A close second is my optivisor. which I take on and off all day long. I need to paint it red!

The worst is when a project comes to a standstill do to a misplaced tool or part and while searching I forget what it is I’m looking for.

For magnifiers I have this pair that are kinda like regular glasses but with replaceable lenses of different strength and twin bright LED lights. They are lightweight and comfortable and when you don’t need them you can just put ‘em up on your head like sunglasses. But this actually makes them harder to find than optivisors! I’ll search the shop for them only to eventually realise they’ve been perched on top of my head the whole time! Even worse, I’ll lock up the shop and head into town at the end of the day. Walking past a store window I’ll see my reflection and realise I’ve been grocery shopping or something with illuminated LEDs shining off the top of my head at the roof

I can’t blame anyone but myself. My wife borrows things, but they are easy to find if that’s what happens. Remembering where I put things is the real problem.

Yeah, a dropped screw (or other small thingamabob) is a real problem in my shop, for two reasons: I might never find it, and I almost always hit my head on something made of cast iron when I go rooting around for it. So, I am hyper aware of the danger of dropping the little stuff, and do all I can to avoid it. It happens anyway.

I have twice now opened a package from StewMac containing some little tool and thinking “I know exactly where I’ll store this” I head to the location where this new tool will live only to find one there already that I ordered a year ago.

Worst part, it’s used. So not only did I not remember I had already purchased the same tool, but I had also not remembered using it! I blame working too much and long gaps in between shop time.


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