tool ID

by **huntall6** » Fri Nov 23, 2012 5:25 pm

DRILL PRESS:
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> 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
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> 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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> 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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> 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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> 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
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> 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.
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> OXYACETYLENE TORCH:
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> Used almost entirely for lighting various flammable
> objects
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> in your shop on fire. Also handy for igniting the grease
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> 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
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> handle firmly under the bumper.
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> 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
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> 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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> 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
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> butchering your palms.
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> PRY BAR:
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> A tool used to crumple the metal surrounding that clip
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> 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
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> is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most
> expensive
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> parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.
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> 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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> 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.
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> It is also, most often, the next tool that you will need.