Workshop Tools

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How many people can relate to the tools below:

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 blisters from fingers in about the time it takes you to say, 'Oh ****!'

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.

VICE-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 setting 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 aluminium 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 pence 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. It is especially valuable at being able to find the EXACT location of the thumb or index finger of the other hand.

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.

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

Hope you found this informative

Andy
 
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APPRENTICE: The big basterd?

ACOMPLISHED ENGINEER: No, that little ****er!!!
 
TORQUE WRENCH: Was probably accurate 20 years ago when u first bought it

BRAKE BLEEDING KIT: For ruining all the clothes your wearing (and causing the wife to say "I told you so"

ELECTRIC PLANE: For making nearly flat edges on the doors and a convineint way of sharing light down the edge of the bathroom door!

SOLDERING IRON: Ouch yes its on and I can smell burgers cooking!!!

STANLEY KNIFE: For that good idea that results in 4 hours in A&E...

EAR DEFENDER: Dont forget to remove them when the wifes talking to you (its polite)

HARD HAT: Make sure its a white one (without a stgeorges flag painted on top) Or you get a day off work!!!! without pay!!!

AIR COMPRESSOR: For when the SDS drill just isnt loud enough!

WD40: for anything thats stuck or squeaks

BLOW TOURCH: when WD40 just doesnt cut the mustard.

BLACK AND DECKER WORKMATE: or social housing for spiders. Only comes out once a year, inspiring prawn cocktail and peppered steak for tea with its retro vibe.
 
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