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No one ever calls a tool by the correct name.
My grandpa would always call wd-40 "panther piss" , it made it impossible to keep a straight face while working with him.

What are some other interesting names /diy has heard for tools?

>> No.740220

>>740218
I've heard panther piss used to refer to all sorts of random smelly chemicals

>> No.740222

>>740218
With me its mostly brand names. I work with a bunch of old farts that call shit by certain names and I have no clue what they are talking about. Crescent wrench? Skil Saw? Sawzall? Dremel? You mean that adjustable wrench thats not made by Crescent? That circular saw not made by Skil? That reciprocating saw not made by Milwaukee? The rotary tool not made by Dremel?

My boss once got pissed at me because he texted me and told me to load his Hitachi on the truck, like I knew what he was fucking talking about. After searching all over his corner of the bay looking for a fucking Hitachi branded anything I had to call him and ask what he was talking about. Turns out his Hitachi was a Bostitch pneumatic nail gun. This wasn't the first time he did shit like that either. After he told me to pick up his "Craftsman" I pointed out that he sounded like my fucking mom calling anything that plays video games a "Nintendo" and he stopped doing shit like that.

>> No.740225

>>740222
Nice trips. Maybe he was asking you to load his Magic Wand.

>> No.740229
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740229

>>740222
Next time your boss asks for the Hitachi

>> No.740238

>>740222
>>740222
What a dick and/or dumbass.
>I mean you of course. You knew exactly what he meant in the first half or you should of if you aren't retarded. I couldn't be bothered to read the bottom half.
>You're probably the kind of faggot that corrects people that say "I'm going to get some gas from the gas station."
>You mean you're going to the fuel and snack convenience emporium to refill your automatic mobile vehicle's gasoline tank with around 87 octane gasoline? How droll. Pick me up a 12 fluid ounce coca cola brand soda sugar carbonated beverage in an aluminum can, preferably around 40F and return it to me so I may consume the content.

>> No.740239

>>740225
>>740229
one of the most awkward things ive done is visit my parents place and find one of these sitting in the bathroom when i went to shower

>> No.740240

>>740239
While the Magic Wand is mostly known as a sex toy, perhaps you could just convince yourself that it was being used for it's designed purpose as a massaging tool?

>> No.740241

>>740238
Who are you quoting?

>> No.740246

>>740238
>I couldn't be bothered to read the bottom half.
Then read it you ignorant moron, the rest of your post is tilting at windmills.

>> No.740248

>>740238
I started working for these guys when I was 16 and I didn't know shit from shinola. If you've never heard of the Crescent Tool company before how the hell would you know what a Crescent wrench is? Get off your high horse. You didn't pop out of your mom's cooch with a hammer in your hand and neither did anyone else.

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740256

>>740218
dykes

>> No.740260
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740260

>>740218
goat's foot

>> No.740262

>Can u pass me that allen?

...For fucks sake Tim, ITS CALLED A HEX KEY!!!

H - E - X
HEX KEY!

>> No.740263

>>740262
I guess to add to that thought... star screwdriver when referring to a Phillips.

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740266

>>740262
Continued:

>Tim: All right thanks for letting me borrow your "hex key"
>Tim: By the way your "hex key" is already super dull like a ball on the other end. So I grinded it ;)

...mfw

>> No.740268

>>740263
That sounds a lot worse than calling a Torx a star. For some reason in one of the shops at my uni, all the flat head screwdrivers are called "standard screwdrivers" to distinguish them from the phillips. It's not terrible, but it never made sense to me.

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740273

we call this a silent saw or screamer, ill let you figure out why, also
hammers - knockometer

>> No.740276

jungle juice
jigger
see
pump swatch
milk maid
cock biter

feel free to take some guesses at what they were, I sure as shit don't know half the time

>> No.740280

>>740263
Coming from post-soviet space Pihllips head is called "plus" and normal is called "minus".

>> No.740299
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740299

Level or Plumb?

3... 2... 1... GO!

>> No.740301

>>740276
Are those tools names or porn terms?

>>740299
Love how out of place that guy looks next to all that dirt.

>> No.740302

>>740301
>Love how out of place that guy looks next to all that dirt.

3 different photos taken by a single seller combined into one picture. He literally slapped 3 images on top of each other. Idiot stockphoto scammers

>> No.740304

I knew a crusty old mechanic that just called everything a cocksucker.

"Hand me that cocksucker... no, the other cocksucker over there!"

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740305

>>740304
Did he own a bar at some stage in his past?

>> No.740307

My uncle calls hammers American screw drivers.

>> No.740308

Silicone Sealer called Gorilla Snot.
Or simply pronouncing the 'cone' part of silicone as 'coon' ie silly-coon and then giggling every fucking time.

>> No.740313 [DELETED] 

>>740268
Because slotted screws were the standard screws used for centuries. No one thought to call them anything but screws. When Phillips and shit came along they just started calling them all slotted drivers "standard". Before then the use of "standard" actually originally meant non-cabinet style screwdriver. Cabinet style had the blade was the same with of the shaft so that you can countersink screws.

>> No.740315 [DELETED] 

>>740268
Because slotted screws were the standard screws used for centuries. No one thought to call them anything but screws. When Phillips and shit came along they just started calling slotted drivers "standard". Before then the use of "standard" actually originally meant non-cabinet style screwdriver. Cabinet style had the blade was the same with of the shaft so that you can countersink screws.

>> No.740316

>>740268
Because slotted screws were the standard screws used for centuries. No one thought to call them anything but screws. When Phillips and shit came along they just started calling slotted drivers "standard". Before then the use of "standard" actually originally meant non-cabinet style screwdriver. Cabinet style had the blade that was the same width of the shaft so that you can countersink screws.

>> No.740319

>>740222
>"anon hand me a kleenex"

>YOU MEAN TISSUE FAGGOT?. IT'S A TISSUE. OHMYGOD GET IT RIGHT

that's you. that's what you sound like,

>> No.740320

oscillating tool = jitterbug

>> No.740321
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740321

>>740319
What.. He sounds correct? Are you mad because you are so well programmed by marketing that you will happily refer to a object by someone's brand name or are you just so retarded you have never stopped to think about it before?

>> No.740327

>>740321
When a company's product has done well enough to become a household name, it is common for similar products from other manufacturers to be referred to by the aforementioned brand name.
e.g., Oreo, Kleenex, Vaseline, VapoRub, Q-tip.
Sure, you could refer to the items in question as chocolate sandwich cookies, tissues, petroleum jelly, mentioned topical cream, and cotton swabs, but that just signifies to your audience that you've got Asperger's and should be ignored and/or ridiculed.
tl;dr: don't be such a fucklord.

>> No.740328

>>740327
>mentioned
*mentholated
Fucking autocorrect.

>> No.740346

>>740256
I say that all the time, as does everyone I work with. It's short for DIagonal CutterS.

Although, you could probably stretch it and point out their resemblance to scissors and thus the lesbian sex act.

>> No.740348

>>740327
I'd say with "Sawzall" that works and maybe "Dremel", but the others are company names that make a huge variety of tools and I've never heard of them being used as tool names.

