Your favorite tool and why?

[PineRidge]

If you haven't already figured it out I'll freely admit it, I'm a bit of a gadget freak. Whenever I see an interesting tool that looks like it will make a job easier I try to snatch it up. Wanted to share with you what I consider to be my favorite tool.

It's a Eliminator socket set. Yes, I know what you're thinking sockets are a dollar a dozen these days. But let me explain why this set is a bit more special. Yes, with the included adapter it looks and functions like a conventional 3/8" ratchet wrench and will accept standard 3/8" sockets sold all over the USA.

But, if you remove the adapter and pop in one of the Eliminator sockets your ratchet wrench will now accommodate bolts and threaded rod of any length, all but eliminating the need for deep-well sockets.

Best of all it was purchased at a NAPA store, and made by Armstrong right here in the good old USA, so it's is a quality product!

PS Did I forget to mention that the box is New Holland blue?

So what qualifies as your favorite tool and why?

 

[SPYDERLK]

Neat tool. I might get a set. It would be even more attractive if they offered tubular extensions - should be easy. Sometimes you need some setback.
My favorite simple tool is the prismatic jaw vise grips. They will hold Hex and round without marring and with vise grip power. The 10LW will hold from 5/8 to near 2" hex well enuff to stand on the handle. Very versatile. I think this comes closest to the one tool toolbox - - at least for tractor stuff.
Larry

 

[automech]

Favorite tool as in only 1? Maybe it has to be the 1/2 inch impact gun. I like to squeeze the trigger and power off a tough nut or bolt. If not that, then the BFH, big effin hammer. I don't think I would choose anything with a circuit board or battery for my favorite, just to keep it simple. I would maybe eyeball a nice big prybar as a optional choice.

 

[dbdartman]

My #1 favorite tool is the 18v battery powered DeWalt reciprocating saw (one-handed portable destruction).

#2 favorite tool is the good old oxy-acetaline torch.

What can I say...

 

[Willl]

I'd tell you.....but this is a family forum

 

[NewToy]

It's a toss up between a big rubber hammer and a Crescent wrench.

John

 

[wushaw]

My pocket screwdriver. It has more uses than any other tool I have and it's always with me (at work atleast ).

 

[GeneD14]

My favorite is my old 22 oz. Estwing framing hammer. It has helped me build many great projects and when I get mad it can tear things apart quick!

 

[Farmwithjunk]

Sort of a tool/gadget nut myself. I've managed to accumulate quite an assortment of woodworking tools over the years. (I'm a carpenter) Also have a big ol' Snap On tool box, packed with mechanics tools. A few years back, my wife got me interested in "gormet cooking". (read anything I haven't ever cooked before that can be done on a grill) Then I started stocking the kitchen with chef's "tools".

So. Pick a favorite. Hmmmm. How about an old Bluegrass 16 oz. wooden handled claw hammer that my grandfather gave to my dad, who passed it on to me. I don't use it all that often. It stays in my home office. (Right next to the computer) All it does these days is to put an occasional nail in the wall to hang pictures and such. It's the fact that my grandfather and my dad put food on the table, put a roof over the family's heads, and I drove my very first nail with it, way back when.

Handy? Not any more. Valuable? Not in terms of dollars. Cherished? You bet your life it is.

 

[Jimbrown]

I vote for the battery powerd saws all (reciprcating saw). I use mine to cut everything and it works where other things just don't. The fact that I can put a long blade in it and saw around almost 90degree turns and cut trees and what ever it is the best tool I own.

 

[Deerlope]

My multi porpose tool that rides in its holster attached to my belt. It is with me at least 16 hrs everyday. It gets used at least twice everyday.

 

[kentrodngun]

For everyday use - hands down, my Leatherman Super Tool. It's gotten me out of many sticky situations and it is always on my belt. Great on the rifle range, out in the field hunting or mowing and just about anywhere else. If my multi-tool doesn't fit the definition of "tool" then I would vote for my Dremel. Broken quill mounts, exhaust systems and so many jobs that I dreaded for years are now a snap. Best tool my wife ever bought me .

 

[Bedlam]

How much does the eliminator set you back?

 

[PineRidge]

How much does the eliminator set you back?

Allen it's been close to 10 years since I purchased the set but it sticks in my mind that the set was $68.00 at the time. Well worth the money.

Wonder what they go for these days with inflation and all?????

 

[JimR]

Very nice idea for a tool set. I don't recall ever seeing anything like it before. My favorite tool is my Lincoln 175 amp mig welder.

 

[5030]

My favorite tool is an old wooden handled 5 pound drilling hammer.

Why.....you figure it out.

 

[Maine_Polack]

I was lucky enough to have some tools passed down to by my father. My favorites are some of the OLD handtools that I use frequently. They were made well.

That being said, this is a pic. of a woodworking workbench made by my Grandfather circa. 1910. It is oak, and just as sturdy and usefull today as when he made it. Anyway it has been in my basement shop for 30 + years, and I still smile when I take the time to look at it.

As an aside, my father used to tell me about being sent down to the "Place" to get a bucket full of beer for his father when he was working. He was just a sprout. The bucket had a lid, and was made for this purpose. Ahh...once upon a time things were sooo simple.....

 

[Defective]

I'm noting a trend here...think I'll continue it.

My favourite tool is in my right pants pocket as I type this. It's been there for about 20 years. My father gave it to me because I had lost my previous one & he figured I needed it. I have clear memories of my grandfather using it out in the bush AND at the kitchen table when I was very small and it was old then...

 

[JackIL]

My favorite is a new WORX Circular Saw with Revolver handle. http://www.worxpowertools.com/products/revolver.htm
It has a revolving hand grip to reduce the stress on your hand and arm as you are sawing across a long section. WORX also has the Revolver handle on 2 drills and a sabre saw. These are expensive tools, but they really are easy on the hands and arms. In addition they have a lot of power.

JackIL

 

[jwnge]

Definately my 2015. I use it more and enjoy it most...