Spent $80 on a pipe threading kit for one project. Now it's just taking up shelf space.

Bought a Ridgid kit to replace a single section of galvanized in my crawlspace and used it exactly once. Anyone else got a specialty tool collecting dust after one job?

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the_jenny18d ago

My in-laws bought one of those massive tile saws for a bathroom reno five years ago (you know, the wet saw with the water tray that takes up half a garage). It's still sitting in their basement with the original receipt taped to the box, practically mocking them every time they walk past. I swear specialty tools are just adult version of those single-purpose kitchen gadgets we all bought on clearance. At least you only paid $80, not the $300 my neighbor dropped on a pipe bender to run one line of copper. Honestly, my local tool library would have loved to see you coming.

tara7004d ago

Yeah I used to be all "buy once cry once" about tools. But seeing my dad's drywall jack sitting in his shed for eight years after one weekend project really made me reconsider. You guys are convincing me that renting or borrowing is usually the smarter move for anything you won't use at least twice a year.