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RE: The black hole that swallows tools. - EdK - 09-26-2015
(09-26-2015, 07:26 PM)Mayhem Wrote: But then we would lose the membership cards...
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Which would mean we belong to the correct club.
Ed
RE: The black hole that swallows tools. - wawoodman - 09-26-2015
I believe that it's closely related to the space warp in the dryer that eats single socks.
RE: The black hole that swallows tools. - the penguin - 09-27-2015
About 2 years ago I bought (24) 10 mm sockets, from Wilde Tools, all 1/4" drive, 6 points, With that I still have problems finding 10 mm sockets in the shop. they just seem to disappear.
RE: The black hole that swallows tools. - Highpower - 09-27-2015
Hmmmm..... there seems to be a pattern here. It appears to be that the higher the ratio of multiple items to single items, the more likely the chances are of them getting sucked into the black hole.
RE: The black hole that swallows tools. - Roadracer_Al - 09-27-2015
Ha. The Black Hole Club.
Sounds like a stripper bar.
I'm going through this nonsense at the moment with a 8m x 1.25 tap I've misplaced. I'm about ready to order 3 of the damn things on Amazon.
RE: The black hole that swallows tools. - Highpower - 09-27-2015
Well I suppose it's time to break out the Meatloaf CD... "cause 2 out of 3 ain't bad."
Couple more hours of searching this afternoon and found my Foredom parts! (Sitting in the toolbox drawer dedicated to welding parts & supplies.)
I also found the bag full of carbide end mills I have been looking for. (Buried in the bottom of a cardboard box full of old Makita battery chargers for my cordless power tools.)
WTF????I don't know what drugs I was taking at the time, but they must have been good ones for me to put those items in those places!
Sigh.....
RE: The black hole that swallows tools. - texx - 09-27-2015
i have a very similar problem but with me it seems to be money and time that disappear into a black hole at an ever increasing rate of knots .
johno
oh yeah and the driver bits that fit the cordless screwdriver .
RE: The black hole that swallows tools. - Charles Spencer - 09-28-2015
(09-26-2015, 01:17 PM)f350ca Wrote: The cabinet shop on the other hand eats pencils, go through 3 or 4 boxes a year but never have a short one.
Ha! That reminds me of old Mr. May. Back around 1976 my best friend and his wife bought a house from a neighbor of the wife's parents. His name was Mr. William May. Everybody always called him Mr. May, the Mr. was never dropped. Mr. May was a veteran of WW I and WW II as a member of the Yankee Division, Massachusetts Army National Guard. His civilian job was maintenance at the State Hospital. At the beautifully made tongue-and-groove workbench he had made along one wall in the basement we found a cigar box full of pencils that were between 2" and 3" long. Mr. May used them until they were that size, then saved the stubs. His screws and other small hardware were stored in baby food jars from his children. His youngest child was in her 50s.
His house was also paneled in solid cherry that he had salvaged from a demolition job.
Mr. May never wasted anything and I'm guessing he didn't lose things in his shop.
On the other had I have an official black hole. It's where two work benches have a gap where they come together. Underneath them is where I pile old machine parts. If something falls in back of them it's gone unless I can fish it out with my telescoping magnet.
RE: The black hole that swallows tools. - krv3000 - 09-28-2015
I hate it when you have just had hold of sum thing and put it dawn then it takes ages for you to find it a gane
RE: The black hole that swallows tools. - arvidj - 09-28-2015
Well I managed to find my vacuum extensions. They were cleverly hidden on a shelf at Home Depot.