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PSA: My old knee kicker finally gave out on me yesterday
I was starting a job in a big split level house, and the pin just snapped clean off when I went to set the carpet on the first stair. That thing was a hand me down from my dad when I started in the trade back in 2005. I had to run to the local supply house and grab a new one, which set me back about $150. What do you guys do with your old tools when they finally quit?
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hollywhite6mo ago
Man, that's a real bummer about the kicker. Honestly, I keep the really old broken ones. I cleaned up my dad's old broken hammer and put it on a shelf in the garage. It's not about the tool working anymore, it's about the history. That thing saw thirty years of work before I even got it. Letting it go to the dump just feels wrong, like throwing away a piece of the story. So now it's a rusted up paperweight that reminds me where I came from.
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river_dixon6mo ago
Throwing away a piece of the story" got me, @hollywhite. I used to just toss stuff.
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the_piper6mo ago
Yeah @river_dixon, I get that. My grandpa's old tape measure broke last year, the spring went. I cleaned it up and hung it on my workshop wall. Now it's just a cool looking thing that reminds me of him, and it doesn't matter that it can't measure anything.
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