Buying your own tools

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I want to know if im crazy or not!I work in a fabrication shop where heavy tools and electrical and saws are supply like its supposed to be, like grinders, band saw, welding machine, mag drills, drills ect..but i worked in a shop last year where they had 4 1/2 small makita grinders, they were supplied and i work with those grinder for longtime and fall addict to them, you can hold em in one hand and its really light weight!anyway now i work in another shop were they don't have and don't want to supplied those small grinder, they have those long handle 5'' grinder and bigger 6'' and 9'' disc grinder, so i just deicide to buy my own small 4 1/2 makita grinder for less than 100$ on ebay and im happy with it, the thing is others peoples at work don't understand why i did that and said things like ''don't do that, keep it for you at home, the boss will not like you more ect''first, i don't do that for the boss, if i have to quit the company i'll bring my tools with me, i do that because i love working and buying tools like this its ONLY for my happyness to work with easy tools, don't care what the boss think really!i don't think its a waste of money to me!so is someone else bought tools for themself to work in a company! ?Calculator > Bevel Square
Reply:I usually buy my own tools. It drives me crazy to be working on a project, and have to go looking for the tools that I have been using because they belong to the shop and someone else needed it for a second, and they took it.Dynasty 200DXPassport plus w/ spoolmate 100victor 315c oxy/(act and prop)Miller digital elitemilwaukee power tools
Reply:I don't see it being an issues, if it makes you less fatigue at e end of the day, that's great.I buy my own safety glasses (Jackson nemesis) because I hate the cheapos they supply at work,I also supply my own gloves (Tillman 850s) for the same reason.As I'm typing this, I'm thinking about the 5" makitas at work that are hard to use with one hand....You might be on to something....
Reply:I don't see it being an issues, if it makes you less fatigue at e end of the day, that's great.I buy my own safety glasses (Jackson nemesis) because I hate the cheapos they supply at work,I also supply my own gloves (Tillman 850s) for the same reason.As I'm typing this, I'm thinking about the 5" makitas at work that are hard to use with one hand....You might be on to something....
Reply:I supply All tools where I work. I guess its just me but I seem to get more fatuiged when I grind with a "baby" grinder. When it comes to grinding, I like to knock it out asap, so for me bigger is better. JMO. Like u said, u drag up... Your tools go with you.
Reply:if i have to (for example) to grind clean a full welds beads 10 inches long, ill go for sure with those big 6 and 9 inches grinder!my use for the small grinder is more for job like deburring repetitive small stainless pieces or put a sand paper disc and clean some tig welds ect!Calculator > Bevel Square
Reply:I buy my own tools for a few reasons i dont like sharing, and if I break my own equipment the boss cant get pissed about costing the shop money. If i drag up my tools go with meSent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2
Reply:Many companies in my expereince do not buy the small grinders because people ask them to do large jobs, overheat the armature or burn out the commutator and ruin the grinder.  I have been in some shops where management will ask me to take it home because they expect me to ask for them to replace it if it wears out.  I NEVER lend my small grinder because twice it came back ruined along with some comment like " Your grinder is crap it hasn't got any power."  I have to be b---tch slapped at least twice before I wise up.  :')
Reply:I bring my own grinder, gloves, helment, safety/cutting glasses, clean stainless steel bursh(shop brush is covered in grease)  and welding jacket to work. Everything the shop supplies is either cheap or woreout and on occasion both. Most of the tools at our shop are junk because about 20 different people before me have used and abused them. My biggest problem is keeping the other welders out my stuff. They always run me in the ground for spending my own money tools for work but whenever they cant find what they need they always go plundering through my stuff since I have everyhting. easy fix i brought my rolling tool cart from home to lock all my stuff in MillerMatic 252Miller Dialarc 250Smith Oxy/acetlyne Cutting OutfitHossfeld BenderTubing Roller
Reply:Nothing wrong with buying a tool you need,  but what about wheels?   Do you now expect them to supply them?
Reply:really nice to hear that im not too crazy haha, i never had problems to say NO to a co worker, all peoples i respect at my shop just don't ask for tools because they have what they need!there's some people that find no fun in having good and right tools to work with and buy nothing, only use what the shop supply, seriously if i had no tools on my own and any nice big clean toolbox i don't think i would have as much passion to work!@ Hades12, no i work for a pretty big company, i have to say they supply enough and good stuff, for the wheels they only have the ones for the grinders that they supply, that's mean up to 5inches, i juste use some used 5 inches, and mostly use the 5inches sand paper disc, im not ''supposed'' to use bigger i know but like i said its for soft fancy jobs!Last edited by LayoutMan; 06-23-2012 at 08:28 PM.Calculator > Bevel Square
Reply:In buying your own tools, think of it as an investment.  You can use it for your convenience.  Just be confident enough on what you’re doing, and you can expect results to be good.  Surely, your boss will appreciate it.
