I stumbled across a thread in another forum about how everyone has a junk drawer. The items within seem to be somewhat similar to the people posting. The thread drifted into the tool box and contents.
Thought I would start a similar thread here.
To begin with, I'm old enough that I have multiple junk drawers and tool boxes. I have two junk drawers in my office. One has cords and cables for all of the electronics past and present. It is a large drawer and stuffed with cables and connectors that I'll likely never need again. There is always that fear of needing that BNC cable or EIDE cable and I tossed it syndrome that keeps the drawer well stocked. I have another drawer that has itty bitty screwdrivers to large ones and everything between. Lots of diagonal cutters and needle nosed tools. Brass brushes to solder and even a few wire strippers and bike tools. It's the go-to drawer in the office for little projects. The junk drawer in the kitchen contains no junk. It houses the rarely used but handy kitchen items that one needs once in a great while. Things such as a lemon juicer, lid removal tool, skewers, meat hammer, taco press, meat shredder, funnels, and many other rarely used but desirable kitchen tools. Then there are the outside tools. The two tool boxes that ride with me in my truck and the five or six in my shed are for the major mechanical chores. To escape the criticism of having so many tool boxes, I have an excuse of sorts. I have my tools which take a couple of boxes. That's not counting the socket sets and wrench sets. I have a couple of tool boxes in my truck with duplicate tools for truck or mower emergencies. I couldn't bring myself to toss my father's tool boxes. My father-in-law passed down a couple of boxes of good tools. Plus, he had a couple of boxes of specialized tools such as pullers and presses and the like I just couldn't toss. I was a trim carpenter / cabinet maker for nearly sixty years.... I'll not describe that collection of tools.
What sort of junk drawer goodies and tool boxes have you compiled through the years?
Thought I would start a similar thread here.
To begin with, I'm old enough that I have multiple junk drawers and tool boxes. I have two junk drawers in my office. One has cords and cables for all of the electronics past and present. It is a large drawer and stuffed with cables and connectors that I'll likely never need again. There is always that fear of needing that BNC cable or EIDE cable and I tossed it syndrome that keeps the drawer well stocked. I have another drawer that has itty bitty screwdrivers to large ones and everything between. Lots of diagonal cutters and needle nosed tools. Brass brushes to solder and even a few wire strippers and bike tools. It's the go-to drawer in the office for little projects. The junk drawer in the kitchen contains no junk. It houses the rarely used but handy kitchen items that one needs once in a great while. Things such as a lemon juicer, lid removal tool, skewers, meat hammer, taco press, meat shredder, funnels, and many other rarely used but desirable kitchen tools. Then there are the outside tools. The two tool boxes that ride with me in my truck and the five or six in my shed are for the major mechanical chores. To escape the criticism of having so many tool boxes, I have an excuse of sorts. I have my tools which take a couple of boxes. That's not counting the socket sets and wrench sets. I have a couple of tool boxes in my truck with duplicate tools for truck or mower emergencies. I couldn't bring myself to toss my father's tool boxes. My father-in-law passed down a couple of boxes of good tools. Plus, he had a couple of boxes of specialized tools such as pullers and presses and the like I just couldn't toss. I was a trim carpenter / cabinet maker for nearly sixty years.... I'll not describe that collection of tools.
What sort of junk drawer goodies and tool boxes have you compiled through the years?