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Subject: Re: Stupid (Big) Small Tool Score - SCORE!
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2024 20:55:54 -0500
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On 6/21/2024 8:01 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
> One of my older fishing buddies is getting to the point where he needs 
> help with lots of those SLJs around the house.  He's one of the handful 
> of people I consider actual friends, so I've been helping him when I 
> have time.  Replace a light fixture.  Clean the carb on his generator. 
> Bolt in a post on his back porch that had broken loose.  That sort of 
> thing.  Some time back he asked me if I wanted a Craftsman tool set he 
> had laying around.  Sure I'm a tool whore.  I'll take tools...
> 
> The Craftsman set has been handy.  I left it on the sole of my "little" 
> boat while I was doing some work.  Sure beat walking to the back of the 
> shop for every little thing.  During my adventures to haul my dad's old 
> trucks back to my place from across the state it was the main tool box I 
> took with me since my truck box is falling apart.  Of course I threw 
> more tools in the truck than that, but it was the core.  I was glad I 
> had it when an axle popped loose on my gooseneck trailer.  Yeah that was 
> almost as scary as it sounds.
> 
> My post about "destructive lock nut," 
> https://www.yumabassman.com/2024/04/12/destructive-lock-nuts-suck/
> 
> The one big problem with the set, and maybe part of the reason my friend 
> gave the set to me is that an internal door pops loose dumping half the 
> tools inside the box when you open it up.  It's because it had the wrong 
> Craftsman 1/4" ratchet in that slot.  It wouldn't allow that internal 
> door/cover to snap in properly.  Today I decided to fix that.
> 
> I just grabbed the tool kit out of the back of the truck, brought it 
> into the shop, opened it up and took a look at the 3/8 and 1/2 inch 
> ratchets to see which style Craftsman they are so I could hunt around on 
> eBay and maybe find a matching 1/4 to replace the wrong one that's in 
> the set.  I got a look at the handle and thought... you know those blue 
> US General tool boxes I picked up for dirt cheap the other day had a few 
> things in it the guy told me were odd balls that I could have because... 
> well I'm not sure why exactly.  One of those things was a 1/4 inch 
> Craftsman ratchet that is an exact match for the other ratchets in the 
> set my friend gave me.  It snaps in, and the interior cover door snaps 
> into place just like it should.  The set is now 100% complete.
> 
> 

   Ain't it awesome how Karma works ? We did some more yard sales today 
, I got a decent deal on a Campbell-Hausfield small compressor with hose 
for 20 bucks . I really only wanted the hose , but for 20 bucks ... I 
also got a light draw weight ambidextrous bow that "used to be my 
husband's" for 5 bucks .
-- 
Snag
  It's great to be straight !