Weirdest item in your toolbox?

[ianguilly]

Could be tool not a tool, just something that makes people ask why. For me it be a pair of socks, I have spilled water and stepped in a couple buckets a few times and save them for those occasions. You?

 

[Rye425]

Not too weird, Q-Tips. I like using them for cleaning carburetors.

 

[Noxx]

Easy. I keep fondue forks, always have since my days as a field electrician. Handy damn dandy.

 

[greasemonkey44]

nail clippers
i hate working with dirty/long nails

 

[banditbigdog]

24" long hemostats

Good for sink / shower drain hair removal
Picking up stuff dropped in engine compartments out of reach

 

[cj7365]

A bottle of tylenol

 

[ServiceWithIntegrity]

A bottle of scotch

 

[Noxx]

A bottle of scotch

Well that's not weird at all.

 

[JKady]

Well that's not weird at all.

Yup, always had beer or a bottle of bourbon on the top of my toolbox when I'm between jobs and it's at home. Had that discussion with a former co-worker one night drinking beer in his garage, set a beer down on his service cart and realized that it was the first time in 10 years he'd been able to do such a thing since his boxes have always rolled from shop to shop.

 

[tylerae40]

Well that's not weird at all.

+2

5 or more of most things-
dad asks "why do you need 8 -3/8" ratchets?
- me "there's only eight? i must have lost some"

 

[DanCo]

I keep deoderant in my box, just in case

Dan

 

[jmscollinsiii]

Ratchet strap. One in my cart and one in my main box. Use the hell out of them doing plant maintenance.

 

[lotsoftools]

Maybe not too weird, but a wire coat hanger. Never know when I need to poke, grab or hang something with it.

 

[Fishey]

Bull Whip.

 

[uniballer]

rosary beads, made of silver. came with the box, I like it.

 

[bcradio]

Crochet needles

 

[CORTEZSS69]

Butter knife. I have used for many things other than spreading butter.

 

[LG63]

Expired credit cards, I use them as plastic scrapers on delicate surfaces. I have some sample Formica chips for the same purpose.

 

[Hammell]

A surgeons operating clamp, used to clamp hoses in human beings, and still being used.. Just not human beings anymore

 

[thundermug]

Glass lenses from a stereoscopic projector. Disassembled the projector for parts, and kept the lenses. Not useful, yet.

 

[ken w.]

A mini tube of Ky Lube. It works good for O rings. Other things too.

 

[wornoutoldman]

Dental floss. Use it all the time to tie down gaskets to parts since I prefer to install them without silicione or gorrilla snot or whatever else people use to keep them in place.

 

[wornoutoldman]

A mini tube of Ky Lube. It works good for O rings. Other things too.

Sounds like a parts counter friend maker.

 

[Mike14k]

In my car tool box, I carry a new, folded, still-in-the package shower curtain.

If I have to deal with a roadside repair, it gives me something to lay on. Or if i get unexpectedly dirty, I can toss it on the car seat to protect my white interior. $1.49 at Walmart.

 

[roblouvasz]

A trained stunt monkey. Great for getting me tools when I'm under a car!!!

 

[RedFordTruck]

I keep a military fold-up shovel, a roll of trash bags and a roll of TP in my truck toolbox.

In case I need to dispose of a body after Im done wiping my a**...

 

[zakmartin]

A marijuana pipe I got for a Christmas present. I couldn't really think of anywhere else to put it, so it's in my tool box.

 

[Heavy Metal Doctor]

Roll of yellow crime scene tape....I use some of it now and then to cordon off the shop to keep customers out when the bay doors are open......

 

[yjWrangler]

Silica gel packets

 

[davesnothere]

Inspiration.

 

[kiatech]

I saw a strip of condoms in in my co-workers box on monday....

 

[jethro29]

a golf tee,for pluging off vacum lines or the seven shades of fingernail polish i use for marking things.

 

[BDT/NWMN]

spring loaded clothes pins and a choaker chain for a large dog...

 

[niget2002]

Silica gel packets

Nothing new here. I have one in each drawer of the toolbox. Just remember to dry them out occasionally.

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[yjWrangler]

Nothing new here. I have one in each drawer of the toolbox. Just remember to dry them out occasionally.

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No idea how.

 

[Greatwhitewing]

After reading these replies I don't feel so weird keeping a spare pair of glasses and Ibuprofen.

I knew the whiskey was not abnormal at all..

 

[Xander]

Tweezers, I get slivers in my fingers from time to time, and it tweezers work good after cutting the skin up a little with a fresh razor blade.

X...

 

[Biomed]

I think it is called a tip cleaner. It's a fold-up tool (much like a set of folding hex wrenches) that welders use. I don't weld anything but the tool sure works great for cleaning out the inside of the stainless steel probes on the medical instruments I service.

 

[jmm]

I saw a strip of condoms in in my co-workers box on monday....

Got those in my under seat truck tool box...

 

[BigAl62]

I have a wooden block - like the ones little kids play with, has letters on it. It showed up one day 30 years ago when I brought my new to me 1980 Mustang Cobra into the shop. Someone put it on the roof, but nobody ever admitted to doing it. I put it in my tool box and it's still there. That tool box is at home now, but that stupid block is STILL in it!