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Old 03-14-2007, 11:28 PM
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got it from my engines teacher at school last week

list of mechanics tools and discription




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Old 03-14-2007, 11:40 PM
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Now that is some funny ----. The funny part is it's all so true. I laughed especially at the drill press one, as that happened to my dumb *** last week.
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I got bored and typed it all out


HAMMER:

Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate expensive parts not far from the object you are trying to hit.



MECHANIC'S KNIFE:

Used to open and slice through the contents of cardboard cartons delivered to your front door; works particularly well on boxes containing leather seat covers and motorcycle jackets.



ELECTRIC HAND DRILL:

Normally used for spinning steel Pop rivets in their holes until you die of old age, but it also works great for drilling mounting holes in fenders just above the brake line that goes to the rear wheel.



PLIERS:

A tool used to round off bolt heads.



HACKSAW:

One of a family of cutting tools built on the Ouija board principle. It transforms human energy into a crooked, unpredictable motion, and the more you attempt to influence its course, the more dismal your future becomes.



VISE-GRIPS:

Another tool used to round off bolt heads. If nothing else is available, they can also be used to transfer intense welding heat to the palm of your hand. Sometimes used for clamping metal stock to a drill press table, always releases immediately upon contact with drill bit, usually hitting your forehead and distracting you from the pain of the metal stock cutting through your hand.



OXYACETYLENE TORCH:

Used almost entirely for lighting various flammable objects in your garage on fire. Also handy for igniting the grease inside a brake drum you're trying to get the bearing race out of.



WHITWORTH SOCKETS:

Once used for working on older British cars and motorcycles, they are now used mainly for impersonating that 9/16” or 1/2” socket you've been searching for the last 15 minutes.



DRILL PRESS:

A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and flings your beer across the room, splattering it against that freshly painted part you were drying.



WIRE WHEEL:

Cleans rust off old bolts and then throws them somewhere under the workbench with the speed of light. Also removes fingerprint whorls and hard-earned guitar calluses in about the time it takes you to say, "Ouch..."



HYDRAULIC FLOOR JACK:

Used for lowering a car or motorcycle to the ground after you have installed your new front disk brake setup, trapping the jack handle firmly under the front fender.



EIGHT-FOOT LONG DOUGLAS FIR 2X4:

Useful for levering a car or motorcycle upward off a hydraulic jack.



TWEEZERS:

A tool for removing wood splinters.



TELEPHONE:

A tool for calling your neighbor to see if he has another hydraulic floor jack.



SNAP-ON GASKET SCRAPER:

Theoretically useful as a sandwich tool for ------ing mayonnaise; used mainly for getting dog-doo off your boot.



E-Z OUT BOLT AND STUD EXTRACTOR:

A tool that snaps off in bolt holes and is ten times harder than any known drill bit.



TIMING LIGHT:

A stroboscopic instrument for illuminating grease buildup.



TWO-TON HYDRAULIC ENGINE HOIST:

A handy tool for testing the tensile strength of ground straps and brake lines you may have forgotten to disconnect.



CRAFTSMAN 1/2 x 16-INCH SCREWDRIVER:

A large motor mount prying tool that inexplicably has an accurately machined screwdriver tip on the end without the handle.



BATTERY ELECTROLYTE TESTER:

A handy tool for transferring sulfuric acid from a car battery to the inside of your toolbox after determining that your battery is dead as a doornail, just as you thought.



AVIATION METAL SNIPS:

See hacksaw.



TROUBLE LIGHT:

The mechanic's personal tanning booth. Sometimes called a drop light, it is a good source of vitamin D, "the sunshine vitamin," which is not otherwise found under automobiles at night. Health benefits aside, it's main purpose is to consume 40-watt light bulbs at about the same rate that 105-mm howitzer shells might be used during, say, the first few hours of the Battle of the Bulge. More often dark than light, its name is somewhat misleading.



PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER:

Normally used to stab the lids of old-style paper-and-tin oil cans and splash oil on your shirt; can also be used, as the name implies, to round off Phillips screw heads.



AIR COMPRESSOR:

A machine that takes energy produced in a coal-burning power plant 200 miles away and transforms it into compressed air that travels by hose to a Chicago Pneumatic impact wrench that grips rusty bolts last tightened 40 years ago by someone in Sindelfingen, and rounds them off.



PRY BAR:

A tool used to crumple the metal surrounding that clip or bracket you needed to remove in order to replace a 50-cent part.



HOSE CUTTER:

A tool used to cut hoses 1/2 inch too short.
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I started to type it then got lazy so I took a pic
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the floor jack one is the best.

but only cuz its happen to me.
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Originally Posted by Zeniceguycrx
I started to type it then got lazy so I took a pic
I was just kidding. I google searched the first line.
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bubbas teknikal tips > this thread
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ha ha that rules
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That is great.... A+
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bubbas teknikal tips > this thread
http://www.lindertech.com/bubba.htm
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