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Anonymous Mon Oct 1 18:22:46 2012 No.303429 [Reply] [Original]

What is your favorite hand tool?

Mine is the drawknife.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 1 18:35:31 2012 No.303434 File: 12 KB, 450x174, speedy.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] The good old speed brace.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 1 18:43:30 2012 No.303436 Vice-grips master race reporting in

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 1 18:50:45 2012 No.303440 File: 8 KB, 220x220, pf-thumbnail-k5014_a.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] i love this thing

>>	truckerfag !!xXmBuWkIT3n Mon Oct 1 18:54:00 2012 No.303442 Tap and die. Fuck you. They come in the same case, they're one tool.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 1 19:04:46 2012 No.303444 Scrapers. So simple. So effective.

>>	ℴ ℯ ☞ ℼ ☜ !P3141593qY Mon Oct 1 19:10:46 2012 No.303445 box cutter

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 1 19:27:30 2012 No.303451 Gerber multitool.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 1 19:29:45 2012 No.303453 File: 18 KB, 450x282, ln-chisels.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Hammer and Chisel

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 1 19:48:31 2012 No.303460 >>303453 I'd love to get a few beginner projects for something like these. I got a set for Christmas last year, and I really want to become proficient with them, but I have no idea where to start.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 1 19:50:00 2012 No.303462 For sheer orgasmic pleasure, it's a file. But my favourite tool in my collection is a certain size Phillips head screwdriver. It fits every small screw I can find.

Anonymous Mon Oct 1 20:12:15 2012 No.303471

>>303460
Myself as well. I have a small set of detailing chisels and am really looking forward to getting some practice. My best guess in terms of improving ones skill would be to pick a simple project and work from there. I'm thinking about doing a simple geometric pattern on a skateboard deck for a friend, as an example.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 1 20:24:30 2012 No.303483 >>303462 An old, beat up Phillips Screwdriver I found as atalented /diy/erin the middle of a park. I still use it nowdays, but it's mostly my favorite due to sentimental value.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 1 20:40:45 2012 No.303495 File: 30 KB, 251x300, yawk14c.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>303429 Nice. Do you know of anyplace to find those for cheap? > What is your favorite hand tool? the pocketknife or some good wood-carving knives.

Anonymous Mon Oct 1 20:41:01 2012 No.303496
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This.
Frankly, it's not phenomenal multi-tool, but it's the only one that I ALWAYS have on me (even when flying. TSA never finds this shit). And for the price (<$10), there's no reason not to have one.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 1 20:51:00 2012 No.303502 Channellocks and quality pliers. >>303462 I agree on files.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 1 21:05:45 2012 No.303505 File: 5 KB, 282x105, estwing.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Man's greatest tool. >tfw spanking 16Ds in 2 whacks

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 1 21:11:00 2012 No.303510 >>303442 No one said anything bad...

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 2 00:57:45 2012 No.303600 File: 22 KB, 640x480, SledgeHammer.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>303505 Filthy casual.

>>	scroton !SW7uh6H3p. Tue Oct 2 01:04:15 2012 No.303602 File: 108 KB, 704x528, fencing-pliers[1].jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Fence Pliers

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 2 15:13:01 2012 No.303890 File: 38 KB, 500x278, t.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>303483

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 2 15:25:45 2012 No.303901 File: 46 KB, 900x483, water-pump-plier-bj-L.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] this, most versatile pliers.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 2 15:44:00 2012 No.303912 File: 7 KB, 200x200, conduit-bender.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Bender. Only because of Futurama.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 2 15:50:45 2012 No.303916 File: 10 KB, 300x300, screamscoop.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] ice cream scoop

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 2 15:56:00 2012 No.303920 File: 30 KB, 350x250, BY3002.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Diamond cutter.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 2 16:21:01 2012 No.303943 File: 8 KB, 400x163, Drilldo.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] drilldo

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 2 18:22:00 2012 No.304016 File: 3 KB, 394x300, spoon.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Hammer

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 2 20:38:30 2012 No.304108 File: 81 KB, 500x500, E3-8-24BP-500x500.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>303505 >>303600 >2012 > not using the refined elegance that is the ball peen. Do you even hammer?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 2 20:43:00 2012 No.304110 File: 6 KB, 260x259, plumb-level.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>304016 That's not a hammer, it's an awl. This is a hammer.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 2 20:43:45 2012 No.304109 >>304108 >not having a wide selection of hammers suited to different tasks

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 2 20:53:15 2012 No.304114 >>304109 Looks like a pretty wide selection to me.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 2 21:01:01 2012 No.304118 >>304114 5 hammers and you can't pull a nail with a single one.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 2 21:41:16 2012 No.304143 I really like my Japanese saw, cuts on the pull. I use it to make buttons flush in woodworking. I also like my yankee screwdriver.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 2 22:19:31 2012 No.304153 >>304114 a wide selection of the same hammer...

>>	Radiofag Tue Oct 2 22:38:30 2012 No.304166 File: 776 KB, 1359x765, HP 34401a.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Multimeters. Is it off? Is it on? Is it 1vac? is it 1000vac? Who knows? Nobody knows until they probe it and find out!

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 2 23:46:30 2012 No.304209 File: 562 KB, 1988x1345, CRT_oscilloscope_analogue_oscilloscope_analogue_storage_oscilloscope.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>304166 The only thing better than a multimeter is an oscilloscope >not this one, it looks pretty shit

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 2 23:47:45 2012 No.304210 >>304118 ball peen hammers are not for carpentry..

>>	Radiofag Wed Oct 3 00:04:30 2012 No.304221 File: 792 KB, 1920x1440, tek 453 scope.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>304209 The Tektronix 453 is bombproof and inexpensive.

Anonymous Wed Oct 3 00:16:00 2012 No.304229
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>>304221
Thanks for the recommendation, I need to get one by the end of the year so I'll keep an eye out

My second favourite is a nice set of tiny screwdrivers. Don't buy cheap ones like these because you cannot apply a lot of torque without losing your grip

Anonymous Wed Oct 3 01:47:15 2012 No.304272
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>>304166
>Is it off?
>Is it on?
>pic: 34401A

That was mildly amusing.

>>304209

I don't know about yourself, but I use my DMM much more.

I like these. At the same time, I hate all the work which requires them.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 3 01:47:15 2012 No.304273 File: 42 KB, 344x358, handtools.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

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