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: 4 80.0%

  • No

    Votes: 1 20.0%
  • Total voters
    5
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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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.
 
In a way I have to admit that I have bought some tools I haven’t used but there’s another side to that statement.

I got tired of buying small tools that just somehow grew legs and walked or, like some slackards I know, are hiding from work.
So, now I buy small tools that are in kits but like the screwdriver kit I bought, there are probably 2-3 that I will probably never use but do use the other 7 on a regular basis.
And also, by doing that I got pretty finicky about putting them back into the kit they belong to after working with them.
At the present time, I have about a dozen kits all stacked side by side and ready to go.
 
I have/had a few things that I only used once or twice. I had a fan clutch wrench that I needed for a job, but I am not able to do those things now, so I gave it to my son. I also have clutch alignment tools that I will never use again, and some huge sockets that I probably won't use ever again. I have tools now that I won't use again, but they were all used at least once. The same goes for some plumbing equipment.
 
1. I have tools that I don’t use often but they sure come in handy the few times I do need them.

2. I have farrier tools that I can’t use anymore because one shoulder and my lower back are so shot all to Hael, that I can’t even pick up a hoof from my left side to clean it out.

3. Someone mentioned electric can openers as a bad investment—- I couldn’t agree more. For every reason imaginable 🔥🔥
 
Krystal Shay said:
I think every time my husband goes to Home Depot, Menards, Lowes, or some other Home Improvement place, he comes home with a new tool; Ough-Ough! (Tim Allen Grunt) :rolleyes: that he might need. He has a work shop FULL of all kinds of tools; mechanical and power. Plus other stuff that is a mystery to me.
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Mine, too. On the other hand, he doesn't drink or womanize, so I guess a garage full of tools isn't such a bad thing. :ROFLMAO: Also, if I need something fixed he ALWAYS has the right tool for the job.
 
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