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<blockquote data-quote="Magnetoman" data-source="post: 177766" data-attributes="member: 2806"><p>Unfortunately, for all of us it's not <em>if</em>, it's <em>when</em>. Going to a good home is an admirable wish but, absent a plan, the trash dump is the most likely destination for unidentifiable tools and spares, with complete bikes fated to be sold for pennies on the dollar because, as our heirs will be told, they're old and obsolete so nearly worthless.</p><p></p><p>Shop-made tools are of current interest since I'm just switching from working on a crankshaft, to assembling an engine, and I spent much of today putting the crankshaft special tools away. I also painted a number of larger special tools to keep me from mistaking them for pieces of metal I could use for other purposes. This also will keep my heirs from saying to themselves <em>"I wonder what these pieces of metal are,"</em> and instead saying <em>"I wonder why he painted all these pieces of metal gold"</em> (NB. they're special tools for Gold Stars... hmm, I wonder what color I should paint the tools for my Black Shadow?).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Magnetoman, post: 177766, member: 2806"] Unfortunately, for all of us it's not [I]if[/I], it's [I]when[/I]. Going to a good home is an admirable wish but, absent a plan, the trash dump is the most likely destination for unidentifiable tools and spares, with complete bikes fated to be sold for pennies on the dollar because, as our heirs will be told, they're old and obsolete so nearly worthless. Shop-made tools are of current interest since I'm just switching from working on a crankshaft, to assembling an engine, and I spent much of today putting the crankshaft special tools away. I also painted a number of larger special tools to keep me from mistaking them for pieces of metal I could use for other purposes. This also will keep my heirs from saying to themselves [I]"I wonder what these pieces of metal are,"[/I] and instead saying [I]"I wonder why he painted all these pieces of metal gold"[/I] (NB. they're special tools for Gold Stars... hmm, I wonder what color I should paint the tools for my Black Shadow?). [/QUOTE]
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