>> No.740350
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740350

>>740256
Even if its brand name, pliers will always be knipex for me.

>> No.740358

>>740299

Level...plumb refers to being perfectly vertical. You wouldn't measure something with a level that's horizontal and say it's plumb...

>> No.740368

>>740263
depends though, phillips is phillips, pozidrive is star shaped.
good for them if they noticed the difference between a pz and a ph.

>> No.740369

>>740299
thats a level
a plumb is a weighted string

>> No.740370

>>740350
shame that's not even pliers

>> No.740371

>>740327
Yea. A sawzall, crecent wrench, dremel, and skil saw are all fine names for the respective tools, everyone knows exactly what you're referencing.

>A hilti gun, channelocks, kleins are all appropriate in my region. Those can only mean 1 thing.

Thunder nails and tapcons are 2 concrete anchors that are more likely to be called a brand-name than what they actually are.
>Fuck saying hammer in/screw in concrete anchors.

I've been bad about calling a drill a dewalt.


If OP were to correct me, I'd re-correct him condescendingly, if he then did it in front of other employees, I'd send him home for the day or I'd stick him on some really shitty work solo.


>>740350
Dykes aren't a brand name, its a nickname. Those also aren't pliers.

>>740299
Level being used to plumb.

>> No.740387

>>740348
It would be fun to tell my kid to fetch my Ryobi. I own six different Ryobi tools. However, I can't find evidence of a "Sawzall" brand.

>> No.740389
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740389

>>740371
>If OP were to correct me, I'd re-correct him condescendingly
Yeah, and we all know why. Its because you are not an adult. You are a sulking child in an adults body.

>if he then did it in front of other employees, I'd send him home for the day or I'd stick him on some really shitty work solo.
Any boss that can't stand to be corrected is the kind of person that should not be in a leadership position. Always right, never wrong, vindictive if they were ever questioned. Especially vindictive if they were corrected and were in fact wrong. Respect my authoritah!

Being disrespectful to your boss is one thing and isn't cool, but if they are are respectful in making the correction and you snap at them for it then its pretty clear who's in the wrong... because you'll be wrong twice. That makes it stand out more. Its not a good example to set for employees and it encourages people that know what they are doing to look for better opportunities and better bosses. It also surrounds you with yesmen that may not point out to you when you are making a serious mistake. That can cost you a lot of money in the long term, but hey, at least you wont look like a jackass or anything right?

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740391

>>740387
>However, I can't find evidence of a "Sawzall" brand.
Did you try googling it?

>> No.740396

>>740371
>I'd send him home for the day
So, being 'right' and showing off your 'power' in front of your employees is more important to you then getting the job done? What, you in the Army or something? I ran into a lot of fucks like you in the Army. Any prick that would rather be shorthanded for a day then be corrected when they're wrong has no business being in charge of a power tool let alone of team of people using them.

>> No.740414

>>740222
>Crescent wrench? Skil Saw? Sawzall? Dremel?
I'm 18 and I say all of these things. Do you by any chance have autism?

>> No.740422

>>740389
this X2

>> No.740430

>>740391
Over here in Australia we can them reciprosaws or saber saw

>> No.740457

>>740256
>>740370
>>740350

Jamacian's say birdbeek, canadians say side cutters

>> No.740467

>>740387
>can't find evidence of a "Sawzall" brand
Milwaukee is the brand, Sawzall is the tool (it's a reciprocating saw).

>> No.740553

>>740396
>>740389
Right, or because we got stacks of applications for every position that are just as qualified as the guys currently working, aside from job runners and higher. Everyone is contract labor. I don't want to deal with a pedantic douche when I could have a mexican that actually wants to do the best possible job and learn the details. 30 minute lunches, starting from when you leave your tools to when you pick them back up. Anything more means you're fine giving up afternoon break or losing a quarter. The wages are much higher than our competitors, even with tax accounted for, so if you don't like it or you fuck up, later.
And yea it is a lot like the army for a reason, the founder was in it for a good while.

You pay your dues/learn your shit, you do your job, and you move up as far as your intelligence will let you. If you're a dumb fuck, you'll still be doing what you're doing now in 10 years.
>Inb4 but dats a shitty way to manage.
Welp it works. Has worked for a couple decades and I'm sure will continue to work as long as people want to eat.

>> No.740554

>>740553
>not laughing when your mate texts you a picture of a magic wand when you ask for 'the hitachi'

Pretty sure you've never been on a job site. Probably just a hipster panty waist

>> No.740560

Ramset-powder actuated nail gun
Whack hammer-tack hammer
Kleins-linesman pliers
Channel locks-slip joint pliers
Skil saw-circular saw
Matabo-angle grinder
Sawzall-reciprocating saw
Dremel-rotary tool
Kroil-penetrating oil
Crescent wrench-adjustable wrench
Idiot light-non contact voltage detector
Dummy light-any light that flashes error codes and check engine lights
Buzz box-welder
Cherry picker-engine crane
Jlg-man basket
Scorpion-giant boom fork lift with the boom mounted in the back
High low-fork lift
Earth mover-large excavation equipment
4 way-screw driver with 2 flat and 2 Phillips bits
Pry bar-anything from a flat head to a crow bar
Zip gun-impact wrench
Dino-conventional oil
Oil dri-anything from saw dust to cat litter used to suck up spilled oil
Cheater bar-longer than average wrench or a wrench with a pipe over it
Click stick-ratcheting socket wrench
Drill-any electric tool with a spinning chuck, even dremels sometimes
Come along-winch

I think that's every one that I've ever both heard and used.

>> No.740563

>>740560
Oh yeah

Dikes-diagonal cutters
Vice grips-locking pliers
Snips-any cutting tool

>> No.740565

Heard of a Hammer being called "the persuader". also Desoutter being used for any airline dremel type tool.

>> No.740567
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740567

>>740414
whats wrong with you dude dont you know what a zapple dapple doop is?
what a fuckin pleb check this goy out
WHO CARESSSSS

>> No.740572

>>740565
5 pound minisledge-- thor

>> No.740575
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>>740554
> panty waist
> not panty waste

> If you call someone a pantywaste, you are basically saying they’re composed of crotch rot. PantyWAIST is the elastic band around a woman’s underclothes.
> Now, which is more offensive? “You are a diseased, stinky discharge from a vagina” or “you are a rather innovative invention that kept women from having to use a drawstring to hold up their drawers.”

It's funny when children try to talk like adults.

>> No.740580

>>740430
Right, which is what they are. The number one brand for them for many years though was the Sawzall by Milwaukee. Kind of like how Brits call vacuum cleaners Hoovers.

>> No.740585
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740585

>>740575
Google's number one result for 'panty waste' is urban dictionary.

'Panty waist', on the other hand, is in Webster's and dates back to 1936. It has the same meaning as sissy. If you try 'panty waste' on Webster's it asks you if you meant 'panty waist' or 'panty raid'.

So, yeah, you R a idiot.

>> No.740589

>>740218
Jewbie Clip [jew-bee]
noun
A circular metal band or strip combined with a worm gear fixed to one end. It is designed to hold a soft, pliable hose onto a rigid circular pipe, or sometimes a solid spigot, of smaller diameter.

synonyms: Motherfucking JUBILEE CLIP, fuck you old man, you made me look dumb asking for a jewbie clip in the godamn hardware store.

