jakdedert wrote:

Michael A. Terrell wrote:
Mr Fed UP wrote:
Heh heh dont forget the asprin and $50 for the headache and one
tool you'll always have to go get for each job. And a 6" or 8"
knuckle buistin adjustable wrench. LOL


Don't forget a 4" pipe wrench for those tight spots! It has been a
real life saver to remove broken studs and broken pieces of bolts. I
have one made by Rigid.

BTW, you won't bust your knuckles if you buy a real wrench. 8" is too
short to get a good grip on things. I have a 12" and a 14" "New Britain"
adjustable, along with a 4" Xcelite in my electronics tools.

A common problem is to turn the adjustable wrench around the *wrong
way*! I've had people argue that there is no wrong orientation for the
common 'C' (Crescent) wrench, but there most certainly is. Do it wrong
and you'll be fine 75% of the time; but that one time when you need it
to really bite--and you do it wrong--*you* are the one who gets bitten.



Yes, most people seem to use it backwards where the stress is against
the front of the movable jaw, rather than the back where its supposed to
be. It doesn't matter if the item is fairly loose, but when you really
need the torque, it needs to be turned the right way. Maybe they need
to cast notches for your fingers to show people the right way to use it!
;-)


The only tools I usually have to buy these days are new ones to
replace what walks away.

Boy Howdy! I recently moved my office/shop and salvaged the buildings
on the property at the same time. I'm still trying to find all my tools....

jak


I'm trying to but my shop back together. I haven't really worked in
the shop since the middle of 2001, right before I got sick and lost my
job. Now, its been five years and two years of hurricanes that made the
mess even worse. Some squirrels nested in the building and chewed the
cords off of everything in sight. I had to put rat poison in there to
kill them all. I'm missing two cordless drills, two surface grinders
and enough hand tools to fill a couple large toolboxes. Since I no
longer do any work away from home I have started hanging what is left on
pegboard over the different workbenches.


--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida