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04-05-2017, 19:39 | #1 |
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Finding things in your garage ?
I have a fairly untidy Garage fitted out with the cupboard units from our last two Kitchens.
About 5 years ago I bought a cheap Metric Tap & Die set from the beloved Aldi Central Aisle. I knew it would come in handy one day as I only have a few AF and B.A. ones that I have accrued over the last 50 years. About 18 months ago I used the Aldi Metric Set to fix a bad thread and put it away safely as the plastic case containing the kit was badly cracked. I think I put it in a Tupperware type plastic container in a safe place. I have spent about 3 hours over the last 2 days looking for the kit and can't find it anywhere though I did find my collection of AF & BA ones ! I always keep all my "Special Tools" together either in the Special Tools drawer or the cupboard directly above if it's too big. I found the tool for fitting the screen inserts in a BL windscreen, my old Opel Steering wheel puller with long and short legs plus a tool for retracting BMW Mini rear brake pads but no sign of the Metric Tap & Die Set. At present am considering buying a replacement kit and giving up on ever finding it. Am I alone in this seemingly age old problem of never finding things when I want them! |
04-05-2017, 20:12 | #2 |
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Oh dear no.......I fail to find things when I have just put them down......still looking for a sash cramp I know can only be in one of two cupboards in one small workshop........2 years on........I am normally quite sceptical about the supernatural, polterghosts and the like....but this has me wondering........
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04-05-2017, 20:14 | #3 |
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You are not alone
I have the most used tools hanging up on a board and have even drawn around them so they end up in the same place My "specials" are either in my 7 drawer tool chest or stacked beside it on a shelf in no order. It's a bit krypton Factor ish trying to get at what I want but it's also a work in progress, just further down the ever increasing list! |
04-05-2017, 20:20 | #4 |
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Yep I'm guilty too
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04-05-2017, 20:25 | #5 |
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I feel your pain, I'm terrible for it. I have an oil filter and 8 litres of oil spare that I misplaced. The guy at the shop had a giggle when I came in a few days later to buy the same oil and filter. I found them when I was looking for something else, at least I will use them though eh
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04-05-2017, 21:20 | #6 |
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Yep do this all the time, Can be using a 10mm on a t bar put it down and go to pick it up again and hey ho its gone. Then spend the next 5 mins looking everywhere for it only for it to be in the place I put it down. I blame ghost's lol even the dead have to piss people off once in a while....
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04-05-2017, 21:33 | #7 | |
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04-05-2017, 21:34 | #8 | |
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Then you put the new set away in a "safe place" and I can pretty much guarantee that there you will find the previous set. Simples ! |
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04-05-2017, 22:00 | #9 |
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Let me have you address details and I will send you one of my 10mm fine thread dies, do the bolts and send it back, Rick
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05-05-2017, 05:03 | #10 | |
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The Tool Fairy
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I am going to have one last look for the lost ones in the morning before I nip to the local tool shop. During the night I had a vision of where I might have put my missing kit - not in a Tuperware box but in a cutlery drawer I have with some drill bits in. I also know that if I buy another kit I will find the missing one within days. |
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05-05-2017, 09:01 | #11 |
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It will be in the last place you look........
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05-05-2017, 09:07 | #12 |
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Found the Handle for the Taps !
I have found the handle for the Taps out of the kit it was with my Easy-outs !
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05-05-2017, 10:05 | #13 |
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I made a board for all my taps and dies as i got fed up of losing them.
Its just an 1/2 thick bit of plywood with loads of nails to form pegs. Hang everything on it and write the size so easy to find. Thats if i put them back on when iv'e finished using them |
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