This should make everyone chuckle esp Workshop folk

Ok wanted to make yall laugh got this as am email today

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, denting the freshly-painted project which you
had carefully set in the corner where nothing could get to it.

WIRE WHEEL:
Cleans paint off bolts and then throws them somewhere under the
workbench with the speed of light. Also removes fingerprints and
hard-earned calluses from fingers in about the time it takes you to say,
‘Oh sh --’

SKILL SAW:
A portable cutting tool used to make studs too short.

PLIERS:

Used to round off bolt heads. Sometimes used in the creation of
blood-blisters.

BELT SANDER:

An electric sanding tool commonly used to convert minor touch-up jobs
into major refinishing jobs.

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:
Generally used after pliers to completely 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 out of
which you want to remove a bearing race…

TABLE SAW:
A large stationary power tool commonly used to launch wood projectiles
for testing wall integrity.

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

BAND SAW:
A large stationary power saw primarily used by most shops to cut good
aluminum sheet into smaller pieces that more easily fit into the trash
can after you cut on the inside of the line instead of the
outside edge.

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

PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER:
Normally used to stab the vacuum seals under lids or for opening
old-style paper-and-tin oil cans and splashing oil on your shirt; but [ Also called a “Plus” screwdriver ]
can also be used, as the name implies, to strip out Phillips screw
heads.

STRAIGHT SCREWDRIVER:
A tool for opening paint cans. Sometimes used to convert common slotted [ Also called a “Minus” screwdriver ]
screws into non-removable screws and butchering your palms.

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

HOSE CUTTER:
A tool used to make 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 adjacent the
object we are trying to hit.

UTILITY 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. Especially
useful for slicing work clothes, but only while in use.

Son of a b**** TOOL:
Any handy tool that you grab and throw across the garage while yelling
‘Son of a b****’ at the top of your lungs. It is also, most often, the
next tool that you will need.

Done pretty much all of them but launch the lumber off the table saw! (Knock on wood)

That’s great ! Thanks for brightening my day .

Pretty funny and to think we used to do most or what was mentioned on purpose except perhaps the blood blister part.

Dang, I’ve used every one of those exactly how you described them at one time or another. Are they supposed to be used differently than that?!

Kelly.

I just made the mistake of laughing my butt off when I read this and telling my partner that I’ve used all of these tools exactly as described. She’s now threatened to put a padlock on the woodshop and buying me protective gear (think football uniform-ish) for Christmas. Good think she’s never seen me deal with a hook in the ear!

when i read this to my partner i found that she was horrified but laughed her tail off at the same time.

In regards to the table saw thing, I still remember a friend of mine in High School shops class cutting a 4x6 piece of oak. The blade caught and launched the lumber. The problem was, he was standing right behing the piece, pushing it along with his elbows in his gut to help push. It caught him in the gut and he flew about 6 ft back into the wall. To this day I am still amazed he didn’t crack a rib or anything. Other than getting winded, he was fine. Very lucky. And a great reminder to me never to stand right behind the piece being cut.

I think that a power planer is a far better tool for propelling lumber than a power saw.
Just my opinion.

Ed

Add to the list,…

  • Gas powered post hole digger/auger:
    Is in reality the merry-go-round from hell when the clutch sticks and the blade hits a rock 3 feet down!

Add to list,

Gas powered chain saw

Tool for remodeling that old truck, or at least making a good reason for a new one after you get the tree off of the old one.

No, not my experience but, I have seen it before and not on the internet!!!

Everytime I hear mention of dropping a tree on a truck I think of the time I almost did just that. Back when I didn’t know much about cutting trees down (not that I know that much more now) I was cutting down a 24 inch fir. Not a huge tree but plenty big for me. Anyway I got the saw pinned in the tree when it started to fall the wrong way. Brilliant me, I decided to tie a rope to the tree and pull it over with my truck. Right when the tree started to fall my way I came to the horrible realization that the rope I was using to pull the tree was not nearly as long as the tree was tall. I dove for the floor boards of the truck and fortunately the tree fell about 3 to 4 feet along the side of the truck with only some branches hitting my pickup. Lesson learned.