>> No.740590

>>740229
Tomoko!

>> No.740649

>>740348
I grew up thinking a sawzall was actually called a tigersaw

>> No.740650

>>740350
I've always wondered... why do sidecutters like these always get referred to as "dykes" by sparkys?

>> No.740653

>>740572
we call that a "fine adjustment instrument"...

>> No.740659

>>740650
See>>740346

>> No.740697
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740697

>>740280
Holy shit that's genius!

I'm so gonna call them that from now on

>> No.740706

"Gorilla Snot" originally, and still normally refers to 3M Yellow Weatherstrip Adhesive which is famously good gasket sealer. It looks like snot and has a similar texture. Also available in black, its solvent base gives better wetting than most silicones with less bulk.

"Tiger Saw" refers to the Black and Decker reciprocating saw. It, like Sawzall, has been around many years.

Tool names and nicknames evolve over decades, sometimes centuries. Get over it and learn them if you want a smoother /diy/ or professional experience. Bonus for learning common overseas expressions and being able to catch mistaken usages. You'll learn why dykes that cut aren't like Dykes rings.

>> No.740719

>>740369
no that's a plumb-Bob

plumb is the act of being vertically level, either in comparison to gravity or existing structure.

>> No.740721
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740721

>>740280
>>740268
>>740316
I believe you all to be referring to useless chisels.

red robby master race.

>> No.740724

>>740721
> typical tripfag quality post.

>> No.740725
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740725

>>740719
Holy crap so much want.

>> No.740726

>>740724
>typical defense for inferior tools well known for warping

>> No.740728

>nigger sperm
A combination of molykote and hydraulic oil to lubricate the stocks on a cylindrical grinder.

>sheep's pussy
A circular clamp attached to the end of a work piece so it could be turned in the circular grinder.

>CRC
Any oil in a spray can.

>nigger foreskins
Bits of stripped-off insulation from a high-voltage cable.

>elephant cock
high-voltage cable that's stuck in place so you have to keep jerking it for it to come off.

>darths, vaders
Half-mask breathing filters that clog up immediately so you have to take breathers every fifteen minutes.

>pinpricker
A leaky bead blasting machine.

>leghumper
A harpoon conveyor. (got it's name from when 'someone' slipped and got his foot stuck in it for a painful couple of minutes)

>windowbreaker
An overhead crane used to lift long pieces of bulk steel.

>> No.740749
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740749

>Need to fill a generator up with diesel, can't find the fuel can nozzle so I can pour without spilling shit everywhere.
>Go to mate in shop, ask him for fuel can nozzle.
>"A wut?"
>"A fuel can nozzle. I gotta fill up the generator."
>"Uhh, I don't think we have any of those."
>"What do you mean we don't have any? How am I going to get the diesel into the tank then?"
>"Oh, you mean a donkey dick. Yeah, I'll be right back"
Pic related.

>> No.740751

>>740220
That's what my father calls mountain dew

>> No.740753
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740753

>Spark wrench

>> No.740836

>>740753
kek
americans call everything a wrench
screwdriver = screwrench
hammer = nail wrench
multimeter = electro-wrench

>> No.740840

>>740753
For what is used these gas canisters?

>> No.740843

>>740840
oxy-acetylene. for brazing copper tubes together, etc

>> No.740844

Angle grinder was "Bosch" or "Flex"
Nail claw/crowbar was "Spoon"
Small hammer was "Greg"
sledgehammer (the 5kg one) was "Sigismund"
Ratcheting socket wrench was "Rattle" (like the kid's toy)

and any kind of L-shaped object was a "hockey"

>> No.740848

my boss asked for a tapometer, handed him a hammer.
he wanted a mallet.

>> No.740867

>>740260
jesus son are you brazilian or some shit?

>> No.740908

>>740467
Sawzall is still a "brand name" in the sense it's trademarked and has a lower name, horizontal reciprocating saw. Just like Vice Grips are actually locking pliers and are made by Irwin.

>> No.740919

>>740836
I've never heard an American in a /diy/ field refer to anything except an adjustable, open-ended, or box wrench as a "wrench." Maybe a ratchet/sockets, but that's rare.

>> No.740948

>>740301
>Love how out of place that guy looks next to all that dirt
Wrong.
>>740358
>Level...plumb refers to being perfectly vertical.
While your definition of plumb is accurite, he is not leveling.
>You wouldn't measure something with a level that's horizontal and say it's plumb...
Correct.
>>740369
>thats a level
Correct
>a plumb is a weighted string
Wrong. That'd be a plumbob.
>>740371
>Level being used to plumb.
Aaayyy we have a winner.

>> No.740954

>>740308
giggled like a girl

>> No.740957

>>740728
Where the heck do you work?

>> No.740959

>>740867
In Italy they call it pork foot

>> No.741000

>>740959
Cow's foot in Swedish.. Or, master key.

>> No.741005

>>740218
I call it druggois. Because WD-40 gets you pretty high.

>> No.741006

>>740239
Inb4 Spidey appears in this thread.

>> No.741008

>>741000
>master key

Top kek

>> No.741012

>>740304
This reminded me of past days working on a construction site full of Russians. They just referred to everything as "хуёвина" which is like a very general, but dirty "thing".

>> No.741037

>>740222
Cresent wrench, skill saw, sawzall...those are all understandable, but saying Hitachi and Craftsman makes it impossible to know what they're referring to.

>> No.741039

>>740218
>hammer
"goddamnit"

>> No.741044

>>741037
Where I work all the hammer drills were Bosch so when they were all stacked up in the warehouse, they'd say grab a Bosch on the way out. One shit out and the boss bought a hitachi to replace it. But they're all still called bosches

>> No.741048

>>740706
Heh.. Elephant Snot is a lube they use in pulling cables.

>> No.741049

>>740753
Also "hot wrench"

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741050

>>741006
Darn. too slow

>> No.741052

High-lift-jack, also called widow-maker because it tends to drop the vehicle on you.

>> No.741053

>>740260
cat's paw

>> No.741060

>>740387
>owns Ryobi tools
Why?

>> No.741063

>>740957
Those descriptions are a /b/ meme variation.

>> No.741064

>>741060
Because they are fucking fine.

>> No.741065

>>740391
Its milwaukee brand tard

>> No.741066

>>740749
>fuel can nozzle
>fuel can
>nozzle

How isn't that plain enough? Its like people can't use their brains to come to a solution, they need to hear certain phrases that they are use to, otherwise they can't function normally.

>> No.741068

>>741053
this.

>> No.741070

>>741044
So you don't have any other tools that are Bosch?

>> No.741071

>>741064
Or is it because they are the cheapest available?
I bought a cordless Ryobi drill for that exact reason, and lets just say that it needed a cord.

