No more Mr Nice Guy

[diverdon]

So after a long wait I picked up my Nucleus Barreled action at my LGS today. Got every thing out to put on the Huber trigger, and put it into the MDT chassis with the Vortex scope and the ARC mount.

I'm going through my gunsmithing tool box, fuck me I lent my roll pin punch set to a friend who needed to install a new trigger before his out of state hunt hunt. Asshole had time to come over to get it, but he could not be bothered to return it before he left town for two weeks.

Fuck this from now on I do not lend tools. If I need to use it I'll buy it.

 

[Mooncake]

I almost always buy a tool I need, even a powertool, because I'll likely need it again and...I like tools. I don't lend them out, either. If someone needs something and can use it at my bench I'll have them over. Exception is neighbors who I know will return them and if they don't I can just walk over and pick it up and likely get a free beer out of the exchange. That's the other thing I charge beer...always.

 

[Redmanss]

I'm more likely to give away a small tool than I am to lend it out, and I'm most likely to just have them do the work (or me do it with them) at my own place, more than a few ARs that weren't mine have been assembled at my bench. Punches and the sort, if a friend can't afford it, they can have it and I'll replace it with a new one. If I know they can afford it, they're not getting mine just because they're a cheap ass, they can use it at my bench and leave it where they got it.

Anything much bigger, you're borrowing it with me attached and operating it so I know both that I'm getting it back, and it isn't abused in the process of the job. I never want something like a material item to come between me and friends/family, so instead I come off as being super helpful while also being very protective of what little I have.

 

[Threadcutter308]

So after a long wait my U picked up my Nucleus Barreled action at my LGS today. Got every thing out to put on the Huber trigger, and put it into the MDT chassis with the Vortex scope and the ARC mount.

I'm going through my gunsmithing tool box, fuck me I lent my roll pin punch set to a friend who needed to install a new trigger before his out of state hunt hunt. Asshole had time to come over to get it, but he could not be bothered to return it before he left town for two weeks.

Fuck this from now on I do not lend tools. If I need to use it I'll buy it.

Tools are expensive. Quality tools are very expensive. The most expensive tool in the world is the one you posessed last week, but is now sitting in some unknown location in your buddy's house and he is gone for two weeks.

The FIL was a drunk. Not a bad guy, but a drunk. He had a key to our house and would come over and "grab his garden tools" (rakes, shovels, etc) and take them back to his house while we were at work. We started marking, drilling and carving identifying marks on all new tools we would buy. About every 3 months or so, we'd go over to his place and reposess all of those tools. He'd have this bewildered look on his face until we showed him the markings/identification. Problem solved. Oh, and same situation with crab pots.

 

[supercorndogs]

I have at least 4 punches that would work. I used to be a mechanic though. You can have one, but it might be easier to just order a cheap set.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-8pc-Pi...h=item237ff19c32:g:PmcAAOSwuxFYxiWe:rk:3:pf:0

https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-2-PC-A...IN/323450451034?hash=item4b4f26345a:rk:1:pf:0

 

[supercorndogs]

Do you even need a punch? The trigger pins just need driven in flush don't they? If I can't find a tool i make one, its the way of the mechanic. LOL.

 

[diverdon]

You are right a roll pin punch is very easy to make. But, my Staretts have a slightly concave point so they tend to center on the pin and not mar anything.

 

[diverdon]

I have at least 4 punches that would work. I used to be a mechanic though. You can have one, but it might be easier to just order a cheap set.

Thanks, my brother has one he will lend to me, but I hate having to borrow...

 

[Sean the Nailer]

You are right a roll pin punch is very easy to make. But, my Staretts have a slightly concave point so they tend to center on the pin and not mar anything.

And there-in-turn lies the "quality" that was spoken of, before. Good job.

 

[Holliday]

Yep, loan some air tools out 3 years ago and they never came back. Some people .....

 

[QuickNDirty]

You are right a roll pin punch is very easy to make. But, my Staretts have a slightly concave point so they tend to center on the pin and not mar anything.

That's quick work with some sandpaper, round stock, and a drill press, or a bench grinder, or a dremmel, or like a million other things. Lathe probably being #1.

With enough scrap printers, CD players, etc you've got round stock in just about the right diameter for most anything.

 

[vh20]

For this kind of work, you could find your tool in a drill index, use it, and not even hurt the bit if you use a non-marring hammer.

 

[MtnCreek]

Several years ago a buddy was borrowing my weedeater about every week. It got to the point that when I was going to weedeat, I wouldn't even bother looking in the barn, I'd just plan to stop by his place to pick it up. Got tired of it and bought a new one, stopped by his house and handed him the receipt. Told him the old one was his and he could write me a check for the new one that I'm keeping.

 

[Nodakplowboy]

Used to work for a guy that would never buy anything if he could borrow it. Wasn't a lack of money he was just a miser, used to run his utility .12 cent blades down to a saw edge before pitching them. He inspired my tool rules;
"Only the Weak borrow tools".
"If you're going to be in the business, get in the business".
When if comes to tools I've always thought if I need it now I'll need it later.

 

[Nik H]

I buy what I need...If a friend needs a tool, he is welcome to come over and use it at my place.

I learned that over the years the hard way