I guess it's just a wee bit too much to expect idle tools to remain in ready use. I gave away all but one six inch Bosch orbital sander when I retired in 2021. I am patching some of the original oak flooring in a bedroom that we no longer use. I think the old windows that I've now replaced must have leaked and let water come in under my last two daughter's bunk beds. In any event, I filled the cracks that were created and went to sand the filled flooring today. The hook and loop landing pad for the sanding disks disintegrated right before my very eyes. I guess the sander retired when I retired and had no desire to sand again. A replacement pad was cheap enough and I ordered a few sanding disks that are more aggressive than what I have. I'll leave the shop vac and sander in the house until the new pad and disks show up and I can complete my task.
Nothing hurts my feelings more than seeing good tools gone bad. I have a shed full of tools and they all were seeing daily use prior to my retirement. Every time I dig something out for a little task I have to repair or replace some of the tool to make it functional. Rust on a table saw is the biggest sin in this world. Friction is your enemy while using a table saw. I have almost come to fisticuffs with someone leaving their sweating drink on my saw while I was not there. My saw sits in the corner of my shed with many items stacked on top of it. I can see the rust on the table top through the junk. I raised four children and bought a home and put kids through college with that saw. It hurts my feelings to see good tools gone bad.
Nothing hurts my feelings more than seeing good tools gone bad. I have a shed full of tools and they all were seeing daily use prior to my retirement. Every time I dig something out for a little task I have to repair or replace some of the tool to make it functional. Rust on a table saw is the biggest sin in this world. Friction is your enemy while using a table saw. I have almost come to fisticuffs with someone leaving their sweating drink on my saw while I was not there. My saw sits in the corner of my shed with many items stacked on top of it. I can see the rust on the table top through the junk. I raised four children and bought a home and put kids through college with that saw. It hurts my feelings to see good tools gone bad.
I hate summer! The last few weeks I haven't been able to get a decent night's rest because of the heat.