>> No.741073

>>741052
High-lift jacks are highly reliable when used properly. (Always ensure the ratchet plungers are greased or oiled.) Also known as ag jacks (for their agricultural applications) they can lift, push, pull, and are highly versatile. They are popular with off-roaders for good reason. I have three and have used them for decades.

http://www.hi-lift.com/

Nobody not a retard gets under a vehicle supported by a jack and nothing else, but there are plenty of retards. I use old aluminum rims. They are far more stable than jackstands and when laid horizontal cannot tip. They work on soft ground and on sand. Many u-pull-it salvage yards support their fleets on rims.

>> No.741076

>>741073
We call those "farm jacks" around here. Every farmer has one, for the farm tractor, leveling the floor in the ol' farm house, ect.

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741150

File name bitches.

>> No.741153

>>741071
I've bought three and use one at work several times a week... They're all fine. The oldest one is almost ten tears old.

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741161

I started calling these Death Grips.

>> No.741162

>>740238
>tilts fedora
Good show, old chap. Fancy a cuppa?

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741163

Wiggy - Voltage tester/Multimeter

>> No.741164

>>741161
I have never ever ran into pair of these that haven't rusted into immobility.

>> No.741166

ive heard channel lock pliers being called "dogs"by other plumbers i guess mans best friend

>> No.741170

>>740222
>The rotary tool not made by Dremel?
there are rotary tools not made by dremel?

>> No.741173

>>740560
>High low-fork lift
I call it this, and everyone else I know calls it this
but I really have no clue where the term comes from

>> No.741183

>>740560
I love the highlow and the clickstick

>> No.741186

>>740728
You made those up

>> No.741189

>>741164
Stop leaving them out and unoiled. Mine have been in constant use on the boat for 10 years, and they weren't new when I got them. Nobody ever maintains their tools anymore though.

People get mad that my tools are all covered in oil. I get mad that theirs are covered in rust. I win.

>> No.741191

>>740560
>Sawzall-reciprocating saw
I regularly have to check myself so that I don't accidentally call it a fuckzall in front of my parents

>> No.741207

>>740260
the freeman

>> No.741210
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741210

"Tumwrench"

(I.e., "thumb wrench," with my shop teacher's maritime accent)

>> No.741221

>>740218
I call screws 'drills'. No particular reason. Yes it causes a lot of confusion on the rare occasion I am working with other people.

>> No.741234

>>741186
Some of them need terms though. I never have a good way to tell people to clean up the nigger foreskins, I always have to explain using a sentence what should be one or two words.

>> No.741240

>>740560
What do you do and where, I've got a ton of similar names. We call screw drivers multi bits though.

>> No.741278

>>740957
Among other places, I used to work in a factory that made industrial gearboxes for small ships, industrial machines, wind turbines, oil rigs.

While there, I worked in factory maintenance, hardening, warehouse, grinding and computer maintenance. Grinding was profitable but also incredibly boring and annoying, as my workmates never ever performed basic maintenance on the machines, so I spent hours each week unclogging fluid lines, re-aligning the bed and so on and so forth.

They on the other hand thought me an annoying busybody. Later when I went private, one of the more lucrative jobs I got was fixing the control units of the same grinders, them having gotten filled with crap in one month after I was gone.

I'd like to claim the names sound better in original finnish, but they really don't.

>> No.741305
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741305

What about woodworking terminologies/definitons?
Does it vary by region or place?

Example:
"Here in blablabla we call that half-round mortise", "That's a fishtail joint"

>> No.741306

WD-40 serves no purpose. it's a terrible product. nothing completely free air doesnt achieve.

>> No.741317
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>> No.741355

my parents just call everything "thing".

"Do that thing with the thing, anon, you know what thing i mean. No the other thing." - Actual words coming out of their mouths.
Sometimes they have trouble remembering what their childs are named.

>> No.741372

>>741161
Here we call it Jab-Ka.

>> No.741378

electric power drill- screw gun.
flat edged screw driver- flat head

>> No.741382

>>741306
It displaces water and thus prevents rust. Useful for spraying tools or anything metal you don't want rusting. l

It also will dissolve rust so it's useful to free stuck bolts on older cars.

>> No.741386

WD-40 is a great water displacer. Very nice for getting water out of hard to reach parts, general cleaning and protecting metal from water. I spray all my rust prone tools with it if they are going to be stored for awhile.

Its a meh rust remover and a pool lubricant but it will do for either in a pinch. The problem you have is people using the wrong tool for the job and then complaining about that it doesn't work so good. Duh.

>> No.741389

>>741386

it's also great for a fishing lure.

>> No.741391

>>741191
>not having hick parents who just swear with you

>> No.741411

lol the panther piss is pretty funny

my buddy calls his big breaker bar "that johnny cocker over there"

>> No.741419

>>740260
Rooster bar

>> No.741432

>>740225
>tfw grandmother had one
>tfw used it as a back massager for years
I don't think I'll ever be clean again.

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741435

>>740273
i always call them a norman

...as in Norman Rockwell

because we use rockwell brand

no one ever knows what I'm talking about, but I giggle to myself

>> No.741444

>>740919
>saying "socket wrench" is rare
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socket_wrench

>> No.741509

>>741161
i call these; "how i open the window in my 89 Honda.

>> No.741570

>>740222

Here in AZ if a Fuckstick like this showed up on a job site to "work" he'd be sent back to the union shop from whence he came. To enter amny job you must learn the names of the tools, can you imagine going working with computers and having to call your mouse a "hand aimed Laser directed input device" or some such shit for this guy?

>> No.741581
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741581

>where the fuck is workshop Henry?

>> No.741582

As a welder fitter in Oklahoma... there are a whole classification of tools and the vernacular is pretty interesting.

An Oxyfuel torch is a "Hot-wrench"

A Plasma cutter is a "Masterkey".

A 36inch piece of a broken tape measure is a "cheat"

A weld on "Dog" for leverage can also be called a "Prom Queen".... Cuz it looks like 2 tits on an hour glass body.

A plate lifting device can be called a "cat head"... because it actually looks the skull of bobcat in metal.

A level that is purposefully rigged to pass an inspection is a "Lawyer"... usually marked in some ubiquitous way but looks new ... all gussied up like a lawyer just to lie to you :)

I've heard a short handled 20lb sledge called "Mjolnir" in several place... "Could you hand me that MUL-NEER"... which then some people call a "Maul" not knowing the difference because they think "Maul Near you" when hearing "Mjolnir".

And adjustable wrench is a "X Inch Crescent wrench"

The ground fault indicator on a welding machine is the "idiot light"

All welding pliers are "Welpers" regardless of brand

A barrel grinder is a "Dildo"

A large grinding stone is a "Donkey Dick"

A leather welding hood for getting in tight spaces sometimes called a "gas-mask"... even though it has NO filter or anything.

A 9inch grinding wheel is a "Frisbee".

That's all I can think of for now.

>> No.741584

>>741444
I've heard somebody call it that maybe twice in my lifetime. So yes, rare.

>> No.741587

>>741584
You must have only met two people in your lifetime, because everyone I know either calls it:

a) a wrench
b) a socket wrench
c) a ratchet
d) a ratcheting wrench

>> No.741591

>>741587
Everyone I know calls it one of those items, too. They just all happen to agree on c.

