preach
preach GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
11/21/23 9:51 a.m.

Back when I was into Jeeps/4x4s I bought a JD2 bender/dies and tube notcher. When I got out of 4x4s I sold the tooling.

Regrets.

Rodan
Rodan UltraDork
11/21/23 10:25 a.m.

None.  Never sell tools (unless you're upgrading)... wink

Ian F (Forum Supporter)
Ian F (Forum Supporter) MegaDork
11/21/23 10:34 a.m.

What? People actually sell tools?  

This is a foreign concept to me... indecision

93gsxturbo
93gsxturbo UltraDork
11/21/23 11:55 a.m.

Like guns, don't sell tools.

Like guns, I hope my wife sells them for what I paid for them not what I told her I paid for them.

buzzboy
buzzboy UltraDork
11/21/23 12:25 p.m.

Sell(?) tools...
That's a phrase I've never heard

Tools stay until they are broken, then are kept around for parts, then maybe after a decade of being broken, get tossed into the scrap pile.

Ranger50
Ranger50 MegaDork
11/21/23 1:05 p.m.

Nothing I've regretted because I have had copies upon copies.

NY Nick
NY Nick GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
11/21/23 1:15 p.m.

I sold a powered hack saw about 10 years ago, I regret it all the time. 

californiamilleghia
californiamilleghia UberDork
11/21/23 1:31 p.m.

Eckold Piccolo sheet metal forming machine , 

Wish I never sold it and  now too expensive to buy again :(

Datsun240ZGuy
Datsun240ZGuy MegaDork
11/21/23 2:34 p.m.

For 25 years I joked I had tools (SU Carb Rebuild Tool Kit) for cars I didn't even own and now I own a 240Z needing this someday. 

Never sell tools.  Does the wife ever discard or sell kitchen utensils?  (No)

paddygarcia
paddygarcia GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
11/21/23 7:18 p.m.

I do sell some tools that I'm either sure I won't be using again, like the way cool but rather esoteric Stomski air-cooled Porsche exhaust stud drill-out jig, or that are commodities that take up a lot of space. I've bought and sold cherry pickers and engine stands at least 3 times. Do that used and they cost no more than about 10 bucks per use. Sometimes free.

I did regret a little sending most of my common SAE tools to a friend's mission school after I sold my 'cuda and was sure I wouldn't be wrenching on old American cars.

It's true, I haven't been wrenching on old American cars but I bought a Volvo 122, on which only the Weber carbs are metric. 

secretariata (Forum Supporter)
secretariata (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
11/21/23 10:44 p.m.

All of them.  Almost 2 years ago I moved out of state from an 1800sf house with a 2 car garage and 4 car driveway to an 800sf apartment with 1 parking spot. I sold a lot of my tools because I had no idea how long it would take to find a house and I wasn't going to spend more money than my tools were worth to store them off site indefinitely.  Today, I signed a contract on a house with a carport and detached 2 car garage (with electricity!).  I will rebuild my collection! January (or sooner) I start looking for deals...

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