[glendale_jim]

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[Stlhotrod]

Funny thing when it comes to tools and fixing stuff. My grand father on my dad's side could fix and especially weld anything. He worked his entire life at St Louis Ship building barges and tug boats. My grandfather on my mom's side was an electrical genius and if it had wires he worked on it.
My dad had problems fixing lunch much less anything that required tools. Then my brothers and my self were all into cars and dad was not much help other then to loan us money to get what we needed. My dad was worried when I saved my money and went and bought an electric drill at the age of 11.
My son likes cars but very seldom works on them. When he does he usually comes to my house. When he has home repairs he calls me to supervise or do it for him. He will get my tools when I am gone but most he won't have a clue what to do with them. Luckily he has Google to show him, now the question will be will he look up prices and sell them or learn how to use them or maybe pass along to his kids, that is if he ever gets off the computer to find a girl friend/ wife and actually have kids.

 

[Indiana Bob]

Funny thing when it comes to tools and fixing stuff. My grand father on my dad's side could fix and especially weld anything. He worked his entire life at St Louis Ship building barges and tug boats. My grandfather on my mom's side was an electrical genius and if it had wires he worked on it.
My dad had problems fixing lunch much less anything that required tools. Then my brothers and my self were all into cars and dad was not much help other then to loan us money to get what we needed. My dad was worried when I saved my money and went and bought an electric drill at the age of 11.
My son likes cars but very seldom works on them. When he does he usually comes to my house. When he has home repairs he calls me to supervise or do it for him. He will get my tools when I am gone but most he won't have a clue what to do with them. Luckily he has Google to show him, now the question will be will he look up prices and sell them or learn how to use them or maybe pass along to his kids, that is if he ever gets off the computer to find a girl friend/ wife and actually have kids.

Your very fortunate to have a son to pass your tools to.
Our 3 daughters don't wrench and our son is also into computers and writes code for a living.
It's unfortunate working with your hands and fixing your own vehicles is becoming a lost skill or thing of the past.
Maybe one of our grand-kids will show interest and I can pass on my knowledge and tools 🤔.

 

[BlueStreak]

For what it is worth, my father taught me the use and value of tools. He was a chemical engineer but wanted to be a mold maker with his own injection molding company. Unfortunately he died when I was 12, but left me a lot of Craftsman tools and some very nice precision drafting and measuring tools as well. He taught me,painfully, to use the proper tool for the job after finding that I had been using one of his center punches as a nail set. He also emphasized the idea that the place to spend the money was directly proportional to the safety involved in the use of the tool. Both lessons I have tried to live by, usually successfully. When watching for sales on tools these thoughts are always in my mind.