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Tools
Explained
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--!'
SKIL 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 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
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.
Hope you found this informative.
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