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Cleaned out my old toolbox and found something I forgot I had
I was sorting through my main box yesterday and found a set of Whitworth wrenches tucked in the bottom. I bought them for a job on a 1970s English washing machine about fifteen years ago. I haven't needed them since, but I kept them just in case. It made me think about how many parts are just not made like that anymore. Do you still hold onto any old tools for those rare calls?
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mary_martin226mo ago
Oh man, my buddy found a whole drawer of those weird, triangular head screws and the driver bit for them. He kept it for years after fixing one old stereo, and then his neighbor's kid brought over a vintage toy that used the exact same screw. Total "meant to be" moment.
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alice_hart6mo ago
Finding a set of Whitworth wrenches is a real blast from the past (they just don't build things with those oddball specs anymore). My version of that is a weird, thin-wall socket for some ancient European car motor mount. It hasn't been used in a decade, but tossing it feels like tempting fate.
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joseph_ellis856mo ago
A decade without using that socket is wild. I mean, I have a single 10mm that's been missing for maybe three years and I'm already convinced my car will fall apart.
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