What is your favourite tool?

Nevyn

I am just curious as to what your favourite tool is, most men I know will have a tool box and in it lurking is always some odd shaped hammer or screw driver, or adjustable spanner and despite the heap of other 'sets' of tools this one seems to be the one that gets constantly used.

So that is the tool you use the most about the house or anywhere else that you'd be pissed if it went missing and where did you get it from and why that one?

suey71

Thats a good question. I guess the man in your life has a birthday coming up and you want to get him something to tighten his nuts with, or screw something really tight:D.

Personally my favourite tool is this ratchet that I got in McQuillans tools in the Blanchardstown Center, next to Next.

It came with an assortment of heads that can fit most nuts, and an assortment of screw heads that can fit most screws, flathead, philips head etc.

It can loosen and tighten the above fixings at odd angles, working on a hard to reach motor part etc.

It was relatively cheap @ about €10.

So there ya go.

Galvasean

You know you're a true mans man when located in your shed is a stick that is used exclusively for the purpose of stirring paint.

suey71

Too true.

I used to have a lovely rock when during the last recession to hammer in nails.

Seriously.

helimachoptor

My drill... comes in so handy

sealgaire

penis

mailforkev

Galvasean wrote: »

You know you're a true mans man when located in your shed is a stick that is used exclusively for the purpose of stirring paint.

Don't forget the other one for measuring the level of heating oil in the tank.

omahaid

vim or my electric screwdriver

Galvasean

mailforkev wrote: »

Don't forget the other one for measuring the level of heating oil in the tank.

Oh yes. That is also useful. Sometimes the most primitive tools are the most useful.

NothingMan

My soldering iron. It's fun to melt metal.

oldyouth

Mrs Oldyouth.
Does all the jobs that are needed around our house. Might need to replace it soon though

Herbal Deity

You

+1 to Vim

Otis Driftwood

Not a tool as such but I feckin love getting out with a chainsaw and dismembering a fallen tree.

folan

multi-tool

this one

though that might be cheating a bit

Gran Hermano

Leatherman Wave.

tbh

my universal screwdriver.

Nevyn

tbh wrote: »

my universal screwdriver.

Ugh don't get me started the sharpest knife in my kitchen which has a guard for it, it's that sharp was picked up today and when I enquired what it was going to be used for, I was told to pry something open :eek:

Nervous Wreck

Pherekydes

Not a single tool, per se, but my socket set is what I use and love the most. It has 1/4" sockets from 4 to 13mm and 1/2" sockets from 10 to 32mm, plus all the associated bits and bobs to go with them.

I also have a lump hammer that I love. And a pick axe. :pac: And precision screwdrivers. And a soldering iron. :eek:

Gee, they're like my kids: I can't choose a favourite.

And an adjustable spanner.

And a vice-grip...

Will

My bowl gouge - most versatile tool for wood turning ever. Cuts through most wood fairly easily and great for hollowing. When you get used to it wood will just stream off in a continuous flow in wispy lil bits, magical. It's about 3 feet long and the edge is similar to this;



Can use it for almost anything, from roughing cuts to nice finishing cuts. Versatile so so versatile. I my bowl gouge

Snowie

my small screw driver set means i can take stuff appart and leave it :pac:

Madame Razz

I have a coal chisel I've found multiple uses for. Handy things those coal chisels. My father keeps trying to rob it because it's better than his own:pac::mad:

I also have a hammer drill with a most impressive set of bits that I quite like aswell:p.

And of course the wee Philips screwdriver is always useful.

I keep a mini-Leatherman in the car aswell just in case.

Yes, I like tools really:P

kenon

Electric screwdriver. Great little yokes.

cnk38

not a tool but a set actually-bought it in woodies years ago and has everything in it-ratchet handle,multi bit screwdriver,spirit level,few drill bits

great bit of stuff it is!!

have a soldering iron i bought in lidl too that i would nt mind knowing how to use!!:cool:

Nevyn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLfXXRfRIzY

Owen

Wouldn't even know where to begin. I love all my DeWalt stuff, but the tools I love the most would be my butane powered soldering iron - beats the pants off my old antex iron - and the painting gear I use. The turbine I have is whisper quiet and way more powerful than others on the market, and my spray guns even though they cost a fortune are a joy to work with. Never had a single issue with them. Love stripping them down each week and cleaning them - feels like taking machine guns apart.

