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TBA Meeting (Tool Buyers Anonymous)

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#1 ·
All right, we've talked about it long enough so I think it's time we organized ourselves and held a virtual meeting. Here's what I'm proposing; at the end of each week we come to this thread and confess our "sins" for the week. We are a sick lot us "tool buyers" and I think it will help knowing that we aren't alone and there are others like us out there! I'll go first...

Hello, my name is Terry and it's been 12 hours since I bought my last tool. This past week I purchased a used 1/2" Dewalt hammer drill for $55 (it's used so I don't think it should count!) and new tool belt (I really needed it and it was one with the built in back support so I don't think that should count either since it should really be classed as a medical purchase).

Whew, that feels better getting that off my chest. I'll just sit down now and turn the podium over to...
 
#3 ·
Hi...my name is Rob and I fell off the wagon and went on a binge this month.
Dewalt Jigsaw (already own 3 other brands)
Bosch Flush Trim Saw (Borrowed a friends and I hate to borrow tools. Had to have it)
Hitachi Miter Stand (Sweet)
2 way vise for miter stand attachment I'm building.
Vertical clamp for same.
3 dedicated countersink bits (#4, #6, #8)
Bosch Colt Router (Needed a dedicated router to hold 1/4" roundover bit)
Bosch Miter Finder (Double sweet)
Scrooge Clamp (I'll find a use for it)
Veritas set up blocks (Precision is important, ya know)
Veritas MK II honing guide (Updated version of the other one I just had to have also)
Lee Valley Outfeed Roller Stand (New design, pretty neat)
Fein 14.4 drill/driver (They're like scredrivers, aren't they? Can you ever have too many?)
1/2" and 3/4" router bits for undersized plywood.
Okay, that was my month. Kind of a heavy month for me and I have to slow down., but, no wife and no kids that I am aware of, so....
 
#4 ·
Hi...My name is Greg.

I need all of my sponsors to reel me back in before I buy another table saw.

See, I have a DW744, that is in OK shape, but it needs a new blade. It's SO much easier to just buy a new Bosch TS4000 instead of buying a new blade for some reason.

Heeeeeelllllpppp!!!!
 
#5 · (Edited)
Greg be strong.. you can do this thing.

Hello my name is Charles and I ALMOST slipped today......

It's hard being a toolaholic.... My family just doesnt understand. My little brother gave me an orange colored gift card for Christmas... Well today I badly needed some pipe fittings and drainage pipe. I know I coulda gone to an irrigation warehouse but...

Well I had the orange card and so ... well I went in THERE.

It's really hard being around other toolaholics ya know? I got the fittings and piping and... Well the tool corall was only 210 asiles up from the plumbing section... There were so many people down there looking really happy, walking out with boxes maked Milwaukee and Bosch...

I was strong though.... I turned toward the corall and then I turned right around and went to the checkout place where the bar-tender took my money and I left.

I almost fell off.. I even had the card in my hand...
 
#6 ·
Robie said:
Hi...my name is Rob and I fell off the wagon and went on a binge this month.
Dewalt Jigsaw (already own 3 other brands)
Bosch Flush Trim Saw (Borrowed a friends and I hate to borrow tools. Had to have it)
Hitachi Miter Stand (Sweet)
2 way vise for miter stand attachment I'm building.
Vertical clamp for same.
3 dedicated countersink bits (#4, #6, #8)
Bosch Colt Router (Needed a dedicated router to hold 1/4" roundover bit)
Bosch Miter Finder (Double sweet)
Scrooge Clamp (I'll find a use for it)
Veritas set up blocks (Precision is important, ya know)
Veritas MK II honing guide (Updated version of the other one I just had to have also)
Lee Valley Outfeed Roller Stand (New design, pretty neat)
Fein 14.4 drill/driver (They're like scredrivers, aren't they? Can you ever have too many?)
1/2" and 3/4" router bits for undersized plywood.
Okay, that was my month. Kind of a heavy month for me and I have to slow down., but, no wife and no kids that I am aware of, so....
Oh, we're including all of January? Well then I have a bit more to confess to:

Floor Stapler (I needed it to do my own hardwood flooring - I did REALLY NEED it)
1900 PSI Pressure Washer (it was on sale, 60% off, so that shouldn't count)
Carhartt Lined Overalls (the site for the fence I'm building right now overlooks Lake Ontario and it's cold so I NEEDED them - I'm not counting that one!)
Carhartt Overalls (on sale and no one got me any for Christmas :cry:)

Okay, that's it!
 
