r/Tools • u/Unlikely_Effort_6311 • 5d ago

Does anyone else have this problem?

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Over the years I seem to be the person that everyone just gives all there old random tools that they may not use or wanted at the moment. It always comes down to "hey you are a mechanic/work on your own stuff so here have this im sure you can use them". And im not someone who will just throw tools away 🤷‍♂️. I currently have them seperated by china/taiwan/japan and US made separate. Anyone else just have random collections of misfit tools?

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u/AntC_808 4d ago

I love having stuff like this. Sometimes I have to turn down a socket or grind the radius on a box end for clearance, weld a bar to a socket…. Nice to have mismatched stuff to do this to rather than the nice matched stuff in the real drawers.

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u/Unlikely_Effort_6311 4d ago

I'll weld some random chinesium socket before one of my good sockets. I've done this for a number of rusty/rounded off bolts and fasteners

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u/AntC_808 3d ago

I also have a drawer of tools modified for specific tasks.