Awl--
Nooo, not a 3-axis cnc lathe..... :)
Costco stuff. :( But still perty neat.
- 19.2 V Kawasaki portable drill; variable speed, two speed ranges, up to
1100, torque settings, 2 batts, good, *heavy* "1-hr" charger, level, keyless, drill bits/screw bits, case. $40. Gruesome green--can't lose it, tho.. Not a spert on portable drills, but beats the crap out of the $20 jobby (18 V) at NWL I just bought. Seems strong!
- Folding-knife box cutters, 5 colors, anodized alum, super super cool! Set of 5, w/ 50 std blades. Wicked weapon. . Come individually packed, so's you can cut'em out for presents. Got 3 packs!
- Sharpening "stone" set, fritted metal/industrial diamond type, w/ full "arkansas stone" sized piece (2.5"x9" !, in *nice* wooden box!!), double sided (fine/course, more or less), plus nice hand-held jobby, plus neat pocket pen-sized jobby for small knives. . Bought four. Even people who aren't tool nuts go nuts over these. May have to buy 4 more.!
- 12 pc plier sets. Looks really nice. First, let me say, I got a drawer, just fer screwdrivers. I got a drawer, just fer vise-grips. I got a drawer, just fer allen wrenches... I got a drawer........ well, you know.... I got 6 Channel Locks, *including* the itty-bitty "watchmaker's", which costs a goddamm fortune (considering). So I begged the guy, You *know* I
*gotta* have it, please please please please gimme a break.... He did. :) And I hadda buy this plier set!
4 sizes "channel locks", *2 sizes* each of slip joint (no big deal), linemans's (nice!), side cutters, long nose, both also nice. Since I got a multi-level shop (duplex??!!--wife's building a moat around the living room ), for $18, will actually come in handy. Chrome vanadium, fwiw, look good, haven't checked'em out. Cain't be too fussy, tho.
- Oh, NWL: Black & Sage 6-in-1 yellow screwdriver. This genre is Da Bomb of screwdrivers. This one is very good overall quality, altho you can bend the flat heads in really stubborn s*it. .99. bought 15. :) Need more! :(
Enjoy alladese toys whilst you still got homes, cuz China, if this stuff is any indication, is gonna have y'all dumpster-divin fer food, jack, in the not-too-distant future. I'm dumpster-divin already, but not yet fer food. But I'm sure I'm getting good practice.
So why so much duplicate s*it?, you ax. Wife calls me, amongst many many other things, Mr. Multiple--altho not for the one thing that counts. :( I've long since done given up tryna be organized, so I just buy *so many* of one item, to put in *so many* different places, that I cain't *possibly* lose them. But of course guess what.... But, f'sure, I hunt less than I used to! :)
Miracle I don't misplace the Fadal. :)