Tool Time

Time to admire a few things we'd ordered. Simple tools and equipment can make a job easier, faster, safer, and more profitable than the cost of the tools in the first place.

Enter Exhibit "A": Waterproof Protective Gloves:

Great for when I always seem to smack the back of my hand on something.

I hate that; it's an annoying pain.

Two replacement Gearwrenches, ratcheting, Offset, and one that doesn't come in the set.

One Unibit, great for FAST holes for EMT/Conduit or a pre-hole

for a "Greenlee knockout"; i.e., pushbuttons/light for control panels, e-stops, etc.

American companies must provide PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) for employees that require it by OSHA regulations. Every year they allow us $125 for work boots/steel toed/ESD/kevlar-toe (for working near the magnetic MRI coils; we have vendors that come to our site once a year and offer us low-and average-quality protective footwear for $65-2/$125 and usually give us a pair of socks, too.

It's rather nice having a "footwear professional" talk to us about the quality, fit, longevity, and everything else they know about shoes. You don't normally think of them as anything but "Shoe Salesmen", but these guys are amazingly intelligent and really enjoy their careers. Some are owner-operators of a franchise. They come around Valentine's Day this year to hock their wares to us. No cash up-front, either. Just Sign & Drive.

Just in time, too!

Battery acid effects, amplified with time.