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I hate HOLE-SAWS
Craftsman tape measures.
Thoughts determine what you want,Action determines what you get
I hate my old Makita 3/8 drill. Bought it in 1982 because thats all I could afford at the time. Not a good move to make for a kid from Pittsburgh, buying a Japanese tool while all our steel mills are closing. I've been trying to kill that drill ever since ( figuring I'd get a new american drill)I have since gotten a nice Dewalt, but for my ugly jobs I always pull out that old Jap Makita. It just won't die.
I have to ask - why?
I bought three Sears tapes twelve years ago - just redid one last week.
It's pretty much a stanley tape - forever?
I hate a 40' ladder.Remodeling Contractor just on the other side of the Glass City
Kind of an inside joke, Diesel Pig and I had a long discussion about them a while back.
I hate 40' ladders too.
Any tearoff tool that has to do with roofing.
Hard Hats- not a tool but it's on jobsites.
Knee kicker's for carpet
Thoughts determine what you want,Action determines what you get
I must have (suprisingly) missed that tread.
I would agree on the hard hats and tear offs - those are the best days for a cell phone and a NOTRE DAME game - ;-0Remodeling Contractor just on the other side of the Glass City
My friend there is no such thing as a good Notre Dame game. You are sadly mistaken. Statements like that get people banned.
I would rather be tearing off a roof on a 40' ladder wearing a hard hat than watch a Notre Dame game. :) Thoughts determine what you want,Action determines what you get
Just stirrin' the pot, - It's what I do.
I can get us tickets.Remodeling Contractor just on the other side of the Glass City
Tickets to what?
Thoughts determine what you want,Action determines what you get
Notre Dame home Game.
The worst part is - I've been there and if you think a Michigan game is nuts, a game in South Bend is like plucking hair - I have officially stated that I will drop the family off at the gate, go to a bar, watch the game , and come back to get them before I will deal with that hell again.Remodeling Contractor just on the other side of the Glass City
Michigan get to beat up on ND this year?
Thoughts determine what you want,Action determines what you get
Not if I have anything to say - ND national champs 07'Remodeling Contractor just on the other side of the Glass City
Stop it with that filthy pig latin. Your neighbors to the north are winning this year. Thoughts determine what you want,Action determines what you get
anyone who would make the drive from Ohio to South Bend is crazy to begin with.......why not just stay home and hit yourself in the head with a beer bottle.....and tell your family it's your plan for sticking to the Arabs by saving gas.
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I think this may be some sort of record for a hijack.
So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable Creature, since it enables one to find or make a Reason for everything one has a mind to do. --Benjamin Franklin
ANY extension ladder is a PITA. Storing, setting up, leveling, adjusting up/down, taking down, trying to find the right angle, trying to find a perch near a window, getting on/off a roof (especially off). About all that can be said is that some ladders aren't as miserable as others.
So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable Creature, since it enables one to find or make a Reason for everything one has a mind to do. --Benjamin Franklin
I agree 40 foot ladders are a pain
I hate a 40' ladder.
I hate scaffolding.
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Hammer drill. nuff said.
Basin wrench, because that means I'm doing plumbing work.
Paint brush, can't stand painting.
My current pump plier, the nut keeps coming lose just when I need it.
“The richest genius, like the most fertile soil, when uncultivated, shoots up into the rankest weeds..†– Hume
Yeah, that too.
Remodeling Contractor just on the other side of the Glass City
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It ain't what you make, it's what you don't spend
Dentist's drill.
So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable Creature, since it enables one to find or make a Reason for everything one has a mind to do. --Benjamin Franklin
Oh, and that little sliver of razor blade on a pick they use to measure gum pockets.
So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable Creature, since it enables one to find or make a Reason for everything one has a mind to do. --Benjamin Franklin
The tool I can't find
What about the tool you find after you buy a replacement, or just after the need for it has passed?
So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable Creature, since it enables one to find or make a Reason for everything one has a mind to do. --Benjamin Franklin
Yes, I have;
4 board saws, 2 coping saws, 7 tape measures, 2 jig saws, 3 plumb bobs, 1000 utility knifes, 300 glue bottles, 1,000,000 pencils, O.K.,,, maybe I'm starting to exagerate, but you get the idea. Maybe I should clean up my shop, its a disaster. That's gotta be a new post. I can't be the only guy who can't keep his shop organized.
