A serviceable power tool from a thrift shop, garage sale or Craigslist shouldn't set you back more than $20.
Service was serviceable, if inconsistent.
Save cords, switches, and chucks from hopelessly damaged drills or other tools if they are still serviceable.
Keep in mind that the Swanson Post Level (typically sold in "big-box" hardware stores such as Lowe's, Home Depot, etc). is primarily designed as a "disposable" grade tool and was not meant to be serviceable.
The strike on the Atlantic Conveyor had now rendered British forces with only one serviceable heavy lift helicopter, and there were no spares, service manuals, lubricants or tools for it.
Nevertheless, the tools that the bonobos produced, though inelegant, were serviceable.
The cloth produced by such crude tools and relatively unskilled workers was rough but serviceable.
They show it's possible to take old tools from one particular toolbox and build something serviceable and even enjoyable with them.
