Kadee Code 100 track gauge
Copyright 2020 Nicholas Kalis
Helpful Hint
When in the heat of building a model railroad - building benchwork and laying track - it is easy to misplace/lose smaller tools. Yes, the easiest method is not to leave our tools on the benchwork but rather to keep them on a rolling cart or employing some other storage device. But we cannot put our tools away every second.
My solution was to spray paint a tool or a home made jig with safety yellow paint I had on hand. A bright yellow tool is much easier to find than one that just blends into the background. The somewhat blurry photo above is of a Kadee® three-point track gauge painted safety yellow.
Editorial
I always get a chuckle when I visit my local hardware store and see the opposite process on display. On their shelves are camouflage yard care tools - clippers, trimmers etc. Anyone who has ever worked in a yard, knows that when you put down a tool, there is a good chance that you will never find it again, due to its blending in with the yard debris that seems to be everywhere. Why anyone would want to thus reduce their chances of finding their tools is beyond me. Perhaps it is a case of a real redneck wanting his tools to assist in camouflaging him from a passing deer? So does he carry a rifle with him while tending to his garden? Put down the camouflaged clippers and pick up a rifle to bag a deer?
I always get a chuckle when I visit my local hardware store and see the opposite process on display. On their shelves are camouflage yard care tools - clippers, trimmers etc. Anyone who has ever worked in a yard, knows that when you put down a tool, there is a good chance that you will never find it again, due to its blending in with the yard debris that seems to be everywhere. Why anyone would want to thus reduce their chances of finding their tools is beyond me. Perhaps it is a case of a real redneck wanting his tools to assist in camouflaging him from a passing deer? So does he carry a rifle with him while tending to his garden? Put down the camouflaged clippers and pick up a rifle to bag a deer?
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