I work in a manufacturing environment and keep all the weird anomalies that turn up in our hardware inventory. I have screws and carriage bolts with either half-formed or non-existent threads, keps nuts without the built-in washer, fiberlock nuts without the nylon, washers that didn’t get the center hole stamped through all the way, screws with off-center heads, Phillips screws with a ghost of where the Phillips hole should be, zinc-plated screws that only got half-dipped, a pop rivet that had the pin pressed cross-wise through the shank, and my favorite piece is a ball bearing that was packaged with a bee nestled inside the hole.
My favorite one that I have found was a tape measure with exactly one error. The 2’ 0.5" mark was marked one sixteenth off. The entire rest of the tape measure was accurate.
I work in a manufacturing environment and keep all the weird anomalies that turn up in our hardware inventory. I have screws and carriage bolts with either half-formed or non-existent threads, keps nuts without the built-in washer, fiberlock nuts without the nylon, washers that didn’t get the center hole stamped through all the way, screws with off-center heads, Phillips screws with a ghost of where the Phillips hole should be, zinc-plated screws that only got half-dipped, a pop rivet that had the pin pressed cross-wise through the shank, and my favorite piece is a ball bearing that was packaged with a bee nestled inside the hole.
This, friend, is the fodder of which Dull Men’s Club is made. You cannot merely mention this collection; to not show it would be cruel.
Are you able to share pics of your collection?
I’d be interested to see, too!
My favorite one that I have found was a tape measure with exactly one error. The 2’ 0.5" mark was marked one sixteenth off. The entire rest of the tape measure was accurate.
Things I’d like to put in a sturdy balloon or wrap in aluminum foil and blast out of a canon for $200 Alex!