Tooltime

TOOLTIME

Are you a tool junkie? Should you be enrolled in a 12-step program for garageaholics, people hopelessly addicted to shop equipment? I don’t know about you, but I’m the Imelda Marcos of tools. I can’t walk through the tool department of a Sears, Home Depot or any auto-parts store without buying something, even if I don’t have an immediate use for it. And every time I see a Snap-On truck, I run the other way as fast as I can, like one of those shirtless delinquents fleeing from the police on “Cops.”

If you fit this tragic profile, do not-l repeat, do not-order this free, 84-page catalog from Griot’s Garage. Don’t you dare log onto www.griotsgarage.com And do your level best not to call 800/345-5789, either.

This catalog, you see, is loaded with some of the most sumptuous and ingenious tools and shop equipment imaginable, superlative stuff that you just don’t see anywhere else. From show-quality waxes and cleaners to artfully crafted vices and bleeders and buffers; from fantasy-garage toolboxes to elegant workbenches and cabinets; from gorgeous hand tools to some of the most clever specialized gadgets you’ve ever laid eyes on, it’s all there and more.

Many of the items in Griot’s catalog are intended for automotive use, but most of those are applicable to motorcycles, as well. A lot of the stuff costs an arm and a leg, especially compared to the junk you’ll find at Wal-Mart, but what price quality? Hell, just reading the thing will put most tool trippers in a heightened state of arousal.

You have been warned. Proceed at your own risk. -Paul Dean