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What’s one tool you own but never use? We are asking e14 in our Join, Share & Win Competition

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Hello Everyone! 

Firstly, I would love to wish you all a Happy New Year! 

We’re back with another AskE14 question, and this one’s all about your tool stash! We all have that one tool tucked away in a drawer, gathering dust because we never seem to use it, or maybe you bought it for a project that never happened, or it just wasn’t as useful as you thought.

Here's the question: 

What’s one tool you own but never use, and why?

Is it something you regret buying? Something that looked cooler than it turned out to be? Or maybe something you think you should use more often, but never do?

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You'll have to be a member of the element14 Community to join in and take part in this “Join, Share & Win” challenge. It's simple, all you have to do is:


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2. Then answer the following question by adding a reply or commenting!

    What’s one tool you own but never use, and why?

The Community team will then select the best 3 answers to win the UNO R4 Arduino! 

Entries close 1st February, so don't wait! 

This month, we are giving away:

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UNO R4 Minima

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  • I am a compulsive tool buyer.  It must run in the family, as my grandfather had more than a hundred screwdrivers in his toolbox when he passed away (I have several of those in my collection now).  For me, the must have objects are screwdriver bit sets, of which I have 20+ different sets (both 1/4 and 3/16 (4mm?), plus a few handles/bits that are random sizes).  I have standard bits, hex bits, torx bits, square bits, nut drivers, security bits and on and on.  I have unopen and unused sets stuffed in toolboxes and drawers in my shop.  Even with all of these bits and drivers, no stop at a hardware store is complete unless I have spent a few (or more) minutes looking at nut drivers.  Not only to I buy these for myself, but others have also gifted me with these for various occasions.

    I have thought this was something that I could work on in counselling/therapy, but my therapist was I tool guy and he didn't think I had any issues with tool hording, or that I had other, bigger issues to focus on.

  • in reply to genebren

    My compulsion is loose screws. I can't throw them away. I drop them into my tool kit bag and hope I can find a use for them. When I'm force to clean the bag I agonize over which ones to discard. I've passed many a boring meeting with a dry wall toggle bolt and wing nut. How close can you spin the wing it to the end without it coming off. Who needs those fidgets toys.

  • in reply to colporteur

    I tend to collect unused screws / nails that have been dropped by trades people on my lunchtime walks to prevent injury to guide dogs/wheelchair tyres. The OCD problem is finding ones that match, when you want to reuse them...

  • in reply to colporteur

    Ah yes, all those screws left over from "kit" furniture, or from toys that got broken but from which I kept some electronics and the screws holding them together...
    And when I need some of those, it's always that they are not of the proper quantity, like I need 4 and only find 3!

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  • in reply to colporteur

    Ah yes, all those screws left over from "kit" furniture, or from toys that got broken but from which I kept some electronics and the screws holding them together...
    And when I need some of those, it's always that they are not of the proper quantity, like I need 4 and only find 3!

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