<div dir="ltr"><div>Along these same lines. I borrowed this from a Shop Hacks Facebook group I'm in.</div><div>
<p>TOOLS EXPLAINED</p><p> 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<span class="gmail-text_exposed_show"> 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.</span></p><div class="gmail-text_exposed_show"><p>
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'</p><p> DROP SAW : A portable cutting tool used to make studs too short.</p><p> PLIERS : Used to round off bolt heads. Sometimes used in the creation of blood-blisters.</p><p> BELT SANDER : An electric sanding tool commonly used to convert minor touch-up jobs into major refinishing jobs.</p><p>
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.</p><p> 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.</p><p> OXYACETYLENE TORCH : Used almost entirely for lighting
on fire various flammable objects in your shop. Also handy for igniting
the grease inside the wheel hub out of which you want to remove a
bearing race.. </p><p> TABLE SAW : A large stationary power tool commonly used to launch wood projectiles for testing wall integrity.</p><p>
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.</p><p> 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.</p><p> TWO-TON ENGINE HOIST : A tool for testing the maximum tensile strength of everything you forgot to disconnect.</p><p>
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.</p><p> STRAIGHT SCREWDRIVER : A tool for opening
paint cans. Sometimes used to convert common slotted screws into
non-removable screws and butchering your palms.</p><p> 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.</p><p> HOSE CUTTER : A tool used to make hoses too short.</p><p>
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.</p><p> 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.</p><p> ADJUSTABLE WRENCH: aka "Another
hammer", aka "the Swedish Nut Lathe", aka "Crescent Wrench". Commonly
used as a one size fits all wrench, usually results in rounding off nut
heads before the use of pliers. Will randomly adjust size between
bolts, resulting in busted buckles, curse words, and multiple threats to
any inanimate objects within the immediate vicinity.</p><p> Son of a
bitch 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.</p></div>
</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 8:56 AM Mark Greer <<a href="mailto:magreer67@gmail.com">magreer67@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">We always referred to the oxy-acetylene cutting torch as a "smoke wrench".<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 9:28 PM Thomas Martin <<a href="mailto:tmartin@xtra.co.nz" target="_blank">tmartin@xtra.co.nz</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">gas axe oxy-acetylene cutting torch...<br>
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Tom<br>
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> On 26 February 2020 at 12:19 Spencer Yost <<a href="mailto:spencer@rdfarms.com" target="_blank">spencer@rdfarms.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> I just read a great name for an adjustable wrench: someone derogatorily called it a “Nut lathe”.<br>
> <br>
> Now that’s funny. It made me wonder if there are any other great tool names that I have missed hearing all my life? <br>
> <br>
> Spencer<br>
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