#8 ·
MD confessed to batteries. I classify the clothing as work related tools of the trade to I just fessed up.

I didn't list supplies, The meetings would last 12 hours if we all started listing supplies - we have to draw the line somewhere! :cheesygri
 
#10 ·
I thought it was just me.....
this month?
Makita table saw (already have one, bought another to take to the jobsites!)
Makita sander (it was a demo on sale)
Crown molding templater
new screwdrivers
new tape measure
new drill bits
batteries
flashlight (s)
work table
laser level
more, but I forget....:cheesygri
 
#11 ·
Hi my name is Joe. I'm ashamed to say I'm a repeat offender. My last violation was yesterday. Bought a "Tapco Pro 14 Aluminum Bender" ( Doing own siding on addition) Told the little Mrs. I'de sell it after I'm done... maybe - maybe not. I'm feeling very weak, having the urge to purchase a couple of alum. pump jacks and a 24' walk plank. I hate these feelings, please send:help:
 
#12 ·
Hi my name is Doug, I have been tool sober for almost 37 hours now. but this month was a rough one.

bought a service truck.
dewalt 18v 6 tool kit.
assorted bits and holders.
another 61/2" blade for the 18v saw even though I new it came with one.
an new razor knife, (doesn't count though because all I needed was blades and they cost $14 a hundred and the knife came with 200 blades for $19)
4' fiberglass ladder.
does a new motor for my 14.4 dewalt count.


where is my sponsors phone # I need help, wait I don't have a sponsor OH NO! now what to do? does anyone know if my doctor has a patch to help wean me off tools?
 
#13 ·
Hi, my name is Steve and I was really good this week. I didn't buy a single tool.

I did hire a new guy from NY who came with a 12 ft trailer full of goodies. Does that count? I think that it's a grey area, kinda like not inhaling.
 
#14 ·
Hi my name is Bob,

I went to the store last week to buy some hardware, and a 5/32" concrete bit, and left with a bosch bulldog hammerdrill. Then I decided I wanted extra batteries for Makita Lithium Ion cordless set. Well they didn't have the price yet because it's a new product, so while they were calling I saw a attachment for a recipricating saw that jogs the blade over to make a flush cut easier, so I bought it. Well I was still waiting and right in front of me was this attachment for a drill that turns it into a right angle drill for driving screws, so I bought it. I new it was a trap, vendor gives me a long wait and puts all these new gimmicks in front of me while I wait...I fell right into thier trap. So he got off the phone with the price and I decided it was such a long wait I ended up getting 2 batteries and another charger. Help me brothers, I am weak....and I need a new aluminum brake and sliding compound mitre...

Bob
 
#15 ·
My name is Robert and I am a toolaholic. This month has been a good month my sponser (wife) has really helped me. I have only bought:
6' ladder for the shop $19 come on who can walk past that?
Another jobsite box & locks
Bosch flush cut saw
Deck software $6.99 come on thats a great deal (This was Terrys fault)
Saw blades I dont think those count.
Even though this was a good month its been hard I already feel myself sliding off the wagon toward a bosch router and a freud router table. I see a trailer in my list of confesions soon as well.
 
#18 ·
IHI said:
Hi, my name is Josh. I have no idea why I'm here having to be around all you tool whores....this sucks! Your the ones that need help, not me!!! I can stop buying tools whenever I want to.

the first step to recovery is admi.. AH hell who am I trying to kid you'll probly never stop until you hit rock bottom, like owning one of every cordless tool made then realizing you don't have enough outlets to plug the chargers into then maybe you'll admit the addiction.
 
