core.register_on_dignode(function(pos, node)
        local tool = core.get_wielded_item()
        local wear = tool:get_wear()
        if (wear == 0) then return end
        -- check to see if we're about to break if we mine this node
        -- might not work and TODO
        local wear_about_to_use = 5000
        if (wear >= 65535 - wear_about_to_use) then
                local name = "tool"--tool:get_meta()
                local meta = tool:get_meta()
                print(dump(meta))
                if (meta) then name = meta:get_string("description") or name end
                core.display_chat_message("Your "..name.." is about to break!")
                core.sound_play("default_tool_breaks")
                core.sound_play("default_tool_breaks")
                core.sound_play("default_tool_breaks")
                return true
        end
end)