HandyHarry
Member
- Thread Author
- #1
You can be generous with clamps and extension cords…
But what’s the one tool you refuse to lend, no matter who asks — brother-in-law, best friend, or even your dad?
I’ll go first: my vintage Stanley No. 62 low angle jack plane. I spent weeks restoring it, and the sole is flat to 0.001”. Someone drops it, I cry.

Bonus points if you've got a story about a time you did lend something and lived to regret it.
Let’s hear it — the sacred tools you guard with your life.
But what’s the one tool you refuse to lend, no matter who asks — brother-in-law, best friend, or even your dad?
I’ll go first: my vintage Stanley No. 62 low angle jack plane. I spent weeks restoring it, and the sole is flat to 0.001”. Someone drops it, I cry.

Bonus points if you've got a story about a time you did lend something and lived to regret it.
Let’s hear it — the sacred tools you guard with your life.