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    Default TOOLS AND HOW TO USE THEM,...EXPLAINED

    TOOLS AND HOW TO USE THEM,...EXPLAINED
    [got this one from an old Navy mate....good laugh, tough sometime true but not recommended]


    SKILSAW:
    A portable cutting tool used to make boards too short.


    BELT SANDER:
    An electric sanding tool commonly used to convert minor touch-up jobs into major refinishing jobs.


    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 s.h.i.t.'.


    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.


    CHANNEL LOCKS:
    Used to round off bolt heads. Sometimes used in the creation of blood-blisters.


    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.


    OXY ACETYLENE TORCH:
    Used almost entirely for igniting various flammable objects in your shop and creating a 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.
    Very effective for digit removal !!


    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 large pieces into smaller pieces that more easily fit into the trash 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 all the crap 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.


    PVC PIPE CUTTER:
    A tool used to make plastic pipe 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.


    CHAIN SAW
    Power tool used to build biceps from pulling the starting rope.
    Limited use for actual cutting in between stops for adding gas, adding bar oil, and sharpening/reseating of the chain.
    Tests agility for ducking chains that fly off during operation.
    Designed by ear plug manufacturers to stimulate product demand by being as loud as possible.


    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.









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    Lathe. Crafty device for removing skin from knuckles while making toothpicks.

    Grinding wheel. Used to reduce chisels and other blades to unusable lengths

    Drill Press. Used to drill holes 3mm shorter than needed.

    Vice. Purely aspirational tool
    "We must never become callous. When we experience the conflicts ever more deeply we are living in truth. The quiet conscience is an invention of the devil." - Albert Schweizer

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    Torch - Cylindrical device for storing flat batteries.

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    Awesome, well done!

    You forgot chisel;

    Tools designed to take off more than the sliver they were intended for, when launched at your feet will always be point down, always find the side of your hand when left unguarded on a bench but very useful for opening paint cans.

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    Tablesaw is wrong. It's a device for shortening arms.

    (4000 a year globally apparently).
    Cheers, Ern

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