Now you know why you have dull sponges!

 

IT would be 3/8 ratchet

 

My Buck pocket knife, and yep, my 1/4" socket set. Man, what would a guy do without that?

 

My favorite has to be the hot wrench, other wise known as a cutting tourch. But close sceond is the air chisel, man can that thing tare some stuff up.

 

I have a Gerber multi tool as well, I don't know what I would do with out it. I belive in the boy scout moto be prepared.

 

Have to say my Gerber multitool. I never leave home with out it and it seems like no matter what I am working on it always has a use.

 

Mine would be my Gerber Legend 800 multitool and my benchmade knives... ok so thats more than one but ya can't have one without the other.

 

Ohhhh, you've asked the wrong guy, the more I think about my tools the harder it is to choose a favorite, how do you pick between a drill press and an air chisel that eats through sheet metal and makes those neat little curled up metal shavings. or between a sandblaster and the air compressor that makes it work. for the longest time my Snap On ball joint remover was a favorite cause it worked so much better than a picklefork, but I still can't choose. I'm going back to the "What's the best tool you've ever found" Forum.

 

I bought a socket set from K-mart years ago. It was one of those sets that were both SAE and metric sockets all in one. The kind that turn on the side wall of the fastener not the corners. When the six point spun on the top starter bolt of my wifes crown vic those sockets pulled it right out. Now they sell them as specialty bolt extracters at a mucher higher price. It is 3/8 drive with a synthetic ratchet (nice if your out doors in the winter). It has three extensions the longest being a wobble extension all in a compact case.

 

I don't know how to answer this. From my experience, every tool is a hammer. Except for a screwdriver which is a chisel.

 

Here is an old topic I started in 04. Just thought I'd bring it back.

 

I'd have to say my 4.5" angle grinder and my tig welder

 

Original Leatherman. Can't leave home without it. I know the newer ones are more functional, but this was last Christmas gift my mother gave me before she died and I am more than willing to accept its shortcomings vs. newer models.

 

A
Big
Freakin
Hammer

 

What an awesome thread, you guys should have never let it die.

Anyways, I have a crescent wrench that I always seem to be using. There is no brand on the handle but it's top quality whatever it is. It's tight, I can set it to a size and take off just about any nut at any torque without losing grip. I let it sit out in the rain and it doesn't rust.. I used it to take apart my whole rear end, it held the bolt while my impact loosened the nuts. I usually grab whatever tool is closest and then search for a better tool until I find one that works. Crescent wrench, pliers, hammers and screwdrivers are usually the first tools I grab, I have to 'move on' fewer times after grabbing my crescent wrench than with any other tool.

second is my angle grinder.. some cheap $20 kit from Biglots. I never expected to use it much but it has got me out of so many binds. The casing is falling apart, the handle has to be tightened every use, it gets so hot it burns my hands when I'm using it, but it works.. it's one of those tools that I couldn't have finished jobs without.

third is my new earthquake impact wrench, but not because it's so useful.. i think it's just fun and i'll find any excuse I can to use it. I used it to take out a bunch of 20ftlb 3/8 bolts one day.