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Posted: 7/8/2022 9:17:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I love all my tools equally. I'd hate to know how much I've spent over the years, but I'd guess it's well over 100k. Dude, your wife is gonna kill you if you phrase it like that...the correct phrasing is "can you imagine how much money I've saved by doing all that work myself? Good thing I have all these tools to do the job right!" |
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Posted: 7/8/2022 9:18:01 PM EDT
[#2]
Yes, they both suck and blow
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Posted: 7/8/2022 9:18:07 PM EDT
[#3]
Snap-On pick set
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Posted: 7/8/2022 9:18:47 PM EDT
[#4]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Fail. Channellock or Crescent. Really a toss up. Vice grips. |
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Posted: 7/8/2022 9:18:51 PM EDT
[#5]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Fail. Snip Crescent. They are handy, but man... I've never used one that isn't a piece of shit or kinda sucks  It's a love, hate relationship |
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Posted: 7/8/2022 9:20:16 PM EDT
[#6]
You are not wrong OP. I just used mine to clean out the cracks in my driveway with needle nose pliers. Then I filled in the cracks with crack sealer and applied Latex-it Duracoat sealant. Before that I used my shop Vac to clean our car interiors. Before that I used the shop vac to clean the interior after sanding the joint compound I applied on the walls. I also use it to clean the pellet stove and use one of those hepa filters that work awesome.
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Posted: 7/8/2022 9:22:24 PM EDT
[#7]
Centerpunch
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Posted: 7/8/2022 9:23:27 PM EDT
[#8]
Quote HistoryQuoted: knipex  Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Fail. Channellock or Crescent. Really a toss up. Nailed it. |
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Posted: 7/8/2022 9:51:05 PM EDT
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Love my m18 shop vac, just wish it had the option to be plugged in like my m18 fan.
I'm curious to see how the new full size m18 shop vacs work. The small fuel version works fantastic |
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Posted: 7/8/2022 10:04:47 PM EDT
[#10]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Shop-vac went out of business. I gotta go with Bic lighter as stated above, that’s a good one. Chinese bought them out last year and started production again. Lowes, meijer and some other places sell them. |
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Posted: 7/8/2022 10:10:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Because it is impossible to overrate: the knife. This. I was amazed it took this long for someone to list a knife as the most basic and useful tool. |
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Posted: 7/8/2022 10:12:37 PM EDT
[#12]
Wet vacs are life savers.
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Posted: 7/8/2022 10:13:13 PM EDT
[#13]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Fail. Channellock or Crescent. Really a toss up. Fail. Knipex rules. |
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Posted: 7/8/2022 10:13:44 PM EDT
[#14]
A combo wrench with 1/2" box on one end and a 9/16" box on the other.
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Posted: 7/8/2022 10:15:19 PM EDT
[#15]
palm nailer
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Posted: 7/8/2022 10:15:22 PM EDT
[#16]
Quote HistoryQuoted: A combo wrench with 1/2" box on one end and a 9/16" box on the other. |
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Posted: 7/8/2022 10:19:48 PM EDT
[#17]
I gotta agree with OP. I’ve stuck my shop vac in places no shop vac should go. I’ve mumbled “sorry little buddy” under my breath numerous times.
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Posted: 7/8/2022 10:20:37 PM EDT
[#18]
A Shopvac is essential, but not under-appreciated or under rated. It’s like saying Cheddar is the most underrated Cheese.
Maybe Headlamp. |
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Posted: 7/8/2022 10:31:55 PM EDT
[#19]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Wet vacs are life savers. We got one as a wedding gift. It was about 12 gallons, I think, but the coolest feature was that it had a built in water pump. So in wet mode, you could hook a garden hose to it and it would pump water. The pole barn on my property was built (by the people who owned the house before me) in a horrible location and frequently floods in the winter after the ground is frozen. I kept from having an indoor skating rink in my shop several times with that thing. Then it the motor burned up, and I couldn’t find one that had the same pump feature to replace it. 
