Do you ever buy tools that you don't need or use?

Do you ever buy tools that you don't need or use?

  • Yes

    Votes: 3 75.0%

  • No

    Votes: 1 25.0%
  • Total voters
    4
I do, but not intentionally. I do have tools around that I bought because I would need them for a project that I intended to do, but never got around to, and sometimes I'll buy tools just because it looks like it's a good deal. Another source of unnecessary tools comes from a lack of organizational skills or temperament. Although I own three large toolboxes, the kind that are on wheels with a secondary box on top, one of them is empty and another serves as more of a junk drawer, while my tools are scattered throughout the house, library, and outbuilding. Thus, it's not unusual for me to go to the hardware store for a hammer because, although I know that I already have at least three or four of them, I can't find them, don't feel like looking for them, and the hardware store is only a few blocks away.
 
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Well, then, I guess I do. I bought an electric can opener that I have only used once or twice. It's easier to get the manual opener out the drawer, open the can, and toss the opener back in the drawer than it is to drag the electric one out of the cabinet, unroll the cord, open the can, roll the cord and put it back in the cabinet.
 
It's not like I cut trees down for a living, but I have four chainsaws, two gas-powered, and two battery-operated, as well as a couple of axes and three hatchets. That's not quite the same thing because, except for a hatchet that I bought recently, the others have all been used. I bought the two gas-powered ones while I was clearing trees for my camp up north.

I cut a bunch of trees during that period. That piece of land is a three-hour drive from my home so, after making the trip one day only to stupidly bend the bar of my only chainsaw on the second tree, I decided that I needed some backups. I did have an axe so I spent the rest of the day cutting trees down with an axe, feeling like a diminutive Paul Bunyan.

The hatchets I bought for odd jobs mostly, delimbing, or playing around in the woods, and a couple of them just because I liked the way they looked, which doesn't mean they won't be used. The chainsaws all serve different purposes. The Stihl is there for the tough stuff, It will cut through any kind of tree with ease. On the downside, it's hard to start sometimes, although it's serviced every year. The Craftsman will start with one pull, usually, and it's great with softwoods, but stresses a bit on some of the harder woods. My full-sized battery-operated chainsaw can serve as a backup if I am up north. Although the land for my camp has been long cleared, I like to keep some cleared areas in the woods because that's where the food for the wildlife grows. I enjoy cutting trees down, anyhow.

I have a few more Norway Maple trees in my yard in Millinocket than I want so, from time to time, as I figure out how to do so without taking out our house, a neighbor's house, a fence, or anything else, I will use the battery-operated chainsaw because gas-powered chainsaws tend to annoy the neighbors; not as much as a tree falling on their house, but still. The other battery-operated chainsaw is a one-handed deal that I use for pruning or on saplings.

Oh, and I have two axes only because the first one is crap and won't hold an edge long enough. There's no point in throwing it away and it would still work for firewood and stuff, but I still needed a real axe.

So, while it might seem like overkill for someone to have four chainsaws, two axes and a few hatchets (and that's not counting the hand-held saws), they have their purposes, with the possible exception of a couple of the hatchets.
 
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Ken Anderson said:
I do, but not intentionally. I do have tools around that I bought because I would need them for a project that I intended to do, but never got around to, and sometimes I'll buy tools just because it looks like it's a good deal. Another source of unnecessary tools comes from a lack of organizational skills or temperament. Although I own three large toolboxes, the kind that are on wheels with a secondary box on top, one of them is empty and another serves as more of a junk drawer, while my tools are scattered throughout the house, library, and outbuilding. Thus, it's not unusual for me to go to the hardware store for a hammer because, although I know that I already have at least three or four of them, I can't find them, don't feel like looking for them, and the hardware store is only a few blocks away.
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Time to clean out?
 
Ken Anderson said:
It's not like I cut trees down for a living, but I have four chainsaws, two gas-powered, and two battery-operated, as well as a couple of axes and three hatchets. That's not quite the same thing because, except for a hatchet that I bought recently, the others have all been used. I bought the two gas-powered ones while I was clearing trees for my camp up north.

I cut a bunch of trees during that period. That piece of land is a three-hour drive from my home so, after making the trip one day only to stupidly bend the bar of my only chainsaw on the second tree, I decided that I needed some backups. I did have an axe so I spent the rest of the day cutting trees down with an axe, feeling like a diminutive Paul Bunyan.

The hatchets I bought for odd jobs mostly, or playing around in the woods, and a couple of them just because I liked the way they looked, which doesn't mean they won't be used. The chainsaws all serve different purposes. The Stihl is there for the tough stuff, It will cut through any kind of tree with ease. On the downside, it's hard to start sometimes, although it's serviced every year. The Craftsman will start with one pull, usually, and it's great with softwoods, but stresses a bit on some of the harder woods. My full-sized battery-operated chainsaw can serve as a backup if I am up north. Although the land for my camp has been long cleared, I like to keep some cleared areas in the woods because that's where the food for the wildlife grows. I enjoy cutting trees down, anyhow.

I have a few more Norway Maple trees in my yard in Millinocket than I want so, from time to time, as I figure out how to do so without taking out our house, a neighbor's house, a fence, or anything else, I will use the battery-operated chainsaw because gas-powered chainsaws tend to annoy the neighbors; not as much as a tree falling on their house, but still. The other battery-operated chainsaw is a one-handed deal that I use for pruning.

Oh, and I have two axes only because the first one is crap and won't hold an edge long enough. There's no point in throwing it away and it would still work for firewood and stuff, but I still needed a real axe.

So, while it might seem like overkill for someone to have four chainsaws, two axes and a few hatchets (and that's not counting the hand-held saws), they have their purposes, with the possible exception of a couple of the hatchets.
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I, too, have 4 chainsaws, but they all have their purposes except perhaps my oldest saw that is about worn out. I have had it for many years, but the last time I used it was on a hunting trip in 2000. It was the most convenient to fit into a small airplane to fly in the boonies.
 
Normally No.. however I did buy something to help me clean the bathtub... too many attachments, and it is hard for me to use.
Mark - whole different story. Ever since we married,regardless of how simple the project is..he needs a new, one his is broke,
I have told him many times- I am this cheapest thing in your life :ROFLMAO:
 
Hedi Mitchell said:
Normally No.. however I did buy something to help me clean the bathtub... too many attachments, and it is hard for me to use.
Mark - whole different story. Ever since we married,regardless of how simple the project is..he needs a new, one his is broke,
I have told him many times- I am this cheapest thing in your life :ROFLMAO:
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Just get Mark to clean the bathtub!! :D
 
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