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Super cool!

I’ve got one of those, but mines only 10 years old. The last time I used it, I was trimming the five sets of 3” thick barn doors I made for my barn build. The largest set were for an opening 16’ wide x 12’ tall.

Etalon,Compac,Interapid,Hamilton.....and a Mitutoyo 190-101
Measure or place anything.
Studer isn’t a Hateful Grinder...........and maybe Deckel on the mill
Hardinge for threading.....

The new worm drive are bitchin......

Wow, I just realized I've had my gold Skil anniversary model worm drive for 38 facking years. New cord and racy red handle, new gear goo every few years, but it's still a champ.
My favorite tool, however, is a straight-shaft pneumatic die grinder. The trouble that thing gets me out from under, I can't begin to describe.

Cleco.......takes a real compressor. But when you can bury a 1” burr in steel.......not much is safe from it.

Nail guns are fun!

1911's
Tools and toys in one.

Actually on the job, a Japanese #2 screwdriver. JIS screw heads are shallower and round out more often using regular Phillips bit drivers.

Right now it is the BosCH SDS-plus® Bulldog™ Xtreme™ Rotary Hammer.

https://www.boschtools.com/us/en/boschtools-ocs/sds-plus-hammers-11255vsr-hdc-197862-p/


Had to put in a new water line to the house. The foothills of the Santa Catalina Mountains here in Tucson is rocks and boulders with some dirt and caliche here and there. Caliche is like soft cement. Even the excavator bucket couldn't get through it! This tool saved me a great deal of time and and effort. Using a spade bit it cut through the caliche and loosened rocks where the excavator coulldn't dig. It was also used to remove a 4" wide x 6" long x 6" thick piece of concrete slab to run one water line into garage. It worked flawlessly nonstop for an hour to get that chunk out. Awesome tool.



The conglomerates between wall and ditch were not dug there, just something I collected over the years.

LeroyBeans.

Right now, it'd be my new Stihl MS250.

The reason? #2 Son, Moose and #3, Son, Angus ran off with it and have been cutting firewood for several weekends running. I'm getting free firewood without any effort on my part.

Here I am back last November trying out for the Village People in my new chainsawing duds.

In the Maine summer home: wood splitter.

In CA, cordless drill/screw Gun

This baby came with the new home property.

Am finding plenty of uses !!



I have way more $ sunk into my fishing "tools", than our hunting tools !

Can you say St Croix / Shimano / Daiwa slut !

Ski Doo Tundra

Honda TRX quads

Guen's pick? ;-)

Heck it depends on the task at hand. Some tools are fun to use and some aren't, some are just bad as as to what they can do and how much easier they make the job. Could be one of several tools.

Stihl 311
Hy-torq
Welding machine
Plasma cutter
And damn sure the right gun for the game and good fishing equipment
They all have their place and can make a life a lot easier and more enjoyable.

Oh, forgot !

Tools I most enjoy using; BBQ, Flat top grill & smoker !

My most labor and time saving tool is the pallet fork attachment for my loader tractor.

Favorite- Knipex endcutters and the cordless impact wrench.

Least favorite- DeWalt tool kit I picked up at Costco. Nice kit for the $80 or $90 I paid, except all the tools are black. Fugging black.

10 minutes in the sun and ratchet handle gets hotter than a sumbitch.

I have to agree with that! I have one in 25Rem and it's a fine shooter. Not to mention, an impressive crowd gatherer.