How much do you spend on tools?

[enjenjo]

I was looking at some receipts today and I have spent over $1200 on tools so far this year. I just love tools. How about you

[idrivejunk]

Move the decimal one spot left. I hate tools but have a random few that keep on working. Don't need many for what I do, thank goodness.

[58 Yeoman]

I haven't bought many, just an odd or end here or there. I'm trying to get rid of excess tools, and some double/triples. I like tools too, but I'm not doing the kind of work you're doing, Frank.

[kb426]

Last year was expensive because of the new mill. This year I think I'm around $500. The year isn't done. LOL.

[WZ JUNK]

I am a sucker for a tool.  (Somehow that does not sound right when I reread that line). In the past I would take some of the profit from the sale of a vehicle and buy a tool I needed.  These days there are no sales and I am buying less.  Mostly it is replacing or fix the tools I have.  In the future I want to buy some metal forming tools.  My plans are to downsize the projects and do more artwork and smaller fun projects.  The last of my hot rod builds are in the near future but not the end of my building.

[Crosley.In.AZ]

Not sure of the dollar amount this year.  maybe 250.00 ish area..  I have plenty of basic hand tools and most power tools I need.  Probably sold more tools this year than I have purchased. I may be on the upside money wise?  LOL

problem is:  Tools I may want are a bit spendy.

We have a new Cornwell tool dealer visiting the shop. He comes in with "bundle" of tool deals. Most of it basic level hand tools. The guys in the shop all have basic tools.

At the end of the day tho:  I am always looking.  new Harbor Freight email ad arrives:  I check it out.

[348tripower]

I have spent about $500.00 this year. They are needed to keep me going forward. I wore out a 18volt Dewalt drill this year. So I replaced it with a 20 volt. My favorite purchase so far is a Milwaukee 12 volt caulking gun. I bought it for doing the seam sealer in the Divco and there are a lot of them.
I tested it out on the kids boat and it really works good.   Saves the hands and wrists.

[sirstude]

Probably spend 2-3 hundred a year.  Just got a brushless Dewalt angle grinder.  Man does that cut in a hurry.
https://www.lowes.com/pd/DEWALT-XR-4-5-in-20-Volt-Max-Cordless-Angle-Grinder/1000247587

[Ohio Blue Tip]

I'm a tool nut also, and probably spend more than a Grand a year.   I spent $200 last week.
I plan on continuing until the auction!
 

[58 Yeoman]

Well, I guess I could call my new garden tractor a tool, as I use it to pull my wagons around and will be plowing snow in the winter. More of a toy actually. Around $10k.

[kb426]

I added to the total today. I ordered new Ford axle nuts for the mark 8 rear end I'm working on. The originals were 1 3/8" . The new ones are 36 mm. I bought a impact deep socket. $21 with tax. That's the only thing I'll probably ever use it on.

[chimp koose]

I spent $1500 yesterday on 4 threading tool holders and 10 inserts .  Lathe tools for the school so not my money , not my tools. I live 2 miles from work so I can easily borrow a tool from my shop so I don't really spend much that way. A lot of the time I will do what I need to do at the school shop. 13 lathes , 3 milling machines . I have a lathe and mill at home but I have never got around to wiring them in yet . I'll have to do that before I retire !

[Ohio Blue Tip]

Ya, having a mill and lathe at home is great to have.  After I retired, I bought a medium size lathe and mill from Grizzly.   Wasn't a need, just a want, but I use them about once a week.
Life is good for an old toolmaker.

[chimp koose]

I couldn't imagine retiring without a machine shop to walk into . I started looking for equipment 6 or 7 years ago thinking I could sit back and wait for a good deal here and there . I got both machines locally so never had to pay for any kind of shipping . The lathe was a fluke . I had been asked by a family to put a value on a lathe their recently deceased father owned . I gave them a value of $2500 as a newer replacement would cost about $4500 . I even called a night class student of mine who was looking for one and arranged for him to come and see it .The family was firm on a $4500 price  A year later the family was now selling the home and needed to clear out the garage   the lathe was still there. I told them I was in no immediate need for one (it has now sat in my garage for 6 years never used ) but if I could buy it for $500 it would be gone that weekend . SOLD! Along with it they threw in all the tooling that was worth more than what I paid for the lathe . I also called a few friends and by the end of the day they had sold a compressor , belt sander , and a bunch of other stuff . All would have been hauled to the dump otherwise I am sure . My INDUMA mill I paid real money for as it was auctioned off by a trade school and was in GREAT condition . As it was local I rationalized that the cost of a bargain one that needed to be shipped was going to cost the same likely after shipping costs were added in . My wife was coaching me to just get it no matter what it cost ( dangerous person to take to an auction) The lathe had a slightly twisted bed from not being properly installed at the previous location (.004" over 4') so I have had it sitting in my shop on its own concrete pad all this time with some weight hanging off the high corner . I check it every once in a while and it has come down at least .002" so far (time is your friend here). As time goes on I find deals on tooling that I may need but it sure is nice to just wait for deals when you don't need things right away . I kind of do my car builds that way too . I build what I can with a list of things I will have to buy in future on a regular bargain finding list .