>> No.741592

>>741591
i guarantee you if you go out on the street and ask 10 laymen, 9 of them will just call it a wrench

>> No.741595

>>741317
should replace wd-40 for 3 in 1

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741600

There's no such thing as circular saws, those are legitimately called "makita"

>> No.741630
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741630

My dad always called it R2D2

>> No.741634

>>741382
compressed air displaces water. so does heat.
it wont disolve rust. that is a different product and it's not a penetrating lubricant.

>>741386
it does not protect metal from water. simply keeping your tools out of the rain and inside the house will protect them from rust.

it is a worthless product. it makes you feel better probably. maybe next time try a lucky rabbits foot or horse shoe and see if its just as effective.

>> No.741698

>>741189
I put anti-seize on the screw threads. I also weld a T-bar to the screw head on the larger clamp versions because you can apply MUCH more force to what you are clamping than by squeezing the handle.

I've seen screws modded that way for sale but don't recall the brand.

>> No.741700

>>741306
WD-40 is a machine shop standard lubricant for machining aluminum. It works superbly.

>> No.741728

I have one of those vertical-mount grinders like what dentists use. When talking about it, I have to call it "the big Dremel" so people will know what I'm referring to.

A buddy of mine always refers to an angle grinder as a "zizzwheel." I guess it does sort of sound like that.

In welding, you'll hear stinger, gun, or torch to refer to stick, MIG, or TIG electrode holders.

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741735

Zap straps. No idea what the correct term for them is...

>> No.741743

Mexican here.

Everything has a animal name

perras
pericas,
cotorras.
mano de chango
marrana,
marrana chica

>> No.741744

>>741735
Tie wraps?

>> No.741745

>>741634
Compressed air displaces water differently. But let's say it was exactly the same, you also mentioned heat displaces water. That is, two things do the same function. Does that make either of them useless?

>Keeping your tools out of the rain and clean will keep them rust free

This is bullshit. Maybe in the desert, but here in Ohio my non-stainless, non-chromed tools start developing surface rust overnight if they aren't oiled no matter how clean they are.

>> No.741746

>>741735
Zip ties?

>> No.741751

>>741728
Well, the two big names in rotary tools are Dremel and Foredom, but most casuals/hobbyists know Dremel.

>> No.741765

>>740218
Skill saw (circular saw)
Cats paw (nail puller)
Speed square (rafting square)

There are some others, my old college teacher uses a lot of names but I forgot.

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741767

>>741743
>Everything has a animal name

>> No.741769

>>741767
Yeah, so what tool is the Chupacabra?

>> No.741794

>>741769
IDK this post listed indigenous Mexican animals and it failed to include its most illustrious and infamous mythical creature, which would be an awesome novel make tool brand.

>> No.741802

>>741794
>make badass yet affordable line of wire cutters, bolt cutters, scissors and shit
>produce in mexico/south america
>name your brand Chupacabra
>market to mexico/south america
>locally produced!
>????
>profit

>> No.741824

>>741745
what kind of tools are you buying that have no surface treatment and are made of mild steel?

it does make the product useless if there is an unlimited supply of something free that does exactly the same job.

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741826

>>741802
Anon, you have obviously contemplated the profits on what is rightfully my idea and demand to be granted sole patent on, but with a generous package/disclaimer included for your benefit. It is the season to be generous and am in anticipation that this agreement is mutually accepted.

>> No.741828

>>741189
pic for curiosity's sake please?

>> No.741829

>>741389
.....Explain? Like keeping rust off your hooks? Or.....

>> No.741833

>>741634
From wikipedia:
>WD-40 is the trademark name of a penetrating oil and water-displacing spray.
It was developed in 1953 by Dr. Norm Larsen,[1] founder of the Rocket Chemical Company, in San Diego, California. WD-40, abbreviated from the phrase "Water Displacement, 40th formula," was originally designed to repel water and prevent corrosion, and later was found to have numerous household uses.

Lrn2Google, you fuckwit.

>>741698
Can you take a picture of that? I'd like to see what that looks like.

>> No.741841

>>741824
i live in Michigan and must keep my tools in a non heated garage. even with oil on the tools and damp rid in the box they'll rust. the funny thing is that my harbor freight wrenches and sockets are less prone to rusting compared to my craftsman/husky/snap on sockets. i believe wholly that it's because the Pittsburghs get less use because they're back ups in case any of my good ones get stolen, lost, or broken.

>> No.741846

>>741317
add 550 cord to the duct tape side

>> No.741850
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741850

>>741826
>>741802
>>741794
stfu guys me and my designers are already doing a post-prototype stage. may the best laywer wins for the patent! yee-haw!

>> No.741852

>>740567
Yup, its a makeshift circuit tracer. Put a lightswitch in a box with the male end of an extension cord coming out of it.

>> No.741856

>>741634
>compressed air displaces water. so does heat.
and the sources for both are not as convenient to carry around as one simple can.

>> No.741859

>>741856
To be fair, both of those come in cans (compressed air and lighters). Though I do agree, WD40's main appeal is that it's super convenient.

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741874

Digital Spanner

>> No.741875
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741875

Measurometer.

>> No.741876
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741876

Makeitlongerer

>> No.741877
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741877

Makeitbiggerer/smallerer

>> No.741879
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741879

Coffee stirrer.

>> No.741882
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741882

Scrapmaster.

>> No.741891

>>741882
lol'd

>> No.741892

Im polish and my dad was a carpenter in the US and Austria for most of his life so until i was 18 and started working with other polish people i only knew tool names in German and English.

>> No.741897

>>740280
Post commie here, we call them CROSS (кръcтачка) (Philips) and Normal (нормална)

>> No.741899

>>741735
Pig tails ?

>> No.741913
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741913

In french, this is an english key (clé anglaise), I think because most of plumbing stuff is imperial, not metric.

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741914

Always in french, the real name for this is "pied de biche" (hind's foot).

>> No.741919

My coworkers use the term sawzall for a circular saw,worm drive circular saw and reciprocating saw. Shit gets damn annoying when I have to run back forth.

My boss calls those plastic drywall anchors that you screw in pig dicks.

>> No.741928

>>741914
>>741913
>>741882
>>741879
>>741877
>>741876
>>741875
>>741874
>>741850
>>741735
>>741630
>>741600
>>741581
>>741435
>>741210
>>741163
>>741161
>>741150
>>740753
>>740749
>>740725
>>740721
>>740350
>>740299
>>740273
>>740260
>>740256
>>740229
>>740218
>the thing
>that's the technical term for it

That's what my old boss used to say.

For everything.

>> No.741938

>>740346
they've always been dykes to me, still are.

i guess the chuckle from my wife's mother is worth saying this out loud ten times in order for her to understand:
>dykes
>dyyyyyy kkkessss
>dyyyyyagonal kkkkkkutters

then i point to the screwdriver and ask for the 'dickfor'

>> No.741942

>>741163
Rose Colored Gaming?

>> No.741953

>>741938
>Working in a full office building doing VAV retrofits when I was young. Cube farm.
>Can't find my dykes after break. Fuck I check everywhere. Go ask the head guy if he had seen my dykes or if I could borrow his keys to check the van. He says a saw a pair of dykes and a 10 in 1 by some windows.
Some big bitch hears this and stands up comes over screaming about how she heard us talking about seeing dykes all around the office and we need to get the hell out, she's telling her boss and calling the cops and runs off.
>Office manager, head maintenance guy, and our contractor come and meet us, they're pissed.
Took like 30 min of everyone talking/fighting before our boss shows up and smoothes it all out.
>From that point on, they were side cutters.

