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The Unsung heroes of your garage...

Swivel pad locking pliers, c-clamps, and the flattened piece of copper pipe I have attached to the end of a doll rod for backing up my panel gaps when welding. None are high dollar items but they're worth their weight in gold! :thumb:
 
I gotta go with Air compressor....pretty much use it for something everytime I'm in the shop. HEAT is priceless I think...walking into a 50* shop on a 15* windy day is awesome. Same for AC in the summer, although not as "necessary" as the heat it still has its awesomeness factor!
After getting a benchtop belt sander, that thing is handy as hell for all kinds of stuff. Beats the hell out of a grinder!
 
I seem to be always reaching for the red shop rags or blue Scott towels. Cleaning parts, or tools wiping down windshields, checking oil, or bleeding there's always one in my back pocket when I hit the shop.
 
4.5" Flap discs-

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And 5"x.040 cut-off discs-

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Ratcheting wrenches, one of this things where once you have them you don't go want to go back...
 
folkenheath said:
Ratcheting wrenches, one of this things where once you have them you don't go want to go back...
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I will agree with that. I just need to buy the big ones, mine stop at 3/4 and 19mm. Having the swivel end helps a bunch as well.
 
Work would grind to a rapid halt in my garage if I didn't have torches!...and big friggin hammers,to get the rusted,rotted bolts and parts off my crusty trucks....another item I dont know how I lived without,are Irwin's "Bolt Out Nut Extractors" that you pound over bolts that have heads that are now hexless rivets thanks to rust....and a sawsall and 4" grinder are priceless sometimes too.......................................................................................................heat is nice in a garage too--but sometimes you spend more time filling,lighting and waiting for a wood stove to get going than you do working.............but at least its free heat!.....and its better than freezing...
 
diesel4me said:
Work would grind to a rapid halt in my garage if I didn't have torches!...and big friggin hammers,to get the rusted,rotted bolts and parts off my crusty trucks....another item I dont know how I lived without,are Irwin's "Bolt Out Nut Extractors" that you pound over bolts that have heads that are now hexless rivets thanks to rust....and a sawsall and 4" grinder are priceless sometimes too.......................................................................................................heat is nice in a garage too--but sometimes you spend more time filling,lighting and waiting for a wood stove to get going than you do working.............but at least its free heat!.....and its better than freezing...
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You are doing it wrong then. I can have a bitching fire going in less than 5 min. It helps that I modified the stove with a air compressor fitting :)
 
ryoken said:
the Dungeon's MVP and guardian, the gargoyle TP dispenser...



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that will scare the s#*t out of you. . . oh wait, that's part of it's job.


for me it's the magnetic pick up tool because i always seem to drop a bolt or nut in the worse possible place.

and don't forget duct tape!!! if you can't fix it, duck it.
 
Magnetic pickup tool. This thing has saved me countless hours of cussing, frustration, and jabbing my truck with coat hangers.

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Transmission Jack..... priceless for safely lifting huge chunks of iron and aluminum in and out from under the buggy..:waytogo:



Ratcheting wrenches, one of this things where once you have them you don't go want to go back.
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You know.....I have to agree with this too.....

When they first came out with these,,I was like "no way" ,,, what a stupid idea....

now I have them from 5/16 all the way up to 15/16 ....and now working on a metric set...:whistle:
 
CK5 Calendar. BOOOOM!!!:D

I'd have to say my 3/8 locking flex head matco ratchet is my most used, go-to tool.
 
cheater.
several years ago I threw away a stand alone hammock, but kept several of the metal pipes that made up the frame. now I use them for cheaters and I can slide several of them together to make it as long as needed. :D
 
Brass hammer, I use it so much.

Of course I do quite a few gear sets.

And a good vice.
 
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