Tools, Whats YOUR weakness

[mrholeshot]

When it come to tools what tool is your weakness, which tool is it that you look for first and will dig through a bunch of others to get it?

When it comes to tools I have a thing for most basic hand tools but my weakness is ratchets. I go for the ratchets in any store, yard sale, flea market. I rather have ratchets than cash,lol

 

[Theloniousmonk]

"Old World" and ratchets, and SK... so, SK ratchets from Europe. and "industrial" tools (bigazzwrenches).. so industrial SK ratchets from Europe.

 

[chopper1]

Ratchets then combo wrenches. I'm always on the lookout for Fairmount ratches, wrenches and sockets.

 

[warmpancakes]

combination wrenches chrome only I just love the look of a drawer full of wrenches

 

[Danglerb]

Mostly the metal ones ....

Hazet, not the old tools from cars.
Stahlwille
Snapon screwdrivers
Then specific tools, long long handle Proto ratchet, Proxxon rotator, hammers I don't have, anything interesting like ignition wrenches. Sigh, real admission of weakness since I have no real use for them, old SK and Utica.

Special tools for Porsche 928, factory tools and tools from the kit in the cars.

 

[I can fix anything]

diamond adjustables

 

[Jack Olsen]

Steel angle plates. Parallels. Height blocks. Surface plates. Anything really heavy and made of steel. I have absolutely no need for so many. But now I've got a lot of them.

 

[SCscoutguy]

I seem to always buy "Yankee Screwdrivers" whenever I see them. I have about 30 of them now it seems and have never used even one.

 

[zer01]

Hammers and Ratchets. I don't need as many as I have but I always find an excuse to buy another one.

 

[Crash913]

Pliers for some reason. I dont use them too often but when I do it is always a pleasure I have an itch for a nice set of linesman's pliers...

 

[rsanter]

shiney crome and red

bob

 

[Moose-LandTran]

Ratchets, Snap-on hard handles, obscure sockets and socket drivers. I have ~50 ratchets and use most of them, love 'em, can't get enough. I've pretty much stopped buying hard handles since they brought them back, and i have a stockpile of them. Obscure sockets are great, there's something great about having every kind of socket imaginable, and many that aren't! From strut nut sockets, to diesel injector sockets, special sensor sockets, etc.. very few don't get used, i find all kinds of uses for the ones i have. (Ford ICP sensor socket is great for coolant temp sensors and oil pressure sensors!)

Ah, so many tools, so little money..

 

[Moose-LandTran]

Steel angle plates. Parallels. Height blocks. Surface plates. Anything really heavy and made of steel. I have absolutely no need for so many. But now I've got a lot of them.

Need... need... need...

I'm sure i've heard that word somewhere before, just can't place it..

 

[Mr.Nutcase]

Tools is my weakness, ratchets...

 

[Packard V8]

Anything USA. On Saturday, I bought a Porter Cable finish sander I didn't really need, just because it was in the original box "Proudly Made in the USA." BTW, does anyone know the COA of the current generation of Porter-Cable quarter sheet finish sanders?

As far as the bigger stuff, it's Snap-on and Kennedy boxes. I've got nine Snap-on and nine Kennedys. They're not all full yet, but working on it.

jack vines

 

[woody 73]

Hammers they just call my name,Woody, buy me I need a good home!

 

[Moose-LandTran]

Hammers they just call my name,Woody, buy me I need a good home!

I work with a guy called Woody, he also loves hammers. While he doesn't have that many he uses them the most. He's the only person i've ever seen fix an electrical problem with a hammer..

 

[eborcim]

Ratchets and pliers are my weakness.

 

[shotgunfatcat]

Combo wrenches, long short, big, small.

 

[Kirbot]

Anything Machinist.
Micrometers, dial indicators, combination squares, ect ect ect...

Although I've also been caving in to more and more ratchets lately...

 

[wrenchr]

When it come to tools what tool is your weakness, which tool is it that you look for first and will dig through a bunch of others to get it?

When it comes to tools I have a thing for most basic hand tools but my weakness is ratchets. I go for the ratchets in any store, yard sale, flea market. I rather have ratchets than cash,lol

Yup that is my poison to

 

[JC23]

Fabrication Tools. They stop me in my tracks EVERY TIME!

 

[rsieracki]

anything quality, and most likely anything that i run across that i saw here on GJ that looked cool and gave me tool envy

lately its been stuff that i can try and sell to make a few bucks to pay for the items im keeping for my self.

 

[mkdive]

Like others,

Ratchets, Combo & DBE wrenches, Anything Knipex/PBSwiss, Old 6" Vises, SO hard handles still in good condition.

 

[finallap]

stuff that i can try and sell to make a few bucks to pay for the items im keeping for my self.

That's exactly what I do.

 

[Sterff]

I have a problem with screwdrivers

 

[Old Donn]

Bonney combo wrenches.

 

[Wakefield]

Snap on deep offset box end wrenches -and half moon and S-shaped and flare nut--

 

[DocsMachine]

Anything I don't have. Doesn't matter if I don't have an immediate use for it, or don't need it- if I don't already have one in my collection, I want it.

Doesn't matter if it's a box wrench or a large machine tool. I can't always afford it, but I want it.

Doc.

 

[mjb]

Clamps. You can't have too many.

I am always looking for old C clamps.

 

[fflintstone]

BIG C-clamps
5 gal Gerry cans for $1 or less
Old craftsman fine tooth ratchets
USA vice grips and pliers (actualy don’t have enough)
Old cool stuff
Old drill presses (I have 3, who needs more than two?)

 

[volpster31]

for me its ratchets and any old set of pliers with decorative handles. im a sucker for a u.s made pair of slip joints with a design on the handles

 

[littlekillertoad]

it's almost always old ratchets for me, after that, I look for indestro and old sk sockets and anything snap-on.

 

[slip knot]

Hammers. I guess I was hammer deprived as a child. Can't seem to walk by one without taking it home.

 

[jakeb]

I was thinking about a thread like this last night while I was looking around at sears while they were fixing a ratchet (ended up giving me a different one).

Either way I like pry bars, not that I really use them all that much but I like them, bigger the better.

Also pliers....especially side cutters.

 

[premierplayer]

Lately it's been LED flashlights, and vise's.
Always on the lookout for BIG wrenches SAE and metric. Full polish has won a spot in my heart...

 

[Eric Commarato]

Everything

 

[Bran Diezel]

i have enough wrenches to fill most double decker tool boxes

 

[GTO]

Anything NEW,don't have any use for old rusted tools.

 

[american lockpicker]

Anything old world.