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741996

>>740248
I guess they assumed that you didn't grow up like a little girl playing with my little ponies instead of dad's tools like the rest of us non faggots.

Who doesn't know what a crescent wrench is as a teenager!?

Seriously!

Who!?

Did you spend your entire childhood playing with dolls inside?

Why on earth would you get a job that requires the ability to recognize a crescent wrench if you were so fucking retarded and femalized that you couldn't recognize a fucking crescent wrench.

This is what is actually happening to western manhood. Teenage males that don't know what a crescent wrench is, and are snotty and indignant about it. Then get jobs that use crescent wrenches.

This is the same kind of shit that we used to get from women on the job site. Now it's everyone born before 1995.

The Chinese are going to kill us all and it's your fault!


Thats it!

I'm out!

>> No.741997

>>741996
This

I knew the term "crescent wrench
long before I knew crescent was a company


like how I knew kleenex was a thing before I knew kleenex was a company

>> No.742019

>>740260
No it's cow foot

>> No.742079

My boss always refers to the cars at his dealership as Motorized Rollinghams.

I can't wait to get home every day at 8 bong 30 bings.

>> No.742086

>>741996
>>741997
Not the anon you're talking, but I didn't know what a crescent wrench was until the age of 18 when I got a job on the oil rigs.
Kids don't care about that shit.

>> No.742090

>>742086
okay

here's the million dollar question:
while on that oil rig and hearing the term "crescent wrench", were you aware "crescent" was a company?

>> No.742138

>>741824
Do you own tools? My sockets, ratchets, wrenches, and screwdrivers are all good to go rust free. But almost every pair of any variety of pliers or cutters form surface rust overnight without oil.

>> No.742152

>>742090
It never crossed my mind.

>> No.742157

A coworker calls our radial arm saw the trench medic.
Ya know.
Because amputation.

>> No.742187

>>742090
On the west coast everyone knows a crescent wrench is the same as asking for an adjustable wrench. Stop being an autist.

Anyone that has walked down a tool aisle will also know they're a company that makes tools.

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742199

my dad calls circular saws "hand saw"
I give him a hand saw every time even when I know what he means just to be a dick

>> No.742202

>>741386
Have you tried Boeshield T-9? It works much better than WD-40 for preventing rust on tools.

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742205

>>742187
this is what your getting if you ask me for a crescent wrench

>> No.742210

>>741735
Cable ties (Australia)

>>741210
What countries call this a crescent wrench? I have heard New Zealanders call it that.

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742221

>>742210
Ausfag here, I call them zip ties, but going by the logic of this thread, I should start calling them crescent ties, right?

>> No.742226

>>742205
>>742205
then you hear
>What the heck is that? You know what I mean don't be stupid.

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742242

>>742205
That's because you're retarded.

>> No.742248

>>741735
Kabelbinder (wire-tie-er) in German

>> No.742296

>>741996
i didn't know what a crescent wrench was until i was 20. my background prior was automotive, and i never really used one because they're bulkier than combo wrenches,wont apply as much torque, and have a better chance of rounding off a bolt. the couple times someone asked me for a crescent wrench handed them a double open end. i knew what they needed it for and got the correct size, so i was never corrected.

>> No.742340

>>742248
cable-tie
same thing in english

because they tie cables together.

every other name is just a brand

>> No.742344

>>742340
>every other name is just a brand

Nope, at least in a few of the Volvo factories in sweden they are refered to as "strippor" (strippers).

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742346

>>742344
would that not get confusing?

>> No.742348

>>740753
thats a gas axe

>> No.742350

>>742346
Concrete floors.

>> No.742375

>>741735
zip ties. i always refer to them as the cordy thing that you can do but can't undo. people know what I'm saying.

>> No.742378

>>742348
That old term is also correct, and Smith has it as a model name.

http://www.amazon.com/Smith-SC935-Degree-Straight-Cutting/dp/B00389Q2WA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPt0ud3DjVg

Smith make some NICE gear, and most is still US-made.

http://www.smithequipment.com/

>> No.742432

>>740572
16 pounder sledge - featherweight


over here at least

>> No.742448

I know it's not tools, but my alabamian grandfather called a Toyota a tieyoti. I don't know if he was saying it joke like or not because that's all he ever called one.

>> No.742473

xxx

>> No.742474

>>740260
Is the actual name for this crowbar

>> No.742483
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742483

We nicknamed our shopvac "The shredder" because it has a reverse mode but if you use it and accidentally point it at someone there's a very high chance that they're going to get aluminum shrapnel stuck in them from the CNC
>Tfw someone didn't know this, pointed it at me jokingly, and a 2-inch piece of aluminum shaving flew out and its razor-sharp edge stuck into my safety glasse's lens directly infront of my fucking cornea

>> No.742504
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742504

>>740218
Always heard Panther Piss used to refer to cheap liquor and malt liquor. Anyway we call B Connectors "Beanies." I've also learned that a "cunt hair" is an acceptable unit of measurement. Somebody else has already pointed out "Diags"/"Dykes" for Diagonal Cutters. Linesman pliers have always been "Kleins" to me regardless of brand, not sure why.

>>741435
When I'm fishing the rivers up in PA the rock bass usually get called "Norman" along with a myriad of other names like "Rockwell", "Rocky" / "Balboa," "Dwayne" and so on.

>> No.742552

>>742504
Klien pretty much own the lineman pliers and related tool market. Fuckers are tough and even popular in welding for cutting down TIG filler.

I welded one handle to a plate then welded a cheater pipe to the other handle and chopped hundreds of ER70 and stainless TIG rods in half with no loss of sharpness.

>> No.742594

>>742296
I have the same story. Even to this day I still don't know why people choose to use them for anything except maybe a tube-like piece of metal with two flat sides.

Honestly I can't even use them efficiently. No matter how hard I try or what I read they feel clunky. I have a hard time holding it in place and rotating the thing to get it the right size.

And if it's an older wrench with a little rust you need to lube them. Without lube and you can't possibly turn the adjuster because of its idiotic design. Lube it too much and your finger slips off because of the idiotic design.

>> No.742600

>>741996
I've always called them Skiftynickels.
But that's what happens when you grow up surrounded by second and third generation Swedish immigrants.

>> No.742637

>>742504
We call those beanies, or more often 'fucking alarm contractors' who never ever give a fuck about demarcs or anything about proper wiring and cost customers thousands of dollars a year when their shit fails.

--Telco contractor

>> No.742648

>>741846
When I was in the Canadian forces 550 cord was called para cord by every single person.

>> No.742650

>>742648
I was in the US Army. I knew people that would call it para cord one minute and 550 cord the next. From what I understand either is correct. It was some of the cord used in parachutes and it has a break rating of 550 pounds.

