It's NOT the buying of the new tool that's the problem. It's the FINDING it, the second time you need to use it.
LOL, guess your shop looks like mine.
Just too many interests with all the specialty tools involved.0
I like the right tool for the job rather than vice grips and hammer.
Woodworking/construction, electricity, plumbing, then the sub trades.
I started with electronics then aviation got mixed in and now tractors.
So I weld, braze and solder.
Aviation left me with all kinds of special tools and jigs with a nice mix of air tools.
Of course being a garage sale junky does not help either nor do auctions.
But then auctions have subsidized many of my tool purchases.
Recall once winning a bid for 5 Desouter air drills and selling 4 as I left the site leaving me with a free one and profit.
Another auction got me 5 new air nail guns and Ebay earned me enough for 4 to pay for the 12 cases of framing nails plus profit as well.
Face it, I'm a tool junky with 'jack of all trade' interests.
Adding to my sources Black Decker had a liquidation center about 2 miles from home. Weekly visits paid big dividends.
Not to help is a buddy that is as bad or worst than me and we swap stuff often.
His latest 'deal' was a hydraulic auto body puller stretcher for$25.00. I have a few attachments (compact cylinder and 2 hydraulic 'C clamps') that fit that system so I'll be buying it from him. He only has a slim spreader device.
Problem is my shop is rather compact.