That's my kind of place. We have a semi-mom and pop in town called Dickinsons. But in the end it's still a TrueValue.We still have them, Wilco Farm store and Park Rose Hardware that's how you spend 2 hours on a weekend right there! Once a year Wilco has a 30% off grade 8 nuts and bolts, they sell them by the pound!
We still have them, Wilco Farm store and Park Rose Hardware that's how you spend 2 hours on a weekend right there! Once a year Wilco has a 30% off grade 8 nuts and bolts, they sell them by the pound!
By the way, how many people take the screws, nuts and bolts out of something before they scrap it? If I'm scrapping and appliance or anything else for that matter, I strip it first........ always. I just took the metric bolts out of a futon bed we tossed out. I kept the square stock also. I'll use that for something someday...
............. We don't need no stinkin' therapy, just more shop time.
Working in the shop at any time is therapy to me!
That's just frick'in priceless!Realistically the only time this is something to worry about is when it goes into hoarding. You would think I'd be double wammied by a wife who's a psychologist but when she sees first hand how much easier a job goes with the right equipment the only remark is look how many tools it takes to do this!
I get this thread is somewhat tongue in cheek, but in a world where jobs, whole trades along with the knowledge disappear daily due to automation and outsourcing I feel like I'm giving the finger in my small way to that trend. There's some kind of weird Karma to buying Chinese machine tools to learn how to make and repair better equipment and tools.