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Old 10-28-2009, 03:06 PM   #1
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Favorite Tool / Piece Of Equipment

If you had to only live with one tool or piece of equipment soon what would you choose?

I love my SKil Mag 77 Saw (I'd link to it, but not allowed to yet)

What about you?

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Old 10-28-2009, 03:21 PM   #2
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Re: Favorite Tool / Piece Of Equipment

My ruger!!!
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Old 10-28-2009, 03:28 PM   #3
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Hard choice there.
I'm not sure what would be number one, but the contestants would be:

for work, one of these 4:
Ti-bone
Husky 380cd
Bosch worm drive
Cordless Drill

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Norlund Mini hatchet
CZ-75
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I'd choose either my laptop or my cell phone. Then I would be able to contact all of my cutomers and tell them I could no longer work because all of my tools mysteriously disappeared.

Seriously though, among my favorite tools:

Dewalt 4 beam laser
SDS drill
10.8 bosch impact
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Re: Favorite Tool / Piece Of Equipment

the one i have been building my shed for
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Deposit slips?!?!

Actual tool for work....hammer, can't do it with out one. (great back-scratcher!)
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I'd choose either my laptop or my cell phone.
I was gonna say my flexible borescope for peering into walls, but when you said your phone that made me think, I LOVE my iPhone. I remember when we all had answering machines and you didn't hear from customers until you got home at night, now everything is real time.
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I was gonna say my flexible borescope for peering into walls, but when you said your phone that made me think, I LOVE my iPhone. I remember when we all had answering machines and you didn't hear from customers until you got home at night, now everything is real time.
How did we ever get anything done? Actually its amazing that we can get anything done now. Everything gets talked to death. I hate talking on the phone. I remember my first cell phone plan. I had 20 minutes a month and it was plenty!
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Bottle opener for my beer bottles is my favorite tool.
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Bottle opener for my beer bottles is my favorite tool.
Hah great answer.
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Festool. Makes my life easier and my customers houses stay cleaner.
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I hate talking on the phone.
Me too. I prefer texting. Get the info across with none of the social stuff like "Hi, how ya doing? oh, I'm fine".
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9 in 1 painters tool........Can't seem to function without on of them around! I could do without that dang phone.
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Bottle opener for my beer bottles is my favorite tool.
I would have said that as well untill I worked over in Germany and learnt from the German brickies how to open them up with a trowel, fold up tape measure, lighter, line pin or anything apart from a bottle opener. As you are allowed to drink all day on site there, this is the most important skill to learn.
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I would have said that as well untill I worked over in Germany and learnt from the German brickies how to open them up with a trowel, fold up tape measure, lighter, line pin or anything apart from a bottle opener. As you are allowed to drink all day on site there, this is the most important skill to learn.
OMG....I went to Munich for Oktoberfest for my 30th Bday...I fell in love...now I have more reason to go back!!

My favorite tool is the block plane...usually means I'm working on something I enjoy!....I have to get a cordless impact, that may become #1
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Best tool I bought in a while was the Hardi Shears.
Great for cutting masonite when used for flooring protection as well.

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my #2 pencil!
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My ruger!!!
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A working Easy Button......but it real life it would have to be my drill.
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