So I recently discovered that our aged, and busted dryer vent cover was not put in place properly the first time. Instead of being held in place with masonry screws due to the brick/concrete combo, it was glued in place with silicone. So now I needed to pull off the broken cover shards, scrape away the silicone, and then mark & drill four proper holes to mount the new cover. Sounds easy enough. Well I don’t have any masonry bits. I don’t have a dedicated hammer drill, I have a combo from Black & Decker that’s seen some hard wear in the last three to five years. No good. So I grabbed a 6 amp hammer drill from Canadian Tire on sale no less, down from regular $129.99 to $59.99!, and the masonry screws I’d need and pow! 90 seconds later and all four holes are drilled to depth. Nice! Worked like a charm. 5/32 bit to set some 3/16th concrete screws. Love it. It feels great when a plan comes together.
But here’s the kicker, in between finding the 1/4 inch socket from the set, putting it on my impact driver via adapter, and walking from the garage to the yard I lost the gods be damned socket. I heard no clatter. It’s a tiny 1/4 socket so it wouldn’t clang very loudly if at all, more like a ‘ting’ sounds if that. So boo. My 1/4 socket has disappeared into the shrubs, the grass or flipped into an alternate dimension. I retrace my steps five/six times, and bubcous. Damn! But the drill came with some assorted bits, one of which is a 1/4 inch so I plugged that into my driver and away I went. Another 90 seconds and all four concrete screwbolts are locked in nicely. Spend more time looking for the damn socket than actually fixing my dryer vent issue. I’m happy and annoyed. Strike one more item from the list of things to-do, but lost a socket I’ve never used before, and may never use again. At least it wasn’t my 10mm. Ha!
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