Worst Week For Hand Tools Breaking

woodworkbykirk

so, this week i lost 1 1/2 days of work do to the weather, and had two 25 ' fatmax tapes break, a 16' fatmax extreme and the spring go on a 25' irwin,

+ a irwin speed reel chalkline gears broke, then today my 4' fatmax level got knocked off the staging from 14'

anyone else have a week like this? could be worse could have gotten hurt,

Chris Johnson

Buy Johnson tools next time...I'll vouch for them

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samthedog

I've had a month like that

A compressor, 2 front tires with a framing nail and a roofing screw, my impact driver died, a week of no working due to heavy rain, put my back out so bad I could only gasp for air, my wireless router shat the bed and a router I ordered for a job showed up without all the parts so I am waiting for replacements.

Oh well, on the brighter side carpentry is my second job now so at least i have a steady income while the gremlins are at work on my best laid plans.

Snow Man

Spackle knives used as dust pans...................they destroyed at least 15-20 last year

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woodworkbykirk

im hard on knives too but im not dont tape, use em for scraping off wallpaper, pop corn ceilings and such


this week though it wasnt tools, just a pile of bills and work to be done on the vehicle ah well, just have to switch from gourmet rice to no name rice this month i guess

Double-A

I don't do Johnsons. I'm not built that way.

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PA woodbutcher

Oh so true!! I had 42 stitches in 2 fingers last May. Frigged up 2 months solid and slowed me down for an additional month. Now we're into colder weather and I can't keep my fingers warm in the mornings

Now that was funny!

I keep half a dozen tape measures in the truck, buckets and tool totes along with extra utility knives and chalk lines in multiple colors and any other small desposable tools. As for the level, I have a couple of those also, but only one in the truck. Make due with either a 2' or 6' until you can get to a lowes or HD to replace it. My brother has had 2 fatmax extreme levels replaced free from lowes in the last year. 1 was brand new, but took a dive off of 20' of scaffolding.

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woodworkbykirk

lol, multiple chalklines tell me about it, i have roughly 4 right now, 2 red, 1 blue, 1 orange, my black line reel broke gonna get another. the boys tease me about it but whats the first thing that happns when a line was snapped wrong "you got that orange line with you"

definitely comes in handy when framing in the winter or wet days, last year i always had 2 on my pouch, 1 in the toolbox and 1 or 2 un spooled sitting in the furnace room at home drying...

stocked back up on tapes, picked up a new 25 ftmx and a 16, plus hd has the maxsteel tapes on for 1/2 price this week, as for the level their on sale elsewhere but sold out of em 1st day, xmas is coming though

mckellarman

I buy only mastercraft hand tools now, Canadian Tire replaces them no questions asked...lifetime warranty.

woodworkbykirk

i have one problem with canadian tire and replaceing things, they see me wearing carhartt and they automatically know i use tools for a living so they wont honor the warrenty, gotta plan my wardrobe for returns

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putting down subfloor with glue and screws, well i saw dr. smith and the robot too , i had a martian burger and a sonic shake

Lester S.

Just buy regular Stanley tapes and they will last forever.

thom

People think I'm strange when buying a half dozen tapes. I guess I'm not the only one.

Stanley knives just seem to disappear. I can buy a half dozen of them, put them in the side box, and a couple weeks later there are none.