what is your one specialty tool

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you can not do with out?
Reply:Knowledge.  John   SMAW,GMAW,FCAW,GTAW,SAW,PAC/PAW/OFCand Shielding Gases.  There all here. :
Reply:What weldgault said, cept I call it experience.Anything worth doing is worth doing RIGHT
Reply:Both would be nice.John  SMAW,GMAW,FCAW,GTAW,SAW,PAC/PAW/OFCand Shielding Gases.  There all here. :
Reply:Inginuity....and knowledge.  If all else fails, Fire!
Reply:My pneumatic screw guns ... love themA good guess is better than a bad measurement
Reply:My lucky underpants
Reply:Measuring tools.  I particularly like my little 6" X 3/4" machinist steel rule I've had over 20 years.  I use it when I measure anythig less than 6", or anytime fractions are involved.  Tape measures just don't cut it for accurate, close tolerance work.I also love my drawers full of inside/outside mics, calipers, dividers, combo and std. squares, straight edges, dykem blue and scribes.  I guess it's a machinist thing.Hobart 140 Handler w/ gasHyperTherm Powermax 380 Plasmaoxy/acetylene
Reply:You can't single out any one tool at all..You need everything everyday just to get by.....zap!I am not completely insane..Some parts are missing Professional Driver on a closed course....Do not attempt.Just because I'm a  dumbass don't mean that you can be too.So DON'T try any of this **** l do at home.
Reply:I luv my pritchel chisel.  It is a drift, pry bar, and punch all in one.
Reply:Taurus .40S&W
Reply:Some things just cannot be done without the right tool.After once trying to remove the Sanke valve from a 1/2 barrel beer keg (to clean and fill with home brew), I learned that there a special "wheel puller" type gizmo that is needed to compress the valve slightly so the retaining ring can be easily removed/installed.  I made myself one of these tools, only used it a couple of times, but it's priceless when you need it.
Reply:Yammer  - LOL Hobart 140 Handler w/ gasHyperTherm Powermax 380 Plasmaoxy/acetylene
Reply:My CAD Station.There are no small projects
Reply:The one tool I couldn't go without. Ummm......This one has to be censored!
Reply:For welding: my BFH(4 pound mini sledge) and that elusive soapstone I can never find when I need it.For other parts of my job: My Fluke multimeter and a flathead screwdriver.
Reply:All depends on the job at hand, But most of the time I have my chipping hammer, a 2ft square, lufkin measuring tape, and my "fitting" hammer... a 4lb sledge with a shortened handle.
Reply:Originally Posted by JeffB   and that elusive soapstone I can never find when I need it.:.
Reply:My glasses. I've worked people that lost an arm or leg. Countless lost fingers and teeth. Most of the help the boss has sent doesn't own tool one. I've even people that must have lost 1/2 a brain but if I lost my sight there wouldn't be a reason to leave the house.
Reply:BOOKS weld it like you own it
Reply:Bottle opener  Fire!, Fire! Oh wait, that's my torch...Lincoln PT-225 TIGLincoln 175 MIG
Reply:duct tape and wd-40 ha ha ha.
Reply:internet and books. and trial and error
Reply:not one tool can be singled out as the "One and only, greatest tool ever". i'd put my top five as AutoCAD, Sledge, Welder, Helmet, and Torch. you could do just about any project without one or two of them, but when it gets down to the details, they all help out in their own way and helps make everything much, much easier... especially AutoCAD, but they all have their own special place near my heart (or finger as i smash it really REALLY hard. hehehehehe. )later,Andy
Reply:Navin R. Johnson: Well I'm gonna to go then. And I don't need any of this. I don't need this stuff, and I don't need you. I don't need anything except this. [picks up an ashtray] Navin R. Johnson: And that's it and that's the only thing I need, is this. I don't need this or this. Just this ashtray. And this paddle game, the ashtray and the paddle game and that's all I need. And this remote control. The ashtray, the paddle game, and the remote control, and that's all I need. And these matches. The ashtray, and these matches, and the remote control and the paddle ball. And this lamp. The ashtray, this paddle game and the remote control and the lamp and that's all I need. And that's all I need too. I don't need one other thing, not one - I need this. The paddle game, and the chair, and the remote control, and the matches, for sure. And this. And that's all I need. The ashtray, the remote control, the paddle game, this magazine and the chair. [walking outside] Navin R. Johnson: And I don't need one other thing, except my dog. [dog barks] Navin R. Johnson: I don't need my dog. 1979 film starring Steve Martin as... "The Jerk".City of L.A. Structural; Manual & Semi-Automatic;"Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is refined. Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore."Job 28:1,2Lincoln, Miller, Victor & ISV BibleDannyOT, but that's definitely in the top 5 all time comedy movies.
