how to mark tools for future identification

I got sick of people borrowing my jumper cables and leaving them in a heap whever they fell… so I fixed them. I went to sandblast and solder the cables to the clamps for conductivity, when an evil thought crossed my mind…. yes, they were soldered with one end the opposite color on the other end. So….Red to (+) on one car, and black to (+) on the other car. Insert evil laugh here….

-- Einstein: "The intuitive mind is a sacred gift, and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift." I'm Poopiekat!!

I worked with a guy who engraved “Not your damn tape” on his tape measures. Lol

-- "The way to make a small fortune in woodworking- start with a large one"

All of my workplace tools get the name engraved on them.

All of MY tools get painted pink and orange. Nobody tries to borrow them, unless they really, really, realllllllllllly need to :)

-- Lis - Michigan - http://www.missmooseart.com - https://www.etsy.com/people/lisbokt

I don’t lend tool any more after I let a neighbor use a sawzaw and after a week I went to his house to ask for it back an found it laying in his yard after it had been raining hard for three days.

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

I agree with Lis, my tools at home are painted pink. My husband will buy new tools before using mine most of the time.
At my school shop I have things labeled with “tech ed shop” so the custodians don’t steal them, and have many things painted with a color corisponding to where it should be put away. the green drawer, the blue drawer, helps the kids put things away.

-- ----- www.KNWoodworking.com ----- --

I used to engrave my name on them, but after the big hit, I started using my drivers license number and WA DL so the cops would know where to look for the owner. When I was overdosed on Topamax, my short term memory got so bad they were laying every where I has been. I started spray painting them with flourscent paint. When you are looking around a job site with many dark spots they show up really well when a flash light beams hits them;-) If someone picks them up, it is obvious ;-))

-- "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence

i live so far from town that nobody wants to drive to my house to borrow my tools..the best deterent ever. but i do have a friends trailer that i have been using and told him he could use it whenever he wants.))

-- larry