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ginzokid · ‎01-02-2006

Here is a list of essential tools for home, car, general repair and modeling and their proper use. Tools And Their Proper Uses 1. 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, splattering it against that freshly painted part you were drying. 2. WIRE WHEEL: Cleans paint off bolts and then throws them somewhere under the workbench with the speed of light. Also removes fingerprint whorls and hard-earned guitar calluses in about the time it takes you to say, "SH**!!!" 3. ELECTRIC HAND DRILL: Normally used for spinning pop rivets in their holes until you die of old age 4. PLIERS: Used to round off hexagonal bolt heads. 5. 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. 6. VISE GRIP PLIERS: Used to 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. 7. OXYACETYLENE TORCH: Used almost entirely for setting various flammable objects in your shop on fire. Also handy for igniting the grease inside a wheel hub you're trying to get the bearing race out of. 8. WHITWORTH SOCKETS: Once used for working on older British cars and motorcycles, they are now used mainly for impersonating that 9/16 or 1/2 socket you've been searching for the last 15 minutes. 9. HYDRAULIC FLOOR JACK: Used for lowering an automobile to the ground after you have installed your new disk brake pads, trapping the jack handle firmly under the bumper. 10. EIGHT-FOOT LONG DOUGLAS FIR 4X4: Used to attempt to lever an automobile upward off a hydraulic jack handle. 11. TWEEZERS: A tool for removing splinters of wood, especially Douglas fir. 12. TELEPHONE: Tool for calling your neighbor to see if he has another hydraulic floor jack. 13. GASKET SCRAPER: Theoretically useful as a sandwich tool for spreading mayonnaise; used mainly for removing dog feces from your boots. 14. E-Z OUT BOLT AND STUD EXTRACTOR: A tool that snaps off in bolt holes and is ten times harder than any known drill bit. 15. TWO-TON HYDRAULIC ENGINE HOIST: A handy tool for testing the tensile strength of bolts and fuel lines you forgot to disconnect. 16. CRAFTSMAN 1/2 x 16-INCH SCREWDRIVER: A large motor mount prying tool that inexplicably has an accurately machined screwdriver tip on the end without the handle. 17 AVIATION METAL SNIPS: See hacksaw. 18. TROUBLE LIGHT: The home builder's own tanning booth. Sometimes called drop light, it is a good source of vitamin D, "the sunshine vitamin," which is not otherwise found under cars at night. Health benefits aside, its main purpose is to consume 40-watt light bulbs at about the same rate that 105-mm howitzer shells might be used during, say, the first few hours of the Battle of the Bulge. More often dark than light, its name is somewhat misleading. 19. PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER: Normally used to stab the lids of old-style paper-and-tin oil cans and squirt oil on your shirt; can also be used, as the name implies, to round off the interiors of Phillips screw heads. 20. AIR COMPRESSOR: A machine that takes energy produced in a coal-burning power plant 200 miles away and transforms it into compressed air that travels by hose to an Pneumatic impact wrench that grips rusty bolts last tightened 70 years ago by someone at Ford, and rounds them off or twists them off. 21. 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. 22. HOSE CUTTER: A tool used to cut hoses 1/2 inch too short. 23. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer now-a-days is used as a kind of divining rod to locate expensive parts not far from the object we are trying to hit. 24. MECHANIC'S KNIFE: Used to open and slice through the contents of cardboard cartons delivered to your front door; works particularly well on boxes containing upholstered items, chrome-plated metal, plastic parts and the other hand not holding the knife. What's in your tool kit? B-)

ginzokid · ‎06-24-2007

Marc, I assume you have a collection of hawaiian flowered shirts to go with the Buffet songs.....

ginzokid · ‎06-25-2007

Very important essential tool: WIFE: Kim is off this week and I now have her painting the new section of the fence. Proper use of this tool is to make sure that liquid refreshment is available at all times, along with a supply of latex disposable gloves and anti-fly head net. Smoke breaks are suggested to control the temperment of this tool. Encouragement like, "That looks great Honey." is also required to achieve proper use of this tool. :D

ginzokid · ‎06-25-2007

Gees, I thought you guys would be all over me for abusing my favorite tool...... Actually, Kimmers did all the painting of the fence before I even got home from PT this morning. What a girl! I oiled her well tonight as a reward......with booze you preverts! Sheesh! ;)

dl85vette · ‎06-25-2007

hardly slept last night so didn't cross my mind.

70novahound · ‎06-25-2007

Did you lube her as well?;) CJ]:)

ginzokid · ‎06-26-2007

Lubed and all the nuts and bolts tightened too..... B-)

barrysfp45 · ‎06-26-2007

deviate ]:)

jamajack · ‎06-28-2007

It looks like eBay still is having problems installing their new groups platform. As you see there is no difference with what we have had for the last while. At different times yesterday I tried to get on the site but got a totally different looking page. Couldn't get in all the way but the page looked quite different. Here is what I found on a couple of other groups header page but not on ours for some reason. Quote; Group Platform Upgrades Please accept our apologies for the delays yesterday. We've reverted to the old platform until we work through a few issues. We will let you know when to expect the upgrade. Thanks for your patience. I guess we will get another 24 hours off the air in the future. Jack

ginzokid · ‎06-29-2007

Jack, It wasn't broke, but they are trying hard to break it again. These web designers have to constantly modify stuff just to justify their existence as we know. My home page looked different this morning, but not drastically so. A lot more color and graphics. I didn't see any notice in the group either. HMmmmmmmmmmmmm.... B-)

marceldri-0 · ‎04-10-2023

There are many essential tools like table top cnc that people use on a daily basis. Here are a few examples of some common tools and how they are properly used:

Hammer: A hammer is used to drive nails into wood or other materials. Hold the hammer by the handle and strike the head of the nail with the flat side of the hammer.

Screwdriver: A screwdriver is used to tighten or loosen screws. The tip of the screwdriver should fit snugly into the screw head. Turn the screwdriver clockwise to tighten and counterclockwise to loosen.

Pliers: Pliers are used to grip and manipulate objects. There are many different types of pliers, but the basic function is to use the handles to clamp down on an object and manipulate it.

Wrench: A wrench is used to tighten or loosen bolts or nuts. The wrench should fit snugly onto the bolt or nut and then turned to tighten or loosen.

Tape measure: A tape measure is used to measure distances. Pull out the tape and place the end at one point and then read the measurement where the tape ends at the other point.

Level: A level is used to determine whether a surface is level or not. Place the level on the surface and adjust until the bubble is centered between the two lines.

Saw: A saw is used to cut through materials such as wood, plastic, and metal. Hold the saw with both hands and move it back and forth along the surface to be cut.

These are just a few examples of the many tools that are available and their proper use. Always read and follow the manufacturer's instructions before using any tool.