Your favorite tool and why?

Ken_CT · Jul 24, 2006

My favorite tool is the swiss army knife, champion model. Lost it, 3 days later bought a new one. Found the lost one and now have a spare.

Bedlam · Jul 24, 2006

Thanks PineRidge. And if you've had them and used them for 10 years it sounds good.I just might take a look at Napa.
I just drove to the biggest sears we have around here. 60 minutes away for a simple 22 mm 3/8 DRIVE standard socket.
They don't have any , as they are phasing out these and replacing with the laser etched sockets.
While they are easier to read, I don't like the idea that I will have to pay the difference in price on any warranty returns of the older style sockets.
Thats sure to be an arguing point when I go back... LOL
They guy actually told me the 22 mm was an odd size.
HMM I have a set 4,----26 mm with the only missing one in the gap of 22 MM
I don't think they would all of sudden say. lets make a 22 MM socket 'ODD"
And the sears website says they are avail. and stocked in that store..
.. Sorry got a bit sidetracked there...

scott_vt · Jul 24, 2006

Hi Mike,
Your not a Gadget Freak, your a Gadgeteer, thats what I call people like you

Favorite tool my ( Delta - Unisaw )

Because I can build beautiful furniture with it !

whodat90 · Jul 24, 2006

Metrinch toolset. It uses flank drive rather than corner drive so it's much less likely to round off any bolts or nuts, and since it's flank drive they can make a single socket that fits both metric and sae; i.e. there is a 3/4"-19mm socket that fits both sizes. Cuts way down on the number of tools I need to bring with me to work on anything.

Egon · Jul 24, 2006

I have but one favorite tool. It is a nice black recliner located in the sunroom. While encased in it's soft commfort plans can be made on how the hard tools will be used to fix the destruction I have wrought on my equipment. Rest to implement those plans is also sure to follow!

jinman · Jul 24, 2006

I cannot imagine what my life would be like without Channel-lok pliers. That and a Crescent "hammer" is a full toolbox.

slowrev · Jul 24, 2006

Ken_CT said:
My favorite tool is the swiss army knife, champion model. Lost it, 3 days later bought a new one. Found the lost one and now have a spare.

Same here. I use it several times daily, more than any other tool I own.
Ben

PineRidge · Jul 24, 2006

Jim I remember what my dad would say when I was a young man every time that I reached for an adjustable Crescent wrench. He used to swear &%##$ they always rounded the corners of any nut or bolt they ever touched.

Wild Bill's been gone now for years and I have lots of Crescent wrenches.

gizmo · Jul 24, 2006

My favorite unpowered tool would have to be my Lie Nielson block plane. I look for reasons to use it. There is something really satisfying about using woodworking hand tools in general.

My favorite powered tool is my Stihl MS460 chain saw. This thing is nearly unstoppable.

My daughter's favorite tool is my hot melt glue gun. She has discovered that almost like duct tape, super glue, or WD40; hot melt glue can fix anything.

3RRL · Jul 25, 2006

My favorite tool is my credit card. It gets me the exact tool I need when I need it, so THAT tool becomes my favorite tool for the time being.

Brad_Blazer · Jul 25, 2006

My dad was a steam fitter and he owned a Lincoln SA200 gasoline engine welder. About 30 years ago it quit working and after that it sat in the shed. He passed away 2 years ago and last summer I decided to bring it home to NC from WI and see if I could fix it up. My older brothers and a family friend who were there when I was loading it up talked about how my dad taught them to weld on that machine. They are all steam fitters.
It sure was rewarding getting it running. The internet is a wonderful thing when you are working on an old machine.
Now it runs fine. It's great to have such a cool machine as an heirloom.

Brad

RobJ · Jul 25, 2006

3RRL said:
My favorite tool is my credit card. It gets me the exact tool I need when I need it, so THAT tool becomes my favorite tool for the time being.

Rob you beat me to it. My CC is my best AND worse tool. It sometimes buys tools that are useless but are still cute.

I bought the O-Ratchet set (simular to the Eliminator) off ebay a couple years ago for $15 plus shipping. I have never used it but it does look cool. I ended up just tossing it in the tractor tool junk box just in case. I think if someone offered me a coke for it I'd take it. But it just looks cool.

There are some out on ebay now. Also look for ARMSTRONG ELIMINATOR on Ebay. Some out there to.

mikim · Jul 25, 2006

My favorite tool? .... well ... not exactly a tool .... but ... my wife would have to be my answer. Having her around to "hold the other end", bounce ideas off, and generally be there - makes every job I do go a lot faster and easier than working alone.

deerhunterf350 · Jul 25, 2006

Bedlam said:
How much does the eliminator set you back?

The Eliminator Ratchet looks like it could come in handy often, So I googled and found this site http://www.1sourcesupplies.com/Temp-order-tables/1s-handtools/1s-handtools.html
it looks like Pineridges set will set you back almost double what he paid 10 years ago. But you can get a 9 piece set for 79 male deer. They also have 1/2 drive set's.

No immediate need for it now so that may be a X-mas request.

deerhunterf350 · Jul 25, 2006

Oh, about the intial thread.

You never can have too big of Hammer !!!!!

Egon · Jul 25, 2006

You never can have too big of Hammer !!!!!

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Itake it you are talking about an adjustable spanner!

RobJ · Jul 25, 2006

deerhunterf350 said:
Oh, about the intial thread.

You never can have too big of Hammer !!!!!

I got a calibrated set from Snap-On when I was a mechanic. Sweet!

wildcattdw · Jul 26, 2006

mikim said:
My favorite tool? .... well ... not exactly a tool .... but ... my wife would have to be my answer. Having her around to "hold the other end", bounce ideas off, and generally be there - makes every job I do go a lot faster and easier than working alone.

Seriously, or are you making up for spending to much on an actual tool? I go out to the garage to be alone... J/K Mrs Mikim

My favorite tool is the welder. 15 years after my first attempt at making two pieces stick together (quite unsuccessfully) and after working plant maintenance for several years and burning through a lot of rod, I still love taking boring, straight metal, cutting it up into bits and putting them together into something useful.

T

mikim · Jul 26, 2006

go out to the garage to be alone.....I understand that - but drive 3 hours to a country place and spend a few days working alone out in the boonies where if you get hurt or need help - you're SOL -- and return at night to an empty place to eat alone and spend the night alone ----- makes me appreciate her even more. Been more than once I dearly wished she were there to help. like a couple of weeks ago when I put a nail in my hand with my framing hammer (pneumatic) wasn't even anybody around to hear me yell.

PineRidge · Jul 26, 2006

Mike I'm with you. I'de like to have a buck for every time my wife helped me with a project when I needed a second set of hands. It's nice when your wife is also your best friend too.

Mine's a keeper!