Toolfreaks Anonymous

[avator]

Might be a fuse puller.

[Back_Roads]

Might be a fuse puller.

Good call. I was thinking dental tool

[eeler1]

Good guess!  I didn't know fuse pullers were even a thing.  But looked it up and there are similar pliers with rounded tips on Amazon, although none quite with this design.  Somehow I ended up with a set of these, with different sized tips, I guess for different sized fuses.  Gave some away as people had some obscure purpose that they were suited for, like holding something round while drilling.

BackRoads, you might want to change your dentist.

[HunterWhite]

It may be a fuse puller, but they are usually non-metallic (non-conductive). That would work just fine as long as you don't get shocked.


I've used a similar tools for holding round standoffs, round threaded spacers, but the round part was close to the hinge point.


Hunter

[bantam5s]

I think these are a type of hose grip pliers.

[Novagun]

With all these toolfreaks and tools there must be  lot of workshop potterers, DIY blokes and tradesmen who have workshops . I have and thought it would be good to have a show your shop thread. I would start one but photos are essential for that and they are beyond me.
Remember if there is no mess you haven't done anything .

[buellm2]

"Remember if there is no mess you haven't done anything"

So, if there is a huge mess, does it mean you have done something?   I always thought my work area messes were just a reflection of a cluttered mind.   Maybe I got a lot of things done but just don't remember them all.

[Novagun]

Yes to all counts Beullm2.

[bantam5s]

My garage workshop is never something I'm proud to photograph because it's always embarrassingly messy.

[Madd Hatter]

"Remember if there is no mess you haven't done anything"

So, if there is a huge mess, does it mean you have done something?   I always thought my work area messes were just a reflection of a cluttered mind.   Maybe I got a lot of things done but just don't remember them all.

My son in-law is a retired marine master guns and his garage is spotless even just 30 to 60 minutes after doing any work in there. Me, my wife is constantly ragging on me how messy my garage and airgun shed is.🫨 My problem is I always have to many projects going at once and it takes forever to get them done.

[avator]

Being retired and trying to keep myself motivated and moving around I move from one project to another. Some I don't even plan until I begin them. I rarely clean and organize between them until frustration sets in due to not being able to find something I need. That's when I halt all projects and get stuff cleaned up and put away. That usually results in one of two things...
Either the cycle begins again where I left off or I find something during the clean up and that dang secret squirrel shows up.

[Bicycleman]

I have a friend in Louisiana that was a professional mechanic/machinist/designer.  He did welding, mechanics (both gas and diesel), designed and built stuff.  [Once he built a riding lawn mower out of a FORD Econoline].  He had a wall with nails/pegs for hanging hammers, sockets, wrenches, screwdrivers. etc.  It was mostly empty - the tools were spread around the shop with a large number on the main worktable.  **BUT, he knew where they were.**  I could never find what he asked me to get while he was elbow deep in a diesel.
Organized?   **  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - **

[bantam5s]

I have a friend in Louisiana that was a professional mechanic/machinist/designer.  He did welding, mechanics (both gas and diesel), designed and built stuff.  [Once he built a riding lawn mower out of a FORD Econoline].  He had a wall with nails/pegs for hanging hammers, sockets, wrenches, screwdrivers. etc.  It was mostly empty - the tools were spread around the shop with a large number on the main worktable.  **BUT, he knew where they were.**  I could never find what he asked me to get while he was elbow deep in a diesel.
Organized?   **  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - **

I have a place for most tools and some I am quite OCD about keeping exactly where they belong, but there are tools I use so often I just set them down wherever it's most convenient when I'm done.
Eventually I'll clean up and put those tools back where they go, then I'll always try to keep everything organized but I don't have the room to store away some things in a manner that I can get to them without making a mess that inadvertently sets off the tornado alley mess all over again.

[Iowa airguner]

I just sold my tools . 40 year collection of automotive tools for European cars. It thought it was going to be a traumatic thing to let go of them. But as I was loading them up I realized they are really of no use to me because the cars they are used to repair are gone. All rusted away or crushed.

Now I feel like a have lost an anchor and I  am having too much fun picking out a PCP target rifle. 

[Jshooter71]

I just sold my tools . 40 year collection of automotive tools for European cars. It thought it was going to be a traumatic thing to let go of them. But as I was loading them up I realized they are really of no use to me because the cars they are used to repair are gone. All rusted away or crushed.

Now I feel like a have lost an anchor and I  am having too much fun picking out a PCP target rifle.

Good for you, Eric. I have a fellow HVAC tech that’s retiring this year tell me he don’t care if he’ll ever see the inside of an air conditioner ever again. I hope to someday feel the same.

[Iowa airguner]

I don’t think I’ll retire anytime soon. I am an ADAS technician. That is the new radar and camera stuff in newer cars. I use a lap top and special stuff to fix cars. So I don’t use wrenches and sockets anymore. Much less tools to replace cylinder heads on 1982 v8 Mercedes.

[buellm2]

This afternoon one of my girls gave me a very heavy wooden box filled with old ammunition.  Buried under some ammo was this nice Chapman gun screwdriver set.   The insides looks unused.  Too bad the outside is a little scuffed. 

[bantam5s]

This afternoon one of my girls gave me a very heavy wooden box filled with old ammunition.  Buried under some ammo was this nice Chapman gun screwdriver set.   The insides looks unused.  Too bad the outside is a little scuffed.

What an awesome find.
Be careful that you don't start using that set and get hooked on Chapman.
It's very easy to start wanting other handles, the palm ratchet, and other bits...etc.
Plus they currently offer 15 different flat blade tips ( and a specialty stepped flat blade for 1911's ) which your kit doesn't seem to include and it can be easy to want those sizes once the set becomes your go-to.

[buellm2]

I have a giant sized Wheeler Engineering gunsmith screwdriver set which I use regularly.   I'm not sure if I'll be using the Chapman set at all.   Maybe I'll use it as a range set.  It does seem really nicely made.

[avator]

Picked up a table top 10" table saw at a second hand joint a couple days ago for $50. It's complete and runs great.
I have it clamped to a set of saw horses right now and the first project will be to rip down some 2x6 boards I have and built a stand for it.