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  1. #1
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    Definition of tools

    >
    > 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 * t!"
    >
    > SKILL 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 to the
    > object
    > we are trying to hit usually smashing the thumb that is holding the object
    > that
    > you are trying to pound into whatever it is that you are working on
    > effectively
    > eliminating the need for manicure care on that thumbnail for weeks.
    > See: sob TOOL
    >
    > 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.
    >
    > Sob TOOL :
    > Any handy tool that you grab and throw across the garage while
    > yelling, "Son of a b*tch" at the top of your lungs. It is also, most
    > often, the next tool that you will need.
    _____________________

    Dave

    Some mistakes are just too much fun to only make once!

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    Very Funny!!!

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    I have most of them.....

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    Wow now I understand my tools better. I have a lot of them also. I know my dad did especially the last one. LOL

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