<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""> Mike, <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> Very true. Seldom am I one to be the Devil’s advocate. I recently (last week) experienced similar circumstance. My neighbor asked to borrow my 4’ drywall square. To which I was happy to oblige. A week went by, I had to prompt him for the return of the tool. In the cover of darkness, he dropped it off. Bent, chipped, scratched. It has a workbook tread pattern stamped on. Still functional but not as pleasant to work with as before. It happens. While grinding through a workday, some guys are capable of destroying a forged steel cannonball. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> A minor issue with the prospect of passing around special tools would be their proper identification. Tools of all sorts are routinely referred to by different names by many people. Based on verbal description, it might be difficult to be certain the proper tool for a specific task is being forwarded. Do BMW special tools all carry a part number ? If so, to include this number as data on the spreadsheet might be helpful. In other cases, we often craft our own shop made special tool. These could also be identified by part number and just as easily be passed around. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> Bill Lambert. <br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jan 16, 2021, at 12:40 PM, Michael Cecchini via MDAirheads <<a href="mailto:mdairheads@casano.com" class="">mdairheads@casano.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
<div style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Sadly, such is the very common problem with loaning tools.....or a tool loan program. <br class="">
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Even when returned with all the bits, the tools usually take quite a beating because most times the user is a novice and doesn't know much about tool care & attention.<br class="">
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The only way it really works is for one experienced person to take charge and everyone chips in $10--$20 per year to keep tools in good condition & buy new ones as needed.<br class="">
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Then you need to consider what happens when a special tool is no longer being reproduced and it needs replacing? Bummer. <br class="">
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Hope they guy is still around and can find the missing bits. <br class="">
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<div dir="ltr" class="">I hope it's OK to post this here. A few years ago I sent my <br class="">
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<div dir="ltr" class="">CycleWorks engine tool set to a guy in Athens GA. He had it for <br class="">
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<div dir="ltr" class="">about a year (no problem because I was done with it for the time being), <br class="">
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<div dir="ltr" class="">and when he sent it back I just put the bag in my tool drawers and <br class="">
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<div dir="ltr" class="">didn't look at them again.<br class="">
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<div dir="ltr" class="">Recently I gave the bag to a local guy who's rebuilding his /5 and he is <br class="">
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<div dir="ltr" class="">getting around to the timing chain now, and the tool kit is missing a <br class="">
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<div dir="ltr" class="">I've looked through all my folders and sub-folders and can't find the <br class="">
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<div dir="ltr" class="">email with the guy in Athens. I think I remember his name but can't <br class="">
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<div dir="ltr" class="">So if you're reading this, and you're the guy in Athens, would you mind <br class="">
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