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That time a new member asked me for a tool I'd never heard of

I was volunteering at the Westside tool library last Thursday when a guy named Carl asked if we had a 'drain snake auger'. I had to admit I had no clue what that was. He explained it was for clearing a clogged sink pipe and showed me a picture on his phone. We didn't have one, but I added it to our wishlist right then. What's the most obscure but useful tool request you've gotten at your library?
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brookebailey
Was it one of those little plastic zip strip ones or the big metal crank kind? I had to look that up once too, it's wild how many specific tools exist for one job.
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luna550
luna5502mo ago
Wait, a whole tool just for sink pipes?
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