Picture of My Useless Tool!

[PowerGenGuy]

I was cleaning my shop in the basement and found this. I got it for "FREE", when I bought my Ridgid shop vacuum from HD about 10 years ago. I think it is the most useless tool that I have! DO YOU USE Robogrip? Is it useless to you? Post your pic of a useless tool!

 

[wreckerman5357]

Robogrip has to be the worst tool ever invented. I'm sorry you have a pair.

 

[osborn.ozzy]

He wasn't at work today so no pictures. Maybe he will show on monday.

 

[supersteve]

Post your pic of a useless tool!

No, don't want the permaban.

 

[fourjeepin]

Dog bone wrench. No pic as I sold it without ever using it. I guess it would be good for someone if they didn't have any sockets or combo wrenches. No good for the kind of folks that frequent this site.

 

[dledinger]

Yeah..had a couple of those that came free with something....useless, IMO.

 

[djkeev]

Actually the Robo pliers are not useless, I've got a pair and while they ar NOT my go to pliers, I use them a fair bit for grasping flat items such as threaded unions for plumbing joints.
http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/Union-5P592?Pid=search

The Robo pliers are actually easier and quicker to use than my Knipex plier wrench is to adjust!

No tool is truly useless, it may never serve you or I, but for someone else in a given situation, they are God's gift to mankind!

 

[jrherald420]

I got a set free when i bought my Mustang, the hood latch inside was broke and thats what the old owner used to grab the cable and pull it with. I left them outside for a week and no one would take them!!!! lol

 

[metaldad]

Yep. dog bone wrench. bionic wrench. black and decker snake light, irwin's 'pseudo' channelocks, robogrips, powershot 'pro' electric brad nailer

 

[KermitFrog]

I got a set of two sizes about 15 years ago for x-mas. Barely have used them. I found a set in the road a few years ago and occasionally use those.

 

[bobbar]

He wasn't at work today so no pictures. Maybe he will show on monday.

+1 i work with a couple worthless tools also....

 

[BullfrogJohnson]

This thread makes me want to find my Gator Grip sockets!

 

[beelsr]

i think the best thing sears did with those was sell the rubber jaw protectors. i still have those in the pliers drawer.

 

[softailgarage]

My little girl gave it to me 2 Christmas' ago , so, of course I'll keep it forever...(notice how clean it is)

 

[tribbles]

Got it one Christmas. Totally pointless. The rubber drive band in it snapped in short order and it doesn't even make a mediocre manual adjusting wrench.

 

[tribbles]

I also have a dogbone wrench, which isn't totally useless. I use it for quickly finding out what size a bolt or nut is, then I can grab the right wrench or socket the first time.

 

[jjjrmx5]

RoboGrip can lick my taint.

I've got a full set in my box. Totally useless.

 

[Davefr]

I've actually used my Robogrip a couple times and it did the job when I needed a wide grip without much room to work.

However this useless tool has never been out of the toolbox. (it seemed like it would come in handy but never has):

 

[langss]

+1 i work with a couple worthless tools also....

I'll trade you. One we call "UPS". Can you figure out what that means. The other we call "Scarecrow" as in (if he only had a brain).

 

[blueflame6]

I bought the Craftsman Robogrip two piece set style pliers about 10+/- years ago, never seemed to work as expected. This past Spring I returned them to Sears to get a flex head 3/8" ratchet, I am much happier now.........

 

[Jim C.]

I have the Craftsman version of the robo grip pliers, and can honestly say that I never use them. I received them as Christmas gift many years ago. They've been in a small emergency kit in the trunk of my car since the day after I received them. I can't recall ever using them, and pretty much forgot about them until I read this thread.

Jim C.

 

[dandan111]

Is that a air pump drive ratchet? I had to ask,I'm sure other people a wondering.

 

[Link-Belt]

Manual pneumatic ratchet LOL.

 

[RedFordTruck]

X2 for Black & Decker Auto Wrench. I had one I gave away without ever using it.

 

[EvilWelder]

I bought those useless robocrap pliers when they came out, now they are the ones I let people borrow

 

[87FoRunner]

Robo grips are good for holding hot steel (as are my cheapie Kobalt "vise grips")

Dogbones are good for "easier" oil changes (toy corrolla first one to pop into my mind) The magnetized ones can stick to the side of the oil drains and you have a handy drain popper.

 

[ImportTuner]

I've actually used my Robogrip a couple times and it did the job when I needed a wide grip without much room to work.

However this useless tool has never been out of the toolbox. (it seemed like it would come in handy but never has):

I have to agree with Davefr on this one .. I bought mine at Pep Boys thinking is was kinda cool at the time .. still brand new

 

[T56 Impala]

I have to agree with Davefr on this one .. I bought mine at Pep Boys thinking is was kinda cool at the time .. still brand new

Wow, I have one of those too! The grease in it hardened so I cleaned it out and lubed it and it works great again. Yes, I have used mine before. Many times! It has come in handy changing challenging plugs as well as header bolts.

 

[JASTECH]

I too have the set of Robo-Grips, used the larger one a few times as it stays in plumbing tool box. I have seen that turn handle ratchet a long time ago but never bought one. Now with my disability I could use one. "Anybody want to trade for one?"

My useless tool would be a pair of triangle ended auto adjusting wrenches my mom bought me years ago. Don't recall the correct name, anybody have them?

 

[lbgradwell]

DO YOU USE Robogrip?

Had one; sold it to a rube.

This thread makes me want to find my Gator Grip sockets!

Had one; sold it to a rube.

 

[stroked80z28]

I've actually used my Robogrip a couple times and it did the job when I needed a wide grip without much room to work.

However this useless tool has never been out of the toolbox. (it seemed like it would come in handy but never has):

We use a modified version of this ratchet at work. A local fab shop lengthens the handle and "T" to about five feet. They are then used to loosen and tighten nuts on elevator handrails. The length of the ratchet allows you to access the nuts from the pit beneath the elevator.

 

[jvitez]

Sorry, but the first thing that sprung to my mind is a medical device for IUD insertions. And they sold it in a tool store? I guess it's kind of fitting........

 

[Phobo]

that just comes right after the dogbone wrench. Probably one of my first own tools as a kid.

 

[skiptooth]

that just comes right after the dogbone wrench. Probably one of my first own tools as a kid.

That there is a bicycle multi tool. Great in you on the road repair kit.

 

[Vvmvbb]

I find the Robogrips to be pretty handy from time to time. I keep throwing them way in the back of a drawer and keep going after them occasionally. Especially with the soft jaws (I evidently have what will be a life time supply of those). I use them to pull spark plug wires.

 

[mscribellito]

Got it one Christmas. Totally pointless. The rubber drive band in it snapped in short order and it doesn't even make a mediocre manual adjusting wrench.

My sister gave my dad those a few years ago despite my advice not to. I was at my dad's the other day and saw them still in the package in the bottom of his toolbox