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Discussion in 'Home Improvement & DIY Forum' started by plutosgirl, Jan 25, 2010.

  1. jazzbluescat

    jazzbluescat superstar...yo.

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    Village Idiot cloud of dust

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  3. plutosgirl

    plutosgirl It's a Liopleurodon!!!

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    Whut??

    Crafty things could be building a bird house with baby Z... or something like that. It doesn't mean I'm gonna go out there and knit.
     
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    Have you cut a finger off jacking around with that jigsaw yet?
     
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    plutosgirl It's a Liopleurodon!!!

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  6. wordsworth

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    >>
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    >>
    >>
    >> You're a home
    >> handyman. Do you have any of these tools?
    >>
    >>
    >> Tool Definitions
    >>
    >> 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, denting the freshly-painted
    >> project which you had carefully set in
    >> the corner where nothing could get to it.
    >>
    >>
    >> WIRE WHEEL:
    >>
    >> Cleans paint off bolts and then throws
    >> them somewhere under the workbench with
    >> the speed of light. Also removes
    >> fingerprints and hard-earned calluses from fingers
    >> in about the time it
    >> takes you to say, "Oh, shit!"
    >>
    >>
    >> SKILL SAW:
    >>
    >> A portable cutting tool used to make
    >> studs too short.
    >>
    >>
    >> PLIERS:
    >>
    >> Used to round off bolt heads. Sometimes
    >> used in the creation of blood-blisters.
    >>
    >>
    >> BELT SANDER:
    >>
    >> An electric sanding tool commonly used to
    >> convert minor touch-up jobs into major refinishing
    >> jobs.
    >>
    >>
    >> 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:
    >>
    >> Generally used after pliers to completely
    >> 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.
    >>
    >>
    >> OXYACETYLENE TORCH:
    >>
    >> Used almost entirely for lighting various
    >> flammable objects in your shop on fire. Also handy
    >> for igniting the
    >> grease
    >> inside the wheel hub out of which you want to
    >> remove a bearing race.
    >>
    >>
    >> TABLE SAW:
    >>
    >> A large stationary power tool commonly
    >> used to launch wood projectiles for
    >> testing wall integrity.
    >>
    >>
    >> HYDRAULIC FLOOR JACK:
    >>
    >> Used for lowering an automobile to the
    >> ground after you have installed your new brake
    >> shoes, trapping the jack
    >> handle firmly under the bumper.
    >>
    >>
    >> BAND SAW:
    >>
    >> A large stationary power saw primarily
    >> used by most shops to cut good aluminum
    >> sheet into smaller pieces that more
    >> easily fit into the trash can after you
    >> cut on the inside of the line
    >> instead of the outside edge.
    >>
    >>
    >> TWO-TON ENGINE HOIST:
    >>
    >> A tool for testing the maximum tensile
    >> strength of everything you forgot to disconnect.
    >>
    >>
    >> PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER:
    >>
    >> Normally used to stab the vacuum seals
    >> under lids or for opening old-style paper-and-tin
    >> oil cans and splashing
    >> oil on your shirt; but can also be used, as the
    >> name implies, to strip out Phillips screw
    >> heads.
    >>
    >>
    >> STRAIGHT SCREWDRIVER:
    >>
    >> A tool for opening paint cans. Sometimes
    >> used to convert common slotted screws into
    >> non-removable screws, and for butchering your
    >> palms.
    >>
    >>
    >> 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 make hoses too short.
    >>
    >>
    >> HAMMER:
    >>
    >> Originally employed as a weapon of war,
    >> the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of
    >> divining rod to locate the most
    >> expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying
    >> to hit.
    >>
    >>
    >> UTILITY KNIFE:
    >>
    >> Used to open and slice through the
    >> contents of cardboard cartons delivered
    >> to your front door; works particularly
    >> well on contents such as seats, vinyl
    >> records, liquids in plastic bottles,
    >> collector magazines, refund checks, and
    >> rubber or plastic parts. Especially
    >> useful for slicing work clothes, but only
    >> while in use.
    >>
    >>
    >> SON OF A BITCH TOOL:
    >>
    >> Any handy tool that you grab and throw
    >> across the garage while yelling "Son of a
    >> bitch" at the top of your lungs. It is
    >> also, most often the next tool that you will need.
     

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