Tom MacGregor
>I make things and I fix things. That's pretty much what I do, at work and at home. I've worked in construction, historic restoration, and as Maintenance Director of a nursing home, a factory full of old machines, and now of a factory full of new machines. I need to be able to do just about anything on a moments notice whether I've done it before or not. Sometimes this means using the skills I've developed and sometimes it means using a gadget. Sometimes it means inventing my own gadget. I prefer the simplest path that leads to my goal. This is often determined by balancing the time I have against how often I expect to do something. As my skills develop I tend to abandon gadgets, but some I'll always keep. You just need to try to step back and look at the big picture when that shiny new catalog hits your doorstep. Not always an easy thing for a tool junkie...