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PatColo
9th March 2016, 08:50 PM
Wednesday, March 9, 2016


Tools Explained (http://grizzom.blogspot.com/2016/03/tools-explained.html)



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*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 shit!”

*SKIL 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.

*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.

*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. It is especially valuable at being able to find the EXACT location of the thumb or index finger of the other hand.

*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. Especially useful for slicing work clothes, but only while in use.

*SON-OF-A-BITCH TOOL:* (A personal favorite!) Any handy tool that you grab and throw across the garage while yelling ‘Son of a BITCH!’ at the top of your lungs. It is also, most often, the next tool that you will need.

I hope you found this informative.

*THINK SAFETY*

Hillbilly
9th March 2016, 09:20 PM
Pretty funny, ive seen most all those at one time or another working on cars with other people.

Glass
9th March 2016, 11:58 PM
Bit of a chuckle there. I'll be doing a few of those next month. Rebuilding a trans for an F Truck. Should be interesting.

Australian Safety boot
http://cdn.scahw.com.au/cdn-1d15f090112aac0/imagevaultfiles/id_384356/cf_3/thong-scott.jpg

This is actually from a company who prints what you want on the thong. Thong-a-gram. Yes we call em a thong. Flip flops. Jandles are other names.

Here's one for Karnye. I won't embed it.
Picture here: http://cdn.scahw.com.au/cdn-1d15f08fc0a5e10/imagevaultfiles/id_384354/cf_3/thong-kanye.jpg

Or scroll down to see the actual post. http://www.triplem.com.au/melbourne/stuff/pub-talk/2016/2/send-a-message-via-your-thong/

midnight rambler
10th March 2016, 02:47 AM
Hammer, screwdriver, and pair of pliers = a redneck's complete set of tools

palani
10th March 2016, 03:29 AM
Hammer,....

Millwrights use a BFH instead.

Glass
10th March 2016, 03:37 AM
Hammer, screwdriver, and pair of pliers = a redneck's complete set of tools

Hammer. Job done.

Anyone watching Top Gear UK knows JC's favorite tool is the hammer. Only tool he knows. Apart from the one in the mirror I suppose.

PatColo
10th March 2016, 04:36 AM
Bit of a chuckle there. I'll be doing a few of those next month. Rebuilding a trans for an F Truck. Should be interesting.

Australian Safety boot
http://cdn.scahw.com.au/cdn-1d15f090112aac0/imagevaultfiles/id_384356/cf_3/thong-scott.jpg

This is actually from a company who prints what you want on the thong. Thong-a-gram. Yes we call em a thong. Flip flops. Jandles are other names.

Here's one for Karnye. I won't embed it.
Picture here: http://cdn.scahw.com.au/cdn-1d15f08fc0a5e10/imagevaultfiles/id_384354/cf_3/thong-kanye.jpg

Or scroll down to see the actual post. http://www.triplem.com.au/melbourne/stuff/pub-talk/2016/2/send-a-message-via-your-thong/

growing up in Calif; we mainly called 'em thongs too; though I did heear the stray "flip flops" now and again.

as to athletic shoes; we mainly called 'em tennis shoes or sneakers. Not sure when the "running shoes" term was coined, for that subset of athletic shoes. So I was thrown for a loop when I met an Ozzer (& I think UKers too) who called them trainers. For some reason that evokes for me,

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/25/d7/86/25d786f0ad30351f2e5aaaddbfff75f8.jpg

Camp Bassfish
10th March 2016, 04:42 AM
When a hammer is the only tool the box, everything looks like a nail :)

brosil
10th March 2016, 05:53 AM
I think they forgot to mention the Crescent hammer and the Crescent saw.

ximmy
10th March 2016, 10:27 AM
growing up in Calif; we mainly called 'em thongs too; though I did heear the stray "flip flops" now and again.

as to athletic shoes; we mainly called 'em tennis shoes or sneakers. Not sure when the "running shoes" term was coined, for that subset of athletic shoes. So I was thrown for a loop when I met an Ozzer (& I think UKers too) who called them trainers. For some reason that evokes for me,

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/25/d7/86/25d786f0ad30351f2e5aaaddbfff75f8.jpg

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