Tools of the Trade

[PKRWUD]

TOOLS OF THE TRADE

HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate expensive car parts not far from the object we are trying to hit.

MECHANIC'S KNIFE: Used to open and slice through the contents of cardboard cartons delivered to your front door; it works particularly well on boxes containing convertible tops or tonneau covers.

PLIERS: Used to round off bolt heads.

HACKSAW: One of a family of cutting tools built on the Ouija board principle. It transforms human energy into crooked, unpredictable motion, and the more you attempt to influence its course, the more dismal your future becomes.

VISE GRIPS: Used to round off bolt heads. If nothing else is available, they can transfer intense welding heat to the palm of your hand.

OXYACETYLENE TORCH: Used almost entirely for the lighting those stale garage cigarettes you keep hidden in the back of the Whitwirth socket drawer (What wife would think to look in there?) because you can never remember to buy lighter fluid for the Zippo lighter you got from the PX at Fort Campbell.

ZIPPO LIGHTER: See Oxyacetylene Torch.

WHITWORTH SOCKETS: Once used for working on older British cars and motorcycles, they are now used mainly for hiding six-month old Salems from the sort of person who would throw them away for no good reason.

DRILL PRESS: A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and flings your beer across the room, splattering it against the Rolling Stones
poster over the bench grinder.

WIRE WHEEL: Cleans rust off old bolts and then throws them somewhere under the workbench with the speed of light. Also removes fingerprint whorls and hard earned guitar callouses in about the time it takes
you to say, "Django Reinhardt." If a wire sticks you in the chin you get to yell, If a wire sticks you in the forehead you get to have a tall cold one, If you get a wire in the eye you get to go the Emergency Room.

HYDRAULIC FLOOR JACK: Used for lowering a Mustang to the ground after you have installed a set of Ford Motor sports lowered road springs, trapping the jack handle firmly under the front air dam.

EIGHT FOOT LONG Douglas FIR 2X4: Used for levering a car upward off a hydraulic jack

TWEEZERS: A tool used for removing wood splinters.

PHONE: Tool for calling your neighbor to see if he has another hydraulic floor jack.

SNAP-ON GASKET SCRAPER: Theoretically useful as a sandwich tool for spreading mayonnaise, used mainly for getting dog-doo off your boot.

E-Z OUT BOLT AND STUD EXTRACTOR: A tool that snaps off in bolt holes and is ten times harder than any known drill bit.

TIMING LIGHT: A stroboscopic instrument for illuminating grease buildup on crankshaft pulleys.

TWO-TON HYDRAULIC ENGINE HOIST: A handy tool for testing the tensile strength of ground straps and hydraulic clutch lines you may have forgotten to disconnect.

CRAFTSMAN 1/2Ó X 16Ó SCREWDRIVER: A large motor mount prying tool that inexplicably has an accurately machined screwdriver tip on the end without the handle.

BATTERY ELECTROLYTE TESTER: A handy tool for transferring sulfuric acid from a car battery to the inside of your toolbox after determining that your battery is dead as a doornail, just as you thought.

AVIATION METAL SNIPS: See hacksaw.

TROUBLE LIGHT: The 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 105mm howitzer shells might be used during, say, the first few hours of the Battle of the Bulge. More often dark then light, its name is somewhat misleading.

PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER: Normally used to stab the lids of old-style paper-and-tin oil cans and splash oil on your shirt, it can also be used, as the name implies, to round off Phillips screw heads.

Take care,
~Chris

[Kamaro Killer]

Damn, I just about fell off my chair laughing. I can totally relate, Keith

lmao that was funny, and strangely enough some of it is true

[lysacat]

Too funny!!! I about fell out laughing. I've rounded out plenty of bolts and phillips screw heads. I love it.!!!! C-ya, Melisa

[venumus93]

Thanks, Chris, that made my night! I haven't laughed that hard all week!
Later!

[71grande]

My god. You my friend are a RIOT!!

I thought I was the only one with a drawer full of Whitworth sockets. they are helpful when I get REALLY bored and ork on my Norton for the evening.

Mike

[SilverGT02]

That was great! Did you think that all up yourself or did you find it somewhere?

If you did write it, it tells me 2 things,

1. Youre a funny bass turd
2. You have alot of spare time and prolly should go get a second job or something

[Stang_Crazy]

That's pretty funny...I'll think of you next time I'm rounding off a bolt and yelling curses at it.

Chris you crack me up. HAHAHAHHAHA Just toooo funny Odie

[5.0L_Of_Fury]

you forgot the punching bag haniging in the corner for that nut that wont thread for the 287th time

[joe4speed]

LMFAO at the trouble light!! LOLOLOL

Mine ALWAYS goes on me!!!

[mustangman65_79]

Those are just too damn funny.....

[PKRWUD]

Originally posted by SilverGT02
That was great! Did you think that all up yourself or did you find it somewhere?

Both. I don't remember where I got the original, but it's been in my Mac for at least 4 years. During that time, I have added to it, both in items, and descriptions of items. I'd say it's about 1/3 mine, 2/3 someone elses.



Take care,
~Chris