For The Craftsperson in all of us:
*Tool Definitions*


*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 on fire
various flammable objects in your shop. 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 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
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.

*SON-OF-A-BITCH TOOL: Any handy tool that you grab and throw across the
garage while yelling 'Son of a bitch' at the top of your lungs. It is also,
most often, the next tool that you will need.

 

Hi TCG,
You missed one that I use OFTEN.... THE BAND-AID. It's used to stop blood from my knuckle from dripping on the bolt I'm trying to loosen after 35 years, and the wrench has slipped because the bolt head rounds off.
Regards,
Alan

 

Members in Great Standing of the Busted Knuckle Garage Crew.

From a Western States representative.

 

Thanks for the laugh. Used a number of those today.

 

Funny stuff, thanks for the laugh!

 

That was great, Im balling my head off, the older I get, the funnier it is. Wish I had more than one drink.

 

These are Great! Thanks for posting them. Unfortunately, I can relate to ALL of them!

 

I have tenure with those folks.

 

i like the engine stand one.. rofl..... test the tensil strength of stuff u forgot to disconnect!!!!