Tools Explained

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 SH-- '

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.

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.

DAMN-IT TOOL: Any handy tool that you grab and throw across the garage
While yelling 'DAMN-IT' at the top of your lungs. It is also, most
Often, the next tool that you will need.

 

Awesome! +Rep

 

REPOST!

 

RATS!

Sorry everyone.


I have my ticket for the failboat.

 

I just went through that this morning! Briggs and Stratton now appears to believe if the starter pull cord on a pressure washer engine breaks you should throw the engine out and get a new one. They riveted the damn assemble on! Ended up using the DAMN IT tool (good ol' Dremel tool) to grind the heads off.

 

ahh..thats every day for me. I had a matco tools tool cart, and i had alot of "god damnit" dents in the top. lol

 

I really don't care if it was a repost, i loved it every bit of it applies to me in the shop.

 

lol.... 'twas funny

 

I had that problem with an old lawnmower. Once I took it apart and replaced the cord, it never rewound correctly again....

 

You just need to learn the secret to taking those horrible little rivets out...

 

That was good. Nice find.

 

I worked at a lawn equipment shop briefly when I first moved to Florida. Got pretty good at those. They're still a PITA though.

 

that was hilarious

 

I'm disappointed. I thought you were going to explain ND to us.

 

nice, brings back memories of the airframes shop when i was a Marine.

 

I couldn't stop laughing when I read the hacksaw definition!

 

better men than you have tried!

 

AHHH BURN....

Sorry Roland, I thought ND being a tool was self explanatory!

 

ND- A tool. Also seems to be attracted to other men who are tools.


There ya go