Tool instruction

[chvyrkr81]

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, splattering it against that freshly-stained
heirloom piece you were drying.

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
guitar calluses from fingers in about the time it takes you to say,
"YEOWW
****...."

ELECTRIC HAND DRILL: Normally used for spinning pop rivets in their
holes
until you die of old age.

SKILL SAW: A portable cutting tool used to make studs too short.

PLIERS: Used to round off bolt heads. Sometimes used in the creation of
blood-blisters. The tool most often used by women.

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.

WELDING GLOVES: Heavy duty leather gloves used to prolong the conduction
of
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 you want the bearing race out of.

WHITWORTH SOCKETS: Once used for working on older British cars and
motorcycles, they are now used mainly for impersonating that 9/16 or 1/2
inch socket you've been searching for the last 45 minutes.

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.

EIGHT-FOOT LONG YELLOW PINE 2X4: Used for levering an automobile upward
off
of a trapped hydraulic jack handle.

TWEEZERS: A tool for removing wood splinters and wire wheel wires.

E-Z OUT BOLT AND STUD EXTRACTOR: A tool ten times harder than any known
drill bit that snaps neatly off in bolt holes thereby ending any
possible
future use.

RADIAL ARM SAW: A large stationary power saw primarily used by most
shops to
scare neophytes into choosing another line of work.

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

CRAFTSMAN 1/2 x 24-INCH SCREWDRIVER: A very large pry bar that
inexplicably
has an accurately machined screwdriver tip on the end opposite the
handle.

AVIATION METAL SNIPS: See hacksaw.

TROUBLE LIGHT: The home mechanic's own tanning booth. Sometimes called a
drop light, it is a good source of vitamin D, "the sunshine vitamin,"
which
is not otherwise found under cars at night. Health benefits aside, its
main
purpose is to consume 40-watt light bulbs at about the same rate that
105mm
howitzer shells might be used during, say, the first few hours of the
Battle
of the Bulge. More often dark than light, its name is somewhat
misleading.

PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER: Normally used to stab the vacuum seals under lids
and
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. Women excel at using this tool.

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

AIR COMPRESSOR: A machine that takes energy produced in a coal-burning
power
plant 200 miles away and transforms it into compressed air that travels
by
hose to a Chicago Pneumatic impact wrench that grips rusty bolts which
were
last over tightened 30 years ago by someone at Ford, and instantly
rounds
off their heads. Also used to quickly snap off lug nuts.

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. Women primarily use it to make gaping holes
in
walls when hanging pictures.

MECHANIC'S 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. Especially useful
for slicing work clothes, but only while in use.

DAMMIT TOOL: Any handy tool that you grab and throw across the garage
while
yelling "DAMMIT" at the top of your lungs. It is also, most often, the
next
tool that you will need.

[TurboSevenThree]

OMG I was cracking up the whole time reading that! Very funny! I am taking some of these to work with me lol!

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Last edited by TurboSevenThree : 10-15-2009 at 05:20 PM.

[ductit]

So funny but true!

[TommyBoy#1]

DAMMIT TOOL: Any handy tool that you grab and throw across the garage
while
yelling "DAMMIT" at the top of your lungs. It is also, most often, the
next
tool that you will need.




this one is probibly the best because it is the most true

[RJM06590]

ELECTRIC HAND DRILL: Normally used for spinning pop rivets in their
holes
until you die of old age.


also used to break your nose, fun stuff

[KeepinItFord]

Originally Posted by RJM06590

ELECTRIC HAND DRILL: Normally used for spinning pop rivets in their
holes
until you die of old age.


also used to break your nose, fun stuff

Elaborate Please

[RJM06590]

lol i work for my stepdads contracting company on the side, we were puttin some lights in a sorta entertainment center we built in a beach house. I had a corded half inch gun with a 4" hole saw to drill out the light holes. Well i started drilling at head height and hit either a nail or nasty knot i never went back to look. But the saw kicked out almost snapped my wrist and twisted into my nose. It cut straight to my cheek bone and fractured my nose. Blood went everywhere in the house. The doc said it shoulda broke my cheek bone but the blade was still spinning enough to make it sorta roll out of the gash. They superglued it back together and the scar is actually minimal. Iv taken hits before but nothing has ever come close to that. I mean it put me on the ground.

[Goose350]

[chvyrkr81]

My favorite is the engine hoist...

And the Hammer... My wife... Perfect fit...

[wriott]

the damnit tool is the best...