BerninicaCO3
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Btw, not SURE they were mild steel... but I had one of those drill bits FOLD UP when drilling maple. It started twisting in upon itself. Somebody didn't take metallurgy 101!
Do You Own Any Pompous Tools?
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rsanter
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personally engraved gold plated titanium tools would be pompus...
bob
bob
sarel.wagner
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Bow, puny insignificant human, before the mighty Swiss Bosch:
I am a fellow worshipper of this Swiss masterpiece, as well.
Most impressive. You need to photograph it against a green marble top, though, not against no-roll shelf paper material!tyyost
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ultgar
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Festool Tool Box
rayzor32
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The guy at work has that big 3 bay chrome edition snap on box, makes my 78 look like a piece of $@#T
ultgar
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4wd Chassis Dyno
caper
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In the length of time I've been here I've seen a few pompous tools!
...I admit to joyous feelings of shadenfreude.../QUOTE]
Is it pompous to say shadenfreude? (Yeah, I knew. I studied german.)
Amitygravel
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A_Pmech , I would never thought it was possible to covet someones level. You prove me wrong.
ultgar , if that Festool cabinet with all those drawers neatly organized is yours , well...
ultgar , if that Festool cabinet with all those drawers neatly organized is yours , well...
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I would have to submit my Jessem Miter gauge for my table saw.
Cost way more then I should have paid, but its a pretty nice piece of gear.
Cost way more then I should have paid, but its a pretty nice piece of gear.
How about my bevel guage at work, had been wanting one had some aluminum and a mill sittin there. People ask what the holes are for I say to make it lighter but the truth is its for looks. cell phone pic but the tape is for scale too and the hammer might be a bit pompous too.
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ultgar
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Home Car wash
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With anti-scratch Polymousse bristles brushes. This one was even a bit pompous for me....SD
With anti-scratch Polymousse bristles brushes. This one was even a bit pompous for me....SD
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Re: Home Car wash
Well if you can spend what 1.2 million for that car? Then your own carwash is a must, though its probably better to just hire someone to hand wash the thing.
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With anti-scratch Polymousse bristles brushes. This one was even a bit pompous for me....SD
Well if you can spend what 1.2 million for that car? Then your own carwash is a must, though its probably better to just hire someone to hand wash the thing.
joeswamp
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Re: Home Car wash
This one is so over the top crazy that I'd kind of like to meet the person that would buy one. Personally if I had the near-infinite wealth required to buy this thing I'd have an army of slaves washing my car with q-tips.
The only serious home car wash I'm aware of is that guy in upstate NY who drives the gazillion mile P1800 Volvo, I think he's got over 2 million miles on it by now. He built some kind of underspray ramp thing to wash the salt off the underside every day in the wintertime.
This one is so over the top crazy that I'd kind of like to meet the person that would buy one. Personally if I had the near-infinite wealth required to buy this thing I'd have an army of slaves washing my car with q-tips.
The only serious home car wash I'm aware of is that guy in upstate NY who drives the gazillion mile P1800 Volvo, I think he's got over 2 million miles on it by now. He built some kind of underspray ramp thing to wash the salt off the underside every day in the wintertime.
AZ_Catskinner
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My only pompous tool is a 24" SK crescent wrench. It lives in it's own section of my gangbox, and only comes out on special occasions. When I absolutely, positively must kick some fastener ***, I accept no substitutes.
This one you mean?
I also submit this:
Fail.. These are just user tools. They would be pompous in some shops here, mine, but in AP's shop not. For some here a 12 piece screwdriver kit from HF would be pompous.
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Coach James
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I have a Proto long handle Big Dog ratchet. It's the Ric Flair of the tool world as it styles and profiles across the garage and all the hot sockets want to connect with it.
WWHHHOOOOOOOOOO!!
Coach
WWHHHOOOOOOOOOO!!
Coach
You mean the tool in your pant?
Probably the most pompous tool:
These are more pompous than SO.
PrecisionTools
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Great thread. 
Gtamazing
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I'm pretty sure Rose used this word in and episode of 2 and a half men
Samuel L Jackson from Jackie Brown
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Steevo
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Damn!
Now I need a titanium ratchet . . .
I hate you guys.
Now I need a titanium ratchet . . .
I hate you guys.
tbobbo
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I gotta say......my set of snap on crescent wrenches is the envy of all the guys I have ever worked with. I bought them in 96 I think. They don't make them anymore. Someone stole my 10 incher. I want another one! I still have the 12', 8', and 6'. They are flank drive plus with the teeth in the jaws. The new ones have the teeth, but they are no where near as beefy feeling. The old ones are all chrome as well. They gleam like diamonds with a cleaning. But they work to darn well not to use, so I dont know if that counts as pompous. They will take off a fastener that a regular quality wrench rounds off.
powertrip
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Long live the nature boy..