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Which Of These Hand Tools Is The Greatest Invention?

dougw
dougw 5 months 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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  • gordonmx
    gordonmx 5 months ago +5
    Can't forget my sonic screwdriver.
  • wolfgangfriedrich
    wolfgangfriedrich 5 months ago +4
  • rsc
    rsc 5 months ago +3
  • ralphjy
    ralphjy 5 months 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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  • dougw
    dougw 4 months ago in reply to ralphjy

    I need a set of those...

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  • beacon_dave
    beacon_dave 4 months ago in reply to ralphjy

    I find that the short 'Tommy bar' lever comes in handy with these.

    My set is over 40 years old now. No longer have the plastic cases they came in though. 

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  • ralphjy
    ralphjy 4 months ago in reply to beacon_dave

    Never used a Tommy bar with these.  I mainly use plastic hardware so haven’t needed one.  I don’t think that one came with the set.  I still have the case but don’t use it.  I also have a set of small flat blade screwdrivers.  I guess I could use one of those if I needed the leverage.  Both sets are about the same vintage as yours.

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  • ralphjy
    ralphjy 4 months ago in reply to ralphjy

    Actually, I have used a small hex wrench as a Tommy bar when doing retrofit repair of existing hardware for some frozen nuts.

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  • beacon_dave
    beacon_dave 4 months ago in reply to ralphjy

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  • kmikemoo
    kmikemoo 4 months ago in reply to beacon_dave

    Take 5 Tommy.  I got this.
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    Laughing

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  • beacon_dave
    beacon_dave 4 months ago in reply to kmikemoo

    Have you been cutting ends off your tools again ? Scream

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  • ralphjy
    ralphjy 4 months ago in reply to kmikemoo

    That would be a lot harder for me to use.  I don't do big projects much so I don't use power tools unless absolutely necessary.  Guess I'm just getting old...

    What types of project do you use that on?  I think the weight of the tool would make it hard for me to use with small hardware.

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  • kmikemoo
    kmikemoo 4 months ago in reply to ralphjy

     ralphjy All in jest, my friend. Relaxed  That's not a real assembly.  Although there are many of us in the Community that have met (or been) that technician that thinks the more power the better and tightness is measured in ugga-duggas (clacks of the impact anvil).

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