What is your single favorite tool?

[Fedwrench]

That free pocket screwdriver by Alexander that has a small 1/8 flat tip blade and a magnet on the other end with a tool truck logo on it. I never want to be without one. Opens parts boxes, removes connectors and trim pieces. It probably does everything but, be a screwdriver.

 

[wreckercologist]

Checkbook


...always seems to work for any job.

Ain't that the truth!

My BurrKing 960-272 ,1hp belt grinder. Nothing like the smell of a piece of high carbon or damascus steel getting hot and sending off a shower of sparks as you grind it into a knife blade.

We need pics!

my Lagun milling machine.

Jealous! Those are great machines.

Here's my favorite: http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item...group_ID=19798&store=snapon-store&dir=catalog

I swapped the shank with the TMR4 which has a 4" shank instead of the 8" of the TMRT8.

 

[ossaguy]

I just bought a super nice headlight for my head that's super bright,lightweight and works just so well.Works great,especially when doing detail work,like carb rebuilds.

It's an Led Lenser H7 headlight.

Uses 3 AAA batteries that last a long time,and the light is so bright It's almost blinding.There is a lever on the battery pack that allows you to adjust the brightness,then on the headlight there is a lever you move for pinpoint focus,on up to wide-area light.The battery pack is on the other side,at the back of the head so it's got a balanced feel to it.

I can still wear my earmuffs,and it's so handy not having to hold and point a flashlight.

I bought it from the SO man,and he said he sells a lot of them.

I was bummed when I googled it tonight,though.......and saw all of the cheaper places to buy it from.I really overpaid.But heck,it's easier on the budget spreading the payments out a couple weeks.

Anyway,that's my NEW favorite tool!

Steve

 

[johnny1290]

My favorite tool is invariably whatever I've bought most recently.

Right now that would be my Cman thread restorer kit that was still made in US of A and I think was 40 bucks or so.

Now I just need to find a nice tap and die set...

 

[Teken]

This is my most favorite tool of them all. Any chance I have to use this baby it comes out!

Armstrong 18" bolt cutter good for up to 5/16" and cuts like buttaaa!

 

[impulse922]

mitutoyo digital caliper or the IR thermometer.

sometimes i have to hide the thermometer from myself

 

[blaze_125]

My welder. It's only a 110 Lincoln unit using flux-cored wire, but I get a bonner everytime I pull the trigger

 

[Major Ramifications]

My welder. It's only a 110 Lincoln unit using flux-cored wire, but I get a bonner everytime I pull the trigger

Dude, you may not want to step up to a 220V machine with gas. If you do, you will have a mess down there.

 

[Bolster]

The tool I couldn't live without would be a cordless driver. Mine's due for an upgrade but I'm riding this horse until it dies. Not saying I love using it; I just couldn't live without it. Sort of like air.

My particular model was the first cordless driver to go into outer space on a shuttle mission.

If you're talking "Damn, that thing works great!" and "Got me out of a jam!" sort of a hand tool, I'd nominate the Knipex wrench plier:

If you're talking "I'm going to go entertain myself with a power tool for an hour," then this:

If you are talking, "I am MAN, let physical objects BOW BEFORE ME" sort of a tool, then this:

 

[Teken]

My particular model was the first cordless driver to go into outer space on a shuttle mission.

That's because it went out to the lowest bidder, we all know that! Otherwise it would have been DeWalt black and yellow all the way!

 

[Bolster]

LOL!! What is it with you and black and yellow?

 

[brian90505]

It's gotta be my toolbox.

 

[blaze_125]

Dude, you may not want to step up to a 220V machine with gas. If you do, you will have a mess down there.

Isn't that what shop towels are for

 

[speed bump]

Probably my Lincoln Vista 2000 or the Oxy-acetylene torch. The helmet because it fits just right and the torch because you can make magic happen if you know what you are doing.

 

[AutomatiquE]

My flexible magnet. No more headache since i bought mine.

 

[mrholeshot]

I'd have to say my favorite tool is my Lincoln Power mig 180. I'll go out in the shop and find something to weld just for the sake of welding it. I also enjoy my old 70's Lincoln 225 "buzz box" arc welder. I have enjoyed welding since I took the welding class in high school

 

[Cumminst100]

Swiss army super tinker or my sk 1/4 flex ratchet decisions decisions

 

[Chief]

My end cutting pliers. Not sure if its my most used, but I could not live without them. They come in handy for a bunch of tasks. Feel like I am always using them for something.

 

[blaze_125]

I'll go out in the shop and find something to weld just for the sake of welding it.

I don't feel so alone anymore

 

[arkangel06]

My snap on f-710D

 

[Kurn]

My old Wells horizontal band saw.Made about '71,and still going strong.

 

[msmith]

I own a lot more Mac Tools than Snappies, but my old black SnapOn ratcheting screwdriver always makes me smile. It's just a fantastic tool.

My second favorite tool is an old double-point machinist's scribe that has about a billion uses and always comes in handy. It cost about $5.00 and might be the best use for a $5.00 bill ever invented.

 

[J. faubus]

My favorite would be my Snap-On high leverage pliers.

 

[Cummins_Powered]

I love my Snap on FL80. One of two snap on tools i own and it is awesome! 80 teeth rock.

 

[jay50]

My man-tool; ladies love it...

 

[loj]

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I always use it for those fine adjustments when your fabricating something

Your dad was the man - not just for making the thing, but also for being a tough enough SOB to break that Bonney ratchet.

 

[jayrush13]

Your dad was the man - not just for making the thing, but also for being a tough enough SOB to break that Bonney ratchet.

He used to do petro gas piping and they were really hard on stuff i imagine it was a victim of some mechanical persuasion

 

[SnowBlaZeR2]

My old CMan Pro ratcheting driver. That thing has more bits than I know what to do with and I've kept it in every car I've owned. Great tool.

 

[Michael Bryce Winnick]

My Blackhawk balpeen hammer.

 

[gabeancounter]

Dewalt impact = screwdriver, ratchet, drill, and nut driver all in one!

 

[Elroy]

Picking a favorite tool is like asking a parent which is their favorite child. Sorry but it doesn't work that way.

 

[z28snksknr]

My extendable magnet with an LED in the tip. Every time i drop a bolt or socket into some unseen chasm of an engine compartment, it's always there to talk me down from burning the thing to the ground in a blind fury. Turn the light on, entend, retrieve, all is right in the world again.

 

[Abbott]

My cordless drill is my favorite tool. I also like my power hacksaw/bandsaw...a lot.

 

[dicaeala]

Here you go


I always use it for those fine adjustments when your fabricating something

Thats pretty awesome.