>> No.742663

>>742552
I don't doubt that for a minute. I need to pick up a pair. For the cost I wouldn't let them end up like my last. I had a pair of Kobalt pliers that seemed pretty nice; came sharp and stripped wire well, had the heft to hammer anchors/kick plates/etc, and were cuting pretty well without showing any immediate wear. Never got to see'em stand the test of time sadly. They either got pinched on a job or they've probably taken up residence on a nice, cozy ceiling tile somewhere. Either way some other trade is going to end up enjoying them for however long they last.

>>742637
Must have some shitty alarm co's in your area. Not sure what reasoning there'd be to even peek inside the telco access. I have seen some atrocious shit on the customer access side though. Ninety percent of the time it's when we're replacing some other alarm co's half-assery. The other ten is when Henry the Handy Home-owner figured he'd run his own wire. That usually entails a squirrel's nest in the NID and maybe a craw-space or attic cobwebbed with wires. Depends on where they started and at what point they just decided "Fuck it."

>> No.742692

>>742663
It is a shitty area.

>Meth'd up landlord
>Split the pair, good ol orange/green instead of blue/wh blue
>The demarc has holes in it so you can monitor the CPE screws before disconnecting them.
>Customer stuck wires through the holes for the clips and connected to CPE screws from there...
>Why

----------
>Demarc side. Really nice IDC protectors, they're like $60 each, 6 because 6 line NID and business.
>Plenty of slack in the telco line.
>For some reason, they're all cut and spliced with beanies before going into the protectors.
>WHY.

>> No.742698

God dammit, this thread reminded me of a guy I work with. Normally I'm not too bad, I'll be able to understand what someone is talking about in regards to the workshop, but this Australian, it sounds like he's talking another language, it usually takes 4 seconds for my brain to work out what he is saying, which wouldn't be as much of a problem if we got along but my standard defense mechanism of repeating what someone says to try to jog my memory or comprehend the crux, really gets on his nerves, which he then vocalizes, which then makes me depressed and/or nervous which then makes it even harder to assist him.

I really piss him off.

>> No.742707

>>740222
People who work with tools often call them by the company that popularized them. Do you call kleenex "facial tissue" , q-tips "cotton ended swabs" or band aids "adhesive foam strips"?
If so I don't think your the sane one.

>> No.742708

>>741170
I've always thought, for the sake of simplicity, that Dremel made the little rotary tools for fiddly jobs and anyone made the big ones that are more like a brute-force-non-safety-compliant router.

>>742594
"Bolt fuckers" because they fuck up bolts.
I grab an adjustable wrench if I am going more than 300m from the workshop to fix something that I do not know the size of and can't be bothered lugging round >15kg toolbox of miscellaneous, half-rusted, poorly organised sockets and socket wrenches, which is frequently. I think I need a set of spanners. Or to sort out that toolbox.

>> No.742717

>>742707
> Do you call kleenex "facial tissue"
Tissues, yeah.

>q-tips "cotton ended swabs"
Cotton swabs, yeah.

> band aids "adhesive foam strips"
Got me there. I call them bandages.

I also don't call vacuum cleaners Hoovers, plastic wrap Saran wrap, food storage containers Tupperware, or video game systems Atari, Nintendo or Xbox (which everyones mother seems to do, depending on their age).

>> No.742722

>>742707
You always make this fucking argument in these threads (thats right, thats how obvious samefag you are) and you always get slapped down.

What you call "kleenex" I call tissues. I call Q-tips "cotton tips" (as do about 5 of the people around me in the office right now), and I call "bandaids" plasters.. Stop being such a fucking consumerist brand whore faggot and learn to identify the difference between an object and a trademark.

>> No.742723
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742723

>>741048
I've heard elephant juice used for ballistol

>> No.742725

>>741052
Kangaroo jack

No idea why, maybe it's the big feet.

>> No.742739

>>742722
>>742717
It's an America thing. Those particular genericised trademarks are very commonly used in America, yet not so much elsewhere.

As are half the ones in this thread used for tools.

Pretty-much the only one that's used universally is "dremel".

>> No.742741

>>741073
this
>everyone knows not to get under a car supported by any kind of jack
I'd trust a solid chunk of steel ie jack stand over a dinky piston/worm screw only meant to support a car for a minute which is about how long it takes to get a jack stand under it.

>> No.742742
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742742

I started calling pb blaster peanut butter blaster as a joke, and now I can't not say it.

>>742663
>craw-space?

>>742708
I use a cheap adjustable wrench at work to basically hit stuck plastic off of a metal shaft, since you can't really hit the plastic without damaging the shaft, you can make the wrench slightly wider than the shaft and then smack the wrench. once in awhile I'll use them if I'm not sure what size wrench to grab, or I need a second wrench of the same size and I only have one.

>> No.742746

>>742708
See >>741751
The other big brand of rotary tool that jewelers and people of that sort use is Foredom, which is about dremel-sized, but with more horsepower,lifespan, and robustness

>> No.742747
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742747

>>742725
An extract from: (7 MB)

http://digital.slv.vic.gov.au//exlibris/dtl/d3_1/apache_media/L2V4bGlicmlzL2R0bC9kM18xL2FwYWNoZV9tZWRpYS8yMDcwMTUz.pdf

>> No.742751

>>742296
Ha, I though I knew what a crescent wrench is, but this thread showed that I actually didn't. I'm not American, though.

>>742708
>Bolt fuckers
They're sometimes called bolt lathes here.

>> No.742752

>>740260

goaßhaxn

(austrian masterrace here)

>> No.742754
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742754

>>742739
> "dremel"
> free the colonies they said.
> it will be best for all they said.

They are called twiddly grit flingers you heathen.

>> No.742765

>>742742
>>craw-space?
Whoops, "Crawl-Space". Pretty much an unfinished basement that's too short to stand up in. Sometimes they're so cramped you have to army crawl the whole time. Not a place for the claustrophobic.

>> No.742771

>>741928
>thing (ding)

thank god I'm not the only one that has to deal with People calling everything just "thing"

>> No.742772

>>740218
I've always heard WD-40 referred to as "wizards piss", actually.

>> No.742785

>>742747
Cool.

I guess the kangaroo was the next model they came out with.

>> No.742786

>>742187
Dude, calm the butthurt. One anon claimed it's unreasonable to call it a crescent wrench since not everybody knows the company "crescent." All I was doing was pointing out that you don't even need to know it's a company to recognize the name of the tool.

When I was 5, I didn't know Kleenex was a company, but what I DID know was that word more adequately described what I wanted than "facial tissue."

>> No.742789

>>741928
>>742771
LOL, I got a don't spam warning for that...

>> No.742793

>>740589
I used to literally live a half-block away from the Jubilee Clip factory in Gillingham, Kent, England. My middle/junior school was on the other side of the road from the Jubilee Clip building… Brings back memories (of having to ask passer's by throw our tennis balls back into the playground during breaktime football games).

>> No.742844

>>741829
Not him, but my boss said they used to make catfish chum with corn meal and WD 40. It would form pellets that dissolve upon hitting the water, and somehow the smell of the WD 40 drives them berserk trying to find something to eat.

