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Just realized I was wrong about those cheap post hole diggers
Bought a $30 manual auger from a hardware store for a small job, thinking it would be junk. It cut through the clay in my client's yard faster than my old heavy-duty one. Anyone else have a tool they thought would be trash that actually worked okay?
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matthewmiller11d ago
That "cut through the clay" part is key. I had the same thing with a cheap paint scraper. The thin, flimsy blade flexed just enough to follow curves on old trim without gouging it. My solid one was too stiff. Sometimes the wrong tool for one job is the right tool for another.
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harris.andrew11d ago
My buddy Dave was trying to fix a wobbly deck chair last summer, fighting with a stripped screw. His good screwdriver just spun uselessly. He finally grabbed this old, beat-up one with a chipped tip from a junk drawer, and it bit right in and got the screw out. It was the exact wrong tool, but it worked perfectly because it was worn down to a different shape. Your point about the paint scraper, @matthewmiller, reminds me of that. We get so hung up on using the "proper" tool that we forget the messed-up one in the back might save the day.
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