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thawkins57

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Tools Explained
« on: December 18, 2011, 09:28:09 am »
This is from the RV.Net forum I belong to... thought it was pretty funny.  Thanks 4X4van.


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--!'

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


Offline termite

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Re: Tools Explained
« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2011, 09:59:58 am »
 i agree  i have a lot of the last tool

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Re: Tools Explained
« Reply #2 on: December 18, 2011, 10:58:28 am »
Never heard it explained that way. LMBO. I think everyone has one of the last tool in there shop.  ::)  ::)  ::)
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Re: Tools Explained
« Reply #3 on: December 18, 2011, 11:46:06 am »
LOL. That pretty much covers it. But my son of a b/+@$ tool is generally replaced with a piece of wood that I mysteriously cut completely wrong..

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Re: Tools Explained
« Reply #4 on: December 18, 2011, 12:00:31 pm »
That's funny Tim! I have many of those!
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Re: Tools Explained
« Reply #5 on: December 18, 2011, 01:01:42 pm »
That's funny Tim! I have many of those!
LOL - I think we all do... I have personal experience with a good number of them...

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Re: Tools Explained
« Reply #6 on: December 18, 2011, 06:58:00 pm »
I have several sizes of the last tool  ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Tools Explained
« Reply #7 on: December 18, 2011, 07:01:49 pm »
After 50 years in the woodworking trade I must have at least a couple of boxes of those s.o.b tools.
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Re: Tools Explained
« Reply #8 on: December 19, 2011, 12:23:25 pm »
learning every day....  ;D
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