Let's be different

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Not sure that this qualifies, because it has monetary gain involved. I have racks for my tools. If I look into my toolbox(es), I know right where the tool I need is. I used to work as a mechanic, and if the tool I need requires a search, it's time wasted, during which I didn't get paid. Two things have come out of this experience. 

1. Part of working as a mechanic is having the right tool for the job. There are tool companies, like Snap-On and MAC, who have contractors to drive trucks full of tools that mechanics need. There is always some tool needed, and when that "crack"   truck pulls in, we lined up for tools. Reminds me of the "Tally Man" of song fame.

2. I knew many years before I retired that I wanted to wood carving as a hobby, so I started buying chisels and gouges many years ahead of that day, because I didn't want to have to go drive 75 miles round trip for one $35 tool to complete my carving...or pay for shipping, because it's not too far off that cost. So, I have tools that I've only used a couple of times, one or maybe two not yet, and some many, many times. Some accomplished woodcarvers criticize "just buying tools" and make accusations about those people being "collectors". I think that it would be interesting to look at their collections of tools, before they became "accomplished".

Husband was a diesel truck mechanic for years.  He had to take pictures of his tools for insurance purposes.  Between tools and toolboxes the MATCO driver was like husband's pusher.

He still has tools that are too big for him to ever need again.  At one time his toolbox should have come with a seat and a motor.  It was nearly as long as my car.

Even if I need a screwdriver I wait for him to come home and ask him for what I need.  Heaven forbid I mess up his system of tool storage.