I also have a couple of hundred feet of air hose and 2 tile cutters, but that's because I forgot to load them into the truck.
leaf rake
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I been wanting to procrastinate, but I keep putting it off
2 man gas post hole diggers, they should be banned.
Ya ever hit a rock, loose your balence, then hang on tighter, squeezing the throttle wide open? Wish I had that on video, almost made a full circle once.
Yeah, we used one of those when we put in our deck. Needed ten holes IIRC. Had to go down a minimum of 42 inches in gravely clay. Took (literally) 3 men and a boy to keep that sucker under control.Thankfully we only had it auger in once.
So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable Creature, since it enables one to find or make a Reason for everything one has a mind to do. --Benjamin Franklin
I am not sure if my saws take offense at that.Remodeling Contractor just on the other side of the Glass City
I was gonna say shovel. I've been in the yard all afternoon myself. Sledge hammer.
Hitler won every argument.
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Today Gunner, I didn't hate the lob wedge. Fell in love with the hybrid 3, and drew rave reviews with the driver. Beautiful day.
Tomorrow, I'll hate something. Promise.A great place for Information, Comraderie, and a sucker punch.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
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There's always something to hate.
Hitler won every argument.
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yoiu have to embrace the hate...If we don't bring the troops home,
How we gonna invade the next country that
Pi$$es us off???
(dollar signs have double meaning)
That's right.
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Hey,
Now that Dale's is no smoking, and spring is coming, and I haven't golfed in awhile - would it be o.k. if I picked up some holes for us this spring?
You know I would prefer Eagles Landing but I would split the distance difference if you want to be closer to home.
Golfing and drinking is more fun than sitin' an' drinkin'
I HATE MY LOB WEDGE !
Remodeling Contractor just on the other side of the Glass City
Yeah sure. Now, you realize the talent here? On a good day, I don't to too bad. On a bad day, I don't do too good. But, I keep up.
We play out at Riverby quite often. White Pines is a way west from here, pretty fun place to play if you haven't. Heatherdowns CC is a nice play. Shoot, I don't care. How's the back?A great place for Information, Comraderie, and a sucker punch.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
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I shoot ( shot ) about 80 - 90.
Haven't played in a coupla years - long story.
Backs better - tooooo busy.
Working hard for free time.
when I get that way I might drop off a knife sharpener instead of mailing - o.k?
Two years and no meet up - stupid on my part, too much stuff - we should golf.
I will make it happen.
Remodeling Contractor just on the other side of the Glass City
Hey, you know I would have called if I'd gone to Oregon. Same phone number?
At this rate, the knife sharpeners for the Marines seem to have the Glass City well in the lead, donation wise.
Makes you wonder about the rest of this great country, no?A great place for Information, Comraderie, and a sucker punch.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
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the knife sharpeners for the Marines seem to have the Glass City well in the lead, donation wise
What's this all about? Is it a joke or are you putting stuff together for some needy jarheads somewhere? If you're serious.... being an ex-jarhead.... I'd play.View Image
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bobl Volo, non valeo
Baloney detecter WFR
"But when you're a kibbutzer and have no responsibility to decide the facts and apply the law, you can reach any conclusion you want because it doesn't matter." SHG
Gracias. Just jumped on board.
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Edited 3/26/2007 1:02 pm ET by dieselpig
Brian, I think you found the thread, but here it is for anyone wishing to donate a knife sharpener to some Marines that John T8's sister is trying to help.
Here you goA great place for Information, Comraderie, and a sucker punch.
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I posted to you in that thread Cal.... did you catch that yet?
EDIT: Just found your other post... cool.
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Edited 3/26/2007 8:24 pm ET by dieselpig
I'll second the electric jackhammer - it's just so dang slow. Give me a 60 lb air hammer over electric any day. I have that love/hate relationship with a partner saw. Really handy but a nasty mess.
There's our 3 man golf league at Riverby. Always room for the occasional 4th. Wednesdays-5:20 I think. Hell, we may start this week.A great place for Information, Comraderie, and a sucker punch.
