Tools I Love
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Tools I Love Four tools I love....
My hydraulic 12ton press:
What a $$$ saver. I've probably saved it's value 3 fold in petty machine shop labor costs. Gone are the days of beating bushing and bearings with socket combos.
Racheting box wrenches:
Wow, here is my number one hand tool. These are expensive but make short work of painstaking tight clearance bolt removal and installs. I love them.
Air impact gun:
If you work on cars regularly and you don't have one.... shame on you. Busted knuckles on tight bolts are a thing of the past.
12" Digital inside/outside Caliper: I love this thing. I find myself using it all the time when building/assembling engines or fabbing anything. It's repeatable, accurate, and fast to read.
Those are my favorite tools.... What are your's?
My hydraulic 12ton press:
What a $$$ saver. I've probably saved it's value 3 fold in petty machine shop labor costs. Gone are the days of beating bushing and bearings with socket combos.
Racheting box wrenches:
Wow, here is my number one hand tool. These are expensive but make short work of painstaking tight clearance bolt removal and installs. I love them.
Air impact gun:
If you work on cars regularly and you don't have one.... shame on you. Busted knuckles on tight bolts are a thing of the past.
12" Digital inside/outside Caliper: I love this thing. I find myself using it all the time when building/assembling engines or fabbing anything. It's repeatable, accurate, and fast to read.
Those are my favorite tools.... What are your's?
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I have 3 tools that are now competing for my top spot.
1) Hitachi 4 1/2" Angle Grinder (lots of noise and lots of sparks, how can you not love it?)
2) DeWalt Recpirocating Saw (SawZall wanna be, but it does its job with much fun)
3) Kawasaki KHT600S Hedge Trimmer (link here). Cuts through my monster hedge like a frickin' light saber. I went Jedi Knight on the bushes last weekend, and I frickin' kicked their asses.
1) Hitachi 4 1/2" Angle Grinder (lots of noise and lots of sparks, how can you not love it?)
2) DeWalt Recpirocating Saw (SawZall wanna be, but it does its job with much fun)
3) Kawasaki KHT600S Hedge Trimmer (link here). Cuts through my monster hedge like a frickin' light saber. I went Jedi Knight on the bushes last weekend, and I frickin' kicked their asses.
As most have said
Gear Wrenches
Impact Gun
Transmission adapter for Floor Jack (cant justify a Tranny jack taking up that much space)
Custom Low Profile Ramps for driving onto, then using jack from there (my jack doesnt go that lowwww)
Gear Wrenches
Impact Gun
Transmission adapter for Floor Jack (cant justify a Tranny jack taking up that much space)
Custom Low Profile Ramps for driving onto, then using jack from there (my jack doesnt go that lowwww)
Impact wrench
Welder
Gear wrenches
Hydro press(I dont own one but I have access to one all the time, saves lots of headaches and time)
I need a digital caliper next, I hate the old mechanical ones.
Welder
Gear wrenches
Hydro press(I dont own one but I have access to one all the time, saves lots of headaches and time)
I need a digital caliper next, I hate the old mechanical ones.
Well, a tool is classified as something you use to get the job done, correct?
My favorite tool would have to be Molson Canadian.
-- On a more serious note,
Air gun (compressor), Welder, and Car lift to name a few.
My favorite tool would have to be Molson Canadian.
-- On a more serious note,
Air gun (compressor), Welder, and Car lift to name a few.
1 9,000 pound 2 post lift (made short work of most projects at hand)
2 roll cart will all my most used tools (nothing iritates me more than going back and forth for ****)
3. impact gun
4. "arm of God"
2 roll cart will all my most used tools (nothing iritates me more than going back and forth for ****)
3. impact gun
4. "arm of God"
