In case you didn't know, here are some definitions of common garage tools.

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, splattering it against that freshly painted motorcycle part you were drying.

WIRE WHEEL: Cleans paint off bolts and then throws them somewhere under the workbench with the speed of light. Also removes fingerprint whorls and hard-earned guitar calluses in about the time it takes you to say, "Ouch...."

ELECTRIC HAND DRILL: Normally used for spinning pop rivets in their holes until you die of old age.

PLIERS: Used to round off bolt heads.

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: Used to 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 you want the bearing race out of.

WHITWORTH SOCKETS: Once used for working on older British cars and motorcycles, they are now used mainly for impersonating that 9/16 or 1/2 socket you've been searching for the last 15 minutes.

HYDRAULIC FLOOR JACK: Used for lowering an automobile to the ground after you have installed your new disk brake pads, trapping the jack handle firmly under the bumper.

EIGHT-FOOT LONG DOUGLAS FIR 2X4: Used for levering an automobile upward off a hydraulic jack handle.

TWEEZERS: A tool for removing wood splinters.

PHONE: Tool for calling your neighbors to see if he has another hydraulic floor jack.

SNAP-ON GASKET SCRAPER: Theoretically useful as a sandwich tool for spreading mayonnaise; used mainly for getting dog "stuff" off your boot.

E-Z OUT BOLT AND STUD EXTRACTOR: A tool ten times harder than any known drill bit that snaps off in bolt holes you couldn't use anyway.

TWO-TON ENGINE HOIST: A tool for testing the tensile strength on everything you forgot to disconnect.

CRAFTSMAN 1/2 x 16-I NCH SCREWDRIVER: A large prybar that inexplicably has an accurately machined screwdriver tip on the end opposite the handle.

AVIATION METAL SNIPS: See hacksaw.

TROUBLE LIGHT: The home mechanic's own tanning booth. Sometimes called a drop light, it is a good source of vitamin D, "the sunshine vitamin," which is not otherwise found under cars at night. Health benefits aside, it's main purpose is to consume 40-watt light bulbs at about the same rate that 105-mm howitzer shells might be used during, say, the first few hours of the Battle of the Bulge. More often dark than light especially after dropping. Tthe name droplight is somewhat misleading.

PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER: Normally used to stab the lids of old-style paper-and-tin oil cans and splash oil on your shirt; but can also be used, as the name implies, to strip out Phillips screw heads.

AIR COMPRESSOR: A machine that takes energy produced in a coal-burning power plant 200 miles away and transforms it into compressed air that travels by hose to a Chicago Pneumatic impact wrench that grips rusty bolts last over tightened 58 years ago by someone at H-D, and neatly rounds off their heads.

PRY BAR: A tool used to crumple the metal surrounding that clip or bracket you needed to remove in order to replace a 50¢ part.

HOSE CUTTER: A tool used to cut 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 not far from the object we are trying to hit.

MECHANIC'S 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.

DAMMIT TOOL: Any handy tool that you grab and throw across the garage while yelling "DAMMIT" at the top of your lungs. It is also the next tool that you will need.

EXPLETIVE: A balm, usually applied verbally in hindsight, which somehow eases those pains and indignities following our every deficiency in foresight.

LMAO@ the pliers definition. It's too true.

those have to be the BEST definitians for tools i've EVER heard!!!! LMAO , i got one whole box dedicated to DAMMIT tools!!

I've tested the definition of the two ton engine host.
You forgot one,

BEER: A chemical that makes a mechanic come up w/ more plans and theorys of the situation, and releaves the pain from testing that theory.

Quote: Originally Posted by LwrS10 DAMMIT TOOL: Any handy tool that you grab and throw across the garage while yelling "DAMMIT" at the top of your lungs. It is also the next tool that you will need.

Isn't that the trutth, lol!

Quote: Originally Posted by musclecars&computers I've tested the definition of the two ton engine host. You forgot one, BEER: A chemical that makes a mechanic come up w/ more plans and theorys of the situation, and releaves the pain from testing that theory.

you know, beer is a mandatory tool when you work on cars......i should add this...

Quote: 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 not far from the object we are trying to hit.

Lolz... LwrS10... Since I'm 3/4th Dutch & 1/4th German... not to mention my 'Nordic/German Heritage...
I must admit... Mjollnir is still my favourite tool!

Be it in real life, warfare or 'modding! Jay!!!!!

TDR

Great list! I think we need a modder's tool list, too. I'll kick it off; I'm sure you guys can come up with more!

----- MODDER'S TOOLS -----

DREMEL TOOL: A versatile handheld tool that lets you remove paint, polish metal, and etch intricate designs -- all while you were trying to cut out a window hole.

CUT-OFF WHEEL: So named for its ability to remove human digits. Prone to shattering into shrapnel which ricochets off the garage wall (if you're lucky).

REINFORCED CUT-OFF WHEEL: A stronger version of the cut-off wheel, which lasts longer when cutting metal, and embeds itself in the garage wall.

MAGNETIC-TIPPED SCREWDRIVER: A handy tool for making sure you don't lose screws, just data.

PAPER CLIP: The indispensible oh-shoot-I-left-a-CD-in-there-and-I-don't-wanna-boot-back-up tool.

SANDPAPER: Essential for getting a good finish on your paint job. Plus, it's one of the few good computer-related workouts for your arm (and the only one endorsed by the Catholic church!).

With your permission I would so very much like to print this out.
As it seems you have found the actual purpose for the 30 some pounds of tools I lug around
at work.

Word of advice: DON'T try to catch a running dremmel after you dropped it before it hits the
floor!
The fast spinning end will ALWAYS be the end you catch.

doesnt matter to me if you print it----i didnt write it anyways....

Yeah, I knew a few motorheads that will get a kick out of those. Good post.

TORQUE WRENCH: A tool providing a graduated scale telling you just how hard you racked your f'ing knuckles.


FEELER GAUGE: That thing in the toolbox that you used once to scrape some **** out from under your nails.



JUMPER CABLES: What you use to tie the trunk shut carrying home furniture.



CINDER BLOCK: Jackstand.



CHAMOISE: Moldy thing in a plastic tube.



MICROMETER: That thing you dropped and made into a hundred dollar paperweight, oh well it keeps the repair manual from blowing shut.



TIMING LIGHT: Really pisses off the dog.



My own 3 cents.