Other than that, my King Tony socket and spanner set all 200 odd pieces of it. Great life-long tools!

amacachi

A hammer. It's the only tool needed for anything.

clarke1991

folan wrote: »

multi-tool

this one

though that might be cheating a bit

saw one of those in a friends appartment a few weeks ago, was like 'i'll have to get me one of these':p

Jimmy Iovine

Nothing like a good old-fashioned hand-drill, although the one in the picture is a bit too old-fashioned. My dad has one that he used to use back in the day and if I was doing work around the house I'd use it instead of a power drill.

It's an absolute beast of a thing. Took me by surprise first time I used it. Proper, proper drill that would have no bother firing in a screw. Not sure if you can get them now. The one we have is over 20 years old but is still in tip top shape

folan

in fairness, theres nothing that cant be fixed, at least temporarily, with a leatherman. Bring some tape and some WD-40 as backup and your sorted

They are the greatest tools in the world. im busily trying to invent a leatherman with the WD-40 and a tape dispenser, but it just doesnt seem to work

Also a little surprised that no-one has said their hands!

.22 Lover

Something Russian

Elbow

amacachi wrote: »

A hammer. It's the only tool needed for anything.

+1 for the all powerful "Adjuster"

epgc3fyqirnbsx

Gotta be my leatherman. If carried around I will use it every day. And the wire cutters on it is the best I've used.

I will always have one of these

sKepTics_George

Seriously people, who says this is not the best tool you have ?

Wibbs

I'd say my dremel would be up there. Chisels and the like too. Actually I'd say my fave is a set of pencils and a notepad of good quality paper. Anything I end up making starts off there as a pretty fleshed out idea.

peasant

More of a machine than a tool ...meet "monster mower"


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cyberwolf77

I just carry a knife. Does most things i need just fine

The Big Red Button

Anyone else ever played darts with a nail gun?! Love it!

Aodan83

amacachi wrote: »

A hammer. It's the only tool needed for anything.

+1 Handy for nailling things down or ripping them up again, or just smashing them.

chatterpillar wrote: »

Anyone else ever played darts with a nail gun?! Love it!

No....not yet!

Esel

Spagellian wrote: »

I have a coal chisel I've found multiple uses for.

Is that like a cold chisel, only for coal?

Have to agree with the posters who said Leatherman.

congo_90

Big Stchick (spelt in culche talk). It's around 2.5m long, straight and handy for any number of tasks be it hanging mirrors or writing on

Next to that I have a nice screw driver set. Almost prefer it to my cordless drill.

L31mr0d

back in Ireland it would of been my dremel. Over in Canada now though it's my Leatherman Skeletool CX

It's a thing of beauty... mmm, carbon fibre

folan

sKepTics_George wrote: »

Seriously people, who says this is not the best tool you have ?

Maybe not best, but top 3 anyway.

But definatly not one of my FAVOURITE tools.

last night hammer/knife/pliers was used to help prepare dinner. With delicious results

syklops

Geek answer: My brain!

Another Vote for a leatherman. I had a great one but it gone run over by an anti-aircraft gun(Dont ask). Now I have a swiss army knife that gets used about 5 times a day, though I do miss the wire cutters from the leatherman. That skeletool looks fantastic!

Also love my cordless drill/cordless screw driver - especially the keyless chuck. Chuck key? Whats a chuck key?

nkay1985

Leatherman here too. I successfully stole it from my brother about 9 years ago. Best thing ever!

tunguska

sKepTics_George wrote: »

Seriously people, who says this is not the best tool you have ?

Duck tape yes, but also the humble plyers. These two together and you're an unschtoppable force in DIY.

mikom

No mention of the Vicegrip......... for shame.

2 Espressi

Power driver, also doubles as a powered allen key, perfect for speedy flat pack assembly. If only I could remember where I left the charger for it, or pretty soon it will just be a driver, and I've loads of those...

K-9

The Internet.

Pherekydes

mikom wrote: »

No mention of the Vicegrip......... for shame.

Ahem:

Pherekydes wrote: »

And a vice-grip...

:cool:

Badger2009

Has got to be my DeWalt cordless drill. Best investment I ever made.

Also my fixin hammer is always useful!