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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Northern Bill on April 30, 2017, 06:35:32 PM
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My favourite tool is my angle grinder. Yesterday I had to cut a bit off an old handlebar so I used a thin cut off wheel and it only took a couple of seconds to cut it. A few weeks back I was making some aluminium brackets to custom fit the front fender on my T3 so I cut the basic shape out of aluminium plate, again using a thin cut off wheel, and then I used rough flap discs to finish off the curves and smooth ones to give the bracket a nice finish. My next task is to make a seat for my T3 so I will need to cut some aluminium plate to make the base. Besides all the uses making motorcycle parts I also use it to cut pipe, nails, and even composite hockey sticks to proper size.
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Kind of a toss up between the BFH alignment tool and the board stretcher<shrug> :undecided:
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Kind of a toss up between the BFH alignment tool and the board stretcher<shrug> :undecided:
All this time I thought your favorite tool was a fork :food: :laugh:
Dusty
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All this time I thought your favorite tool was a fork :food: :laugh:
Dusty
No, really it's his BGE! At least when I visit him, it's mine!
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Forum decorum does not allow me to say.
My second favorite tool though may be my angle grinder which I have removed the half circle protective cover I use it often for many non intended uses.
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Angle grinder is one of the best. Be hard to choose though.
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Currently a toss up between my Harbor Freight bike lift and my welder, I've had the lift for about 10 years or so but every time I use it I'm impressed. I just got the welder for Xmas but it's been a blast playing with it,just started welding Aluminum last week,wish I would have purchased this years ago.
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my camera..
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Fork and spoon :cheesy:
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My leatherman pocket tool
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I have many favorite tools. Some just feel right to my hand, I like that. Many I have had for more than 50 years so they are old acquaintances and some are even friends. I speak to many of them as I use them, usually words of encouragement, some times I scold them but only when they deserve it. I have a special drawer in one of my tool boxes devoted to tools that were owned and used by friends who've now departed, I don't use those tools. Because I used my tools to make my living I probably have a different relationship to them than most people, I'm also kind of weird.
Odd tool story, while I was employed by the Michigan Dept. of Transportation they supplied all of our tools. We had a yearly conference/training session that lasted a week. Half of the mechanics attended the first 2 1/2 days then the other half. During the first session one year a mechanic Joe had a heart attack and died after meetings were done for the day. The facility we used was a state owned facility and the Michigan Sate Police were also holding a session and many of them helped as we tried to save Joe after he collapsed. After we all returned to our work locations three of the locations received different small tools that Joe had ordered, miss addressed by the supplier. Not a one of us would use those tools, you know dead guy tools and all that. That's where I started the special tool drawer for those that passed.
Brian
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Renovating the new-to-us old farmhouse has been a wonderful excuse to buy new and upgraded tools. Much use this week of a tile saw, trowel and float, winch, finish nailer, table saw -- certainly not motorcycle stuff. Most useful tool of all has been the cordless impact driver -- I should have an open-carry holster for the thing.
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CASH.
Saves me time, no busted knuckles, no dirty or torn clothes, no swearing, no sweating. I use it all the time 😊.
"Of all the labor saving devices ever created, money is still the best" author unknown
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My favourite tool....
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My favourite tool....
(https://i58.servimg.com/u/f58/18/91/78/64/c6cf5e10.jpg)
Aaaaah- the elusive red bellied Roper. Often heard long before it is seen, the Roper can be found (as pictured here) within a short distance of its favorite watering hole. He guzzles down nectar while fluffing his wings and chattering aimlessly about disassembly sequence, Bhuddism, and animal husbandry.
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'Ammer :wink:
Claw, sledge (7 pounder!) or planishing - I like them all
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No, really it's his BGE! At least when I visit him, it's mine!
You're prolly right Darren. Forgot 'bout the egg. I dreamed about smoking a brisket the other night🌶
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My rhinestone studded belly button brush.
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My Smithmaster rebound spring tool for Smith and Wesson revolvers. Most folks use a screwdriver or even a Bic pen, but this tool is a great deal more elegant and gets the job done without having to search the shop floor for springs that escape the rebound block. My DeWalt tabletop 13" Planer is pretty cool also.
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My rhinestone studded belly button brush.
Oh!, You got one of those, too!😂😂
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It has got to be my double-grip 2 wheel mono-track gas/grin converter. It's a '72.
:bike-037:
Hunter
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My favourite tool....
(https://i58.servimg.com/u/f58/18/91/78/64/c6cf5e10.jpg)
In defence of my good friend Peter, the question is 'what' is your favorite tool, not 'who'. Otherwise, I'd have to agree!😂😂
Love ya, Pete!!!
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....Most useful tool of all has been the cordless impact driver -- I should have an open-carry holster for the thing.
I'll second that. I acquired a cordless rattle gun a couple of months ago and now I can't understand how I got through my first 75 years without one. When you need one, nothing else will do, and it's a mystery how anything ever got built or disassembled before impact drivers were invented.
BTW, the pic of our colleague explains a lot. :grin:
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My battery load-tester.
In a world where no one believes that a battery that reads 12 volts could possibly be bad, or that batteries are bulletproof and just can't fail if you spent a lot of money on them, and where no one else can be arsed to spend $100 on a tool to test a $150 battery ....
... my load tester has given me, among those who have had their bike problems solved with it, god-like cult status as a Wizard, Order of Merlin, second class. I wouldn't swap it for anything ....
Lannis
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fave? hmmmm. it changes with the task BUT i have to say in general terms it would have to be the 10" knipex plier wrench.
http://knipex-tools.com/index.php?id=1023&page=group_detail&parentID=1368&groupID=1500
it acts like a pliers, it acts like a wrench - and does a nice job as a flare nut wrench too. because it has flat jaws i can also use it to bend or straighten small sections of sheet metal. its pricey, absurdly so, as all knipex tools are yet that tool has to be my fave.
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"What" or "who"?
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After contemplating on this question over night , maybe the best answer is my mind .
OK OK , some of you are laughing now , but I do the best I can with what I have :laugh:
Dusty
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My favorite tool is something that I hope to use every day......
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It is the little things.
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fave? hmmmm. it changes with the task BUT i have to say in general terms it would have to be the 10" knipex plier wrench.
http://knipex-tools.com/index.php?id=1023&page=group_detail&parentID=1368&groupID=1500
it acts like a pliers, it acts like a wrench - and does a nice job as a flare nut wrench too. because it has flat jaws i can also use it to bend or straighten small sections of sheet metal. its pricey, absurdly so, as all knipex tools are yet that tool has to be my fave.
The cam at the move able jaw multiply the clamping force tremendously and the jaw moves in parallel too. I have two of them in different sizes :thumb:
(http://thesweethome.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2016/07/adjustable-wrenches-gif-630.gif)
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Dremel.
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In defence of my good friend Peter, the question is 'what' is your favorite tool, not 'who'. Otherwise, I'd have to agree!😂😂
Love ya, Pete!!!
I was talking about the beer! :evil:
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The cam at the move able jaw multiply the clamping force tremendously and the jaw moves in parallel too. I have two of them in different sizes :thumb:
(http://thesweethome.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2016/07/adjustable-wrenches-gif-630.gif)
I was taught to avoid adjustable spanners but that looks like a version well worth having in a tool box
I shall keep my eyes open for a pair
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I have to agree - the Knipex pliers wrench is a super cool tool!
I don't know that I can say it's a favorite because I have several tools that rank up there with it. Like the Knipex Cobra pliers, or the mini lathe, or the different tools I've made to repair gauges, or the small German Arbor press with all the different attachments I've made for working on gauges, the precision grinder for making speedometer shafts (and other things).
One of my favorites, and I like it so much I haven't even used it, is a brand new Oregon State College (it's been a University since the mid 50s) 6" Vise. They didn't make them for resale but their own use, and made them in-house using their own foundry and the students in the trades classes. I was lucky enough to pick one up that hadn't been machined and was 90% there. My machinist had graduated from Oregon State in that time period but hadn't worked on any of those vises - he really wanted to figure out how to finish the machining on it so we could put it together. It turned out beautiful! So it's really rare and probably the only new one in existence. I never had any idea so much went into making a vise!
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Usually the one that falls most readily to hand. As an experiment, let your right arm drop loosely by your side while standing and allow it to swing languidly left to right and back, whichever tool it finds first is probably your favourite if there's any truth to that old chestnut...'Might be a loaded question though, I once saw a post on here entitled " what's the best route" ? The obvious answer in Australia is " a silly one"... Maybe I mis understood. :embarrassed:
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The one that's right for the job.
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What is the difference between the Kimpex Pliers wrench and the Cobra wrench?
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Mine was a dog-leg box end wrench with no sizes indicated and the patina of age and use but the damn thing would fit both metric and SAE bolts and seemed to work on just about anything that I had in the garage at the time. Unfortunately, the plumber who fixed my sewer line came back a couple of days later and kicked in the back door, stole my tools, stereo, change jar, etc. Fortunately he left his fingerprints and got a 25 year vacation for his third conviction. I never found another wrench so useful. :sad:
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Cappuccino Machine
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Fine wire wheel in a bench grinder, makes quick work of corrosion.
Second best an air compressor for running air tools, drying parts, cleaning off parts, air passages etc.
Third would be my parts washer.
My small 40+ year old bench top Myford lathe has not been used much but when used it has been a great tool to have.
Mig welder, milling machine, ultrasonic cleaner..........
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nice gif phang. now if we could only add parrot noises to it...or maybe a barking dog. yeah, the parallel jaws with the multiplier effect are key.
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Toothpick.
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My favorite tools are a set of long needle nose pliers, 1 straight, the other curved, I got from HF for $9 a few years ago. They come in soo handy so many times working on MCs/maxi-scooters. :bow:
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What is the difference between the Kimpex Pliers wrench and the Cobra wrench?
Knipex pliers wrench - you've already seen those earlier in this thread.
Knipex Cobra - Google for a photo (I can't seem to load one) - they're like water pump pliers or channel locks, but they lock into position and have different teeth that work really well.
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A lot of Knipex tools. They are one of those great German tool maker companies like e.g. Hazet, Stahlwille, Picard (hammers!). I like the diagonal cutters, especially the 70 07 140, a model I use for about 45 years now (i am in electronics). And :1: for the pliers wrenches. http://www.knipex.com/index.php?id=113&L=1
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The one that's right for the job.
:1: on that
My 5" angle grinder is great; 1mm slitting disc for cutting and the aluminium oxide grinding disc (does steel, sharpens tools pretty well, alloy and stainless).
When I want to glue metal together my BOC 175 amp mig/tig/arc welder is the bees knees.
For electrical, my multimeters, both analogue and digital.
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A lot of Knipex tools. They are one of those great German tool maker companies like e.g. Hazet, Stahlwille, Picard (hammers!). I like the diagonal cutters, especially the 70 07 140, a model I use for about 45 years now (i am in electronics). And :1: for the pliers wrenches. http://www.knipex.com/index.php?id=113&L=1
two of my favourite pliers :boozing:
photo taken when they were new and shiny.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/Phang/knipex.jpg)
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Ah, the 25-160 plier. Good for everything. And hard to destroy.
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The one that's right for the job.
^^^this^^^ I sold Snap-on Tools for 14-1/2 years, living, eating and breathing proper tool use. (Not a plug for Snap-on). The right tool will get the job done with the least amount of buggering and aggravation. JMO as it was then also...
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A lot of Knipex tools. They are one of those great German tool maker companies like e.g. Hazet, Stahlwille, Picard (hammers!). I like the diagonal cutters, especially the 70 07 140, a model I use for about 45 years now (i am in electronics). And :1: for the pliers wrenches. http://www.knipex.com/index.php?id=113&L=1
Stahlwille... what a great wrenches. My father has a complete set of them already 30 years. If I would buy "same" set now, I'll be broke. Not to mention quality of Unior, Wera, Hazet, Knipex and Usag. And of course Gedore.
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Stahlwille... what a great wrenches. My father has a complete set of them already 30 years. If I would buy "same" set now, I'll be broke. Not to mention quality of Unior, Wera, Hazet, Knipex and Usag. And of course Gedore.
My wife and son don't have a single idea on how much my Stahlwille and Hazet tools cost.
I think I should prepare a list of my tools with prices, seal in an 'only open after I die' envelope.
Otherwise they will sell it at used Stanley prices at garage sales after I passed away.
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My wife and son don't have a single idea on how much my Stahlwille and Hazet tools cost.
I think I should prepare a list of my tools with prices, seal in an 'only open after I die' envelope.
Otherwise they will sell it at used Stanley prices at garage sales after I passed away.
Suspect that in our home the reverse -- in the sense of I don't have a clue what some things "SHE" thinks are important cost -- is also true. Actually, I don't want to know. :wink:
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Verily.
Bill
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"And of course Gedore." Yes, of course.
Years ago I visited the industrial fair in Hannover. In one hall all the toolmakers had their booths. Very interesting was the contrast between Belzer-Sandvik and Hazet. The Belzer booth was clean, well designed, all those really beautiful tools were securely locked in nice-looking glass vitrines. Very different Hazet: They put a really big open workbench into the middle of their booth, a really greasy thing, littered with old engines and engine parts, then took a container full of tools of all sorts and poured it over the bench. Everybody could take tools and wrenches and use them on the engine parts. Never again I saw such a lot of craftsmen literally with tears in their eyes!
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In terms of dollars made with it, this 5 point knife/scraper is a champ. One of the most useful tools in the hangar. (http://www.homedepot.com/catalog/productImages/1000/d5/d5e9b4e7-bc0d-4c10-a47d-98ac19d91ccf_1000.jpg)
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All those things are great, but the best tool in my humble shop is my refrigerator /freezer. Always a case cold in the fridge, and several bottles super chilled in the ice box. Those tools have got me through a lot of tough jobs.
Pop
Life is tough, getting old is tougher, but not having the right tool just plain sucks!!!!!
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In Chinese culture, you will gain more respect from not using the right tool or no tool at all to accomplish the same task.
I am going to say my favorite tool is my hands :laugh:
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Goes by various names. Comes with a variety of attachments to grind, polish, sand. Can reach inside objects.
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In Chinese culture, you will gain more respect from not using the right tool or no tool at all to accomplish the same task.
I am going to say my favorite tool is my hands :laugh:
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other primates grab different tools from us with their arm length, is that the reason why monkey, gorilla and etc. evolved differently?
I heard it is the orientation of the thumb that separate us.
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Goes by various names. Comes with a variety of attachments to grind, polish, sand. Can reach inside objects.
What are a couple of those names so we might look into it?
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Aside from a good beer glass my Atlas 618 lathe. It can make the parts I need to fix other things that are broke.
(http://thumb.ibb.co/hUrsWQ/KIMG0300_vert_zpsjvjiasrw.jpg) (http://ibb.co/hUrsWQ)
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A pair of 12" right angle needle nose pliers. Harbor Freight. I keep finding a new use daily and keep them on the Eldorato...
Along with a bamboo chopstick. Indispensable! :azn:
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My favorite tool...when it does work or fit..."Beat it...beat it good!!" (LOL) :laugh: :grin: :wink:
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Metal cutting band saw - so nice to be able to render clean, straight cuts through steel & aluminum.
Magnet on a stick - I work in a fairly crowded garage, so when a fastener flies away, it usually stops rolling in some inaccessible place.
Patience - Knowing when to take a break & think about the best way to do the thing that currently needs doing.
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In Chinese culture, you will gain more respect from not using the right tool or no tool at all to accomplish the same task.
THAT explains a few things I'd wondered about .... :grin:
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Usually, a nice walnut handled smaller wood chisel from England, part of my great grandfather's kit. A goodly number of his tools are in everyday use in our violin workshop.
In newer bike type tools, I have some silly racheting box end wrenches with 4 sizes on each. I am constantly using these! Had no idea I'd be so naked without them.
On historical, I have my grandfather's SU carb wrench. Will never use it, but it's there. And I use his stamp to mark things I've worked on. Same mark as on numerous racing engines and bike engines of the 1930s, and on many Merlin and similar engines in the difficult times of the 40s in the UK.
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Metal cutting band saw - so nice to be able to render clean, straight cuts through steel & aluminum.
You should try a power hacksaw, very slow cutting but mine will cut almost as clean and straight as my mill.
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Ratchet screwdriver
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other primates grab different tools from us with their arm length, is that the reason why monkey, gorilla and etc. evolved differently?
I heard it is the orientation of the thumb that separate us.
Yep. The opposable thumb and the fact that other apes have a strengthening bit in their jaw (I believe) are some times the only way you can tell the difference.
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What are a couple of those names so we might look into it?
http://fillauer.com/Tools-and-Equipment/carvers_arbors/Trautman-Floor-Carver.html
Trautman Carver. Although it's traditionally called a long arm router (by me, anyway). Still made in USA. Quite expensive, but almost unbreakable. It is used extensively in the Orthotics/Prosthetics industry. If you ever see an O & P shop going out of business, it is always worthwhile looking to see what is for sale. All kinds of weird tools that can be very useful.
With a little practice, one can make straight lines, or complex curves, in plastic/wood/metal.
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And the ultimate cult tool for a cult bike. :)
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Still use mine quite often. Wish they were still made.
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My own favorite tools seem to involve damage control, and, especially, finding AWOL fasteners, e.g. ...
(http://www.homedepot.com/catalog/productImages/1000/f4/f4605295-1066-4283-853a-b9e0e7b835ae_1000.jpg)
(http://draper.thetoolstoredirect.co.uk/image/cache/data/draperimages/39669_5350_END-640x640.jpg)
:rolleyes:
Bill