Reply:My PEN, so I can write the bill for all the work I did. DavidYeah, that was a good movie.Real world weldin.  When I grow up I want to be a tig weldor.
Reply:In that case, I ch-change mine to $$MONEY$$!  Thats gotta be the one tool that works for many things.
Reply:snap on dead blow hammer.Have we all gone mad?
Reply:My slag saw that I made out of an old band saw blade, cut two 12" pieces weld them together and weld a custom handle on it and u will never leave home w/o it.
Reply:I guess it would be my trusty ford ranger.It hauls corn for the corn burner, hunters and equipment,deer if hunt went well.It hauls the dog and things for the wife and metal for welding Daughter's stuff to college and me to work which makes it alot of the previous possible.pro-level dumpster diver                                     Hobart 125EZ
Reply:I think it would have to be a pen, or some kind of writing instrument.  Most projects start with a quick sketch on a scrap piece of paper.  I also like to write down my thoughts on something sometimes, and of course I have a habit of jotting down any new information I find and want to refer back to later.  I don't know what I would do if I couldn't write something down or make a picture of something I have in my head.MM350P/Python/Q300MM175/Q300DialarcHFHTP MIG200PowCon300SMHypertherm380ThermalArc185Purox oaF350CrewCab4x4LoadNGo utilitybedBobcat250XMT304/Optima/SpoolmaticSuitcase12RC/Q300Suitcase8RC/Q400Passport/Q300Smith op
Reply:I would say many good ideas would be lost or important details forgotten and they would not work as planned when in haste.   I do it all the time like when I almost forgot my duck calls this morning for a trip about 2 hours away.  That would have been rather pointless just like forgetting my gun or ammo  .
Reply:Out side of the welders I would say 6" dial calipers. Dont think a day in the garage goes by I dont use them. Checking bolts, drill bits, layout, and checking thickness on material. Also as a inch to metric converter if you have the electronic one.mm135HTP Invertig 201 With water cooler9" Southbend LatheLots of hand tools.
Reply:Man, I guess if I had to pick it would be the grinder and a small collection of grinding and cut-off wheels for it.Have a Jeep Cherokee?  Click Here!
Reply:Gotta say exerience.  You may not always have the "right" tool, but at least with some experience, you can make do with what you have at the time.
Reply:my good eye
Reply:My toolbox/cabinet at work, if I didnt have this to lock my stuff in, I wouldnt have any stuff leftLast edited by Burnit; 06-22-2008 at 01:14 PM.
Reply:I would have to say my plasma cutter or a BFH. They've both proven thier worth.My Photos on Flickr
Reply:Mine is my STL or Specialty Tool Locator...unfortunately, I've misplaced it.Smithboy...if it ain't broke, you ain't tryin'.
Reply:Originally Posted by sn0border88snap on dead blow hammer.
Reply:I would be lost without my speed square,,,,,,,,,,,,Boo
Reply:my original leatherman,I had it from day one when they came out ,replaced 2 times and the last time they sent me a different model it's bigger and wont open as well or fit in the front pocket with out pain. next would be THOR 6lb.12 inch handle adjusting tool. you cant beat tourque.Life is tuff,so be sharp  lincoln sp 100  cutmaster101  miller bobcat  miller 250 mig  $thousands in snapon
Reply:Wow, there are so many, but when it comes time to git-er-done I'm not doing anything without my gloves. Otherwise my glasses, can't weld it if you can't see it.The difference between art and craft is the quality of the workmanship. I am an artist.
Reply:4.5" grinder.Anything can be fabricated on-site. Truth is fabricated online.
Reply:knowledge
Reply:knowledge/experience aside... I'd have to go with Bend-Tech Pro, nearly all my work is in tubing and it's awesome to completely design the assembly you're gonna make without ever bending the first tube!
Reply:Hammer!
Reply:A clip board.  So when I'm standing around doing nothing, I look busy and important.Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.
Reply:My Dad's passed down Starrett vernier caliper and Browne & Sharp micrometer set. I use them all the time and they are priceless.  I hope my son has a use for them someday when I'm finished with them.MichaelMillermatic 25115" Rockwell Drill Press10" Logan Lathe5hp - 2-stage 80 Gallon CompressorHome Made Sand / Soda Blaster