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Posted on 12/13/2005 7:44:39 PM PST by coloradan

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I will add to this excellent tutorial:

23. Combination wrench: A long metallic device used to check the short circuit current of a car battery.

1 posted on 12/13/2005 7:44:39 PM PST by coloradan
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To: coloradan

Don't forget DYKES.


2 posted on 12/13/2005 7:47:45 PM PST by JustAnotherOkie
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off topic but when I was 14 working on a construction site I was told to go fetch a crooked 2x4. The carpenters started yelling at me to move my ass cuz they needed it. I spent 30 minutes walking around asking for it and got sent all over the job site.....


3 posted on 12/13/2005 7:47:50 PM PST by misterrob
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24. Crescent Wrench used to professionally round off bolt heads.


4 posted on 12/13/2005 7:49:11 PM PST by StACase
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To: coloradan; sistergoldenhair

LOLOLOL!!!! I'm dyin'.


5 posted on 12/13/2005 7:49:52 PM PST by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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24.Brake fluid:chemical used to strip paint off flawless motorcycle paint during general motorcycle maintenance.
6 posted on 12/13/2005 7:50:45 PM PST by postaldave (i've given up on being mad in exchange for bitter sarcasm.)
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To: coloradan

Did that once with a metal watch band.


7 posted on 12/13/2005 7:51:33 PM PST by Not now, Not ever! (This tag-line is temporarily closed for remodeling)
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I was using channel-locks to remove a brake spring when, you guessed it, it slipped and drew blood above my eyebrow. I immediately discovered it also acted as a boomerang when I got mad and threw it only to find it ricochet'd back to hit me in the face again.


8 posted on 12/13/2005 7:52:31 PM PST by umgud (uncompassionate conservative)
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"off topic but when I was 14 working on a construction site I was told to go fetch a crooked 2x4. The carpenters started yelling at me to move my ass cuz they needed it. I spent 30 minutes walking around asking for it and got sent all over the job site....."

That's a classic initiation gag for a rooky on a construction site.

They do it to every newbie.


9 posted on 12/13/2005 7:53:14 PM PST by beaver fever
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To: misterrob

Sounds similar to a persuit down the runway looking for flight line or prop wash.


10 posted on 12/13/2005 7:53:48 PM PST by Not now, Not ever! (This tag-line is temporarily closed for remodeling)
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If it can't be done with a hammer and vice grips then I can't do it.


11 posted on 12/13/2005 7:54:55 PM PST by yarddog
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To: JustAnotherOkie

Isn't that Ellen DeGeneres' favorite tool?


12 posted on 12/13/2005 7:55:13 PM PST by ZULU (Non nobis, non nobis, Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, guts, and guns made America great.)
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Or the infamous muffler bearings...


13 posted on 12/13/2005 7:55:30 PM PST by RebelBanker (If you can't do something smart, do something right.)
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To: coloradan
My favorite part of engineering are the general notes.

1. Paint to match.
2. Cut to shape.
3. Hammer to fit.
14 posted on 12/13/2005 7:55:37 PM PST by Boiler Plate
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"I was using channel-locks to remove a brake spring when, you guessed it, it slipped and drew blood above my eyebrow."

Channel locks have an attitude. You should have known that.


15 posted on 12/13/2005 7:55:55 PM PST by beaver fever
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To: coloradan

Flashlight: A device used to drain batteries in your toolbox.


16 posted on 12/13/2005 7:57:14 PM PST by MediaMole
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To: RebelBanker

In a radio shop I once worked in, we sent the parts person down to pick up some one conductor ribbon cable, 100 feet of same was needed, quickly.


17 posted on 12/13/2005 7:57:22 PM PST by Not now, Not ever! (This tag-line is temporarily closed for remodeling)
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To: TapTap; Sarcastic1; LongElegantLegs; ZEROKILL

You gotta read these!


18 posted on 12/13/2005 7:57:43 PM PST by Vor Lady (Doesn't expecting the unexpected make the unexpected the expected?)
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25. Torque bar: a long metal rod used to crack sockets and peel flesh off knuckles.


19 posted on 12/13/2005 7:58:25 PM PST by ElkGroveDan (California bashers will be called out)
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Wouldn't you know...

I just got through putting a new DRO scale on my milling machine, and while waiting for the CNC program to calibrate it, I logged on to check the forcast and FR.

Thanks for the laugh.

20 posted on 12/13/2005 7:58:39 PM PST by FreedomFarmer (Facts without theory is trivia. Theory without facts is socialism.)
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