I’m getting ready to do a presentation for a group on modeling… and i packed up my tools and I’m seeing, I have a ton , I mean a TON of tools! does anyone else have this problem?
Yep, you’re not the only one!!!
Never weighed them, so can’t say I have a ton, but I do have a lot of em. Usually spread all over my workbench in such a way that I have to search for the one I need. Really need to get more organised, but tidy makes me nervous.
My tool selection is fairly limited. Not counting airbrush/compressor, and brushes, I have 4 hobby knives, a couple of files, one pair of side cutters, two needle nose pliers, and two adjustable pliers. One saw, and varous dental tools and tweezers that I use for whatever 
Oh…Yeah! One of my favorite sayings is you can never have too many tools.[:p]
Mucho, mucho tools.
Duplicates of everything too !!!
Just in case one or two of them get buried to deep in the dung pile I call my desk.
I have too many too. Mostly thing-a-ma-jigs, doo-dads, and doo-hickeys. I rarely (if every) use them all. I’ve actually made a seperate ‘box’ that I put things in that I don’t use very often. I’m going to take them to my next club meeting and give away whatever never gets used (my junk could be someone else’s treasure…)
Murray
Someone, sometime, told me that books are a man’s best friends; I can tell you I love books, but I think that the main difference between man and animal is the invention and use of tools, I try to be more human, in this respect at least. I believe that tools are what help me to make my imagination become real, therefore to make myself and my world better. Ergo, you can’t own too much tools. Inventing the wheel, even it has already be done, can generate a lot of happiness.
I’ve learned as an aircraft mechanic (and its carried over into my hobbies) that :
A. You never have enough tools.
B. Never get rid of tools or spare parts. You might have something for 10 years and never use it. Then give or throw it away and 2 days later you will need it. (if it ain’t one of Murphey’s laws, it should be)
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oh … oh … more tools … more tools … give me more tools … a fellow can never have too many kits … built-ups … or tools [(-D] … [:-,] …
Just my … [2c]
Now where did I put that darn tool catalog ??? [^]
I once thought I might have too many tools. When my grandfather passed away 4 years ago my father an I cleaned out his garage. Oh my god you want to talk about a man with too many tools. We left at the end of the day with:
1 - roll-a-away tool chest with 20 drawers (full of tools)
6 - small carpenters type tool boxes (full of tools)
3 - 3 drawer mechanics tool boxes (full of tools)
7 - tackle boxes (full of tools)
1 - large ice chest (full as well)
1 - 4 drawer file cabinet (you guessed it, full again)
Needless to say some of grandads tools have found their way into my modeling tool box as well as my garage box. The man had enough gauges and measuring tools to choke a whale!
I’m with ya all the way!!! I just bought my second Snap-On Box today, just to hold all of the tools at work…and I am always picking up tools…sometimes people give me total junk, and I still have a hard time getting rid of it, even if I have a great replacement.
So , would it be possible that we were creating a new vision of world : toolosophy ?
Nope, casn never have enough tools. I have carpentry tools, modelling tools and a few mechanic’s tools (tho I don’t own a car). Invaribly during the life of a project wether it be 1:1 or 1:48, I’ll be in need of a specific tool and will have to go out a buy one or invent a new use for the ones at hand.
You can NEVER have enough tools. Like all the others, I have tools, tools and more tools. I have duplicates for my mechanic’s and woodshop tools (my wife once asked “just how many screwdrivers do you need???”). [}:)] I have numerous hobby knives, saws, etc. My dentist gave me over 200!!! discarded tools. [:0] I kept them all and modified a number of them for modelling. Airbruishes: hmmmm, last time I checked is was two compressors and four…no, five airbrushes on the bench. Jeez, I’m getting tired. Too many tools to count…gasp…energy reserves getting low from counting. [xx(][xx(][xx(]…need chocolate…need beer…need pizza…kitchen, here I come! I’ll be back for a recount later. [;)]
40 years of collecting tools more than fills my 16’X24’ workshop. A few of my hand tools were hand-me-downs from my grandfather so my be considered antiques.
I built a “wall of cabinets”, 12’ length by 24" deep by 6-1/2’ tall each of the 4, 3’ sections have 2 doors with rollout trays and still don’t have enough room for all my hand tools and supplies. The most commonly used woodshop tools are hanging on a shadow board. Mechanic tools are in roll-aways parked against a wall. Drill press, grinder, band saw, router, table saw, table-top paint booth, air compressor and workbench take up the floor space. I have a 8’ steam box (used to soften wood for bending) setting outside against one wall. For my small model building tools I have a 6-drawer wooden tool box so the tools can go where ever I need. I sometimes sit at the kitchen table while modeling so I can watch TV at the same time. Sometimes I’m at my RR layout and sometimes in the workshop on the workbench.
Tools - yea I have a couple… TONS!!
Okay, then - the one who dies with the most tools wins!![:D]
I have 2 tons at least. One post has been in the tool business for 40 yrs. Ive been doing it for over 50. Hand tools and powered I have. I have duplicates and triplicates. I know i have at least 25 Exacto knives. They are spread around 3 places. Garage for large RC models, basement for smaller RC models and spare bedroom for RC electric and plastic models. Most of the time I can find whatever tool I want to use. Since a Black Labrador and I are the only residents of the house, its easy to do.He has never complained about anything I have brought home.
I’m sorry, chap, to remember you the rule with such rudeness but “YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DIE UNTIL YOU HAVE USED ALL YOUR TOOLS” ( Trespassers will be sentenced to buy more tools ever)
You cant have enough tools to be concidered a model nut in the modeling community thats why i hide most of my tools when my wife is around
hehe[}:)]