The men - My tools: WEEK 149

Hello everyone!

Gee, the most used tool in my workshop? For starters, I don't have a workshop, per se. Although this doesn't mean I don't have tools for minor home repairs, following the maxim: do it yourself.

And I don't have a workshop since we live in an apartment of about 100 square meters, 96, to be exact. Located on the 10th floor of a residential area. You know, the one designed for a not-very-big family by today's standards. Surely my grandparents, if they were still alive, would say small.

As the years went by, I acquired some tools for DIY and home repairs: as some requirements arose. I bought tools such as drills, jigsaws, grinders, and even a circular saw (still unused). At times, I think about selling the circular saw, lest I become a one-armed man, not having the expertise on it.

Without fear of being wrong (of the electric tools) the one I used the most was the 3/4 inch hammer drill of a well-known German brand to open holes in the walls for the anchorages of lamps and pictures.

As for the non-electric tools, that is to say, the manual tools such as hammers, screwdrivers, saws, and a set of wrenches. Without a doubt (in my case), the screwdriver set is the one I use the most nowadays.

In the past, I thought of buying a big house so that (when I retired) I would spend part of my energies on DIY: to execute small woodworking projects following the patterns found in specialized magazines for them, such as those shown in Popular Mechanics.

However, who can control the circumstances and the changes of interests that arise over time?

Yes, I know that some can do more than others.