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Posted: 7/8/2022 10:43:28 PM EDT
[#20]
Disappoint that no one has mentioned fleshlight yet
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Posted: 7/8/2022 10:44:35 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/8/2022 11:06:52 PM EDT
[#22]
Vise Grips!
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Posted: 7/8/2022 11:09:00 PM EDT
[#23]
The butter knife. I seriously use them outside their intended purpose all the time because they are handy and just the right length, width, bluntness and stiffness for things.
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Posted: 7/8/2022 11:11:21 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/9/2022 12:03:33 AM EDT
[#25]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Just used my baby shop-vac to clean out the pellet grill. Gonna clean up my car next. ^ This is the way. |
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Posted: 7/9/2022 12:12:58 AM EDT
[#26]
They suck.
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Posted: 7/9/2022 12:26:51 AM EDT
[#27]
Bench vice.
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Posted: 7/9/2022 12:26:56 AM EDT
[#28]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Just used my baby shop-vac to clean out the pellet grill. Gonna clean up my car next. That’s funny, because I just used mine to get all the oak pellets out so I could use Alder to smoke salmon this weekend. For me it’s the basic pocket knife. Seriously the tool I use every day, and half the time I use it for non cutting jobs like prying, turning screws, etc… |
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Posted: 7/9/2022 12:35:56 AM EDT
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Posted: 7/9/2022 12:56:26 AM EDT
[#30]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Painters radio. 
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Posted: 7/9/2022 1:08:07 AM EDT
[#31]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Baby Knipex pump pliers Extendable magnet pen Pocket size tape measure Centerpunch Small flashlight, Streamlight micro stream Pocket protector This right here to fetch all these other "underrated" tools that always seem to fall and bounce just out of reach. |
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Posted: 7/9/2022 11:50:35 AM EDT
[#32]
Under-appreciated / underrated, probably a bench vise.
Routinely abused and beat on. Basically gives you a third hand with the strength of superman. |
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Posted: 7/9/2022 11:53:03 AM EDT
[#33]
As a former landlord, shop vac has saved the day a few times.
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Posted: 7/9/2022 11:59:49 AM EDT
[#34]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Bunch of amatures... The most important tool is... The Hammer!! https://engineeringlearn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Types-of-Hammer.jpg 
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Posted: 7/9/2022 12:40:00 PM EDT
[#35]
My most used tool in the past 20 years is any form of battery powered screw gun.
I am partial to the Milwaukee M12  But I've got one of these and use it often 
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Posted: 7/9/2022 1:19:52 PM EDT
[#36]
Quote HistoryQuoted: FPNI, but also..... Once you get a Milwaukee battery-powered shop vac, you'll really be happy. My vote for most-useful tool is: https://alexnld.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/12737.jpg I still have a set of these that I bought back in the early 90's. Still get a lot of use out of them. |
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Posted: 7/9/2022 1:23:24 PM EDT
[#37]
To thread title- spring loaded auto punch.
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Posted: 7/10/2022 9:18:44 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/10/2022 9:23:21 PM EDT
[#39]
I bought a Craftsman that looks like the model in the opening post from my BIL at the time, used for $20, about 30 years ago.
I'd be happy to replace it with a new one but its still going strong. But as far as my favorite tool? I call her Excalibur. When nothing else will loosen up stubborn parts, Excalibur has never failed. Similar to the pic below. Same handle but black unplated steel and a tad longer. She feels like a sword. Thus her name.  
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Posted: 7/10/2022 9:27:10 PM EDT
[#40]
Quote HistoryQuoted: My first thought when I read the title was "that's easy. It has to be my tool." NO. MY tool. Has always worked kept me satisfied. Except for that one time in Phuket. Fire would be cooler. Taught me a lesson. Wrap it up or beat it. |
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Posted: 7/10/2022 9:28:02 PM EDT
[#41]
Opposing thumbs.
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Posted: 7/10/2022 10:18:54 PM EDT
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