Tool Progression. cartoon

[mikeinct]

I tell the young fellows all the time "Tools begot Tools" Then they give you that confused look. I explain, Do well , Get a good job that pays $$$$. So you will only need a Roll of Duct tape, Can of WD40 & a check book ! Hah ... mike

 

[ebb]

My chassis building friend calls that a blue tipped wrench.

 

[madmixerman]

My chassis building friend calls that a blue tipped wrench.

Hot wrench

 

[AccelR8]

Years ago, back in the '80s I guess, GM had a promotional campaign around a "Mr. Goodwrench" character.

So we called the torch "Mr. Heatwrench."

 

[INTJ]

We start here:



and end up here.....

 

[brokeasajoke]

Truth. Here in the mountains of WNC rust makes working on autos rough. Liquefaction gets 'er done.

 

[darkangel_r2]

Hot wrench

Spicy wrench.

 

[rwj]

Truth. Here in the mountains of WNC rust makes working on autos rough. Liquefaction gets 'er done.

Throw in some road salt to make the rust worse and you’ll have western PA! The term often used in PA is “smoke wrench”!

 

[brokeasajoke]

Throw in some road salt to make the rust worse and you’ll have western PA! The term often used in PA is “smoke wrench”!

Yep Calcium chloride here

 

[F Class John]

Props to @INTJ for the absolute cleanest looking lathe and tool area ever.
That's discipline right there my friends because we all know he actually uses everything you see on a regular basis.

 

[magic mike]

Texas gas axe.

 

[INTJ]

Props to @INTJ for the absolute cleanest looking lathe and tool area ever.
That's discipline right there my friends because we all know he actually uses everything you see on a regular basis.

It's get very dirty when I use it, but I figure it will last longer and wear less if I keep it clean. It takes less than 10 minutes after a a couple chambering jobs to clean it up.

 

[Catfur]

Once upon a time (1999), I had to remove a Vietnam era shock absorber from a friendly neighborhood APC. Two of the three bolts (presumably also Vietnam era) came out with only a gallon or two of sweat, but the third...

The mechanics refused to give me any fancy stuff, or let the welder have at it. I was using the biggest breaker bar in the motor pool, with a cheater pipe, with a tanker bar on the other end of the cheater pipe, and then finally another cheater pipe on the end of that. I had to assemble this mess, climb to the top of the APC, jump off holding on for dear life, all to get 1/6 of a turn on that *&#@! bolt. Needless to say this took days to complete. Ugh.

 

[willbas]

Once upon a time (1999), I had to remove a Vietnam era shock absorber from a friendly neighborhood APC. Two of the three bolts (presumably also Vietnam era) came out with only a gallon or two of sweat, but the third...

The mechanics refused to give me any fancy stuff, or let the welder have at it. I was using the biggest breaker bar in the motor pool, with a cheater pipe, with a tanker bar on the other end of the cheater pipe, and then finally another cheater pipe on the end of that. I had to assemble this mess, climb to the top of the APC, jump off holding on for dear life, all to get 1/6 of a turn on that *&#@! bolt. Needless to say this took days to complete. Ugh.

been there and done that, I hated tow wire all 2000 yard of it.

 

[perazziguy]

Tool progression cartoon, I thought this would be a thread about President Brandon

 

[BlueWater]

I tell the young fellows all the time "Tools begot Tools" Then they give you that confused look. I explain, Do well , Get a good job that pays $$$$. So you will only need a Roll of Duct tape, Can of WD40 & a check book ! Hah ... mikeView attachment 1321282

Forgot the BFH. It's got to fit in there somewhere, in the progression. Of course, that's variable. With some it's first on the list. With me, it's prior to the acetylene torch.

DIY'ers Vital Tool Kit: duct tape; bailing wire; a BFH; and one Band-Aid.

 

[oneshot 66]

LIQUID WRENCH

 

[hoz53]

I tell the young fellows all the time "Tools begot Tools" Then they give you that confused look. I explain, Do well , Get a good job that pays $$$$. So you will only need a Roll of Duct tape, Can of WD40 & a check book ! Hah ... mikeView attachment 1321282

Good Ones— It used to be when I was an Apprentice and griped about working in the cold they told me “The Heats in the Tools“ — har har that was a dead giveaway to find another career— if only i had been smarter

 

[PigButtons]

Chrome axe