name the most invaluable tool in your garage !!!

[windymiller]

it might be a hybrid tool or something youve inherited but your most invaluable loved tool is ???

[Bibs]

10mm socket.

[C8RKH]

Me! 

Biggest. Dumbest. Thickest. Most inflexible. Least sharp. Totally invaluable. Worthless in order words.

Best tool I have ever bought - a cement mixer. love it. In love with it!

[windymiller]

kettle !!😁

[chipp]

Along those lines then, Radio, always makes everything go better.

[andydclements]

BIG hammer. Even if it doesn't actually do the job, it certainly makes me feel better to hit something.

[pete]

The lock on the tool box, so I can't get to any of them

[Barrykearley]

Defo the universal lotus spanner

[Tony D]

Back in my motor bike days, most definitely an impact driver. 

Cheap as chips and to use it you give it a good whack with a lump hammer 🔨🔨. Very satisfying 😉

Tony 

[snowrx]

A cheap stainless steel digital caliper;  EZ metric/imperial conversions, scribes soft materials, more accurate than I can generally shape things, does differential measures with the zero function. Cheaper than your lunch, so you're not afraid to use it.  Get the one that does fractional sizes for a few coins more. Get a few more for your friends' birthdays!

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/265075886433?epid=4043347026&hash=item3db7c10961:g:~moAAOSwoyFgQLCF

 

[ramjet]

Hmm. Gotta love the Chinese.

Big Jaws = external jaws

Small Jaws = internal jaws

Probe = depth gauge

And finally:

Ruler = rule. A ruler is one of those guys that controls his country with an iron fist.

[snowrx]

$10 does not leave a lot of budget for the copywriter.....

[ramjet]

The person that makes the coffee.  

[Chillidoggy]

6 hours ago, snowrx said:

A cheap stainless steel digital caliper;  EZ metric/imperial conversions, scribes soft materials, more accurate than I can generally shape things, does differential measures with the zero function. Cheaper than your lunch, so you're not afraid to use it.  Get the one that does fractional sizes for a few coins more. Get a few more for your friends' birthdays!

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/265075886433?epid=4043347026&hash=item3db7c10961:g:~moAAOSwoyFgQLCF

 

 

And it doubles as an adjustable spanner. 

[ramjet]

Only on very tiny nuts. You will experience difficulties the larger the bolt gets. And you may experience difficulties trying to undo a metric nut if you have the readout on imperial and vice versa.

Advice is free.  

And remember: There are no stoopid questions, but there are stoopid answers.

And mine just might qualify.  

[windymiller]

i have a fridge in ma garage too !!! 🙄

[Barrykearley]

That’s a fantastic garage essential @windymiller 👍

[ramjet]

If it works. Otherwise it is just a paperweight.

Or a prop for a coffee as per my previous post above.

[Colin P]

11 hours ago, C8RKH said:

Me! 

Biggest. Dumbest. Thickest. Most inflexible. Least sharp. Totally invaluable. Worthless in order words.

Best tool I have ever bought - a cement mixer. love it. In love with it!

Like minds Andy, was also going to say that.

I'm on my third cement mixer having worn out the first 2. My wacker plate is also excellent for levelling lawns.

Tool I most wondered "how the hell did I live before I bought this" is my sonicrafter, use it for everything, even stirs the tea nicely.

[Escape]

7 hours ago, ramjet said:

Hmm. Gotta love the Chinese.

Ruler = rule. A ruler is one of those guys that controls his country with an iron fist.

They sure know all about those!

[Kimbers]

Dunno, not been able to get in my garage since I moved in. 

Also, what is this "Tool" that you speak of? 

[ramjet]

Step 1) Go to bathroom.

Step 2) Turn on light.

Step 3) Look in mirror.

Step 4) Observe reflection.

Step 5) Understand that 'reflection = tool'.

[slewthy]

My Faithfull mini socket set.

Use it nearly every day and it's a joy to use.

[100th_Idiot]

It's usually Bill

[DanR]