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It ought to be useful, but never is quite what you need? It came with the house?

It ought to be useful, but never is quite what you need? It came with the house?
[–] 4 pts

Yes, but I plan on a section of wall with those little tip- out bins, then get stuff sorted. I use milk crates for electrical parts. Being of an age where the WWII generation was a big influence, it is normal to have this. Repair, reuse, repurpose, or, if it is not sevicable, strip the usable parts, then throw it in the pile "over there". A WWII vet chastised me once: "we couldn't get nails when I was your age, and if we could, we couldn't afford them!" I had left 2 nails in the dirt, sheeting a barn. Funny how those things stick with you.

[–] 0 pt

Gotta save the useful stuff even if you don't have a use for it. I've been known to pull a few nails and save them...

[–] 1 pt

I have several metal paint cans loaded with bent nails, screws and bolts I've pulled over the years. I currently have a plastic washtub with maybe 7 pounds of fasteners I've pulled on my reframing project over the past week. They're potentially tainted with some fallout from my bat shit encounter, so uncertain what their fate will be...

[–] 1 pt

Sometimes it feels like the best option is melting it all down and forging a battle-axe.