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85_SS_302_Coupe
04-01-2011, 10:59 PM
Yep...this about sums it up :lol:

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. May also have value in quickly removing various
fingers and thumbs.



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 to 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. (see: DIY harpoon)




HAND TOOL (Noun; Generic):

Any handy tool that you grab and throw across the
garage while yelling 'Son of a BI*CH!' at the top of your lungs. It is
also, most often, the next tool that you will need.

Jake
04-01-2011, 11:38 PM
the engine hoist got me. :lol:

Blackballed
04-02-2011, 12:30 AM
Funny stuff. The wire wheel happened to me last week. Just when you tell yourself to put gloves on its too late. They will def. f**k your hands up.

91boost
04-02-2011, 12:31 AM
:lol: I have thrown a few tools here lately

93snake
04-02-2011, 01:13 AM
funny stuff!

draggin50
04-02-2011, 01:22 AM
I think Ive done about most of those! Great stuff right there!

rpppaprp
04-02-2011, 09:38 AM
Funny stuff. Also true. Especially the pliers and vise grips.

cobrajoe
04-02-2011, 01:13 PM
High speed multi tool - a high speed/torque circular tool with various grinding/cutting attachments that when doing a fine detail job (such as making a custom switch panel out of some rather pricey lexan) will most certainly catch right as your finishing you last cut/grind ruining the whole panel by cutting/grinding in any direction it feels so inclined in going which just happens to be where you had no intention of it going.

bronzeLX
04-02-2011, 01:46 PM
Man that stuff is funny, what makes it so funny is, ive been there on all of those and every once in awhile still get myself with the pliers, great stuff!

SN95N/A
04-02-2011, 01:49 PM
That's sum funny stuff the damn weight pliar for balancin wheels always got me when I worked at tirediscounter ha.

2007ShelbyCobra
04-02-2011, 03:52 PM
engine hoist, so very true, along with the floor jack

DeckerEnt
04-02-2011, 04:35 PM
Been there, done that, still do sometimes!!

cobrajoe
04-02-2011, 06:42 PM
Breaker bar - usually found in its 3/8 or 1/2 form will surely to break off the all to important bolt and or nut one is trying to loosen causing excessive colorful language from users mouth.