Toolfreaks Anonymous

[Firewalker]

I like my GS 461 Rock Boss.
Need a hole through concrete block? No problemo!

They used one of those on a tip-up panel to cut in a door that had been forgotten on the build. I didn't get the chance to see it close up but I sure was amazed at the cut speed!

[Privateer]

It sure makes cutting in doors and such much easier then the one with a round diamond blade.
1st time I saw the Rock Boss they had a guide frame and cut in a truck door in no time!
 

They even had a weight on top of their rig so the Guy just plunged it through the wall then held the throttle!

Work Smarter! Not Harder!
 

[Privateer]

My Floor grinding equipment.
HEPA Vacs with pre-filtering units so no dust!
I've been from Connecticut to California with these.

[Hoosier Daddy]

Jeff, we need to talk.
 Let me know the next time you are traveling west. I have a Plant to show you and get a quote.

[Privateer]

I can make the trip anytime to look at a potential job site.
 

Have Tools, Will travel!
 

[HunterWhite]

Hey, will that GS461 Rock Boss cut sandstone?

[Privateer]

Hey, will that GS461 Rock Boss cut sandstone?

Like a Hot knife through butter!
SandStone is way easier to cut then concrete.

[aladdin]

  Another tool freak here all ways have been.
 When other kids where buying toys I was buying tools. Now retired I have more tools for more trades than carter has pills.
I am also a member of the Rocket hammer club. Didn't think anyone else even knew about them. I only have one but it is my favorite.

[lizzie]

Very cool Tony!
Mine is not in as good a shape as your is, but I just need to get it cleaned up a bit. The pic I posted was one I found online, because I didn't want to go get it out of my truck at 0200 and take my own photos, but a little elbow grease will have it looking pretty good. I am looking forward to using it!

[Firewalker]

Does it make me a bad person if I threw mine away a few years back? 

[bantam5s]

I really like the two small ones for trim work because they don't damage the wood much.

Hunter

I gotta get me another cat's paw, I misplaced my last one somewhere along the line.

[bantam5s]

Lizzie,

A Rocket Hammer. If it is a Stanley Rocket, made before Stanley shifted production to China then I have one amongst my more than several hammers. Not a bad hammer but not as good as an Eastwing and not nearly as good as a hickory handled Chaney.
The gratifying thing about good tools that are well looked after is that they end up costing nothing. The money saved by doing the many jobs yourself pays for them over and over again. You can even do paying jobs with them.

My workshop - not too clean -- not too tidy but productive.

I've been looking to get a Chaney, but their patented hammers always command a premium.

My favorite is the Vaughan 9 series RIP claw.
The standard Vaughan 999 is excellent,  but I also quite like the 10oz #9 " little pro " and the " hammertooth " version of the 999 made for Sears/ Craftsman.

[bantam5s]

Anyone else got a thing for channellock?


I think I do, this is just what I could grab quickly.

[OTmachine]

How about one of these?  I like things that work.

[Hoosier Daddy]

Next... What is it's purpose?
 Mine are out in the shop and this is a "file photo" from google (no peeky)

That's a wrench used to reach the tranny to differential bolts on the top side of an Olds Toranado or Cadillac Eldorado front wheel drive from the mid 60s to mid 70s. I have 2 identical to it, 1 SAE and 1 metric.

I also have three tool boxes with one being 5 ft long and 3 ft deep and still have more tools than space to store them from 50 years of mechanic work.

Tools make you money when they save you time on a job. Never enough tools. If I had to buy every tool I have now in todays prices it would be well over $100,000 worth.

BD

Actually... my two are MUCH older than that. 
 Long before USA dabbled in the metric system.
They are called a "Manifold Wrench" and came from my Grand Father, think 1930's.
They were for the exhaust manifold bolts on a flat head Ford engine.

[lizzie]

Anyone else got a thing for channellock?


I think I do, this is just what I could grab quickly.

actually I DO like the brand, own several different tools of theirs...a couple of pairs of channel locks, a pair of regular pliers and a diagonal cutter, and there's a couple more that I am forgetting at the moment. I think that for the money, they are a really good value, and I am always happy to see that name-brand on an item I am looking for.

[Hoosier Daddy]

Anyone else got a thing for channellock?

I do... It is amazing how the name "Channel Lock" refers to arc joint pliers in most peoples mind.
 Kinda like Kleenex = tissue.
I have several Channel Lock brand tools. Arc Joints, Parrot jaws, dikes (side cuts), and needle nose.
 But mine are so old their handles have turned a green tint instead of bright blue.

[Rick67]

Next... What is it's purpose?
 Mine are out in the shop and this is a "file photo" from google (no peeky)

That's a wrench used to reach the tranny to differential bolts on the top side of an Olds Toranado or Cadillac Eldorado front wheel drive from the mid 60s to mid 70s. I have 2 identical to it, 1 SAE and 1 metric.

I also have three tool boxes with one being 5 ft long and 3 ft deep and still have more tools than space to store them from 50 years of mechanic work.

Tools make you money when they save you time on a job. Never enough tools. If I had to buy every tool I have now in todays prices it would be well over $100,000 worth.

BD

Actually... my two are MUCH older than that. 
 Long before USA dabbled in the metric system.
They are called a "Manifold Wrench" and came from my Grand Father, think 1930's.
They were for the exhaust manifold bolts on a flat head Ford engine.

It looks like it would double as a boomerang, HD sir 

[Rick67]

My Floor grinding equipment.
HEPA Vacs with pre-filtering units so no dust!
I've been from Connecticut to California with these.

P sir, you could go into a liposuction business with your array of sucking equipment 

[fivestar45]

Can anyone tell me what this is for?
*Hint*
It is automotive and has a 9/16 box end on the bottom.

I've got this one..It's a distributor wrench. To set ignition timing we used to have to get access to the distributor clamp bolt that was in between the fire wall and the block on most GM V8's. A lot of the Ford's were in the front and not as much of a hassle.