Darn it, misplaced another tool.

[LCHIEN]

I've been thinking of a project where I need some precisely located holes.
Many years ago I know I bought some drill guides and inserts that are steel sleeves that can be inserted into wood templates for non-wearing guides for multiple holes. You can make a wood template but do 30 or more holes you sart to wallow out the template if its just wood.

I know I got them from Lee Valley, I thought they are in the tool chest where I keep my miscellaneous drilling stuff that sees low usage but I can't find it anywhere.

I'd order another set but I'm looking at $43 for just the sizes I need, when I know I've got a complete set somewhere.

Darn it!

[cwsmith]

Good luck, I'm glad I'm not the only person in the world who spends far too much time searching for tool that I know I have..... somewhere!

CWS

[leehljp]

Agreed! Loring, we don't wish misery upon you, BUT Misery does love company!

[LCHIEN]

Ah, OK, I found them. My memory was off, I thought I bought a whole set, but I only bought a pair of 1/4" bushings. Looked up Lee Valley and they had order records from 2007!

So I went back looking for a smaller object and found them in the corner of a drawer where I looked 3 times before, expecting something larger.

Anyway, that's not the only thing missing but was the most vexing. Sometimes we remember things slightly differently than they are. Is that a sign of increasing age or general human failing?

On a different topic, looking at the invoice at LV, the prices in 2007 for these things were half of what it is today.

[Jim Frye]

Country of origin?

[capncarl]

Too much stuff?

[LCHIEN]

Country of Origin, probably Canada. Lee Valley is in Canada. They ship from Canada, anyway.
Too much stuff? Definitely.

[cwsmith]

The problem is 'TOO' !

Not as in 'Tools" but rather as in:

Too much stuff, Too little time, Too busy, Too many interuptions.

CWS

[Pappy]

While we're at it, anybody seen my 16oz ball peen hammer?