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2016 Spring Home Improvement
LINCON DAILY
NEWS.comMay 2, 2016
In the 90’s a popular sitcom on ABC called “Home
Improvement” starred Tim Allen as Tim ‘the toolman’
Taylor. It was a humorous show with a plot that
surrounded the subject of the importance of tools, and
although tools were central to the plot, there was never
any real information given about tools. Although it
was fun to watch, you didn’t learn anything useful
about tools except that Tim the toolman Taylor
shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near tools.
If you’re handy around the house, it is never wrong
to have the right tools! Having the correct tools can
mean the difference between having to find and pay
someone else to do the work, and do it in their own
time and in their own way, vs. doing the job right the
first time yourself.
Having the right tools can enhance your skill
set. Together, with the vast and varied amount of
information readily available at your fingertips today
via the internet, there are few jobs you can’t tackle
yourself if you have the right tools.
Having the right tool for the job is accomplished by
obeying these three rules. Get these right and you will
be set no matter what the challenge.
1.
Buy the best quality tool for the job that you can
afford at the time
Tools can be exceedingly cheap or they can be
exceedingly expensive. The cheapest tools may not
even be fit for, or survive, the initial job for which
they are purchased. They are generally throw-away
tools that you dispose of after the task has been
accomplished, if they last that long. Most places that
sell tools, whether they are hand tools or power tools
will have several different lines of tools available next
to each other on display.
The three golden rules of
tool acquisition & ownership
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