Reply:I don't see why it'd be an issue...Think of it another way... If you were running a shop that I was working at, and I brought my own tools, It'd be less wear and tear on your tools.[Account Abandoned 8/8/16 Please Do Not Attempt Contact Or Expect A Reply]. See you on YouTube! -ChuckE2009
Reply:Before I went on my own, I'd provide my own hand tools and welding shield where I worked.  But no way would I have brought in power tools.I feel comfortable saying this since I own my own company now -- in my opinion if the company doesn't have decent tools, then they should suffer for it in terms of productivity.  If the company won't provide safe tools, then refuse to use them.  They shouldn't need their employees to spend their personal paychecks to speed up the production process or make it safer.  I'm kind of surprised how few other people feel this way.If you ever got hurt or hurt someone else using your own power tool on the job where company tools were supplied, there might be issues with liability as well.  We all know how insurance works.PS - If you're pulling the guard off to fit 5" wheels on your 4.5" grinder, you're increasing your liability risk not to mention violating safety regs.Last edited by tbone550; 06-27-2012 at 12:10 PM.
Reply:No problem using what you feel comfortable with or what makes you a better mechanic, but what about consumables, will they buy the gringing wheels you need or do the ones they have fit. If not you will be spending money every week out of your pocket so they can profit."Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum"Lincoln Idealarc 250 AC/DCMillermatic 251   Syncrowave 300   30A spoolgunLincoln MP210Hypertherm 45(2) LN 25(2) Lincoln Weldanpower 225 CV(4) SA200   1 short hood    SA250    SAM 400
Reply:Before I went on my own, I'd provide my own hand tools and welding shield where I worked. But no way would I have brought in power tools.I feel comfortable saying this since I own my own company now -- in my opinion if the company doesn't have decent tools, then they should suffer for it in terms of productivity. If the company won't provide safe tools, then refuse to use them. They shouldn't need their employees to spend their personal paychecks to speed up the production process or make it safer. I'm kind of surprised how few other people feel this way.
Reply:Never a waste of money! If it helps you to be more productive and efficient on your  job, by all means, bring all the necessary tools!  So long as the company knows it is yours,  so it leaves no room for any confusion.
Reply:One of the biggest shops I worked for, would loan you a box to get started - you were expected to provide for yourself after 6 months or so.  That was hand tools and measuring tools - power tools were all pneumatic and they provided top quality.They also had an employee purchase program, let you pay off higher priced tools over time - for shop or home use. On the flip side of that though, they expected you to have quality tools - measuring tools were starrett, brown & sharpe, mitutoyo.When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, "This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know," the end result is tyranny and oppression, no matter how holy the motives.
Reply:Originally Posted by tbone550Before I went on my own, I'd provide my own hand tools and welding shield where I worked.  But no way would I have brought in power tools.I feel comfortable saying this since I own my own company now -- in my opinion if the company doesn't have decent tools, then they should suffer for it in terms of productivity.  If the company won't provide safe tools, then refuse to use them.  They shouldn't need their employees to spend their personal paychecks to speed up the production process or make it safer.  I'm kind of surprised how few other people feel this way.If you ever got hurt or hurt someone else using your own power tool on the job where company tools were supplied, there might be issues with liability as well.  We all know how insurance works.PS - If you're pulling the guard off to fit 5" wheels on your 4.5" grinder, you're increasing your liability risk not to mention violating safety regs.
Reply:If you're working for the right company, a union isn't needed.I have made it a habbit that if I need a tool and don't have it, and have to borrow it (not counting grinders, drills, impacts, welders, etc), I take the effort to acquire it.  It's hard to do the job without the right tools on hand...and it's even more of a pain to track down the needed tools to do the job at hand!(IMO, I  have had less than desirable experiences with Unions...specifficaly IMAW...so I may be biased....just another money grab for abso-god-darn-lutely nothing!)Last edited by mb_welder; 07-11-2012 at 07:27 AM.
Reply:Originally Posted by bosox100Nothing's more convenient than using your own tools while working. Wasting is when you don't use something that you bought.