Tools & there uses….In case you were wondering.

  • Joel Ballweg
    Sauk City, Wisconsin
    Posts: 3295
    #1283785

    Here is some useful information on different tools that you might find useful.

    DRILL PRESS: A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat
    metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and
    flings your beer across the room, denting the freshly-painted project
    which you had carefully set in the corner where nothing could get to it.

    WIRE WHEEL: Cleans paint off bolts and then throws them somewhere under
    the workbench with the speed of light . Also removes fingerprints and
    hard-earned calluses from fingers in about the time it takes you to say,
    ‘Oh sh–!’

    SKILL SAW: A portable cutting tool used to make studs too short. It also
    cuts through the corner of the kitchen table supporting the wood you are
    making too short.

    PLIERS: Used to round off bolt heads. Sometimes used in the creation of
    blood-blisters.

    BELT SANDER: An electric sanding tool commonly used to convert minor
    touch-up jobs into major refinishing jobs.

    HACKSAW: One of a family of cutting tools built on the Ouija board
    principle… It transforms human energy into a crooked, unpredictable
    motion, and the more you attempt to influence its course, the more dismal
    your future becomes.

    VISE-GRIPS: Generally used after pliers to completely round off bolt
    heads. If nothing else is available, they can also be used to transfer
    intense welding heat to the palm of your hand.

    OXYACETYLENE TORCH: Used almost entirely for lighting various flammable
    objects in your shop on fire. Also handy for igniting the grease inside
    the wheel hub out of which you want to remove a bearing race.

    TABLE SAW: A large stationary power tool commonly used to launch wood
    projectiles for testing wall integrity.

    HYDRAULIC FLOOR JACK: Used for lowering an automobile to the ground after
    you have installed your new brake shoes, trapping the jack handle firmly
    under the bumper.

    BAND SAW: A large stationary power saw primarily used by most shops to
    cut good aluminum sheet into smaller pieces that more easily fit into the
    trash can after you cut on the inside of the line instead of the outside
    edge.

    TWO-TON ENGINE HOIST: A tool for testing the maximum tensile strength of
    everything you forgot to disconnect.

    PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER: Normally used to stab the vacuum seals under lids
    or for opening old-style paper-and-tin oil cans and splashing oil on your
    shirt; but can also be used, as the name implies, to strip out Phillips
    screw heads.

    STRAIGHT SCREWDRIVER: A tool for opening paint cans. Sometimes used to
    convert common slotted screws into non-removable screws and butchering
    your palms.

    PRY BAR: A tool used to crumple the metal surrounding that clip or
    bracket you needed to remove in order to replace a 50 cent part.

    HOSE CUTTER: A tool used to make hoses too short.

    HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is
    used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent
    the object we are trying to hit.

    UTILITY KNIFE: Used to open and slice through the contents of cardboard
    cartons delivered to your front door; works particularly well on contents
    such as seats, vinyl records, liquids in plastic bottles, collector
    magazines, refund checks, and rubber or plastic parts. It’s especially useful
    for slicing work clothes, but only while in use.

    DING DANG IT TOOL: (A personal favorite!!) Any handy tool you grab
    and throw across the garage while yelling ‘Ding Dang It!’ at the top of
    your lungs. It is also, most often, the next tool that you will need.

    Hope you found this informative.

    Andy Fiolka
    Boise, Idaho
    Posts: 543
    #1199799

    Good stuff… And so true!

    nhamm
    Inactive
    Robbinsdale
    Posts: 7348
    #1199802

    kooty
    Keymaster
    1 hour 15 mins to the Pond
    Posts: 18101
    #1199803

    desperado
    Posts: 3010
    #1199807

    bare essentials tool kit
    duct tape, super glue, WD-40, hammer

    if it’s moving and it’s not supposed to, use duct tape and super glue

    if it’s not moving and it is supposed to, use WD-40 and hammer

    puddlepounder
    Cove Bay Mille Lacs lake MN
    Posts: 1814
    #1199811

    reminds me of the old primitive pete films that they showed us while in junior high school in the early 70’s

    Art Green
    Brookfield,WI
    Posts: 733
    #1199817

    That’s a variation I have not seen!Thanks!

    riverbank-rat
    River Falls, WI
    Posts: 75
    #1199871

    while reading this I couldn’t help but remember Tim Allen from Home Improvement! oh lord, the things I do at 2am before leaving to shark fish in Florida

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59944
    #1199875

    Very good Joel!

    I was told my Grampa a carpenter would say “I cut that board twice and it’s still too short”.

    This was pre skill saw.

Viewing 12 posts - 1 through 12 (of 12 total)

You must be logged in to reply to this topic.