>> No.742869

>>741743
se te olvidó el perico

>> No.742888

>>742844
wd 40 has menhaden fish oil in it, if i'm not mistaken

>> No.742892

>>742789
It's said somewhere you shouldn't make posts like that.

>> No.742894 [DELETED] 

>>742892
Where I link to a bunch of others? Even if the context calls for it? More reasons Moot is a fag who deserved to get cucked.

>> No.742904

>>740753
>The big red spanner.

>> No.742905

>>742785
I've onnly ever heard of them being called Wallaby Jacks in Oz.
Twiller jacks in NZ

>> No.742910

>>742210
Never heard it called a "crescent wrench" here in New Zealand. It's just called a crescent.
>Chuck us that crescent would you, mate.

>> No.742920

>>742910
In mareica it's either.

>> No.742931

>>742910
>mate
I think you mean m8, m8

>> No.742966

>>742751
>nut fuckers

>> No.742970

hammer - a nammer (due to everybody dropping the H)
earth rammer - boomper
vibrating plate - whacker plate
narrow spade - grafter
any form of pliers, channelocks, stillsons - grips
spirit level - dickeye, gary
any drill/driver - screwgun
circular saw - skilsaw
mitre saw - chop saw
concrete breaker/demolition hammer - kango
small tool trowel - spoon

>> No.742979

>>741874
holy shit i just ordered a pair of these, how are they? heard mitutoyo was the shit

>> No.743011

We do masonry work/waterproofing/underpinning.

Concrete saw - Super Saw
Power Trowel - Whirly-bird
Plate Tamper - Stomp
Jumping Jack/Compactor - Super Stomp
Small trenching shovel - "baby dick"

There are probably some more I'll have to think.

>> No.743035

>>742346
I love this painting.

>> No.743107
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>>742905
>Twiller

That will be a mispronunciation of Trewhella.

They are still going in the UK.

http://www.trewhella.co.uk/

>> No.743127

>>742905
I've never heard them called a wallaby jack. Where abouts are you, maybe it's because we don't really have wallabies where we are so it got changed to kangaroo.

When you google "kangaroo jack" and filter out the shitty movie you get plenty of hits.

>> No.743129

>>740222
you're a gigantic faggot

>> No.743151
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743151

>>740276
Here in Memphis we have a koolaid-like drink actually called "Jungle Juice"

I don't know if its a Memphis-only thing, but I haven't been able to find it anywhere else.

>> No.743170

>>740840
>>740843
also welding, and cutting steel...

>> No.743240

>>742594
>Even to this day I still don't know why people choose to use them for anything except maybe a tube-like piece of metal with two flat sides.
as someone who works with round things with wrench-flats (E-line Gauges) I can say that if you want to maintain shape you DO NOT USE an adjustable, they WILL FUCK your stuff...that said, I use adjustables all the time because I'm lazy and bad at estimating bolt sizes...

>> No.743244

>>740589
>>742793
I grew up calling them hose-clamps and my mother calls them hemostats

>>742970
>narrow spade
I know them as "sharp shooter"

>>743151
careful, in South Texas, if you ask Jungle anything but especially Jungle Juice, you will get something with pure grain alcohol as the primary active ingredient...NEVER EAT THE FRUIT

>> No.743293

>>743244
Sharp shooter. Yes. I don't know where they got it.

>> No.743305
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743305

I want to build a handheld laser. So I googled it, and got results for shit like class II diy handhelds

That's pussy shit.

I've seen a 6W handheld laser. Not 6mW, 6W.
It was made by fucking hand.

If anyone has tips or tricks on putting together a class IV blue laser, post that shit.

It has to be handheld.

>> No.743333
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743333

bill dookie

>> No.743350

>>741928
Zhu Li?

>> No.743354
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743354

These are known to all machinists as wigglers.

>> No.743355
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743355

The keymaster

>> No.743356
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743356

The gatekeeper

>> No.743359

>>743355
>>743356
I got the joke....but only just...

>> No.743369
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743369

Unburrer

>> No.743380

>>740238

More like "I'm going to the rofo, want any slim jims?"

When of course he went to Wawa and got turkey jerky

>> No.743381

>>743369
okay...I think the top tool is some kind of rotary abrasive?, the two in the middle I have no idea...and is the last one a counter-sink of some kind?

>> No.743383

>>743354

Funny, I'm a machinist and I always called them edge finders. Also, why are .400 diameter edge finders so god damn hard to find on sale, I only find .200 and .500 edge finders. The .400 ones are nice. one full turn of the handle and you are now zeroed.

>> No.743384

>>743381

The top one is a holder for deburring tools. The two in the middle are basically knives to remove burrs from metal. I was using them them morning. The bottom one is a rotosink. you put it in a special holder in the handle on top and you can spin it yourself. These are all tools most machinists should have. Sometimes multiples of them. I have a deburring tools for steel, aluminum, and plastic.

>> No.743387

>>743384
hmm....I'm not a machinist, but I have used knives (light aluminum) and the edges of files (steel) to deburr fresh cut materials. lately my boss bought some counter-sinks on the company dime and I'm liking those because I can clean drilled holes with them and thats a luxury I've come to like...

>> No.743502

>plus screwdriver
>minus screwdriver
>baco
>ikea bit
>stanley knife
>iron saw
>round saw / saw drill / drill saw
>fireman pliers

>> No.743524

>>740260
I call it a chicken's foot. that's what it looks like

>> No.743604

>>740256
I'm a Crew Chief ( aircraft mechanic ) in the Air Force. Some human representative/ suuck up officer decided "dykes" is an improper and politically incorrect name for a tool. We know them as "alternative lifestyle cutters" where I work.

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743617

>>740218
pigdick

>> No.743698

>>740260
argument enhancer

(context sensitive, also applies to sledge hammers etc.)

>> No.744868

I had a phillipino supervisor on an interior electrical job site, and he called anything that attached to the conduit a "condulet" and any handtool short of screwdrivers the "linemans."
Shit drove me mad, and we ended up taking a month longer than estimated because he couldn't wrap his head around the concept that different people do things differently from him.

>> No.744890

>>744868
Speaking of improper names, it's technically "Filipino".

>> No.744892

>>744890
*swagapino

>> No.745104

>>740553
And that's when I beat your ass in front of everyone. Then after you call the cops and have me arrested(because you are a bitch on a power trip) I will bail myself out and be waiting in the parking lot for you to do it all over again. People like you are why the construction trades have a bad rap. You sir will have a heart attack and stroke from stress that you have caused yourself. Look at me I rule this place with fear and no one respects me. Pure fucking ignorance. Oh by the way I have owned my own business and have fired numb nuts like you. I can see the type sucking dick and placing blame on others when its your fault. As someone in charge its your fault when anyone fucks up, so you should be the one going home for the day without pay. This is coming from a union man. I'm all about helping the employees better pay, hours and working place. You would be shit canned the first time I heard any shit like that. Like why wasn't my best worker here after lunch. Oh you sent him home for your own stupidity and you can go ahead and clean your shit out and don't come back. That's why places have half assed workers because of people like you good workers don't have to put up with shit like that they can go anywhere and get a job.

>> No.745105

>>740218
Flange alignment pins we call bull dicks or if they are in a bag the bag o dicks