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tool ID

PostPosted: Fri Nov 23, 2012 5:25 pm
by huntall6
DRILL PRESS:
>
> A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat
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> metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you
>
> in the chest and flings your beer across the room, denting
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> the freshly-painted project which you had carefully set
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> in the corner where nothing could get to it.
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>
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> WIRE WHEEL:
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> Cleans paint off bolts and then throws them somewhere
> under
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> the workbench with the speed of light. Also removes
> fingerprints
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> and hard-earned calluses from fingers in about the time it
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> takes you to say, 'Oh sh --'
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>
>
> SKILL SAW:
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> A portable cutting tool used to make studs too short.
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>
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> PLIERS:
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> Used to round off bolt heads. Sometimes used in the
> creation
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> of blood-blisters.
>
>
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> BELT SANDER:
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> An electric sanding tool commonly used to convert minor
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> touch-up jobs into major refinishing jobs.
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>
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> HACKSAW:
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> One of a family of cutting tools built on the Ouija board
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> principle. It transforms human energy into a crooked,
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> unpredictable motion, and the more you attempt to
> influence
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> its course, the more dismal your future becomes.
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>
>
> VISE-GRIPS:
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> Generally used after pliers to completely round off bolt
>
> heads. If nothing else is available, they can also be used
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> to transfer intense welding heat to the palm of your hand.
>
>
>
> OXYACETYLENE TORCH:
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> 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
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> bearing race.
>
>
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> TABLE SAW:
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> A large stationary power tool commonly used to launch wood
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> projectiles for testing wall integrity.
>
>
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> HYDRAULIC FLOOR JACK:
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> Used for lowering an automobile to the ground after you
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> have installed your new brake shoes, trapping the jack
>
> handle firmly under the bumper.
>
>
>
> BAND SAW:
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> A large stationary power saw primarily used by most shops
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> to cut good aluminum sheet into smaller pieces that more
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> easily fit into the trash can after you cut on the inside
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> of the line instead of the outside edge.
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>
>
> TWO-TON ENGINE HOIST:
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> A tool for testing the maximum tensile strength of
> everything
>
> you forgot to disconnect.
>
>
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> PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER:
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> Normally used to stab the vacuum seals under lids or for
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> opening old-style paper-and-tin oil cans and splashing
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> oil on your shirt; but can also be used, as the name
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> implies, to strip out Phillips screw heads.
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>
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> STRAIGHT SCREWDRIVER:
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> A tool for opening paint cans. Sometimes used to convert
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> common slotted screws into non-removable screws and
>
> butchering your palms.
>
>
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> PRY BAR:
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> A tool used to crumple the metal surrounding that clip
>
> or bracket you needed to remove in order to replace a
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> 50 cent part.
>
>
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> HOSE CUTTER:
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> A tool used to make hoses too short.
>
>
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> HAMMER:
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> 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:
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> Used to open and slice through the contents of cardboard
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> cartons delivered to your front door; works particularly
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> well on contents such as seats, vinyl records, liquids
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> in plastic bottles, collector magazines, refund checks,
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> and rubber or plastic parts. Especially useful for
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> slicing work clothes, but only while in use.
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>
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> Son of a b*tch TOOL:
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> Any handy tool that you grab and throw across the garage
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> while yelling 'Son of a b*tch' at the top of your
> lungs.
>
> It is also, most often, the next tool that you will need.

Re: tool ID

PostPosted: Fri Nov 23, 2012 5:38 pm
by assateague
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:


It doesn't get any truer than the very last line! :lol:

Re: tool ID

PostPosted: Fri Nov 23, 2012 6:10 pm
by Goldfish
I've read that before, but I still laughed the whole way thru it

Re: tool ID

PostPosted: Fri Nov 23, 2012 7:30 pm
by OGblackcloud
:lol: :lol: :beer:

Re: tool ID

PostPosted: Fri Nov 23, 2012 9:13 pm
by TNAL45
Hahaha

Re: tool ID

PostPosted: Fri Nov 23, 2012 9:27 pm
by Shaun Patrick
ohh thats awesome :lol:

Re: tool ID

PostPosted: Fri Nov 23, 2012 9:48 pm
by Flightstopper
Perfect :lol:

Re: tool ID

PostPosted: Fri Nov 23, 2012 10:24 pm
by 3legged_lab
Sounds about right. The only one I could add to the end is a "Gawdammit". I.e. pass me that.... that one.. the gawdammit over there.

Re: tool ID

PostPosted: Sat Nov 24, 2012 4:55 pm
by capt1972
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: tool ID

PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 10:36 am
by obxbufflehead
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: