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2007-12-17; 11:23:37 EST
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These are things you know how to use but never knew they had perfect definitions.See the original archive post
> > > 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, > splattering it against that freshly stained heirloom > piece you were drying. > > WIRE WHEEL: > Cleans paint off bolts and then throws them somewhere > under the workbench at the speed of light. Also removes > fingerprints and hard-earned guitar calluses from > fingers in about the time it takes you to say..... > "Oh sh--!!!" > > ELECTRIC HAND DRILL: > Normally used for spinning pop rivets in their holes > until you die of old age. > > 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.< BR> > NOTE: Most often the tool used by all women. > > BELT SANDER: > An electric sanding tool commonly used to convert minor > touchup jobs into major refinishing projects. > > 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. > > WELDING GLOVES: > Heavy duty leather gloves used to prolong the conductor > of 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 you want the race out of. > > WHITWORTH SOCKET S: > Once used for working on older British cars and > motorcycles, they are now used mainly for impersonating > that 9/16 or socket you've been searching for the last > 45 minutes. > > TABLE SAW: > A large stationary power tool commonly used to launch > wood projectiles for testing wall integrity and operator > reflexes/dodging capabilities. > > 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. > > EIGHT-FOOT LONG YELLOW PINE 2X4: > Used for levering an automobile upward off of a trapped > hydraulic jack handle. > > TWEEZERS: > A tool for removing all types of wood splinters (see > EIGHT-FOOT LONG YELLOW PINE 2X4) and wire wheel debris. > > E-Z OUT BOLT AND STUD EXTRACTOR: > A tool ten times harder than any known drill bit that > snaps neatly off in bolt holes thereby ending any > possible future use. > > RADIAL ARM SAW: > A large stationary power saw primarily used by most shops > to scare beginners into choosing another line of work. > > TWO-TON ENGINE HOIST: > A tool for testing the maximum tensile strength of > everything you forgot to disconnect. > > CRAFTSMAN 1/2 x 24-INCH SCREWDRIVER: > A very large pry bar that inexplicably has an accurately > machined screwdriver tip on the end opposite the handle. > > AVIATION METAL SNIPS: > See hacksaw. > > TROUBLE LIGHT: > The home mechanic's own tanning booth. Sometimes called > a drop light, it is a good source of vitamin D (the > sunshine vitamin), which is not otherwise found under > cars at night. Health benefits aside, its main purpose > is to consume 40-watt light bulbs at about the same rate > that 105 mm howitzer shells might be used during, say, > the first few hours of the Battle of the Bulge. More > often dark than light, its name is somewhat misleading. > > PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER: > Normally used to stab the vacuum s eals under lids and > 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. > > NOTE: Women excel at using this tool. > > STRAIGHT SCREWDRIVER: > A tool for opening paint cans. Sometimes used to convert > common slotted screws into non-removable screws. > > AIR COMPRESSOR: > A machine that takes energy produced in a coal-burning > power plant 200 miles away and transforms it into > compressed air that travels by hose to a Chicago > Pneumatic impact wrench that grips rusted bolts which > were last over tightened 30 years ago by someone at Ford, > and instantly rounds off their heads. Also used to quickly > snap off lug nuts. > > 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. > > NOTE: Women primarily use it to make gaping holes in > walls when hanging pictures. > > MECHANIC'S 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. > > NOTE: Especially useful for slicing work clothes, but > only while in use. > > DAMMIT TOOL: > Any handy tool that you grab and throw across the > garage while yelling "DAMMIT!!" at the top of your > lungs. It is also, most often, the next tool that you > will need. **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004)
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