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1stford

1stford

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I’ve been in my shop looking for a part that I set aside so I would know where it was when I needed it. I’ve looked everywhere and had no luck. Are there any other folks out there that have to buy a 2nd part because they can’t find the perfectly good one they already own only to certainly find it again when the new part comes?
 
Wait until you get to be my age (about the same as your grandpa's). I don't spend much time looking anymore. It's easier to source another part. Especially if it's a hardware store item.
 
It happens to me every now and then. But a bigger shed with more shelving might be the way to go. Or maybe more space to loose things in. Regards, Kevin.
 
Haha! Thought I was alone. I put the glass fuel sediment bowl away so it would be "safe", and of course now I can't find it anywhere, so I just ordered a new one. New problem though is trying to keep track of what I have ordered. I have ordered so much stuff over the last two years for my project, that I have actually forgotten about some stuff. Now that is scary. Lol!
 
I just spent an hour today looking for a small part I know I have but can't seem to find. Time to order another one. Fortunately, it is relatively inexpensive. Not the first time this has happened.
 
I often have a job to do that requires a special tool. I always know I have the tool but I just can't find it. So, I go out and buy another one, do the job and when I go to put the tool I just bought away, I go to put it exactly where the "missing" tool has been all the time. Once I went to take a trailer hitch off of a car that was being traded in. I couldn't find the long 5/8 box wrench I needed. Bought another one. Took the bolt off one side and when I went to take off the other side, there was the missing wrench hanging on the bolt to be loosened.
 
1stford said:
I’ve been in my shop looking for a part that I set aside so I would know where it was when I needed it. I’ve looked everywhere and had no luck. Are there any other folks out there that have to buy a 2nd part because they can’t find the perfectly good one they already own only to certainly find it again when the new part comes?
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"YES" to the replies.


Hope:)
 
I don't even know what 'inventory' means and I have run a certified, registered, insured business for almost 35 years. People want me to make them stuff outa wood, so I do and then they pay me and I buy stuff with the money they give me. If there is any left over I buy stuff for my ford projects and then I lose the parts and order replacements. Good thing I ain't your accountant, huh?
 
I'm selling off some of my stuff due to age. I'm finding all kinds of stuff that I forgot I had. Duplicates of many items that I lost and replaced. LOL That's life.
 
These days, if I need something (a part or a tool), I have gotten into the habit of checking my "stash".

I usually find what I was looking for.
 
Nope, I don't loose a part. Kind of a first world problem. It'll be there, you'll find it. Maybe create a bin system of parts.
 
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