Tools that rarely get used anymore

[SK-Mike]

For me its got to be Vise Grips. I only own 3 pair, but I NEVER use them anymore.

A close second is the Traditional Adjustable wrench, I own a set of the Channellock brand with the black Phosphate coating, but ever since I purchased the Knipex Pliers wrench, my Adjustables haven't been moved.

 

[The Cobbler]

hand saws

 

[SK-Mike]

Good one ^^ I have 2 hand saws hanging in garage, one is still brand new with cardboard cover on the blade, at least 20 years old.

 

[PelicanPines]

Adjustable wrenches... I can honestly say... 12+ years... I moved to my new house and put them in a plastic bag... during the move... they are still in the plastic bag.

Vice grips... I use...
Hand saws... I use several Japanese hand saws and a hack saw...

 

[The Cobbler]

OK, you got me on the hack saw... I was thinking wood hand saws

 

[pstemari]

My hand saw gets occasional use, usually when the table and radial arm saws have collected junk piles.

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[PelicanPines]

OK, you got me on the hack saw... I was thinking wood hand saws

I know the kind you are talking about (that you don't use)... I'm not even sure where mine are... I have a wooden lath saw I haven't used since I moved out of the "plastered" house.

OH OH... I have not used a rotozip in 10 years... I used to use those all the time...

 

[Ole Slewfoot]

 

[ADSR]

timing light

 

[mowkep]

I've used all the above with in the last couple of months. I haven't used my chisel set in a while but they are invaluable when needed. Now my Craftsman electric brad nailer has collected dust. Never was a good tool. My Robogrips are pretty much like new as well....and available.

 

[Super Mech]

Timing light, manifold/stater wrench, flat feeler gauge. I keep an adjustable wrench on my torch cart, use it at least once a week to change torch heads.

 

[Super Mech]

Also, drag link socket.

 

[Ditch]

Adjustable wrenches... I can honestly say... 12+ years... I moved to my new house and put them in a plastic bag... during the move... they are still in the plastic bag.

I have a huge one I use for bending metal

 

[Ditch]

works great as a paperweight,

timing light

and dwell meter

 

[Gizmosity]

If your saws are lonely from lack of use, image how long it's been since that saw-set got used.

 

[MikeF2316]

I agree with timing lights and feeler gauges, I haven't used mine in ages. But I do use my adjustable wrenches, just not on nuts or bolts. I'm always bending or tweaking brackets etc with them.

 

[keen]

works great as a paperweight

really? I use mine all the time whenever access is possible, instead of a ratchet. especially for starting lug nuts/bolts and running them in on sensitive wheels. (like those that use aluminum lug nuts.)

oh, and bumper cover hardware. and. and.



what I almost never use: my collection of jacks and jack stands. I dont get rid of them because they DO come in handy, but sometimes I think about it.....

 

[keen]

and I use adjustable wrenches all the time. they certainly have their place - like that bolt on the lid clamp for the parts solvent drum. instead of chasing back and forth 2 or 3 times, just grab the crescent (actually a diamond in that case). and then tightening the loose clamping nut on the support rod for the parts washer basin? same thing. grab that same adjustable. otherwise it would have been 3-5 trips back to the tool chest, even with my fairly educated eye. (these were probably in the 20-24mm range, and both different sizes. and probably sae and not metric, but my eye is calibrated in metric.)

 

[thatguysb]

For me its my universal joints, been almost a year since i needed one.

thats almost the same time i got my first flexhead ratchet.

 

[Tellingthem]

Clutch head screwdrivers

 

[BIG BACCHUS]

Anyone who doesn't use these can donate them to me.

 

[Ditch]

really? I use mine all the time whenever access is possible, instead of a ratchet. especially for starting lug nuts/bolts and running them in on sensitive wheels. (like those that use aluminum lug nuts.)

oh, and bumper cover hardware. and. and.

Never for me. I use 1/4" drive air or battery ratchets for that
and never for lugnuts
if the wheels are that sensitive, I always start them by manually and turn down the gun
hand jobbing is not for me

 

[Ditch]

Anyone who doesn't use these can donate them to me.

send me info and money for shipping.

 

[mbshop]

Good grief, except for the timing light, I use just about everything . Dont get why folks don't use vise grips. When I croak then my kids can get rid of all my stuff. Until then I keep everything.

 

[keen]

I always start them by manually and turn down the gun

I can generally have them run down with the speed wrench and ready for torque wrench as fast as I can start them by hand (disconnected socket, because you generally can't fit fingers down there for lug bolts deep in alloy wheels) then stick the socket on on the gun, spin it down, then socket off for the next one, start it, install it, etc. A little faster if I cycle through two sockets.

a pure stud/nut world may be different, but 97% of what I do has lug bolts.


as for air ratchets - I love them in tight spaces, but having had to have a finger sewed back on when one snatched under a seat....they're not the first tool I grab.

 

[HomeTheaterMan]

I agree. I bought a Snap On version at this because it was either $5 or $10 at an auction. I thought it might be handy, but I've never used it. I should have passed on it.

 

[ItsNemo]

+1

I've had one for years and never use it...I almost always spin things down with the little cordless impact wrench. It's precise enough that for the most part I can get torque close enough to finish up with the torque wrench in a half turn or so.

 

[davethorik]

A machinist's planer/shaper gauge.

 

[jsaw]

I cant remember them all, but a few would be, oil pressure sending unit sockets, steering lock plate remover tool, tilt steering column pivot pin remover, timing light, R 12 air conditioning tools, window crank clip remover tool, carburetor tools, dwell meter,

 

[DGersic]

My first car, a 73 Buick, used to blow the seals out of the steering box, often enough that I could replace them in under an hour, including the time it took to walk up to the local NAPA and back to buy new ones. I still have the pitman arm puller needed to do the job. Sold the car 20+ years ago.


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[Ditch]

I can generally have them run down with the speed wrench and ready for torque wrench as fast as I can start them by hand (disconnected socket, because you generally can't fit fingers down there for lug bolts deep in alloy wheels) then stick the socket on on the gun, spin it down, then socket off for the next one, start it, install it, etc. A little faster if I cycle through two sockets.

a pure stud/nut world may be different, but 97% of what I do has lug bolts.


as for air ratchets - I love them in tight spaces, but having had to have a finger sewed back on when one snatched under a seat....they're not the first tool I grab.

wow, some assumption.
I put the lug in the socket (that is already on the gun) , turn it on the stud and gun it
no way are you handjobbing it faster, pure bovine scatology
done it for decades w/o damaging any threads

 

[Ditch]

My first car, a 73 Buick, used to blow the seals out of the steering box, often enough that I could replace them in under an hour, including the time it took to walk up to the local NAPA and back to buy new ones. I still have the pitman arm puller needed to do the job. Sold the car 20+ years ago.


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I have 2 that don't get used anymore
I really have to rearrange my tools so I can use a small box for **** I don't use anymore

 

[dwasifar]

SAE hand wrenches. I still have them, but I rarely use them. Around the house there's not much that needs wrenching that can't be done with an adjustable or a socket, and I haven't had a car with SAE fasteners in nigh on 20 years.

 

[theoldwizard1]

Dwell tach, timing light, distributor wrench (I think I have 3), any tool designed specifically for drum brakes.

 

[dwasifar]

Dwell tach, timing light, distributor wrench (I think I have 3), any tool designed specifically for drum brakes.

I was surprised to run across drum brakes on my wife's car yesterday. I pulled off the rear caliper and rotor as part of a brake job, and inside the rotor was a little drum brake. Apparently that's how Subaru does parking brakes.

 

[ssdave]

Used a hand saw today. I use one a lot, building a house. Great for flush cutting where reciprocating saw won't reach. To be fair, I used the recip saw a lot today also, enough to go through 3 lennox blades. And a skillsaw, and a table saw.

Also used an adjustable wrench. Used a hand pound hammer and nails a lot too. Will use the air nailer tomorrow doing production work. Was much easier using the hammer/nails today.

 

[Musicinabottle]

YUP! I've had one since the 1980s, never used it I don't believe. That's it, I'm throwing it out!

 

[Wyoming09]

This. Still have mine. Can't make myself part with it.

 

[crackit]

I probably have three of these that I never use. Nor do I use my timing light any more.

But I do still use handsaws (which work great if you keep them sharp). I also use vise grips, adjustable wrenches, and a steering wheel lock-plate tool frequently.

 

[timbitca]

I use my Grandfather's old Disston quite often. Much faster if only cutting one board or piece of wood than dragging out the table saw, circular saw, jig saw, extension cords etc.

I use my Vise Grips all the time too, not all 12 pairs (or maybe it's more) at the same time, but nonetheless...