Did my RTC training over the weekend and although it was great to get hands on with all the hydraulic tools, I think my personal favourite is now this bad boy:
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The Halligan, AKA Hooligan Bar. Simple and brutally effective for everything from lock breaking to defending the homestead come the zombie apocalypse. Admittedly not great for bicycle maintenance unless you've got a [i]particularly [/i]stubborn crown race though.
What are your favourite tools and why?
48 inch stilson just for its shear manliness.
dead blow comedy mallet
Probably my Adze:
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I quite like my [url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/cycleologist/5894439684/ ]tool for finding punctures[/url]...
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Stihl Kombi.
Big boys Swiss Army Knife.
I quite like my tool for finding punctures...
That manages to be both bonkers AND genius...
That manages to be both bonkers AND genius...
http://uk.ebid.net/for-sale/lekzoeker-leak-detector-simson-detektora-wycieku-lecksucher-51155965.htm
Aye, so simple but really useful. Simson also make a fantastic tyre lever, which will get on the tightest tyre without pinching the tube.
Simson also make a fantastic tyre lever, which will get on the tightest tyre without pinching the tube.
My fear is always if it's that hard to get on, how do you get it off again.
Nice theory, but don't have much choice with small high pressure stuff like recumbents and folders 🙂
Besides, the usual reason to get a tyre off is because it's punctured, so can set about it with proper steel tyre levers.
True.
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Case CX210b long reach
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With tree shears attached
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My Victorinox multi-tool, a thing of beauty and precision. The Rolls-Royce of multitools IMO 🙂
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Yeah, still waiting to see one of these utilised in a horror movie.
My favourite tool must be a 5mm wrench, as I seem to carry one most of the time.
Circlip pliars. Reason being, most people don't know they exist, you hardly ever need them, but if you ever do need them and don't have them, it turns whatever simple job you're doing into an absolute bollocks.
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Gerber suspension. Would like something a bit lighter for the Camelbak though
Circlip pliars. Reason being, most people don't know they exist, you hardly ever need them, but if you ever do need them and don't have them, it turns whatever simple job you're doing into an absolute bollocks.
Without them, this is why circlips are also known as "pingf*ckits".
I was taught "jesus clips" 😆 Because that's what you say after they ping off and fly inside the engine.
Its a podger
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77 telecaster
http://www.clasohlson.com/uk/Cotech-5.5-hp-(3.7-kW)-Two-Stage-Snow-Blower/Pr315052000
Just bought one of these, we have a long driveway, can't wait for it to snow 😀
Shimano Cable cutters. Have saved me so much grief over the years.
snap-on ratchet screwdriver with spare bits in the handle, most used tool as i dont get on with power drivers. 2nd best knipex insulated pliers/wire cutters.
flashhart; very funny 😆
Op what is RTC training ? nice hooligan bar though !
Yeah, still waiting to see one of these utilised in a horror movie.
With the shite made these days it could very easily be put into a movie. They are a tool for work, if you wanted to be specific then maybe the header should say HAND tool in which case it be this.
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This thread is very Freudian 🙂
Anyhow, this is the thing that's always in my pocket:
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Another for the Leatherman Charge Ti.
Awesome bit if kit, had mine for years and it finds use most days at work.
Tough choice, so my top 3 in no particular order....
1. The thing for getting stones out of horses hooves.
2. Leatherman Micra, alway with me.
3. Rattle gun, great for pretending you are F1 pit crew
D-D-D-D-D-D-ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZTT 😆
Though it is hard to image you are F1 pit crew when laying on you back in a muddly field using one to change a Landrover diff in 10 mins during a comp safari 😕
I reckon a nice finishing plane has got to be up there.
For the bike either a headset press or a decent set of cable cutters.
It's power drills that make me sad - nowadays we have trying-too-hard efforts like this:
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But our parents and grandparents used proper drills which weren't "designed":
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I've got an old Wolf drill in the garage somewhere... Doesn't work but it's just a nice thing to have.
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I get a happy glow every time I use it. Like now!
But our parents and grandparents used proper drills which weren't "designed":
I've got a wolf drill and it is beautifully designed!
may fave is a cats paw - does much the same as the OP's tool, but more politely
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My Milbro lock wire pliers,30 years old and still used every day!
I've got a wolf drill and it is beautifully designed!
It's designed, but it's not "designed" - someone with an art degree has been nowhere near it 🙂
That cats paw thing is interesting, but still a bit unsubtle - does no-one use lockpicks any more?
Some great answers so far.
Op what is RTC training ? nice hooligan bar though !
RTC = Road Traffic Collision. Course was about dealing with them rather than causing them I should point out. I'm training as a retained firefighter.
Sorry lemonysam, but davidjones15 was right - your take on a bottle opener is over-engineered, fussy even.
Love my 5mm long handled allen key (not this exact model, but similar):
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Always enjoy using my hand drill:
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I once lost my favourite spanner.....
....it was quite a wrench.
I once lost my favourite spanner.........it was quite a wrench.
I've got a stepladder. I love it, but its not the same as being brought up by your real ladder.
Oooh...second mccruiskeen's Cat's Paw. Mine is this one (bought from Axminster, made in Japan....after the POS Stanley one I had pissed me off no end):
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It gets used for multiple jobs every single day I'm flooring. It's bloody awesome. 😀
Favourite power tool is a bit harder, but probably my multimaster, for the sheer variety of little jobs it can do, and for helping me fit floors under doorframes, doorjambs and architraves with the minimum of fuss and not turning the client's house into a shithole like my old undercut saw did:
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It gets used for multiple jobs every single day I'm flooring. It's bloody awesome.
Think mine was from axminster too, its been in my pocket for a bloody long time though. I was on a job where a friend broke his, he just went quiet and for a moment a thought he might cry.
Trend T5 Router - it just works, well.
Knives, lovely lovely knive. Any knife will do so long as it's a knife.
Lovely
Sam Underhill, What is that tool used for?
Sam Underhill, What is that tool used for?
Taking stuff apart with minimum fuss.
Power tool
My AEG SDS drill.
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It just works. Drills through anything. Neatly and with no fuss.
Hand tools
An old adjustable wrench I inherited from my Grandad. It's US made and, according to [url= http://jeepdraw.com/G503_TOOLS-6.html ]this website[/url], it seems to date from pre-WWII!
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Old tools are definitely better - I've got a bunch of pre-WWII Speetog clamps and they're wonderful things I use all the time:
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/cycleologist/7746693204/ ]Happy Speetogs[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/cycleologist/ ]Ben Cooper[/url], on Flickr
Also for some unusual compound-lever pliers that can get a lot of force into a small space, really handy - not sure how old they are, but the patent stamp says 1890. And my standard workshop hammer is one I found at the side of the road - another advantage to cycling to work 🙂
Well it's electronic - but still a tool to me - a smart charger /discharger for most li-ion / lipo / Ni-cad's / Pb - etc:
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Hand manipulated food excavator. One of many.
wysiwyg. I shot my first rabbit with a Fenman. Smooth in .22. Harsh in .177.
Yankee screwdriver
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Cleaver, Wok ... & chopping board ...