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
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Come on Gunner we all know your favorite tool...."Rather be a hammer than a nail"
Bob
Hey! Where"s that picture I just downloaded?
Got lost in cyberspace
second try"Rather be a hammer than a nail"
Bob
Now that Gunner's on the brown rice diet, he can't even pick that thing up._______________________________________________________________
It ain't what you make, it's what you don't spend
LOL! Heck, that brown rice isn't all it's cracked up to be.
"Rather be a hammer than a nail"
Bob
WIth all the energy I have from purging the crap out of my body I could use that baby overhead now.
No witty tagline here. Keep moving along please.
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You probably don't even need the hammer, just jump up and down._______________________________________________________________
It ain't what you make, it's what you don't spend
LMAO Man that pictures old. I love that jack hammer. Handy sum batch.
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LOL- I found that picture in a breaktime folder saved from two computors ago. I guess that really does make it an old photo...
"Rather be a hammer than a nail"
Bob
I think it's circa 2001. I recall you pulling it out on me before too. I think you were calling me Bob the Builder or something. Funny stuff anyway.
No witty tagline here. Keep moving along please.
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I can see why you on a diet now...
He's got the Paul Tuetle sr. thing going on...I don't Know what I am doing
But
I am VERY good at it!!
Sledge hammer.
I've done all the demo one man deserves.
Democrats.
The other white meat.
the one that just called to say he'd be late tomorro...
Only one late?
I had two call tonight and say they are not going to be there at all tommorrow.
Thoughts determine what you want,Action determines what you get
I do not like any tool that you must drag under a house.
chopsticks
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It ain't what you make, it's what you don't spend
any tools that involve digging, concrete, or roofs...
add to that the tools I own but can not find when needed.
oh yeah, and sanders, I hate sanding...
Yer Welcome!!!:)I don't Know what I am doing
But
I am VERY good at it!!
ya know, I've used each of those ONCE.
I don't even know where I have them stored .... maybe someday they'll be worth something!
I did just buy a RO sander from one of your fav. brand of tools....
Festool
;)
"I hate sanding""I just bougt the most expensive sander I could find""My name is Niel and I have a tool problem""Help me brothers":)Just got my Fien MM yesterday...Going to Woodcraft today to get a PC 3-1/4 hp speedmatic router 50$ rebate which will be spent on bits..I don't Know what I am doing
But
I am VERY good at it!!
I seek not help. I'm ok with my condition...
Could be worse, could be crack or whores, or coke, or.....
The last two festool tools I want are the vac and the router.
The domino looked sweet when I played with it at woodcraft, I just don't do enough furniture or cabinet making yet.
Maybe someday I'll buy it when I run out of other stuff...
Next week I'm driving out to the Grizzly store in Springfield Mo to pick up a tablesaw.
Still no problems with yours? I've heard you can either get a really good saw or one with the table out of whack... and their support sucks, not sure how true that is.
My big pipe wrenches. I hate the times when I have to need to use them. I don't use my worthless chain saw anymore, I just put a tree trimming blade or Axe blade in the sawzall.
D&L
Screwdrivers that slip in the screw slots -- too worn to use, but just handy enough to pick up and try, or the only ones available. Really should be thrown away, but it's hard for me to throw away a tool.
Any tool that doesn't do the ONE thing it's designed for (like the screwdrivers we just mentioned). I know I've handled one or two recently but can't recall what they were.
Dull hacksaw blades, when you don't have a sharp one on hand.
Ah!! I see your problem! Screwdrivers are designed for scraping. You use a chisel for driving screws, and a scraper for chiseling.Didn't they teach you nuttin????
So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable Creature, since it enables one to find or make a Reason for everything one has a mind to do. --Benjamin Franklin
"What Tool Do You Hate" ............ hated is more like it- got rid of it long ago. Ryobi radial arm saw. Two recalls. Too much flex in the frame/arm/column, it would bind up and rip the table boards out. One time it caught me good- cut my belly button and bruised my stomach, When Perfessor Piffin says "Friends don't let friend buy Ryobi", I know of what he speaks.
