That guy at the Goodwill bins who laughed at my rusty toolbox

Was in the Goodwill bins last Saturday in Portland digging for a cheap dresser to refinish when this older dude looked at my rusty old toolbox I brought along. He goes 'you're gonna need more than that to fix that piece of junk' and pointed to this scratched up nightstand I had found. Told him I fixed a wobbly table last week with just a hammer and some wood glue from Dollar Tree and he just shook his head. Anyone else run into people who think you need fancy tools to do basic fixes?

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anna_hill1mo ago

Read somewhere that a lot of those old-time fix-it guys think you need a whole workshop to do anything. Seems like they just forgot how to make do with what you got. A hammer and glue can get you pretty far if you know what you're doing.

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evanr791mo ago

Oh man, @anna_hill you're onto something. I've fixed a squeaky door with just a butter knife and some candle wax. All those fancy clamps and vices, half the time you can just use your body weight and some old towels.