Favorite tools-any odd tools you find really usefull?

[kevinj]

One of my favorites is the anvil. Not quite a shirt pocket tool though

 

[Egon]

I got a few aluminum ones kicking around and several steel ones for snipe use.

Actually, I do not use mine as hammers.

 

[Tig]

This week it's been my tire puncture repair tool and the vice grips I use to pull nails and steel out of the tires.

 

[CFHartman]

Years ago, a Ridgid Tool distributor gave me a 6" pipe wrench. That thing has proven to be handier'n a shirt pocket over the years.

I like that (handier'n a shirt pocket)

 

[Eaglebait Ranch]

I gotta go with the Leatherman........... It has saved me many a walk back to the tool crib.

Ya! What is with these hammers?

 

[tallyho8]

Nobody has mentioned the cheapest, most commonly used, handiest tool of all, that every mechanic carries in his back pocket, a rag.

 

[davitk]

OK it's not really a tool, and not the cheapest, but I cannot live without Simple Green wipes, I use them for everything. Oh, and Scott Rags in a Box. I would be in a world of hurt without either one of them.

 

[polo1665]

Forged steel. I've got an aluminum Ridgid 24" "non sparking" pipe wrench under the seat of the truck.

Why is everyone on here so obsessed with HAMMERS????

Well, you know what they say. If you can't fix it with a hammer.......it must be an electrical problem.

Mark

 

[polo1665]

Someone once said that you only need two tools in life.
WD40 and Duct Tape.

If it doesn't move and should - use the WD40
If it moves and shouldn't - use the Duct Tape

Mark

 

[weldingisfun]

Two Craftsman tools, both given to me by my better-half, are my favorites. They are used probably more than any other tool. They are a Reciprocating Saw and a 19-volt Cordless Drill.

 

[firemanpat2910]

Ive got a 3/8 drive S&K socket set that I keep on my truck. its in a green metal box, the ratchet is bent, some of the sockets are worn out, and the box has a few dings in it but it came from my grandad, and we used it for many a job. I also have a snap on magnetic ratcheting screwdriver that I use every day. It might as well be grafted into my right hand.

 

[3RRL]

I'd like to see someone come up with a cordless Leatherman tool with everything including expandable sockets.
Oh yeah, must have a short hammer on it.

 

[GreenWannabe]

Ya! What is with these hammers?

Must come from the old adage,

It it doesn't fit - - get a bigger hammer!!

 

[Charlesaf3]

on the hammer theme... I keep an orange 4lb harbor freight dead blow on the tractor. Man is that thing useful.

 

[excelagator]

LED headlamp, small cresent wrench, and a........hammer!

Dan

 

[Dave in NC]

Good 'ol Leatherman is pretty far up there...but then again, I ALWAYS have my Gerber one-hand-opener pocket knife with me (except when flying of course). At one time it was an Old Timer's--two sharp blades and a leather punch for quick harness repairs. Haven't seen a leather punch on a pocket knife in years.

 

[mjarrels]

Don't know how I got by so many years without an air compressor... use it all the time since I have about 100 tires!

mark

 

[JimmieT]

12" Crescent-hammer!

 

[Baby Grand]

Old-Timer's Swiss Army Knife (black) & DMT red diamond folding hone (the two are nearly inseperable) that I picked up at the Tucson Mall, back in 1987. I have "lost" that knife many times, but it always finds it's way back to me.

The knife has:
> 2 sharp blades
> leather awl (makes a good wood bit in a pinch)l
> Philips blade with a slot in it for opening sardine cans (the cats like that one)
> flat blade screwdriver/bottle opener (I like that one)
> flat blade screwdriver/wire stripper
> tweezers (has removed many slivers)
> toothpick (useless)

The knife fits comfortably in a pocket and the sharpener is never far from it.
-Jim

 

[Gary Fowler]

I always have my swiss army knife with me and the toothpick I use after every meal. NOT much use as a hammer though. I really miss that knife when I am flying commercial.