to workshop. Collect SDS drill, 18V Makita, decent screws to replace the ones made of butter that came with the blind, red plugs and assorted screws. I left the replacement hammer on the bench for fixing later.


OK in to action. Careful measurement, marking of holes and drilling with Mr. SDS. All carefully supervised by the boss. Plugs do not quite go flush in holes and explain with a mild expletive I will have to go and get my new hammer. No problem says the boss you can borrow mine from my tool kit. She then retrieves a carrier bag from a secret location and low and behold it is my 6 Oz hammer. I look into the bag to see more long lost friends, screwdrivers, pliers, pinchers etc. I discussion takes place and the boss states "you have loads of tools and I thought I could have some for the odd small job. I finish of stating, "The man who lends his tools is on holiday".


The favorite hammer has been returned to it's tool box. Negotiations will take place on the return of the remainder of my tools and replacements.


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    I have a number of various Lindstrom pliers and cutters, mostly made about 40 years ago. These are the miniature electronic type. The oldest ones an end cutter (ideal for finger nails as well as wires) and some side cutters were superb and as new. Unfortunately I lost the side cutters when doing some phone work in the loft of a new house which I had just built, possibly down a cavity somewhere. I still miss them despite having bought a replacement at huge cost. The quality of the newer items is unfortunately significantly less good than the old ones, which I suppose is progress. The original cutters and pliers are still as good as new despite many years of use, but the newer cutters have worn significantly. A great loss which I still feel.


    I, like JP also collect tools (sometimes called addiction), which can be a snag. I have had to sell some of the big stuff when I left NI, the Colchester Mastiff ( capacity 18" x 72 inches) and 6"CNC lathes, a radial arm drill, A large Elliott milling machine, car lift etc. (and all the kit to use them properly like drills to 3"" diameter) simply because I could not afford the space to keep them! A great pity and again I still feel it often. Then of course there is the electronic test gear and Amateur Radio and television kit! Need I say more.....
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    I have a number of various Lindstrom pliers and cutters, mostly made about 40 years ago. These are the miniature electronic type. The oldest ones an end cutter (ideal for finger nails as well as wires) and some side cutters were superb and as new. Unfortunately I lost the side cutters when doing some phone work in the loft of a new house which I had just built, possibly down a cavity somewhere. I still miss them despite having bought a replacement at huge cost. The quality of the newer items is unfortunately significantly less good than the old ones, which I suppose is progress. The original cutters and pliers are still as good as new despite many years of use, but the newer cutters have worn significantly. A great loss which I still feel.


    I, like JP also collect tools (sometimes called addiction), which can be a snag. I have had to sell some of the big stuff when I left NI, the Colchester Mastiff ( capacity 18" x 72 inches) and 6"CNC lathes, a radial arm drill, A large Elliott milling machine, car lift etc. (and all the kit to use them properly like drills to 3"" diameter) simply because I could not afford the space to keep them! A great pity and again I still feel it often. Then of course there is the electronic test gear and Amateur Radio and television kit! Need I say more.....
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