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Posted: 01:22 - 19 Jan 2020 Post subject: Favourite and least favourite tools |
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I usually treat myself to something pointless that I don't really need at Christmas but this year I f*cked up
I bought a set of ratchet spanners - the ratchet end is on a hinge - and they're brilliant! Granted you wouldn't use them for serious force but for convenience
On the flip side the last time I sorted out my tools I found a 7mm spanner. "WTF? Have I ever used this?!" ____________________ Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter |
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stinkwheel Bovine Proctologist
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Posted: 05:48 - 19 Jan 2020 Post subject: |
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Tools are just a means to an end, and it doesn't make sense to have favourites. But here we are, can't sleep, so what else to do but go on BCF.
I would pick my manual impact driver as my favourite tool. Some tools just give you that sense of miraculous witness when they're used. Having had lots of problems with stuck screws and bolts corroded into their aluminium holes, I really appreciate this tool. Hit the area with penetrating oil and a blowtorch a few times, let it cool and repeat before taking out the impact driver. No matter how chewed up the screw or head is, it WILL move. It's a satisfying tool because it gives you a sense of combined precision, control and unstoppable force. You apply it with a slight torsion coming from your wrist. This is precision. You tap it with a hammer. That's power. You press it up against the machine so it doesn't slip. That's control. To top it all off, it comes in a solid metal case, it fills your hand nicely and has a nice heft, and it smells of new oil. This is one tool which makes you laugh and feel free when that stubborn, chewed up fastener inevitably moves. The pressure applied from pushing into it reduces the risk of the bolt shearing. Its use feels considered, thoughtful, controlled, on your own time, etc.
Least favourite tools... Bearing drifts and small chisels. Mine are all newish (less than 5 years old). The tips and edges all wear out from normal use. Improper hardening or tempering, or just bad steel. |
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Fav tool: angle grinder, beyond a doubt. Dangerous, effective, useful and a free fireworks display
Least favourite.... more difficult, I like playing with stuff... so basically, I'll go for anything cheap. It'll always be shit and mess things up worse than when you started. I've learnt now and am old enough that all the cheap stuff is gone from my shed. "Buy cheap, by twice".
Most expensive/least used: I bought a carb balancer to tune up my bandit, then never managed to work out how to get it anywhere near the carbs Feels like they must weld the frame around the engine! Gave it away to a mate who's dropping a modern V8 on throttle bodies into an MGB GT after several years of it gathering dust... ____________________ Honda Varadero 125cc => Suzuki Bandit 650 33bhp => 77bhp =>
BMW K1200R Sport 163bhp => Aprilia Shiver GT 750 95bhp |
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If I had a fucking hammer, I'd fucking hammer in the morning..... ____________________ trevor saxe-coburg-gotha:"Remember this simple rule - scooters are for men who like to feel the breeze on their huge, flapping cunt lips."
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May I point out there are at least 2 rubber mallets in there. Girly hammers. ____________________ Triumph Trophy Launch Edition |
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Posted: 18:30 - 19 Jan 2020 Post subject: |
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Hammers here seem to be a self determining species.
They come and go as people borrow them
Only quite often, the ones that come back are not the same ones that left. On balance it seems to work out OK. |
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Shaft World Chat Champion
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Posted: 21:23 - 19 Jan 2020 Post subject: |
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I'm a lazy b*stard so I like power tools (used appropriately of course) anything that saves me time and effort.
My favourite of these is probably a Snap On power driver that I bought secondhand about 10 years ago - fraction of the (over) price new and has been totally reliable, not just as a screwdriver, but also spinning on/off nuts and bolts.
My least favourite tool is anything of poor quality, that doesn't fit, breaks or doesn't perform the task it's meant to.
Sockets that are a fraction too big, hex/torx bits that round off and spanners that snap, will find themselves hurled into the nearest bin, along with anything that came from the same set. ____________________ Things get better with age; I'm close to being magnificent........
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 4 years, 70 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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