The real use of your tools.

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Sorry if this is a re-post but it made me laugh! :lol:

DRILL PRESS:

A tall upright machine useful for suddenly ******ing 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.


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


Son of a b*tch TOOL :

Any handy tool that you grab and throw across the garage 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.
 
The engine hoist one reminds me of when somehow an 8 gauge ground cable was able to lift a car off the ground...
 
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

How bout those honda powersteering lines kid?
 
or the mechanics creeper... no matter how clean the garage floor is the wheels seem to find that little pebble to stop you from going where you want to go... lol
 
Recent Experiences:

Extension cord: Gets caught up anywhere and everywhere and ends up being not quite long enough.

Rotary tool: You add a fresh cutting disc, only for it to snag and shatter into a million pieces 5 secs after installing it.

Protective eye wear: (goggles) Mist up at the critical time and stop you seeing sh!t.

Oh, and 8mm and 10mm 1/4 drive sockets? Never to be found when you actually need them!

Wire cutters: End up being so blunt, all they do is fray the wires you are trying to cut.

Cordless tools: Dead after 10 secs of use because you forgot to charge the batteries up after last time.

Socket extensions: Yup, one too big and one too small for the job at hand.

Screwdriver bit sets: Every bit type imaginable... Except the one you need.
 
breaker bar: tool commonly used to break loose stubborn nuts and bust your knuckles on any object near said nuts and bolts

cheater bar: small or large pipe loosely attached to ratchet when more leverage is needed to loosen bolts and nuts, also used to plant you directly on your ass when it slips off ratchet when you have most of your force applied to it:D
 

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