Tools, I just put it down & now farrrk

[Lozza]

There are 2 ways to find a missing item in the shed
1) Buy another then while using the replacement the original suddenly reappears.
2) Go looking for something else that has been previously misplaced *** (disclaimer)


*** when this happens the phase "Thats where my ............ is" gets used a lot which means you found an item that was previously misplaced prior to the item your now looking for. By the time that happens you have found what your looking for shed time is over and you still haven't found what you originally misplaced but found 10 other items. Then as you put those 10 items down in a safe place the the item you really wanted to find appears under that rag on the bench...................3 hours later

[Oldfart]

Part of growing old ... C.R.A.F.T   syndrome. :-)

[pokey]

You guys must be rich. i cant afford to lose tools.

Ive come up with a cunning plan to stop this and bought myself a dog. well its actually a drawed filing cabinet/tool chest on wheels that follows me around. If I have to put the tool down it goes back in its drawer. Its just a handy place to put it as its right there beside me.

[ty4]

but i would have to remember to put the item on the trolley Pokey 

[Mike52]

Yep all that pretty well sums it up.
I personally thought wormholes but I'm a SF fan.

[bruce g]

over the years i've worked out that is wasn't me loosing the tools
it was me forgetting who i lent them to and that same person not bothering or forgetting to return the borrowed tool
my solution to the missing tool problem is when my mates want to borrow a tool i now take a snapshot of them with the tool in there hands on my phone
works wonders if i cant find what im looking for in the shop I check my photos on my phone and bingo ! that jogs the memory of the missing tool
next problem is getting the mate to return it

[skypig]

I often keep my tool box in my van, strapped down next to the side door.
It's easily accessible and I can just put the tools down in front of the box when lazy/hurried, then replace them in their (my?) "OCD position" when I get around to it, or need to drive the van.

Basically ONE place to throw them can be a good idea.

[jimson]

It's while your working with the tool & it goes missing, it happens to me quite often. It's like farrrk I just had it in my hands. You have a look around & it's not there, then you come back with a coffee in your hand & it's there, true  lol jimson

[Mike52]

Just a question. Why is it that if you're looking for a 10mm ring spanner all you can find is 11mm ones and if you are looking for an 11mm then heaps of 10mm ones. They all live in the same drawer in my toolbox.

[Tony Two Times]

Tools in a pile on one side of the bench. New bits in a pile on the other side. Nuts and bolts in a dish. Rag spread out on the bench with disassembled whatever neatly laid out on it.

Never used to do all that, but found it's the only way not to "misplace" things. Even then it doesn't always work.

Mate couldn't find the special 13mm spanner he'd modified to reach behind the thing to do up the nut. Was pretty frustrating because he was halfway through the job. Found it three days later in the bathroom cabinet. Makes sense really in that middle aged man sorta way.

[smalls717]

Just read all of the posts.... and I could have written them all myself.
I've tried consciously to put spanners / parts away so I know where they will be... still doesn't work.
Put it down to the age thing... as I cant remember being like that when I was younger.... here we go again...

[Mick D]

I just read em all too, scary stuff alright

Not so worried about the age thing, this has always been going on  

I am no longer in denial either. I admit my biggest cause of recent confusion, parts and tools misplacement, is from having too many projects on the go at any one time.

So getting more creative now about project storage and organisation for jobs "on-hold" whilst waiting for parts etc, to turn up

[Mick D]

Tools in a pile on one side of the bench. New bits in a pile on the other side. Nuts and bolts in a dish. Rag spread out on the bench with disassembled whatever neatly laid out on it.

I like that approach 

[smalls717]

yep... its not an age thing...
Too many projects and going from one to another...

[pokey]

Face it guys, You've all got too many tools. Better donate them to the "Make pokey happy foundation". All donations are tax deductible in your nearest off shore tax haven and it will bring a smile to your heart knowing you've done a good deed.  Please...none of those chinese rubber shifters marked Heavy Dtuy.