Tools you have forgotten

[Brandon Speaks]

I moved just under 2 years ago. I quickly unpacked maybe 10% of my tools, the ones I used the most but the rest are in rubber made totes in my basement. Also 3-4 totes of tools from my dad that I dont even know what is in there.

I just finished setting up my shops (basement shop for some operations and 1/2 garage for others) and my project for the weekend is to sort through and put away all of them. So by Sunday I should have a long list.

I will also likely have tons to either sell, donate, or throw away.

[Brian Lefort]

I just uncovered a brand new set of plug cutters I purchased and promptly forgot about.

[Gene Takae]

I found a 24" planer the other day I had forgotten about.

You must have a huge shop!

[Darcy Warner]

You must have a huge shop!

Up to 8k sqft now. All sorts of places to loose things.

[John Gulick]

I suppose all the above is good, has anybody woken up with a different wife ??

[Keith Weber]

I suppose all the above is good, has anybody woken up with a different wife ??

I have... a few times. Turns out she had schizophrenia. It was a short marriage!

[Johanna Johanson]

It's so annoying to open a drawer and find a tool you just replaced! I try to stay organized, but it's a losing battle.

[Johanna Johanson]

I found a 24" planer the other day I had forgotten about.

I believe you just won the prize for the biggest forgotten tool. Hard to misplace one of those!

[Mike Schnorr]

I moved 4 1/2 years ago and it is like Christmas around here every time I open a box and find something I forgot I owned. At this rate I'm going to need a bigger shop to house all of them!

[Mike Cutler]

I actually just found another one.
I bought a Keen Kutter Miter, and saw, many years ago from a fellow Creeker'.
Just this week I needed to cut a bunch of small 1/4" square parts from ebony. I actually started making a miter box jig to cut the parts with a backsaw, when I remembered that I already had one. First time I'd ever used it. Worked really well too.

[Chris Hachet]

I ahve purged my shop of most of what I do not use, so no, I do not.

[paul cottingham]

I have a signifant head injury, but despite that i dont have (many) duplicates. Just chisels. And hammers. On and saws.

[al heitz]

If it's small tools, I don't mind (often prefer) redundancy because I don't want to go to the basement for a project in the garage, etc. So I have a number of duplicates wherever I need them. My problem is knowing I "have" something (especially if it's the only one I have) but dear family has loaned it and never thought about getting it back. If I need it, I buy a new one and the loaner can go chase the missing items.