Your favorite tool to hate...here's mine

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Here is a thread for people post their favorite tool to hate, and why.My favorite tool to hate is a die grinder with a the steel grinding bits.  I hate them because they send millions of steel splinters flying all over me.  In my clothes, my skin, my EYES.  It seems all day long I am picking steel splinters out of my skin.  Even weeks after I used the tool.  They get stuck INSIDE my welding gloves and pop up at random at the worst time like in the middle of a very long, difficult weld that cannot be accessed to cut out and fix.
Reply:If you hate that,what are you thoughts on an airarc???                                MikeOl' Stonebreaker  "Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes"Hobart G-213 portableMiller 175 migMiller thunderbolt ac/dc stick Victor O/A setupMakita chop saw
Reply:Originally Posted by mla2ofusIf you hate that,what are you thoughts on an airarc???                                Mike
Reply:My favorite tool to hate is a die grinder with a the steel grinding bits. I hate them because they send millions of steel splinters flying all over me. In my clothes, my skin, my EYES.
Reply:wear saftey glasses?They are also usually some kind of tungsten/carbide bits, steel ones would wear FAST.We have some air powered belt sanders which have a few years on them new, and the belts constantly pop off no matter what you do or how you are using it.    Ive had an urge to throw them a few times but unfortunatly I cant really break them.Have we all gone mad?
Reply:Originally Posted by sn0border88wear saftey glasses?
Reply:Originally Posted by WelderBoyHeh, anyone who welds for a living will tell you that safety glasses only HELP keep things out, they don't completely keep things out.  I have things hit my eyelids daily and once in a while even in the eye.  I wear tight fitting wrap around safety glasses.
Reply:I hate my safety glasses, yet I love them. They keep all the crap out, but crap comes under them and bounces in.Disclaimer; "I am just an a$$hole welder, don't take it personally ."
Reply:Not exactly a tool but required equipment, Long Pants, in the summer....  Me!
Reply:Originally Posted by Me!Not exactly a tool but required equipment, Long Pants, in the summer....
Reply:Originally Posted by WelderBoywife-beater
Reply:Originally Posted by TEKOk, that just reminded me of something else I hate.  Any tool that hits his wife.
Reply:My favorite tool to hate:When I have to get this kit out, I'm already in misery; however, relief is on the way!Doesn't discern between the good, the bad, the ugly, or the non-combustible.Exothermic torch kit: Attachment 12159A pin that wouldn't give up the fight (easily) :Attachment 12160Last edited by denrep; 10-19-2010 at 11:18 PM.
Reply:I hate my safety glasses and face shield...not because they don't perform well, but because every time I pick up a grinder or go to the grinding wheel, they run off and hide where I can't find them.  Another tool I hate is my cheap wal-mart adjustable wrench...every time I need a wrench, it seems to be RIGHT THERE...I seem to always try that crappy wrench first, THEN I go get the wrench that has a chance of actually working.
Reply:Exothermic torch torch...i've heard of those.  Can you give some details about it?  I know firefighters use it to get into ships that are burning because it can cut a man sized hole in seconds and then be used to drain all the water out that they spray in, but I have no idea how it works.
Reply:Originally Posted by WelderBoyExothermic torch torch...i've heard of those.  Can you give some details about it? ...
Reply:I hate wire stripping wheels on my 4/5" grinders. Little steel needles stuck in you, all over, like you got into a fight with an iron porcupine.And then, after so much work...... you have it in your hand, and you look over to your side...... and the runner has run off. Leaving you holding the prize, wondering when the runner will return.
Reply:Originally Posted by RojodiabloI hate wire stripping wheels on my 4/5" grinders. Little steel needles stuck in you, all over, like you got into a fight with an iron porcupine.
Reply:Originally Posted by denrepIt's a hollow "rod" or "bar" with a stream of pressurized of oxygen jetting through the center.The tip of the bar is ignited off a battery or welder.As the bar is consumed  a super hot reaction takes place ahead of the tip, vaporizing most anything in it's path.Makes air-arc seem like child's play!
Reply:Originally Posted by WelderBoyEver used a die grinder?  It's like what you just said, but X1,000,000.  In fact I have yet to be pricked with a piece of wire from a wire wheel, but those die grinders get me EVERY time.  It just SPRAYS metal shavings that are needle sharp on both ends and resemble a double-ended bee stinger minus the venom sack..
Reply:Originally Posted by Rojodiablothe thin cut-off wheels on the grinder.....TICK-Bwoooo....ZING!!!!! RUN FOR IT!!! I hear that sound, and I just shut that thing down and brace myself!!!!
Reply:The 1/32 cut-offs will and do explode, great little wheels but can be very touchy.Anything worth doing is worth doing RIGHT
Reply:Originally Posted by RojodiabloI hate wire stripping wheels on my 4/5" grinders. Little steel needles stuck in you, all over, like you got into a fight with an iron porcupine.
Reply:Can't argue with any of that.  Full leather coat and chaps for the wire wheels.  I've had those wires go right through my shirt into my belly    I use an air die grinder..... and I don't like using it that much either.      One tool I love to hate, my Victor cutting torch on steel plate.  I use the heavy welding gloves, and I always burn my little finger and bugger up the glove so bad that you can't get them on again.  Guess I should try a long barrel torch....Lincoln 225 AC/DC, Hobart 140 Mig. Oxy/propane Victor torch.(2) Makita 5" angle grinders  one with zip disk, 14" chop saw.  and just about every other tool you can think of. Whoever has the most toys when he die's ..... Wins!
Reply:Originally Posted by PackratCan't argue with any of that.  Full leather coat and chaps for the wire wheels.  I've had those wires go right through my shirt into my belly    I use an air die grinder..... and I don't like using it that much either.      One tool I love to hate, my Victor cutting torch on steel plate.  I use the heavy welding gloves, and I always burn my little finger and bugger up the glove so bad that you can't get them on again.  Guess I should try a long barrel torch....Originally Posted by PackratOne tool I love to hate, my Victor cutting torch on steel plate.  I use the heavy welding gloves, and I always burn my little finger and bugger up the glove so bad that you can't get them on again.  Guess I should try a long barrel torch....