Favorite tools under $20...

[Moose-LandTran]

Dont you guys have tins with ring-pulls? I'm trying to remember the last time i had a tin i needed an opener for.

 

[chrislehr]

zip tie gun. Hands down. Love that thing.

 

[shocksystems]

zip tie gun. Hands down. Love that thing.

Sounds cool. I have never used one.

Does it look like this? I am having trouble finding a video of someone using one.

Cheers!

Jim

 

[chrislehr]

Sounds cool. I have never used one.

Does it look like this? I am having trouble finding a video of someone using one.

Cheers!

Jim

Yea, they are like $4 at HF at most... the nice ones tighten and cut the remainder

 

[BerBer5985]

I'd have to say either harbor freight tie downs for my truck or my angle grinder. Seems like I've used that a bunch.

 

[illmatyk]

Husky mini pliers set, 5 pieces with case. $12

Husky locking pliers/vise grips with cushioned/padded handle, 3 piece set. $18

Craftsman 18 piece screwdriver set. $16

Craftsman screwdriver organizer. $5.99(I bought 2)

Craftsman extensions, $6 for 6 inch and $10 for 10 inch.

 

[KNS Autosport]

Lisle coolant funnel has to be on my top 10

 

[illmatyk]

^^where can I order that online?

 

[kylefitz]

^^where can I order that online?

Here is a LINK

 

[G1GRANDEUR]

Lisle coolant funnel has to be on my top 10

oh yeah, make the job soooo much easier and clean.

 

[Tool.Nerd]

Hate to sound like a wimp, but...

The first tool I pick up in my garage, and the last I put down, is a pair of Ansell gloves.

I have sensitive skin, and my nails are constantly getting ripped, so I almost always wear gloves. The Ansell Hyflex 11801 gloves are nylon with a Nitrile palm and finger coating. Very tough but very flexible and great tactile feel. Grainger part 5AJ29.

http://www.hyflexfoamgray.com/land.php?cid=11801

Gloves are a great one. Anytime I have to move something large with sharp edges, or touch any general item that I really need to get ahold of but don't want to touch, I find myself reaching for them. No matter how nice of a set I get, though, I always go back to those red Craftsman gloves that are less than $5 a pair at Sears. I use them more often than any other single item in the garage except probably the garage door....

I have a pair of leather motorcycle gloves from back when I first started riding. They've since been replaced by nice armored gloves, but the old leather gloves, with a thin layer for the inside of the palm, but strips of padding across the fingers and back of the palms, makes for a very useful tool when, for example, you're trying to break loose that brake caliper bolt and you know that the moment you put any significant torque on it, your hand is going to hit either the fender or some random sharp-edged suspension component...

 

[AV8OR]

Ear Polypus Pliers have saved my bacon several times over the years:

http://www.micromark.com/EAR-POLYPUS-5-1and2-,7047.html

I have all three lengths but the 3.5" and the 5.5" both come in under $20

 

[crewchief888]

HF orange grinders (3 of em) $9.99 on sale 3 years ago
CM creeper seat
telescoping magnet
pocket size LED flashlights

all my old toolboxes that i saved from the scrap dumpster over the years

 

[spartyon8]

My favorite tools under $20 are my Allen flare nut wrenches. SAE and Metric 3pc sets $13/ea.

I also use my Husky double box end wrenches quite a bit. They were $14 per 4 set piece of SAE and Metric.

They work great for the diy.

 

[mkdive]

8" hemostats....$6.04 (amazon)

Under $9 (amazon)

SO ratchet rebuilding tool $.94 + S/h ..(pic courtesy of toolpants).

$19.99 from sears...great ratcheting driver for the money!

PBswiss pick 7676 ($5.09 @ amazon)

PBswiss 7678 ($6.17 @ amazon)

PBswiss pick 7679 ($5.36 @ amazon).

PBswiss pick 7675 ($7.52 @ amazon)

 

[MarcSeattle]

HF digital caliper, $20. I'm not a machinist so if it's not perfectly accurate I don't mind.

 

[mkdive]

HF digital caliper, $20. I'm not a machinist so if it's not perfectly accurate I don't mind.

The data port on those are handy...you can make a DRO on the cheap. I made one for my drill press.

 

[Indy_500]

i have a lot of tools that cost under $20

 

[baubau]

this is one of my favourite tools....i have all kinds of pullers and clip removers, from snap on , mac tools to cheap ones from hardware stores...but this thing is perfect for removing all kinds of clipses on cars, plastics, light sockets, whatever.....

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/im...0?ie=UTF8&n=228013&s=hi&qid=1272217435&sr=8-1