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Which Of These Hand Tools Is The Greatest Invention?

dougw
dougw over 1 year ago

Most clever, most useful, most indispensable...

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How many of these tools do you have?

What other tools should be in this list?

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  • ralphjy
    ralphjy over 1 year ago

    Small metric nut driver...

    Now that I am older and have arthritic fingers I find that I can't handle the small M2 and M2.5 nuts and hardware that is used to mount small boards and sensors without using a nut driver.  Would not be able to build most of my projects without one.

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  • DAB
    DAB over 1 year ago

    The answer will always depend upon what you are doing or building.

    Each tool made an impact when they became available.

    Each tool was created to fill a need as perceived by those who needed to use it.

    New tools will be created in the future and old tools will fall into non-use as better tools arrive.

    Such is the legacy of innovation.

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  • robogary
    robogary over 1 year ago in reply to rsc

    I remember that was a popular tool for the 60s era hippies. They had more thru-hole components and higher wattage soldering guns.   

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  • rsc
    rsc over 1 year ago

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  • dougw
    dougw over 1 year ago in reply to bradfordmiller

    My mouse sees even more work...Relaxed

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  • me_Cris
    me_Cris over 1 year ago in reply to electronicbiker

    Mine are ugly.

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  • scottiebabe
    scottiebabe over 1 year ago

    A niche tool, tweezer cutters, nice for fine magnet wire

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  • gordonmx
    gordonmx over 1 year ago

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    Can't forget my sonic screwdriver.

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  • bradfordmiller
    bradfordmiller over 1 year ago
    dougw said:
    What other tools should be in this list?

    Here's the tool I use most every day:

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  • electronicbiker
    electronicbiker over 1 year ago in reply to dougw

    0.25" magnetic recording tape. I enjoy attempting to restore old tape recorders. I had a pocket wire recorder once, after a series of failed attempts to repair it I threw it away. I bet it would be worth millions of pounds today if I'd kept it.

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