#19 ·
You guys really have serious 'self-control' issues, - - you've got to learn to 'just say no' sometimes, - - it's simply a matter of discipline.

Take me for instance, - - I haven't bought a tool in at least a week.

The one thing that irks me though, is when are these stores gonna' get more tools??

Just once, I'd like to walk into a store that has tools that I don't.

Sheesh!! :innocent:
 
#20 ·
Tom R said:
You guys really have serious 'self-control' issues, - - you've got to learn to 'just say no' sometimes,
But Tom, that's the point - we're addicts! If we could say "no" we wouldn't have to come to these meetings :sad:

Tom R said:
Take me for instance, - - I haven't bought a tool in at least a week.
Tom, that statement just proves you're in denial - a week hardly disqualifies you from being classed as an addict. Face it, you just got lucky!

Tom R said:
The one thing that irks me though, is when are these stores gonna' get more tools??

Just once, I'd like to walk into a store that has tools that I don't.

Sheesh!! :innocent:
I believe that the blame falls squarely on the Tool Manufacturers. I equate it to being along the lines of the Tobacco Industry. They start off getting us addicted when we're young - watching our Dads come home with nice shiny new tools and all that. Then as we get older, our fathers (who are TAs (Tool Addicts) themselves) pass tools on to us - which we have to upgrade eventually, kicking off another new addicts long and arduous life of tool addiction.

I say it's time we stand up, unite and start a class action suit against all tool companies!!! After all, it's not our fault they keep coming out with a continual line of new products just about every month!!! :mad:

Are you with me brothers???
 
#21 ·
I fell off of the wagon.......again but just a little bit. I was covering some of the hunny-do list and saw a really cool razor knife. I suddenly forgot where I had placed the other 347 that I own and had to replace them with the one with the ergo handle, comfort grip and quick change blades. I thought that I had this whupped!
 
#23 ·
I place alot of the blame on my local ma and pop lumber yard that I try to deal with as much as possible. I'm forced to wait on other customers to get rung up and the whole time I'm forced to stare at walls of hanging tools, big pretty posters with hot chicks holding tools and am forced to walk around waiting my turn to rung up, mean while seeing a few things that "I prolly should get this or that"

we are all victims, from having to grown up around this terrible addiction and having manufacturers force this on us....the worst part is I think genetically manufacturers alter DNA of new borns to create as many non tool addicts..you know the guys that call and ask to borrow this or that becasue they dont have the urge to buy it when they're out!! Then it never fails, you need that tool on a job and it's just easier to buy it than wait for your frined to get home or drive clear across town to get it....conspiracey at a national level that we have fallen victim too:(
 
#24 ·
For me, there are two places that feed my addiction. One I can help, and one I cannot.

First, there's my regular supply house. They get all the latest gadgets in for my trade. It's to the point that when the get somthing new in, as soon as I walk up to the counter they get one down and hand it to me to inspect without a word being exchanged. They know that I'm about 90% likely to buy it. That kinda sucks, because I might have originally gone in for a few dollars worth of fittings or somthing simple.

Second, there's eBay. That site alone is additing. They need something like a methadone clinic for people addicted to eBay. Maybe a big eBay shaped hammer that smacks you in the nuts every morning. I justify this addiction by telling myself how all the high-dollar tools I've accumulated through eBay have permitted me to do jobs I otherwise wouldn't have been able to do.
 
#25 ·
"... I justify this addiction by telling myself how all the high-dollar tools I've accumulated through eBay have permitted me to do jobs I otherwise wouldn't have been able to do...."
De-nile is not just a river in Eygpt, MD.
OK I admit it ... I tell the old lady I'm doing weekends for drunk driving, but in truth I'm at 'Tool Expo'.
I've got tool catologs in my bedroom night stands, under the seat of my truck, and hiddend in the bathroom vanities.
My loving and supportive squeeze thinks I'm at a topless bar? Ha, I'm cruising the alise at the Tools Shed.
Say, anyone got word how the new Milwakee 28 volt system is working? Prices?
 
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