Tools you have bought/desire

The only decent thing I have is FiL’s old Stanley Yankee.

Turns out the bits are not made of cheese, unlike everything else I own, and it was very useful for demolishing a rotting shelf that supported a leaking negative head pump a couple of weeks ago.

Said shelf was of course attached with 12" screws at a jaunty 30 degree angle to the wall.

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Thank you for those links.

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The best thing that ever happened to the Yankee was the electric screwdiver.
I remember my Dad deciding that all the floorboards in a room needed to be screwed down to the the joists.
I offered to help.
He handed me a bloody huge Yankee and a box of 2" screws.
He went round with a drill and drilled the pilot holes and I followed behind with the Yankee.

Bastard job, my hands were raw afterwards, he thought it hilarious and regaled me with stories of using one for days on end when laying floors.
The Yankee also managed to attack me quite successfully. I ended up with quite a few wounds.

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Going to order these 2 sets, thanks again.

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Good choice, the PB Swiss stuff is awesome. The screwdrivers even have individual serial numbers!

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I love their cross-handle hex drivers:

Hold on…

ALL my tools are shit. I spend all my money on coke* and vinyl.

*I lied about the coke. It’s actually gin. Lots of gin.

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:heart_eyes:

Oh, and wine.

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And beer.

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And meat.

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And Pizza, don’t forget Pizza

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And pineapple

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Good point, well made.

Not so much. But, thank you for your input :+1:

I can well imagine how nice they must be to use.

I’ve loads of shit screw drivers which do more harm than good, I’ve had enough.

Going to create a quality set of tools over the coming months.

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O/T - but it’s a fine line we tread: drinking sufficient to be numb-enough to Cope; but not so much that we die before the point of intolerable decrepitude is reached…

Bonne chance, mon frère…

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I’ve been doing the same over the last year or two. Decent screwdrivers make a huge difference.

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This one Gets It.