Simple tools you love?

Looks like hen teeth to me.
Snap On don't have a part number for them any more.
This page indicates approaching customer service but I don't know if it'd do any good. I'll try, as I'd like one.
Looks a great tool.
http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item.asp?store=snapon-store&item_ID=66875&group_ID=12898

 

No Doubt, i have EXACTLY that same current tester, it's a brilliant little gadget!

I also love the set of sockets i own to remove rounded nuts/bolts. They have an internal set of "blades" that bite into the offending fixing. They have worked every time i've had to use them. Made by Snap-on, so a bit pricey!Here is one of them....

 

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This Christmas my wife gave me a Sears Craftsman hat with two LED lights in the visor
and batteries in the band. I thought it was a stupid thing for a minute and then changed my position.
This is the greatest thing since sliced bread ...can't tell you all the times I just touch the visor
switch and never have to run a drop light!

 

I'll have to guard mine with my life if your telling me I can't get another one. I never leave for the track without it.

 

Yes. Seems they're now unavailable.

 

What a shame they are no longer available! I have the same one and it occupies a special drawer in my tool cabinet. I bought mine about 8 years ago. In fact, I like it so much, I hold a ceremony dedicated to "it" every year including a small animal sacrifice.

BTW, it also love my crow-foot wrenches and "EZ-Outs" from Snap-on (great to remove the famous Ferrari "unions").

 

Pry bar and a really big hammer --- absolutely indispensable!

 

...And, for the more "delicate" tasks ---

a locking hemostat

 

Before my Ferrari purchase..... Breaker bar 1/2" drive; air hammer; cutting torch

After my Ferrari purchase.... AMEX, Visa and MasterCard Credit Cards.... Many times all are in use and sometimes full with parts and or repairs.

 

Here's a useful tool
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DREMEL.... grinding, polishing, drilling, cutting toenails (as in the Fastest Indian, great film that)

 

This was my choice as well. For some reason I have this out all the time. Although I have broken a couple of them. But me Bendpak sissors lift wins hands down. Getting the car in the air solves a LOT of problems.

 

The allen wrench that fits into the bottom of the Dispose-all. A life-saver when the pig jams.

 

a good bench vise is indespensible.

 

Number one tool I use... Leatherman Wave. Not a Gerber, not any other imitator, just the Leatherman. The Wave is $70 and worth every penny. I donated one to the TSA and had a replacement as soon as I touched down at home.

Number two tool, the DREMEL. With a Leatherman and a DREMEL I can build almost anything.

Gene

 

My Rotary Buffer keeps my client very Happy and can't leave home without it

 

Scissors lift, lifts up to 68", very stable too and safe... makes everything easier for sure.
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Been there, but refused to do that. Came damn close to missing a plane but I was going to get that in the mail to myself rather than donate it to the greasy palms of the inspector.

My favorite tool is a ruler that is drawn on my bench.

ken

 

So am I the only one that will fess up and say that I have the same set of picks that Birdman posted, but paid more than 15x more for them so that I could have the Snap On logo on the handles?

 

Apparently so!!

I have the harbor freight picks that I do use a lot.

One of the little tools that I use a lot and it's just plain cool is a little wood/brass Stanley slide caliper. It's only about four inches long so if it's a bigger item the digital set comes out. If it's small and I don't need absolute accuracy though I love using the wood/brass one. No idea how old it is, I got it from an older friend who told me it was originally his Dad's.

 

Most used (big) tool has to be the lift.



Most used (small) tool is my ratcheting Snap-On stubby screwdriver w/interchangeable its (#2 Philips 99% of the time). Sorry, no picture.

Not exactly simple, but I actually derive great pleasure from turning out the occaisonal one-purpose tool__on demand.














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Perhaps this will help some folks get those "must have" tools
Harbor Freight 20% off coupon for the next three days.