Toolfreaks Anonymous

[Sqrl Klr]

hehe

[Madd Hatter]

I used to have the bucket boss with the toilet seat, wonder where that went

LOL... I told Betty Lou I would make her one. From the shop she always have to go in the house to potty.. I just step around the corner and let 'er rip.

I hope you use tp afterward so you don't smell like someone I know on tv always pooping himself.

LOL... there are certain bodily functions I do go in the house for.. I ain't a complete animal.   

[bantam5s]

My Chapman tool board arrived.

[Insanity]

Well that is not what I thought it would be but it's super cool. I would leave it raw and let it patina naturally.

[avator]

Looks like it might be fairly easy to made.

[bantam5s]

Looks like it might be fairly easy to made.

If you have a CNC router or something maybe.
Otherwise it's well beyond my skill level to cut the perfectly sized bit strip pockets and the pockets for each rack that's held in with magnets...etc.
I envy the skill of anybody who could make this fairly easily, if I had those skills I could have made this for under $100.

[bantam5s]

Well that is not what I thought it would be but it's super cool. I would leave it raw and let it patina naturally.

It comes clear coated.

I think being cool is kind of the main purpose of this really,  otherwise they easily could have just offered some kind of plastic thing that hooks to a pegboard.
If it didn't have the cool lazer engraved Chapman logo I'm not sure I'd have wanted to buy it, but it does offer a bit of a practical solution for me since I've outgrown every kind of case they offer.
The ability to stand on it's own is cool / nice,  but since you're mounting it to the wall with 4 screws you pretty much have to choose one or the other.
Being able to easily take the whole thing off the wall would be cool, so I think I'll have to come up with some sort of solution for this.
I'm thinking just a couple pegs in the wall I can pull it right off of instead of permanently mounting it with screws.

[Bicycleman]

The old tool box I had like forever finally fell apart.  Because I don't need/want anything elaborate, I went to Walmart and got a new one.
That was just a little back ground to get to the real issue:  What kind of material is used in these plastic boxes that causes them to smell like 'BODY ODOR"?

[HunterWhite]

The old tool box I had like forever finally fell apart.  Because I don't need/want anything elaborate, I went to Walmart and got a new one.
That was just a little back ground to get to the real issue:  What kind of material is used in these plastic boxes that causes them to smell like 'BODY ODOR"?

Xcellite screwdrivers smell like puke to me, but they're really good tools.

Hunter

[Bicycleman]

Xcellite screwdrivers smell like puke to me, but they're really good tools.


Probably recycled milk jugs.

[Back_Roads]

 No clue either, but once you get past the smell of Ballastoil it is great stuff

[Rabbit\Squirrel Killer]

I have some old screwdrivers that smell like vomit and one set of grips on a Crosman 150 does too. I wish I knew how to get rid of JUST that smell!

[Sqrl Klr]

Toss them in the garbage and get new ones then that will take care of it Dan, or use a chip clip on your nose if you don't want to toss em. You won't smell em and you'll crack up your wife while fixing things.

[Rabbit\Squirrel Killer]

Toss them in the garbage and get new ones then that will take care of it Dan, or use a chip clip on your nose if you don't want to toss em. You won't smell em and you'll crack up your wife while fixing things.

 A chip clip, are saying my nose is huge?   

  

[Sqrl Klr]

Only your brain of that I'm certain, well and your dog too.

[bantam5s]

Xcellite screwdrivers smell like puke to me, but they're really good tools.


Probably recycled milk jugs.

The Xcelite, Vacco,  Craftsman, and many other screwdrivers use / used Butyl Acetate for their screwdriver handles and the particular formula used breaks down over time which is responsible for that puke smell.
That is why you'll see powdery white surface
On them over time.
PROTO S-K Klein & MAC screwdrivers were also made with some form of Acetate but whatever formula they used is more stable and does not break down in this way.

There was a company called A&L handles, they were a division of Pratt-reed who was until a few years aggo the oldest screwdriver manufacturer in the US ( then Ideal shut them down )and a screwdriver OEM for countless companies over the years.
A&L handles made a ton of handles for a large majority of screwdrivers in the US, and I would imagine that they were responsible for the smelly acetate handles because they were a division of P-R who definitely used the Butyl Acetate on their drivers.
In recent years they had changed something and their handles came new with a chemical kind of smell ( probably to combat the puke smell they develop over time) but they still do develop that puke smell.
The Xcelite and Vacco handles are the very worst of it, but definitely not the only ones.

[bantam5s]

I have some old screwdrivers that smell like vomit and one set of grips on a Crosman 150 does too. I wish I knew how to get rid of JUST that smell!

You can clean and clear coat them to trap the smell, but they are made of Butyl Acetate which decomposes over time ( I'll bet your 150 grips have a white buildup on the under side ) and that cannot be stopped nor the smell actually eliminated.

It's a real shame too, because there's not so many good quality screwdrivers being made in the US today,  and who want's to toss otherwise high quality tools just because they smell bad.

[avator]

I have a set of these white the white crusty film. on them that I inherited from my BIL. Never really noticed the smell. I have new drivers that I use... nothing special like some of you folks.

[bantam5s]

I have a set of these white the white crusty film. on them that I inherited from my BIL. Never really noticed the smell. I have new drivers that I use... nothing special like some of you folks.

I first learned about it when I was a teenager.
I had an old flambeau tackle box I gave my grandmother who put tools in it and I thought  the smell came from having left Catfish bait in it.
Then I inherited my grandfather's waterloo top box that had the same smell and some of the same screwdrivers in it.
I made the connection and did some research.

[eeler1]

Not trying to change the subject, but possilby appropriate for you toolfreaks, maybe someone can tell me what this tool is for.  Clearly, pliers.  But the nose is intended for something round?  I just don't know what.  So, please, name that tool