A Man’s Guide to Tools
This is not, by any means, a full and complete list. But it’ll get even the most handy handyman started.
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Skil Saw
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 at the speed of light. Also removes fingerprints and
hard-earned calluses from fingers in about the time it takes you to say,
‘Oh shit’.
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. (Note the spelling: a “Vice Grip”
is something else entirely.)
Oxyacetylene 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. (Note: not the opposite of a Gay Screwdriver.)
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. These can also be used
to initiate a trip to the emergency room so a doctor can sew up the
damage.
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 after using any of the above.
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