Losing Tools

[Ed62]

One of my kids probably borrowed your strippers.

Ed

[eccentrictinkerer]

Larry, in my defense, on Sunday I wired in two of the outlets in the ceiling so I could plug an extension cord into one and power the 2 hanging lights that I put up. This way I don't have to run the halogen at night. So I wired up a special male to male extension cord, then went up the ladder, installed one outlet then installed the other. I also had a 2 screwdrivers, my needlenose and a sheath ripper. When I came down the ladder Sunday I put all of them on the workbench, or so I thought. Last night everything but the wire strippers were there. The wirestrippers weren't on the ladder paint shelf, left on top of a cabinet upper or anywhere on the floor. So I've no idea where they went.

[herb fellows]

Then, lose paper and then return to step number one.

With that remark, you have been elevated to the position of king of 'the glass is half empty' club!

[herb fellows]

I wonder if Rod ever lost a tool...

Impossible! Where would it hide?! His shop is like the wide open prairie.

[herb fellows]

probably up in the ceiling

I was holding back from saying that!

[TB Roye]

I am so good at loosing/hiding tools so LOML cant' find them, that I can't remember where they are but she does. Recently l found many missing tools both shop and garden when I was helping son move including a set of computer tools that I have been missing for a couple of years. Wait till he goes to jack up his truck and has no jack, because it is back in my garage.

Tom

[crokett]

Why is that a problem? Lights plug into one receptacle in the ceiling. Extension cord plugs into the other but can't plug it into power because it as the female end. So I took a 2' piece of romex and wired plugs on either end of it. One end plugs into the extension cord hanging from the ceiling, other end plugs into the cord coming from the house.

[LarryG]

Why is that a problem?

Because if only one end of your male-to-male jumper is plugged in, into a live circuit, the prongs on the other end are EXPOSED and HOT!!!

[cabinetman]

Why is that a problem? Lights plug into one receptacle in the ceiling. Extension cord plugs into the other but can't plug it into power because it as the female end. So I took a 2' piece of romex and wired plugs on either end of it. One end plugs into the extension cord hanging from the ceiling, other end plugs into the cord coming from the house.

I've done that in the past for temp power. I would rather take a connection out of the box (wired to the outlets), put on a male cap, and then plug that into the extension from the house. It's like making an extension cord out of the outlets (being the female end).
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[crokett]

Because if only one end of your male-to-male jumper is plugged in, into a live circuit, the prongs on the other end are EXPOSED and HOT!!!

True but give me a little credit. One end of the jumper plugs into an extension cord that plugs into the receptacle one light is plugged into. The other end plugs into an extension cord from the house. When I want to turn off the lights (for now) I unplug the end from the house cord. Nothing is exposed or hot.

[dbhost]

Larry, in my defense, on Sunday I wired in two of the outlets in the ceiling so I could plug an extension cord into one and power the 2 hanging lights that I put up. This way I don't have to run the halogen at night. So I wired up a special male to male extension cord, then went up the ladder, installed one outlet then installed the other. I also had a 2 screwdrivers, my needlenose and a sheath ripper. When I came down the ladder Sunday I put all of them on the workbench, or so I thought. Last night everything but the wire strippers were there. The wirestrippers weren't on the ladder paint shelf, left on top of a cabinet upper or anywhere on the floor. So I've no idea where they went.

I don't say this often, but are you trying to kill yourself? (I know that sounds rude, harsh whatever, but trust me, it is intended to get your attention and make you think... And I am resisting putting down what I REALLY want to say like What, are you *#$#ing nuts?)

I ALWAYS knew when the Christmas season was about to begin when I worked at the Hardware store in collect. You would have a mess of people that wanted to built male to male extension cords because they ran their lights the wrong way and didn't want to put an extension cord up the side of their house...

I know you say you will unplug from the power side first yadda yadda yadda, the news here at least once a year is about some poor sap that did just that, and forgot about it, or his kids got a hold of the hot end...

I know it seems like the easy fix to a wrong end problem, but hey, we like seeing your posts, so PLEASE find another way to do this!

PLEASE DO NOT DO THIS!

[dbhost]

True but give me a little credit. One end of the jumper plugs into an extension cord that plugs into the receptacle one light is plugged into. The other end plugs into an extension cord from the house. When I want to turn off the lights (for now) I unplug the end from the house cord. Nothing is exposed or hot.

Until you forget... How's your memory as you get older?

[Rand]

What's black and smokey and hangs from the ceiling?

[cabinetman]

Getting back to the "lost tools", I have a few circumstances that can lead to lost or misplaced tools. For example working on or near a ceiling, or the top of a cabinet, leaving tools where the work was being done. Or a better one is leaving a tool on your rear bumper, running board, or roof when working out of a van or truck. Tops of ladders are another good place to leave something and then after moving the ladder it's gone.

Can't tell ya how many times I've looked all over for a screwdriver or a pliers, only to find it later in my back pocket.
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[jking]

Can't tell ya how many times I've looked all over for a screwdriver or a pliers, only to find it later in my back pocket.
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Can't tell ya how many times I've looked all over for my eyeglasses, only to find them sitting on my nose.