OK, I remember another one. We had a 24' extension ladder that was 'tweaked'. It would twist when you were on it, never had one like that before or since. Side to side, fine. Front to back, ok. But twist? There's nothing you can do when that happens, it's like the ladder's trying to buck you off or something.
Got rid of it for free at a garage sale, warned the guy who took it away. Hopefully we was going to turn it in for scrap aluminum, that thing was a death trap.
In fact, I'll add the general category of "any ladder, step or extension, that behaves unpredictably when you're on it"
1)Hilti rotohammer with a 1 1/2" X24" bit plus a sticky trigger= fractured wrist
2)electric jack hammer
3)paintbrush
4) toilet/drain snake
you remind me of another...
plumbing cam-scope...
Helped a plumber run once... something about shoving something down the stool drain and then pulling it back out is not very appealing...
Grinders, I've always hated grinders
Sanding sponges. I absolutely hate sanding drywall and anything associated with that task.And pole diggers.
4" ridgid
and the die for threading it...
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Holesaws. The bigger, the worser. Especially on the big Milwaukee. Pop yer arm off at the elbow! (Although this probably belongs in the dumb accidents thread, I was recently sawing a 4" hole in a top plate, with me all scrunched up between the joists running the tool. It caught and spun the drill around, catching me square on the jaw. Felt like gettin' punched by a prizefighter. If I hadn't been so tightly wedged in, it probably woulda knocked me off the ladder.)
Also, I have a Lancelot -- kind of a chainsaw on a grinding wheel to use on an angle grinder. I figger that's about the scarriest tool on the planet. But when you need it, it's great. Still scares me though.
Mike Hennessy
Pittsburgh, PA
I have one of those to and when i need it i need it but boy im scared of that thing, Did you see the TV show where they rebuild someones house and the guy took the guard off and tore his hand up?
"Did you see the TV show where they rebuild someones house and the guy took the guard off [a Lancelot] and tore his hand up?"
Nope, but I can "see" that happening to me every time I pick it up. Gives me the jitters just thinking about it! The guy's lucky he still has anything left below the elbow. Those things are wicked nasty. Kinda like a hand-held woodchipper.
Mike HennessyPittsburgh, PA
I feel your pain, I still remember 30 years ago when I was wiring my house, the heat was not in and it was cold. I was up in the floor joists drilling a hole and the bit caught and the handle smacked me upside the head on a cold ear. Hurt like hell for a while.
Hand held post hole digger is the one I hate the most.
It's only a problem when it's in a hole.
So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable Creature, since it enables one to find or make a Reason for everything one has a mind to do. --Benjamin Franklin
After reading all the previous posts, I must disagree with everyone.
All tools mentioned are a joy to use.
The only tool I truely hate is the cell phone. Remember how nice it was to be productive without that rotten thing screwing up your day?
Oh yeah.... what was the question again?
I'm on board with the 40' ladder gang. Nothing good happens at the top of a 40' extension ladder.
Same goes for respirators. Can't ever remember wearing one and having a good time.
Jackhammers make for long days too. Hammertackers tend to pizz me right off as well.
I like shoveling. My back isn't too fond of it, but I enjoy the manual labor myself.
I think everybody has the wrong take on this - Hammers - ladders, jackhammers - all those tools , think what you would be doing without them...Dig a hole with your bare hands sometime, or break rock with a lesser tool than a jackhammer....Tools separate us from the rest of the animal worldOK, It's tools and the internet!so with that in mind, I even love my jackhammer
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You've got to admit the world would be a better place without slotted screws, eh? We have to keep the drivers for opening paint cans, but those screws are right up there with plagues of locusts for having a bad time.
"We have to keep the drivers for opening paint cans"hey neat idea!only other thing I used them for was a chisel.
bobl Volo, non valeo
Baloney detecter WFR
"But when you're a kibbutzer and have no responsibility to decide the facts and apply the law, you can reach any conclusion you want because it doesn't matter." SHG
only other thing I used them for was a chisel.
Dad? That you?
Democrats.The other white meat.
Well, My Dad had more of a machine background so he was in favor of throwing all Phillips type screws overboard and sticking only with slotted. He and I argued some on that one, but he did have some good points to make.wish I could recall what they were...;)
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so with that in mind, I even love my jackhammer
Bet you love it more when someone else is running though..
