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Tonight I was installing a steering rod between my main and my kicker and the last nut to tighten was a 1/2 inch. Went to the tool box and no 1/2 inch wrench there.

Now I must own 5 1/2 inch wrenchs just because it is the one wrench I can never find. I think I could own 10 and still spend 20 minutes trying to find one. I suspect that in some strange fork of evolution the 1/2 wrench has learned to slip from the tool box and go mobile.

The sad thing is we are empty nesters, so I am the only one that uses the tools. Nobody to blame but me.

That got me wondering if anyone else had specific tools that keep walking away?
 
funny. for me, its the 9/16th socket, or wrench. Which usually means I won't be able to get my hands on a 13mm either. I bet they are hanging out with a bunch of my missing socks..... laughing.
 
I also have departing tools. I am the lone ranger in my tool box now. One of my sons use to keep me buying more tools that I know I had before. Both of my sons live 700m away.What is strange is getting new tools added that you didn't know where they came from such as a green handle flat tip screw driver when you know you have a particular brand.
 
On my boat it's the needle nose pliers I use to remove hooks. The top of the doghouse cover isn't very large and they still become invisible when a fish is in the net. laugh hyst
 
Pretty much any socket or wrench in 9/16 or 1/2 inch. And any drill bit in 3/16 or 1/4". Oh, and I have a couple of channel lock pliers that are always walking off and not telling me. My shed is usually pretty organized, unless its the middle of salmon season but those tools are never where they are freaking supposed to be!
 
MMM said:
On my boat it's the needle nose pliers I use to remove hooks. The top of the doghouse cover isn't very large and they still become invisible when a fish is in the net. laugh hyst
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Same with me. I keep like four pair on my boat now and still can't get my hands on one when I land a fish. I think they have cloaking abilities because I see them as soon as I don't need them.

Bob
 
Tape measures...

...One day when I was moving in 2005 I managed to find all eleven of them. I Put them in a tool box together but that was four year ago.

Haven't seen them all together since...
 
needle nose pliers ,,,,every stinkin time i hook a slime dart aka pi lol lolckerel or pike i cant seem to locate them then i end up sliming up everything
 
I have no favorites. Whatever tool I'm looking for is usually not where I can lay my hand right on it. As far as 1/2" wrenches go, I'd say I remove 90% of my 5/16" nuts with the 13mm wrench. When it comes to screwdrivers, I've either got a box full of flat blade or philips, they are just always the opposite of the one I want. On the boat, it has to be fingernail (line) clippers. A lanyard would be a life saver.
 
For me its my wife when she knows I'm about to need an extra pair of hands to help tighten, hold, or wrench on something. Never fails either......laugh hyst
 
Well I have a solution to the problem. I always put things away in a place so that I will remember where I put them. Of course when I go to get them they
are not where I thought I Put them. This is especially true of the 5/8 open end wrench and a 1/2 inch socket wrench. Yesterday, however I used the can of
WD-40 and when I went to get it later in the day, it too had taken off. I am still looking.


The down side of this is that weeks later I find a 5/8 open end wrench or a
1/2 inch socket in the strangest places.

Maybe I will go look in the washing machine for the WD 40.
 
Every once in a while you run into the guy whose shop or garage is perfectly arranged, hospital clean and super organized. Every tool has a place and is in its place.

This is a clear indication that he rarely if ever uses any of it.laugh hyst
 
My brother in-laws garage has tool outlines painted on the pegboard and the floor is clean enough to eat off of. He's coming to visit this Fall and my wife is terrified for him to see our (my) garage. He is retired career marine and uses all the tools but just has that anal military orderly thing drilled into his head.
 
In the middle of a project my wrenches and sockets always wind up on whatever flat surface that is close by (there are several), but I can usually find them. I have those drawer organizers in my tool chest(s), and since my Craftsman wrenches and socket sets were a gift from my dad I ALWAYS put them away... Last part of every project is tool cleanup... but for some strange reason this summer while refurbing the boat and the 50hp motor I lost the 12 pt 7/16 combo wrench, along with the 7/16 1/4" drive deep socket... just bought replacements to keep the set complete (my dad is coming up for a visit in two weeks).

Now where did the wrench and socket run off to?
 
GUYS! GUYS! GUYS! Not one of you have hit the nail on the head yet! It's multi-tasking that us guys SUCK at! When we finally get away from home to get some quality fishing time in, we remember the needle nose pliers were used to put something together on the honey do list. We didn't put them back in the boat because they were again needed to retrieve her wedding ring from the garbage disposal. Because we left them on the kitchen counter five minutes after we got her ring back, she cleans the counter and puts them on the clothes dryer on the way back to the garage. I walk by them several times leaving for work and then when I get home I notice the mailbox flag is loose and blowing in the breeze. I take them from the dryer and fix the flag, leaving them in the mailbox momentarily. I return to the garage to get some red paint to touch up the flag and the mailman comes. He yells to me with a smile on his face "Thanks Buddy" and I wonder what that was about. I get back to the mailbox to paint the flag and realize what he meant. Not wanting to be an Indian Giver, buy another pair and put them back in the boat.
violin
Now I'm fishing once again, and catch a nice slimey trout and net the thing. Grab the pliers and remove the hook from the fish and lay the pliers on the net. Release the fish, reset the bait, rods and riggers then grab the net stabbing it into the water to remove the slime and watch as the brand new set glints rays of sunlight on it's way toward the watery tool chest we all contribute to, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER! TRUE STORY.
 

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