losing tools

[kay-jay]

so far this week i have lost a pipe slice, a large pot of flux 3/4 full, a stanley knife and spare blades
and 1 of my tape measures.

this happen to anyone else or is it just me?

KJ

 

[stevetheplumber]

i recently bought a right posh fat max stanley knife the first time i changed the blade the blade carrier slip out of my and and dissapear down a duct guttedive now got another one from a pounds shop

 

[AWheating]

i am forever losing stubby screwdrivers

normally left under baths, i have a few know ready for when i lose one!

 

[tamz]

Just lost my Estwing today. I've had it for 25 years.
Working in a loft that was knee deep in bloody fibreglass and i had half the loft pulled back. Tidy up time and my hammer was missing. Searched everywhere then looked up the loft and though. Fk it! I'm not pulling all that back again!
So it is down to the hammer shop in the morning for a new one.

 

[quality]

Just lost my Estwing today. I've had it for 25 years.
Working in a loft that was knee deep in bloody fibreglass and i had half the loft pulled back. Tidy up time and my hammer was missing. Searched everywhere then looked up the loft and though. Fk it! I'm not pulling all that back again!
So it is down to the hammer shop in the morning for a new one.

I am glad its just not me working in a bank holiday

 

[Spanner2k7]

hmmm, is it me or do we all suffer fro memory loss, forgetting where we put things. I wonder if it is flux fumes killing our brain cells. LOL

 

[tamz]

I am glad its just not me working in a bank holiday

If i worked in a bank i might get a day off :sad_smile:

 

[GQuigley67]

lost my pump pliers

 

[Spanner2k7]

Brought a screwdriver set from screwfix, the other month, lost one already, I am thinking buy another set get the screwdriver I need and get someone to return it as a unwanted gift.

 

[dontknowitall]

I have 2 sets of pipe cutters, 2 tape measures and 2 pencils. Always putting things down then forgetting where they are but with two of them, usually I find one quickly. If I lose something I tidy up until I find it.

Everything has it's home in my toolbox so at end of day I check the toolbox to make sure it's all there.

Very relieved to hear of others mislaying their tools - thought it was just me.

Chap I work with says to me all the time, "Look with your eyes and not your mouth!" Must bore him rigid when I ask, "Have you seen my ...?"

Great tip with the string - often wondered what the hole in the end of a spanner was for!

 

[kay-jay]

on the plus side, my large pot of flux has turned up and i found a rotten bugger pipe slice which is good as new after having a new cutter blade in, but sadly i've now lost my new pot of jetblue plus and my toolbox saw.

i've lost more tackle this last 2 weeks alone than in the last 3 years, think i'm losing the plot

 

[Dannypipe]

I'm very pleased to see its not just me that loses stuff. I lose stuff every single day I work, but normally find that I'm sitting on it after a good few minutes of scanning around.

I've lost a few things for good too......

Bhaco spanner, grips, screwdrives, slices....and enough pencils to count for about an acre of the rain forrest.

 

[markfxy]

Lost my Rothenburger superfire torch bought a new one found the old one a week later in my battery drill box must be losing my mind!

 

[GQuigley67]

jst cancelled my business bank card as i thought i lost it, got replacement, opened my wallet the other day to find it in one of the back pockets......doh!!!

 

[Dannypipe]

jst cancelled my business bank card as i thought i lost it, got replacement, opened my wallet the other day to find it in one of the back pockets......doh!!!

Yeah done that myself.

Oh and van keys....The seem to wander off, and hide in the weirdest places.

I've got this key finder thing, that if I lose the keys, I press the sender and it sends a signal to the keys, and they beep. Trouble is the sender is kept in the van so I don't lose it!!!