In terms of frustration, certainly the hammer tacker or any other similar tool that keeps jamming is probably near the top. Especially in miserable weather, darkness, under schedule pressure, etc.
So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable Creature, since it enables one to find or make a Reason for everything one has a mind to do. --Benjamin Franklin
electrical fish tape, nothing good ever comes of it.
Any tool that's MIA or broken (and put away broken without my knowledge).
Stick Welders....
except when I need to weld something.
It ain't purty, but it sticks stuff together.
Troy Sprout
Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it."
-- Thomas Sowell
A company I used to work for was owned by a tool.....
I didn't like him. Still don't.
No, you misunderstand. The topic is **T**ool, not **F**ool.
So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable Creature, since it enables one to find or make a Reason for everything one has a mind to do. --Benjamin Franklin
I hate all my tools that went and runt off with a bunch of theivin redneck loosers.
Oh, and I hate all the Chinese tools that look good, but aren't worth a flip.
I like all my tools, but there are a few that I love.
The tools make us what we are.
Spent most of the day running a partner saw, sds drill with chipper bit, diamond grinder, or sledge.
I am normally fairly spoiled and don't have to do these task, but not today.
The day ended sucky enough that i started "stupid thinking", but I still love "my tools"
If I had to pick one thing it would be, wooden ladders. Been in two ladder accidents, both on wooden ladders.
jeremyThe bad news is you've done exactly the right things to be exactly where you are today.
"IdahoDon 1/31/07"
Paint brush
any type of roofing tool
any type of digging tool without an engine
insulation blower
Tools that don't do what they are supposed to do
sears shop vacs
I don't Know what I am doing
But
I am VERY good at it!!
"Tools that don't do what they are supposed to do"NOW you have my attention!
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electric can opener
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Large diameter rubber air hosePVC air hose (especially in winter)100' cords
My old homelite chainsaw... 14" bar and no kickback guard. I could chop down a tree with an ax (heck a hatchet) faster than I could get that thing to start and run long enough to cut anything.
I hate my Paslode Impulse framer.
When you're fully extended on a long extension ladder, pushing extra f***ing hard to depress the nosepiece so the g***am thing will fire the last f***ing nail you need in that cornice return.........it dry fires............maybe the battery feels a little run down.......maybe you just used the last spritz of butane on the last f***ing dry fire.......maybe the fan whirrs merrily along, but NOTHING ELSE HAPPENS.....maybe it's out of nails.
I don't know, but at that particular moment, which happens WAAAAAY too often, I envision that deceptively useful, finicky piece of crap flying free.......2 stories down......to the driveway.
Actually mine was stolen not long ago, so I couldn't live out my fantasy. I only hope the lowlife bastard that stole it gets as much happiness out of it as I did. I'm back to the compressor and hose...for good I think.
There. I feel better now.
Sure, talk bad about it behind it's back, now that it's gone...
You got not toolmanners.I bet when you leave the tools store, the rest of thetools breathe a sigh of relief they did,'t have to go play with you...they can recognize your kind!LOL
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Nah, I'm notlike that. Buy me another one and I'll be happy to curse it to it's face! And really, it had to go one way or another. All my other tool buddies pull their weight and make me a little money. That Paslode was like alot of sour assed carpenters I've seen......pretty useful all in all, but no fun to be around!
I know what you mean, BTW. I had the origianl black Impulse. That was a tool to work up a good hate over!
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Still got mine. Been thrown off more than one roof for not performing as it should. Still works as poorly as it ever did.Live in the solution, not the problem.
You should try it with a Bammer dude.
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Hah! I saw that thing at a trades show years ago, when they first came out. Even then, never having used one mind you, I thought it was one of the most useless pieces of gear I'd ever seen. I mean hell, pushing in the nosepiece of an Impulse is a chore, but what, 2 inches or something like that for the Bammer? Getthef***outtahere.
After owning a Bammer I have nothing but the highest praise for the impulse.
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I hate my impulse framer too. Man do I hate it.
Thoughts determine what you want,Action determines what you get
I hate any tool I didn't pay enough for.
I remember back in the day, when everything was shiny new. Now, instead of being polished, it just kinda chafes.