Tools you never use

[iguana]

Inspired by the tools you wish you'd bought sooner thread.

I have this in my inherited tools collection. Its Snap On so wouldn't have been a cheap tool- googled it this is an old one but currently £112 new retail (tho that's the ratcheting version) but I can't think of when I've found it useful.

If I need something that length I have long screwdrivers, but usually if i need a hex bit used I need it flexi & I have them, or if rigid is ok & needs a hex bit in there usually I need it shorter & I use my cheapo shorty one.

So it's not a crap tool at all, but I just never seem to use it.

Edited by iguana on Tuesday 21st January 22:08

Edited by iguana on Tuesday 21st January 22:09

[Fatboy]

Bought this a few years ago during a post-pub eBay session, must weigh over a tonne and runs on 3 phase, I've never got round to setting it up:

[smifffymoto]

Dremel,got it because I thought it might be useful.

It is,once every 3 or 4 years.

[outnumbered]

iguana said:

Inspired by the tools you wish you'd bought sooner thread.

Edited by iguana on Tuesday 21st January 22:09

I've got the exact same screwdriver. I found it by the roadside when I was out cycling about 20 years ago. I'm not sure I've ever used it either !

[gtidriver]

These as i dont want them to get dirty of course.

[57Ford]

Multi-cutter thing. Ok it’s not a top make, only a corded Ryobi, but it’s basically garbage. Unless the blade has had less than 30 seconds use, it fails to cut anything at all and just vigorously vibrates my hand instead.

[mudnomad]

Mu multitool definitely saved my ass when nothing else would get to where I needed to cut something.

[Simpo Two]

gtidriver]These as i dont want them to get dirty of course. [url said:

I found https://www.woodpeck.com/ but what are the red things top right?

[gtidriver]

Simpo Two said:

gtidriver]These as i dont want them to get dirty of course. [url said:

I found https://www.woodpeck.com/ but what are the red things top right?

They are saddle t squares.

[gtidriver]

https://www.woodpeck.com/saddle-t-square.html

[toohuge]

outnumbered said:

iguana said:

Inspired by the tools you wish you'd bought sooner thread.

Edited by iguana on Tuesday 21st January 22:09

I've got the exact same screwdriver. I found it by the roadside when I was out cycling about 20 years ago. I'm not sure I've ever used it either !

I've used these a lot, but almost exclusively for jubilee clips when working on cars

[Watcher of the skies]

smifffymoto said:

Dremel,got it because I thought it might be useful.

It is,once every 3 or 4 years.

Me too. I only used it a couple of times then the motor overheated and melted the case. I took it apart and couldn't find any obvious reason.
Useless rubbish went in the bin!

[biggiles]

57Ford said:

Multi-cutter thing. Ok it’s not a top make, only a corded Ryobi, but it’s basically garbage. Unless the blade has had less than 30 seconds use, it fails to cut anything at all and just vigorously vibrates my hand instead.

Didn't use my corded multi-cutter for years.

Somehow found myself later acquiring a cordless one, and it's now used every so often. Must get rid of the corded one...

I also have a spindle moulder I never use - the router table does what I need and is more than terrifying enough.

[Simpo Two]

gtidriver said:

Simpo Two said:

gtidriver]These as i dont want them to get dirty of course. [url said:

I found https://www.woodpeck.com/ but what are the red things top right?

They are saddle t squares.

Hmm. I can envisage no situation whatsoever when such a thing, let alone a set of them, would be of any use to me. I'll buy the lot

[gtidriver]

Simpo Two said:

gtidriver said:

Simpo Two said:

gtidriver]These as i dont want them to get dirty of course. [url said:

I found https://www.woodpeck.com/ but what are the red things top right?

They are saddle t squares.

Hmm. I can envisage no situation whatsoever when such a thing, let alone a set of them, would be of any use to me. I'll buy the lot

Hense i have no money

[benp1]

That enormous 3 phase milling machine has to win the thread. Having something you don't use much but is small is OK, having something that big is on another level!

I have quite a lot of tools I very rarelyuse, but I still hold onto them just in case e.g. air powered tools, I find electric ones just easier. I even keep the old versions of hand tools I've upgraded just in case. Then I have a set I can modify if needed (like old pliers and screwdrivers)

[Dave.]

Most of my spanners, other than the ones which fits the tensioner nut on the strut brace of my mini and brake bleeders.

[RizzoTheRat]

I have a pair of spring compressors I used to change the shocks on a fiesta in about 1992, haven't used them since, but they will remain in a box in my shed until the day I die just in case.

[TwistingMyMelon]

With muiltitools I found getting a pricey £15-20 bosch blade made it work well, on the cheaper packs it was useless on even wood. Good for plunge cuts etc....

[sospan]

I have a selection of spanners in a box. They are old, either from my dad's collection ( he was a coachbuilder) plus many rescued from the scrapyard in the steelworks I worked in. The latter are for modifying for odd jobs that regular spanners won't fit. Mods are usually bending the shank or grinding thinner. Not been used since the gear they were used on has gone. Add in the many tools he used for car work.....trim tools, punches, hammers, sockets ( imperial/Whitworth etc), screwdrivers.....
He used to build cartwheels so specific tools for the job. Hand braces and auger drills, spokeshaves.....