I Got It And I Don't Use It....

[Jim Frye]

This thought came up while I was looking for something else in the shop. I have a Ryobi Detail Biscuit Joiner and extra jars of each size biscuits, but I honestly can't recall when I've used it, ever. So, do you have a tool you bought and never used?

[LCHIEN]

Yeah I have a few tools, some expensive, bought with good intentions.

An Incra fence with all the templates for the fancy double dovetail joints.

[leehljp]

Here is something that will not hide itself or get lost like my regularly used tools:
https://www.amazon.com/Measuring-Uni...54&sr=8-7&th=1

Yet, I can't remember what I bought it to do, and it is still in its box. I know I have had it about 10 years.

I also have a 48 straight edge bar that I thought I would use, but never have. I have had it about 5 years.

[cwsmith]

I've always been a guy who figures I can do it myself, and to that end I used to have a tendency to buy the necessary tool rather then hire the job done. While that works out most of the time, it often leads to the fact that once the job is completed I may not use that tool again. After some time, I realize that fact and give it away to a friend.

On a couple of occasions I've seen something on sale that I don't have and think I should. 'Grinders' caught me decades ago, when I was given a 6-inch bench grinder that didn't work very well. I found one of the wheels was cracked. and being pretty old I couldn't see restoring it, so that went into the scrap heap. Shortly thereafter Ryobi had both 6- and 8- inch bench grinders on a Christmas sale and I bought them both. Other than testing them, they still sit in their original boxes. They are the old blue-color scheme.

After that Grizzly had their Anniversary slow-speed bench sharpener on sale. I used it once and decided I prefered sharpening my chisels by hand, rather then use the grinder. It stil sits up in the loft of my shed.

I have two, angle grinders too. One from HF and the other a Ryobi. Both used only on one project! I told my wife, the next time she see's me looking at a grinder, please move me on!

[capncarl]

Sometimes we need to be careful what we tell our wives to do if…

[capncarl]

I could probably fill another shop with the never used tools I have collected. They seemed like great ideas at the time though. The Bulldog drill powered sheet metal nibbler immediately comes to mind. The demonstrator in the sales booth could maneuver it around on a sheet of roofing metal and make artwork like a cnc plasma cutter. I just make a mangled mess. That worked so well that I fell in love with a sheet metal hand operated hole punch set so I wouldn’t have to drag out a drill every time I needed a hole in the edge of some random piece of sheet metal. Great, this thing only punches holes within .25 inches from the edge. Haven’t found a use for that either! I also have 3 slow speed grinders that take up a lot so work bench space. I found a great deal on a $1,200 sheet metal nibbler that will cut up to 3/16” SS. All I need now is some SS sheet metal. That’s about enough for now, my wife might somehow read this and I’m in deep trouble.

[LCHIEN]

Early in the Cybertruck saga, the prototype's stainless steel panels were 3 mm thick, which is much beefier than the 0.7- to 1-mm thickness of the average steel vehicle's sheetmetal. In the production version, that thickness came down to 1.8 mm for the doors and 1.4 mm for other panels.Feb 23, 2024
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Just pick up a Cybertruck... square yards of stainless steel sheet metal .055 to .071" thick. All less than .188 thick!
I hear they are a bargain now.