Had a squirrel stash acorns in my miter saw stand last fall

I was working on a deck in Cincinnati and the saw kept jamming. Opened the stand's compartment and found a whole winter's worth of nuts packed in there. What's the weirdest thing you've found inside a tool on a job?

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the_wyatt1d ago

Man I always thought my tools were safe from that stuff. Found a whole mouse nest in my old compressor tank once, changed my whole outlook.

the_tara1d ago

Yeah that'll do it. Makes you check everything twice now, right? My uncle had a whole family of squirrels set up shop in his riding mower over the winter. Chewed through half the wiring harness. Nothing's really safe if it's got a dark, dry hole to crawl into. Kind of makes you paranoid about every piece of gear you own.