Originally Posted by
burnthesheep
I own a pipe cutter and debur tool. I've got all sorts of stuff accumulated over the years. I've got pex crimpers and gauges etc.... the inflatable drain plugs... I've got automotive leakdown/compression checker (not for home plumbing).....all sorts of random stuff.
I'm one of those "if the right quality tool saves me $xx but costs $xx minus a dollar....".
I have a cheap compression tester but doing a leakdown test is such a pain on some engines I would just borrow one if I had to. I borrowed a lot of tools at work and the guys were ok with it because I would help them when I could. The type of work I did didn't require a lot of tools but one guy I worked with spent over $65,000 on tools. One of the engine guys is close to $100,000 including his tool box.